#--- BECAUSE WE WERE FWIENDS

[galvatronsthighs]

Seeing all the praise for Transformers: One and being interested in going out to see it but...

"Megatron and Optimus are friends"

[soup-du-silence]

Impressions/favourite moments from Ch 9?

god where do i start

there's a whole essay to be written about how their dreams were just mirrors of each other because they're too fucking obsessed with each other to imagine life without each other, that Jamil keeps dream-Kalim around in his perfect world when he could have just conjured a life without him, where's he's fucked off forever, or where they never met? Explain to me WHY dream-Jamil is a horrifyingly chipper, overly-friendly parody of himself but still brainwashes Kalim instead of just pouting and saying "noooo kalim dont wake up you're so sexy we're best fwiends haha" which I can't not read as implying this is something he's fine with? has been fine with?? (we got a hint about the conditions of the manifestation of Jamil's signature spell! we've long known Kalim's been sworn to secrecy about it and he takes that promise so seriously that Jade couldn't get it out of him but like!! I still want to know the details!!)

That they had the most ridiculous shonen jump little boy slapfight because they're both SO stunted and they've been together forever but they never got to be normal-ass kids about it and they finally got to air their grievances with each other because they're trapped in a dreamscape where there's no repercussions to finally just throwing hands and calling each other names? That when push comes to shove Jamil still instinctually puts himself in danger and pushes Kalim to safety?

there's an essay to be written but I'm simply too yaoi poisoned to be the one to do it, I'm sorry. My only note is that I think the fight should have devolved into sloppy makeouts.

[moodymisty]

To be honest it still amazes me how after (August 21st will be the anniversary!!) a year of writing for warhammer 40k, the 'everyone is a cannibal and a warmonger series', how this place has genuinely been the kindest internet hovel I’ve found.

Like I’ve been in fandoms that were screaming oh look how nice we are! We’re so kind and love to be fwiends, we have mile long caard DNI lists to keep our fandom safe ❤️ also we’ll stalk you and send you gore on anon if you act up at all, dox you too because why not ❤️

I have zero plans to stop writing for this but honestly a huge portion of why I do is because talking with you guys is so fun. I like being able to chat and listen to your ideas without having fear of accidentally saying something and having my address leaked.

also brb putting 'DNI Konrad supporters, TItus supporters, Fulgrim supporters, Drukhari kin, and mixed geneseed legion OCs' into my bio and seeing how long until someone takes me seriously

[thatgirlstrawberry]

Sick Surprise pt. 6 — Rossi’s Princess Castle

In which Spencer invites Y/N to his team’s dinner but the sitter for Eloise cancels

Warnings: Fluff, ¿smut scene?, Eloise, Henry and Jack being adorable, dirty jokes, Derek teasing Spencer, the team being like wtf— 😧

Spencer Reid x fem!reader

Spencer’s chest heaved as he collapsed on the bed next to his girlfriend. Her eyes were still squeezed shut and her lip between her teeth.

After a moment of breathing and calming down, Y/N hummed and moved to lay close to him. “Wanna go shower?” She asked, kissing his neck. “We can be louder in there.” He chuckled, rubbing her cheek with the pad of his thumb.

“Of course.” He kissed her lips and pulled away, laughing when she tried to catch his lips again. She giggled as he began talking again. “So… there’s this dinner…” He trailed off.

Y/N hummed, her fingers grazing over his abs gently. “Mhm…”

Spencer cleared his throat. “My friend from work is hosting at his house and Um—“ He paused and kissed her because her lips were searching for his. “They know that I’m dating someone— that someone being you— and Rossi invited you.”

Y/N stopped he movement of her hand and looked up at him. A small smile grew on her lips. “Really?” She asked quietly.

Spencer smiled down at her. “Really. I would really like for them to meet you.”

Y/N nodded. “But what if they don’t like me?”

The man scoffed. “They’re gonna love you.” He whispered. “I love you.”

Her smile grew and she grabbed the side of his face, kissing him. He pushed her hair out of the way and kissed her back. “I love you too. So much.” She mumbled between kisses. “And I would love to come to dinner.”

Spencer chuckled. “If you keep kissing me like that we’re not gonna make it to the shower.”

Y/N smirked, moving her body to straddle waist. “I’m okay with that.”

.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.

Two days later, Y/N stood in front of her full body mirror in a dress and heels. Eloise was jumping on her bed and singing some song about colors she had heard on the tv earlier in the day.

“Mommy, how long you gonna be gone?” Eloise asked as she stopped jumping.

The mother hummed and spun around. “Just a few hours.”

Eloise shook her head and frowned. “A foo hours is wike… forever, mommy!”

Y/N giggled and sat on the edge of her bed, letting Eloise lean against her. “No it’s not, Eloisey. And you get to be here with Katie. Don’t you like Katie?”

