#kit.post

[valdrinorm]

there's literally nothing i love more than when zac picks an npc for his character to have a deep, irrational hatred for

[heavenlywinchester]

the younger/new-to-fandom spn fans must lack some serious media literacy skills because wdym we’re losing the ancient omega dean/jensen texts. wdym people in tiktok comments are saying it should’ve been the other way around. Do You Hear Yourselves. Have You Seen The Original Omega Eyes of Jensen Ackles.

[valdrinorm]

lou knowing what bad dragon is but not ally is the last lore drop i ever expected

[valdrinorm]

imo the thing about evsam (and the pilotcule) is that sam and evan's relationship isn't more special than, or really even that different from, their relationships with the rest of the pilot program—but they're the two who are looking for the kind of intimacy traditionally associated with romance. sharing a space. having someone to come home to. and it was so lovely to watch them realize that they can be that for each other.

[valdrinorm]

the tenderness that lives in the sam+evan relationship is so near and dear to me. evan dreams small so he'll always be there to catch sam when she dreams too big!!! sam makes evan feel like he belongs!!!

[valdrinorm]

the absolute tragedy of being someone whose only thing is being good at combat, like truly someone who everyone thinks is kind of a loser until they see you fight and then go "oh no okay i kinda get it," the tragedy of being that guy and then starting to realize that violence only begets violence and never solves anything. colin provolone you have bewitched me body and soul.

[valdrinorm]

damn, that was crazy, anyway, secret sylvan :)

from adaine to fabian, pipes of the sewers.

extremely targeted behavior from adaine. important to note that while you can summon rats to you, the rats are not under your control once they arrive.

from fabian to adaine, an earworm.

useful, but highly insane. i can't quite figure out what the daelkyrs are doing with the information gathered but it's probably... fine? on-brand for fabian to skim the fine print.

from fig to kristen, an immovable rod pull-up bar.

enables some extremely funny evasion techniques. *kristen affixing her immovable rod in mid-air during a difficult conversation* "hold on i gotta get a few reps in real quick"

from kristen to riz, bracers of defense.

very solid item. unfortunately they make riz look like a batman villain.

from riz to gorgug, a potion of fire giant strength.

apparently this comes in a can, which makes me pretty sure it's just an energy drink.

and finally from gorgug to fig, a mask of the beast.

styled after an orangutan, but sadly this is as much as it does to make the wearer look like one.

[heavenlywinchester]

watching 13x08 has made me realise that one of the things that truly does not sit right with me is how the later seasons of spn lean heavily into the whole "sam is the brains, dean is the brawn" thing. they became so quick to dismiss the fact that dean is crazy intelligent. maybe not booksmart like sam, but definitely not some hulking idiot who only knows how to punch shit. he's nifty with gadgets (e.g., building his own emf reader in s1) and knows every inch of pop culture (re: 9 times out of 10 a reference made in the show is from him), and also the actual supernatural itself, all the classic monsters etc. he's one of the best hunters in the world for a reason.

a lot of early season spn was really good at showing that dean was the one projecting this version of himself, what with him making a lot of comments about/implying sam being the "brains". it was so insanely interesting to be able to dive even deeper into his psyche and his struggle with (or really lack of) self-worth; but that discrepancy seems to have been totally lost post-kripke era. now it seems like the show actually believes that schtick and only occasionally remembers that dean has a good head on his shoulders. so often in eps he's just used as a battering ram and an excuse to shove some violence in the middle of a climax; or even worse he's made to actively seem stupid - e.g., the running gag of him struggling with modern tech, which doesn't make sense to me given we KNOW he's tech-savvy enough to build his own electronics.

it! doesn't! make! any! fucking! sense!

obviously the trauma dean suffered throughout the seasons changed a lot of parts about his character. i'm not denying that. a lot of dean's characterisation as he grows older makes sense to me. it's merely that the dumbification of him... doesn't. if anything, i'd argue that it would've been more narratively coherent for him to actively pursue more knowledge in order to make sense of everything he's been through. yes he's angry, but he could've been even angrier if the writers gave him a chance to be the "brains", too. dean is stupidly stubborn. he's not stubbornly stupid.