the Buffy/Spike relationship they're so obviously trying to imitate
I'm gonna fall back on my usual complaint that anytime Whedonesque elements creep into this show it goes off the rails. Although at least with Buffy she had sort of a...track record of sleeping with vampires.
that Ruby is bad and the rest of it is all a big ruse on Sam and Dean's part
There's still a possibility that Ruby is bad. There's also a chance that Sam is in on it and is playing her...but I can't see any way that Dean is in the know. Even in private conversations with Dean, Sam does nothing but praise Ruby, there's not even a hint of anything else. So if Sam's playing Ruby he's also playing Dean and while there may be some justification for that (protecting Dean?) it still wouldn't make a whole lot of sense for Sam to keep Dean in the dark. Alas, the more I think about it the more I believe that she really is St. Ruby the Good and we're supposed to love her as much as Sam and Dean and Anna already do and no doubt the angels themselves eventually will.
Well gosh, where would he find the time to think about Dean when he's so busy taking Ruby to see Indiana Jones movies and putting together playlists for her on his new iPod?
One of the most unfortunate effects of this week's episode (and one that I think was wholly unintended by the writers) was making me believe that except for one drunken month, Sam adjusted pretty well to Dean being gone and the knowledge of him being in hell. I find myself rethinking the season premiere and how Sam's lackluster reaction to having Dean back now reads as genuine oh-shit disappointment and wow...bad call, Show. Bad fucking call.
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Date: 2008-11-16 02:48 pm (UTC)I'm gonna fall back on my usual complaint that anytime Whedonesque elements creep into this show it goes off the rails. Although at least with Buffy she had sort of a...track record of sleeping with vampires.
that Ruby is bad and the rest of it is all a big ruse on Sam and Dean's part
There's still a possibility that Ruby is bad. There's also a chance that Sam is in on it and is playing her...but I can't see any way that Dean is in the know. Even in private conversations with Dean, Sam does nothing but praise Ruby, there's not even a hint of anything else. So if Sam's playing Ruby he's also playing Dean and while there may be some justification for that (protecting Dean?) it still wouldn't make a whole lot of sense for Sam to keep Dean in the dark. Alas, the more I think about it the more I believe that she really is St. Ruby the Good and we're supposed to love her as much as Sam and Dean and Anna already do and no doubt the angels themselves eventually will.
Well gosh, where would he find the time to think about Dean when he's so busy taking Ruby to see Indiana Jones movies and putting together playlists for her on his new iPod?
One of the most unfortunate effects of this week's episode (and one that I think was wholly unintended by the writers) was making me believe that except for one drunken month, Sam adjusted pretty well to Dean being gone and the knowledge of him being in hell. I find myself rethinking the season premiere and how Sam's lackluster reaction to having Dean back now reads as genuine oh-shit disappointment and wow...bad call, Show. Bad fucking call.