The girl gasped. “Oh my dosh— I wuv Katie.” She breathed out.

Y/N smiled and nodded, kissing her cheek. “I know! You guys are gonna have so much fun!”

Like the universe hated her or something, her phone buzzed beside her and she picked it up.

From: Katie

Hi Y/N! I’m sooooo sorry but i can’t watch Eloise tonight. I think I caught the flu and I’d hate to get her sick

Y/N sighed and shut her eyes. “You’ve got to be fucking me in the ass.” She groaned, forgetting that there was a 3 year old right next to her.

“Mommy, why did you say the fuck word?” Eloise asked causing her to groan louder.

She opened her eyes and put a smile on her face. She knew that Spencer’s phone was on silent and he probably wouldn’t be paying much attention to it while he was with his team.

“No reason baby.” She shook her head. “Go pick out an outfit for you to wear tonight, okay?”

Eloise furrowed her eyebrows. “Why?”

Y/N swiped Jaír out of her baby’s eyes. “Because Katie can’t come tonight so, we’re gonna go eat dinner with Spencer.”

Eloise squealed and crawled off of her mom’s bed and ran out into her room.

.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.

When Y/N arrived at the house— the fucking mansion— she sighed and looked back at Eloise.

“Oh my dosh, Spenther’s fwiend wives in a princess castle!” The girl shouted, clapping her hands.

Y/N laughed. “Yes, he does live in a princess castle.” She took her phone off of the gps thingy in her car and got out.

She walked around the front of the car and got Eloise out of her car seat. “You ready?” She asked, hiking the girl up on her hip, and holding her fist out.

“Ready fweddy.” Eloise nodded and bumped her tiny fist on Y/N’s.

Y/N nodded and began to walk up the stone driveway. She got to the door, feeling her heart hammer in her chest. “Oh god, I can’t do this.” She whispered.

“Yeth you can mommy.” Eloise smiled and touched her mother’s cheek.

She kissed Eloise’s forehead and quickly pressed the doorbell. They heard the sound outside before hearing Spencer’s voice.

“That’s Y/N!” He said, trying to be quiet. “Don’t ask too many questions— Derek why are you sm- stop smirking.”

Y/N took a deep breath in and the door swung open. Spencer’s smile widened when he saw Eloise in her arms.

The woman shook her head. “I’m really sorry, my sitter canceled and I knew that I wouldn’t be able to find one on short notice and I’m really—“

“Y/N, Y/N.” Spencer stopped her. “It’s okay! I was hoping you’d bring Eloise anyway.” He said, looking at the kid. “I missed my girl anyways.” He smiled and Eloise held her arms out.

Y/N let Spencer take her out of her arms. “Are you sure this is okay? Do I look okay? Is my makeup-“

Spencer leaned forward to kiss her shortly. “Everything is fine.” He nodded.

Y/N nodded and smiled up at him nervously, following him as he moved back inside the house.

She walked behind him and heard a quiet gasp as they entered the dining room. “Oh my God, is that a child!?”

Y/N bit her lip and stood next to Spencer, smiling nervously and looking around at everyone. “Uh, guys this is Y/N.” He said nodding down at her. “And this is Eloise,” He noticed how Y/N stiffened under the team’s stares. He cleared his throat.

A blonde dressed in bright purple stood up and made her way towards them. “Oh my goodness!” She pulled Y/N into a hug causing a surprised noise to leave the woman’s mouth. “It’s so nice to meet you!” She pulled away and looked at the girl in Spencer’s arms. “And you too! Oh my gosh you’re adorable.”

“Hi, it’s nice to meet you.” Y/N spoke.

“I’m Penelope!”

Eloise became shy and she waved, leaning into Spencer’s neck. Y/N giggled and said hi.

Then, everyone else walked up to them and introduced themselves to her and Eloise.

Derek and Savannah, David Rossi, Emily Prentiss, JJ and Will and Aaron Hotchner all greeted her with a smile and a handshake— JJ hugged her.

When the blonde woman met Eloise, she glanced up at Spencer with wide eyes. “I’m JJ.” She told the girl.

“Hi JJ.” Eloise greeted quietly.

Y/N smiled and Eloise looked at her with wide eyes. “What’s wrong baby?” The girl waved her over and she walked over, leaning closer to her. Eloise whispered something in her mom’s ear.

A moment later, she pulled away from her and looked at Rossi. “I’m sorry, can we go use your bathroom?”

The man nodded. “Of course.” He smiled. “It’s right down that hallway to the left.”

“Thank you.” She nodded, taking Eloise from Spencer and nodding at him before walking to the bathroom.

The team waited until her heels stopped clicking and the bathroom door shut.

Derek scoffed. “So how exactly did you win her over?” He asked with a chuckle. Savannah slapped his arm.

Spencer rolled his eyes. “We met at this coffee shop near her apartment—“

JJ smiled. “What, like five years ago? I mean, that kid is huge!” She exclaimed in a hushed whisper.

He shook his head. “No Um… I met her six months ago. Eloise is Um… she’s not mine.” He hated saying because even though technically it was true, anything a father would do for his daughter, he’d do for Eloise.

“She’s adorable, Reid.” Emily spoke. “Oh, the kid is too.” She jokingly shrugged.

Spencer smiled and rolled his eyes. “She’s really nervous so can we please tone down the compliments.”

JJ’s eyes lit up. “Ooh! Maybe Eloise would like to play with Henry and Jack when dinner is cooking.” She pursed her lips. “They’re just in the back yard.”

Spencer shrugged. “We’ll have to ask her.” As if on cue, Y/N’s heels began clicking again and Eloise was saying things.

They came around the corner and /N was holding Eloise’s hand as they walked. She let go of her mother’s hand and ran up to Rossi, pulling on his pant leg. “Scuse me, mithter. Do you wive in a princess castle?”

The team laughed and Rossi bent down a bit. “I do live in a princess castle.” He nodded.

Spencer chuckled and leaned over to Y/N as the two of them went into a deep conversation about Eloise’s favorite princesses.

“Is it okay if she goes outside and plays with JJ and Hotch’s boys?” He asked.

Y/N nodded. “Yeah, of course. But you didn’t need to ask my permission.” She told him quietly. “I trust you, okay?”

Spencer nodded and kissed the side of her head before getting Eloise’s attention. “Hey, Eloisey do you wanna go play outside and meet some new friends?”

The girl nodded shyly and Spencer held out his hands. Eloise grabbed onto both and hopped onto his feet. Y/N laughed as he began to waddle towards the sliding doors behind the dining room table.

JJ went out before him so she could rally up the other kids. “Hey guys?” She called. Y/N followed behind Spencer and Eloise.

The boys stopped throwing the ball around and came running towards JJ. “Is dinner done yet, mommy?” Henry asked.

JJ chuckled. “Not yet honey. I wanted you and Jack to meet Spencer’s friends Y/N and Eloise.”

They looked up at the woman and then at the girl who held a small smile. “I’m Eloise.” She nodded. “You wike pwaying superhewoes?” She asked.

Jack nodded rapidly and Henry gasped. “We love playing superheroes.”

Eloise hopped off of Spencer’s feet. “Otay. I’m donna be the good one. You duys be da bad ones.”

She ran further into the yard and Y/N laughed, covering her mouth as they ran after her. “She’s gonna sleep gooood tonight.” She nodded with a smile.

Rossi tapped her on the shoulder and she turned around. “Would you like a glass of wine?”

“Ooh.” She smiled. “What do you have?” She asked.

Rossi chuckled. “A whole damn cellar, sweetheart.”

.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.

Emily, Penelope, JJ, Savannah and Y/N all stood around the kitchen island with their glasses of wine. The guys sat around in the backyard watching the kids play. “So…” Emily smirked. “How’s the sex?”

Y/N almost choked on her wine and took the glass away from her mouth, wiping her noir with a napkin. She giggled and kissed her teeth. JJ slapped Emily’s arm. “What? It’s a real question.” She shrugged.

The woman inhaled. “It’s fuckin’ mind blowing. He like a vagina wizard or something.” She laughed. The rest of the girls laughed as well.

They were consumed in conversation when the oven dinged. Y/N raised her hand. “I’ll go get the guys.” She told them.

She set her glass down and walked out of the kitchen and towards the sliding doors. The guy’s chairs were faced away from the door and she slowly open it. Before she called for them, she paused when she caught the end of their conversation.

“I think she was sent by God. She’s perfect.” Spencer’s voice was quiet but she smiled hearing every word. “A-and Eloise is the cherry on top. I didn’t know that I wanted kids until I met her. She’s the best. And she’s just like her mother.”

Y/N teared up and bit her lip as the guys all ‘awed’ and patted him on the back. “And I’m gonna marry her. I don’t know when but it’s going to happen.”

Her grin widened and she cleared her throat. “Um, I think dinner is ready.” She said quietly. They all turned back, not think that she had heard their entire conversation.

Rossi popped out of his chair and clapped. “Great! You’re gonna love my lasagna.” He nodded.

“Lasagna?” She repeated, glancing at her cute but very messy girl.

Rossi chuckled. “Oh, don’t worry. I made the kids chicken nuggets and fries.”

Y/N sighed in relief and laughed. She saw Eloise running up to her and she bent down. The girl ran and jumped into her arms. “Mommy, can Jack and Henry come over tomorrow!?” She asked.

Y/n spun her around. “We’ll have to ask their parents but it’s okay with me! Come on let’s go eat!”

Spencer smiled as he watched Y/N wiggle her around as they went inside.

He got so lucky.

.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.

After dinner, the kids were watching a Disney movie in Rossi’s home theater and the adults were all standing around the kitchen island talking.

Spencer grabbed Y/N’s hand and she leaned over to him. “I love you.” She spoke quietly. “And thank you for being with me and Eloise.”

He kissed her cheek, knowing that the others were too immersed in conversation with each other. “I will always be with you.”

Y/N giggled. “And the girls might tease you at work for a little while.”

Spencer furrowed his eyebrows with a smile. “Why?” He asked, rubbing his hand over her lower back.

“I may or may not have called you a vagina wizard.”

———————————————————————-

HAHAHAHAHAHH

I love this so much and I love that Y/N and Eloisey met the teammmmm!

The next chapter has some angst and it’s gonna be about Eloise’s 4th birthday! So excited!

I hope you enjoyed this chapter

Love ya bunches ❤️❤️❤️

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[crazyunsexycool]

Lottie - Dada you married mama cause you love her right??

Bucky - Yes baby I love her so much

Lottie - Okay I marry Tommy then!

Bucky - WHAT?!?

Lottie - Yeah dada I love Tommy, so I marry him!

Bucky - someone stop me because I kill whoever this Tommy is ....

😂😂😂😂 this man is going to need even more therapy!

But daddy I love him

Charlotte had just gotten home from school. She held up the arts and crafts project she’d completed that day. It proudly showed her favorite memory, dancing at your and Bucky’s wedding with him. At least that’s what you thought it was.

“Daddy?” She’d walked up to him and he picked her up, gave her a kiss on the cheek and sat her on his lap.

“Yes, doll?”

“Why did you marry mama?”

“Well because I love her so much. I never wanted to spend another day without her.” He explains happily while gazing lovingly at you.

“Mama said you were her fwiend before you were her husband.”

“That’s true. We were like best friends.”

Charlotte’s eyes light up and you’re already shaking your head because you know she’s about to say something outrageous.

“Oh that’s so nice,” she says excitedly. “I’m gonna marry Tommy.”

“Like hell you are.” Bucky rejected the idea immediately.

“I am. He’s my bestest fwiend.”

“The answer is no. I don’t even know the kid.”

“But daddy I love him.” She says with her hands on her chest and a pained expression on her face.

“No, you can’t marry anyone.”

“I’m gonna marry Tommy I don’t care.” She says before hopping off his lap and stomping away.

You’re standing there wiping tears away and laughing so hard.

“Mama you shouldn’t laugh, you know she’ll do it.” Henry says.

“I’m gonna go to jail for killing some snot nosed kid that sweet talked my baby in getting married.” Bucky huffs. “This is how my life ends.”

“You’re being so dramatic. She’ll get over it. But I’m glad Friday recorded it so that I can play it on her actual wedding day when she does marry Tommy.”

“That’s not funny.” Bucky points at you. “Take it back.”

You shake your head no and walk away laughing.

“I’m gonna go shoot something. Again.”

“I’ll go with you dad.” Henry says and they both head to the shooting range.

[effy-writes]

Addict (Blitz x Reader)

6: Spring Broken: Craxk

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"I love this song!" Blitz chimed, turning up the volume. "You were a spicy little- uh- Demon with the- uh- bleach blonde haaaair!"

Loona looked annoyed, Moxxie was covering up his "ears", you and Millie was looking out the window smiling.

The van came to a sudden stop, giving everyone in there whiplash. A pink car with the words "Sucks 4 Life" was in their original parking spot.

"Oh, you "suck for life", do ya? Listen up, you unoriginal pink cum dump! You have three goddamn seconds to get your tits out of my parking spot!"

The passenger of the car stepped out and Blitz's jaw dropped. "Oh, shit! Verosika!"

"Blitzo" She smirked.

"I should have known you'd be here. I could smell fish for miles, which is odd. Because, I believe the nearest ocean is..." He stepped out from the car and fell flat on his face. "three rings down!"

You turned your head to Millie, "How do they know each other?"

"Beats me." She shrugged.

You were familiar with Verosika, you saw her at that rehab place that you were at for two months, but you only saw her once or twice before Verosika left.

"And I should have known you'd be here when I heard the Amber Alerts."

"Oh, yeah? I'm surprised they let your fat ass outta rehab. I can see you're still a drunken whore, clutching onto that Beelzejuice bottle like it's the last cock in Hell!"

Verosika pulled out a flask, "They let me out because I'm still famous. And rehab is for sad, loser wash-ups. So, your sister says "Hi","

Oh shit, I completely forgot about Barbie. Can't believe I forgot about her. Does Blitz know about it?

The two bickered about the parking spot while you were deep in your thoughts.

Loona got out of the van, "You know Verosika Mayday?"

"Huh...? Oh, yeah. Her, yeah. We dated."

You jumped out of the van, "You guys dated?"

"Oh shit, Y/n. When did you get out of rehab?" Verosika laughed.

Loona, Millie, and Moxxie looked at you, "You were in REHAB?" Moxxie shouted.

"Long story." Fucking hell.

"Okay let's get back to the main point, our fucking parking spot! Let's go handle this shit."

~~~

Loona, Vortex and Blitz was engaging in a conversation about the office that's right across from I.M.P.

"Oh, no you don't, bitch." Blitz muttered.

"Sir... how about you let me go in and try to reason with her? I don't really listen to what's classified as "pop genre" music, so her status to me is name recognition alone..." Moxxie suggested.

Blitz glared at Moxxie, "In my opinion, her music is a bit derivative of-"

"Shut the fuck up!" He interrupted.

Moxxie sighed and walked through the door to talk to her gang.

You turned towards Blitz. "When did you date her?"

"Like 2 years ago probably. Did you see her and my sister?"

"Yeah.." You mumbled. "I was in there for about two months or so, I only saw Verosika once or twice, she ended up leaving way before I did."

"And my sister?"

"She was still there when I left. We didn't talk that much, I think we were both in shock."

Blitz changed the conversation. "Moxxie, don't let her access any of your holes!"

Moxxie quickly ran out of the room, lipstick marks all over him. "I... I gotta go lie down... now."

"Oh, this won't STAND!" Blitz rushed into the same room, you following behind.

"Alright that's it, If you're gonna be shitty to my employees, then I challenge you to a fuckin'... challenge! Fuck, I said that twice."

"Mm this imp boy starting a duel?" One of the succumbs said.

"I think he is!" Verosika laughed. "And brought his crack head wittle fwiend with him!" She baby talked.

"Oh shut the fuck up."

"Just speaking the truth, so, what's the game Blitzo."

"Every year, you STD spreaders go up topside for easy pickin's while spring break is a prime time for crime of all kinds! So I bet... you succu-bitches can't fuck as many people as we can off by the end of the day."

Everyone laughed, Verosika got down on his level, "Game on, bitch."

~~~

"Alright, shut your assholes! Here's how we're gonna do this shit! First, we find a fuck ton of clients."

Blitz proceeded to draw out the steps with poorly bad drawings.

"...Do you have... any questions?"

"Uh, yeah. What was that nonsense?" Moxxie stood up.

Blitz argued with Moxxie, you on the other hand stood up to go to the bathroom to snort adderal that you found behind a dumpster, Hope this isn't laced.

"Uh where are you going?" Blitz questioned.

"Bathroom."

"No. Any more non dumbass questions?"

Loona spoke, "Hey, is there a way where I can come?"

You got an idea, tons of college students has drugs. "Yeah me too!"

"Absolutely not, I forbid it. Not gonna happen. Sorry, sweetie. Spring break is no place for young, vulnerable goth girls. And Y/n you said it yourself, you're a janitor."

You shrugged, "I can help lure people in."

"Well, I can blend in with humans easy enough. Just let me tag along." Loona added.

"Wait...you can blend in?" Millie asked.

"Yeah? Don't you guys have human disguises?" Nobody said anything, "You three have been screwing around on Earth this whole fucking time... without human disguises? Y/n what about you?"

"I only been up there once against my will. So don't drag me into this." You put your hands up in defense.

"Alright new plan! Loonie can help lure the humans to us, and we'll take care of the rest. Okay, how about that?"

"What about me?" You questioned.

"Bring your fucking broom and start WACKIN!"

"I think you're missing the biggest issue, sir. Isn't it crucial to have a client who demands enough kills to win this bet? We aren't just going up to massacre!" Moxxie intervened.

"I got that covered, Mox."

~~~

"Now, remember, we can't be seen, alright? And loose shots will likely cause a panic, so Loona can help with leading targets to a better spot to off 'em. You got the list, Loonie?" Blitz got his gun ready.

"Got it."

Loona transformed into a human looking version of herself, as your eyes widened, "You look beautiful!"

"You look...downright awful!" Blitz dawned. "I am so proud, now fetch!"

Loona and the rest got targets, while you were staring at the crowd, trying to see if you can find anybody snorting or even buying drugs. In order to not get caught of you obviously being an imp, you put a beanie on to cover up the horns and wrapped your tail around your waist. However you being red doesn't do you justice.

"Alright, spring breakers! Y'all ready to get fucked up and make some BITCHIN' BAD CHOICES!" Verosika shouted from the stage, inducing the crowd to roar her name.

You walked in between of people, trying to find just anything to get your hands on. With Verosika singing her mating song, everybody stopped what they were doing and started to get all sensual.

"This is my chance." You muttered. You found a couple smoking something out of a pipe. As you got closer it looked like was a crack pipe. "Bingo."

You walked over to them, and since they were too caught up making out you were able to grab the pipe and the lighter from their hands and lit it up, inhaling the stimulate. Within seconds your eyes dilated, heart raced, and you've been waiting for this feeling for a long time.

You saw Blitz and Loona in the distance arguing and turned the other way so you wont get caught with Blitz.

While walking away from the crowd you wanted to run and dance, but was afraid of Blitz catching you. With each second the drug took over and you started doing tricks and flips with the broom that you have. I probably look crazy as hell right now, you laughed.

You ended up tripping on the broom and fell in front of Millie and a very drunk Moxxie.

"Hey Y/n! How you been?" Millie smiled.

You stood still and gave her a thumbs up with a crack out smile.

Moxxie laughed, "Fish."

Confused, the two of you turned around and saw a huge monster-looking fish grab Moxxie.

"Moxxie!" Millie shouted before running towards the fish.

You had so much energy you needed to run and fight along. The two of you wrestled with the fish and with your cracked out strength you opened its mouth.

"Let's go Y/n!" Millie cheered, helping Moxxie out of the fish, and by helping she threw him.

In the distance Blitz was holding Moxxie, watching this fight.

"I love that woman," Moxxie smiled.

"Oh, she totally pegs you, doesn't she?" Blitz dropped his face once he caught a glimpse of you. "Holy shit, since when did she start to fight?"

You and Millie swam to shore, Millie out of breath, and you were still pumped up with energy.

"Oh my god that was amazing!" You shouted, jumping up and down. Blitz dropped Moxxie and walked over to you.

Your smile dropped and turned to walk away but he forcefully grabbed your arm, "Oh fuck you." He spat.

"Wait, Blitz I can explain!" He let go of your arm.

"You were clean for so long!"

He still doesn't know about the adderal, but you decided to keep it a secret. "I'm sorry-"

"Don't." He jabbed his finger into your chest before walking away.

"Blitzo." Verosika walked up to him, "Leaving Y/n like how you left me?"

"She left me first." He gritted through his teeth.

Millie interrupted this dispute about you and Blitz. "I don't think this belonged to any of us." Millie showed Verosika her flask. "Would be a shame if anyone found out you guys were behind a giant monster fish in the human world."

"Oh, Satan! You're gonna be so... FUUUUCKED!" Moxxie drunkly laughed.

"Y'know, we could keep this little B-movie scene on the down low if you agree to let us use that parking space." Blitz smirked.

"Fine." She agreed, crossing her arms.

"But we won! In your face bitch!" He flipped her off. "Come on, Loonie Tooney! Let's go back and park our fat fuckin' car in our fat fuckin' space!"

Everyone jumped into the portal, you following behind of Loona.

~~~

"Going to my room don't bother me!" Loona shouted before slamming her door.

You laid down on the couch, back facing Blitz. He sat down on the other end, neither of you saying a word to each other.

"Why did you do it?" He broke the silence. You just shrugged.

"Planning on being a coke and meth head? Planning on leaving me?" He raised his voice.

"I don't know why I did it." You mumbled. Blitz exhaled and rubbed his face.

"Don't ever pull that shit again, okay?"

You wanted to ask him if he even cares about you and if this is why he's mad other than his fear of you leaving him again, but you don't want to know the answer, you don't want to get hurt.

[shikishake]

yorukura ended. it was a good show, I think; it had some really emotionally resonant beats from some really likable characters and a good message and theme that felt like it came from a genuine place.

and yet, I am incapable of not feeling bitter.

it was queerbait. and somehow, that's just supposed to be fine. I'm left feeling like an idiot for expecting anything more. I'm left feeling like I'm supposed to say something like "oh well, we got baited again. better luck next time!" I'm left feeling like this is just supposed to be business as usual.

but it's just fucking annoying, right? like it happens over and over and over again, rug pull after rug pull, and it's genuinely getting irritating. because every time this shit happens, the same thought pops into my head.

"if they were straight, this would be called bad writing."

they spent multiple episodes deliberately creating romantic tension, and then just refused to acknowledge it in the ending. they just go "fwiends! :)" without even talking about the moment on the beach, or the aquarium date, or the fucking kiss on new years.

they started a romantic subplot -- hell, it wasn't even a SUBplot, mahiru and kano's relationship has been centerstage since the start of the show -- but they started moving them in a romantic direction, and then just fucking dropped it. No resolution, no closure, nothing.

there's value in giving your two main leads romantic tension, and not having them end up together; you can say things about that. like, "there could have been something there, but a conflict changed their relationship" or "there could have been something there, but it doesn't work out" or something. but that's not what happened. this is just completely dropping a part of your MAIN DUO's relationship with no explanation.

if they were straight, this would be bad writing. but because they're two girls, it's "just" bait. because they're gay, it's egg on OUR face; how stupid of us to expect more. they tell us there's romantic tension, spend multiple episodes building it, and then they laugh at us for being idiotic enough to actually believe them.

it hurts doubly because we JUST had the kiui thing last episode. I watched that episode and cried, you know that? it hit close to home. and it was basically explicit confirmation that kiui is, in some way, not cis.

...right? because now I'm forced to start doubting that, too. they never SAY kiui's trans or nb, so maybe some exec on twitter or whatever the fuck is gonna go "kiui is a girl and just uses nox as an online persona, what do you mean non-binary?"

I had so much respect for this show last episode, I genuinely thought there was no possible way they'd pussy out with mahiru and kano. I thought "CLEARLY, they're not shying away from having queer characters. CLEARLY, this means they're gonna resolve this continuously building queer romance. I mean, they just confirmed one of their main characters is queer, in-show, using some of the least ambiguous language I've ever seen anime use. I can trust them; it'd be silly not to, after this."

it's just fucking annoying. it makes the show's entire theme of "be your authentic self, even in the face of society's rejection! cringe is dead, irony is cowardly; say something beautiful and true!" ring hollow.

[landofzero-archive]

Absolute - The Pure Land 10

(Location: Absolute Stage)

(A few minutes later. A secret discussion with everyone else, a slight distance away from Shaka who is taking on Nagisa’s appearance. )

Hiyori: …… He said everything he wanted to say to his heart’s content, huh.

What should we do, Ibara? Is there really nothing that can be done?

Ibara: No. I’ve said this over and over again; but Shaka-shi is still only that world’s number one idol, and is not a pro criminal.

Even though that plan looks perfect, there are still flaws here and there. Shaka-shi probably persuaded Priest’s subordinates and made them his pawns by saying something like the following.

“This time as well I, Shaka, will make money, so just shut up and obey me.”

That Shaka mentioned is of course His Excellency Nagisa who was forced into Shaka-shi’s position and appearance.

Jun: Meaning……?

Ibara: Meaning, Priests’s subordinates would not be so easily able to dispose of Shaka-shi = His Excellency (1), who would be the said money tree.

Even though Shaka-shi was threatening us with that smug face (2), I can conclude that the likelihood of harm being inflicted on His Excellency is quite low.

But still, that’s not absolute. Because it’s possible that Priest’s subordinates might choose that option.

Where the fake Shaka-shi, which is His Excellency, gets disposed of, and afterwards, the real Shaka-san gets captured and returned to his original appearance— And have him be the world’s number one idol this time as well.

NEGI: “That would probably be the worst plotline for Shaka-san. Because the thread of hope that he grasped with great pains has to be cut short right there.

…… Shaka-san said that he couldn’t help but hate, hate himself.

That’s why he’s throwing it away. It made him despair that much.

I didn’t notice it.

When he was talking to me, Shaka-san was a naive, kind older brother, so much so that it felt like the title of the world’s number one idol didn’t suit him.

But. That was all a lie. He simply wanted to steal useful techniques from me……

When he said that his life was being targeted so he wanted help, the truth was that it wasn’t like he was being targeted by a killer.

It was, simply, an excuse to learn those techniques from me?

No. Was the person targeting Shaka-san's life— Shaka-san himself, who couldn’t help but hate, hate himself?

The other person Shaka-san was afraid of was Shaka-san himself, who would crush himself into nothing. That person was worn out, split himself apart and became crazy.”

Ibara: ……However, that’s exactly why we should not let our guard down.

Shaka-shi is a bomb with its fuse lit. If you carelessly provoke him, he’ll blow up instantly.

So that His Excellency may return alive and return to everyday life as usual— we have to overturn that plan with nothing less than carefully and conscientiously .

Jun: But, what should we do? Do we have no choice but to appear in Absolute as planned, just like Shaka-san told us to?

Ah, we just have to spill everything to the audience gathered here! Expose Shaka-san’s plan, and just like that—

Ibara: I guess the venue will be filled with outbursts of laughter.

Who’s going to believe in us? No, between us who have no recognition here, and Shaka-shi, which of us is more persuasive?

Even if we claim that “Ouw fwiend has been wepwaced with the wowld’s numbew one idol ~!”(3) in clumsy English.

It will just be taken as a joke or some strange performance.

Absolute is the festival of insanity; the Fanatic Festival.

In this crazy environment, no matter how seriously you try to convey the truth, it’ll only be taken as a comedy routine.

It’s naturally ridiculous to think that a human would be replaced.

Jun: No way…… But, I see. That’s what’ll happen.

Hiyori: Maybe. That’s probably why Shaka-san brazenly showed himself in front of us and politely explained everything.

Even if we were to spread the truth around, no one would believe it—is what he means.

Ibara: That self-conceit is deadly. It’d be great if I could say that, but I can’t think of what to do at this moment.

Shaka-shi and his pawns Priest’s subordinates seem to be cooperating, but their goals are different—

That part feels like the main point that will allow us to break their plans.

I still can’t think of a way to do that. Still a move too short. (4)

Jun: ……?

Ibara: ? What is it, Jun? Did you think of something?

As expected of the man who unpredictably manages to pull off a miracle once in a blue moon! 

Jun: Oh, um, don’t you hear some kinda weird sound?

NEGI: “Ah, it’s the smartphone! From Hiyori-sama’s pocket!”

Hiyori: Ah, Aah…… Come to mention it, it doesn’t really matter now that we’ve come to this, but I was thinking of having Ibara analyze the smartphone.

Because it seemed like Shaka-san sent detailed correspondence to the Staff in Absolute’s Tent Village.

Jun: Thinking about it now, that’s probably because Shaka-san had planned to have Nagi-Senpai appear on Absolute as his substitute.

Hiyori: Mm. So that Priest’s subordinates would listen to what he said, and at the same time, to not have them get involved any further—

It’s necessary for Shaka-san to win Absolute overall.

They should have made arrangements for that. Have Nagisa-kun perform as Shaka-san’s substitute, no, as his living sacrifice(5) — and make him win.

And then he offers to Priest’s subordinates the money tree to replace himself.

By way of such a ritual, Shaka-san would finally be completely free. He would foist everything he hated onto Nagisa-kun, and he would set out on a journey to a new world.

…… It’s a revolting story though. Well, that’s why we thought there would be correspondence from Shaka-san again, so that’s why we borrowed this smartphone.

We thought that if we could trace the call through this smartphone, we would be able to pin down Shaka-san’s whereabouts.

Ibara: You mean to say that you’ve received a call on that smartphone? So that means, it couldn’t be— please lend it to me!

Hiyori: Wawaa? I get it, I’ll lend it to you, so don’t be so rough?

Ibara: The number is restricted…….but could it be?

—Hello? Could this be Your Excellency?

TL Notes: 1. Shaka-shi = His Excellency; in this part, Ibara literally uses the equal sign =, which probably means that he’s treating Shaka and His Excellency as a singular subject in this sentence, but also considering this is supposed to be spoken language; how did he do that? Mod kept it in for your enjoyment.

2. Ibara used slang here; ドヤ顔 (DoyaKao) which literally means ‘face you’ll beat’, but used the same way as ‘smug face’.

3. He actually said “Our friend has been replaced with the world’s number one idol~!” in normal JP, but added a cutesy, babylike でしゅ(Deshu) instead of a normal です (Desu) at the end. So. As a side note, he used 僕たち (Bokutachi) here. It’s a polite first person plural pronoun that he never uses otherwise.

4. He’s speaking in board game (chess, go, shogi, etc) lingo. He said he lacks 一手 (itte) or literally, ‘one move’.

5. The word 生贄 (Ikenie) is sacrifice as in, ritual sacrifice.

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[kaaaaaaarf]

🎃trick or treat🍭

TREAT! 🎃

I have had a wolfstar girldads idea in my head for months. I have a playlist and everything, but only have some short snippits written. Their daughter's name is Odette (or Odie for short) and she's three. Her big brother is Teddy, who is fifteen. Snip:

Remus looks exhausted. He has deep purple bags under his eyes and can barely keep his eyes open. He's leaning against the doorway like it's the only thing keeping him upright (frankly, he's never been more attractive, but that's not the point). "She wants to watch Paw Patrol, Sirius. She literally wont let me put anything else on for her, I have tried." Sirius scoffs. "Oh, no. No. ACAB! We aren't letting our only daughter get brainwashed by the establishment." Remus rolls his eyes. "Well if you can get her to watch literally anything else, go for it." "Odie. Why dont we watch Bluey? You love Bluey!"

Odette for her part stomps her feet and clutches her old, tattered baby blanket to her chest. "NO BOUEY!!!! PAW PATOLE, DADDY." "Little bird, we've talked before about the police, yeah? How they are blood suckers who steal money from the pockets of the working class and use institutionalized racism to marginalize our neighbours and members of the community?" Odie raises her arms high and Remus looks on with fond amusement. "YEAH! POPO NONO!" Sirius smiles at her encouragingly. "Thats right! Popo nono. So were not gonna watch Paw Patrol because they are trying to brainwash you into thinking that police are nice and cute and pillars of the community. So, with all that being said. I'm gonna put on Peppa Pig, she's the only pig we can trust." Odette throws herself onto the couch and starts pounding her small fists, sounding impossibly sad. "NONONO. PAW PATOLE. Mahshull Odie's fwiend." Remus looks smug as hell. "Well Sirius, at least she got your flare for the dramatics."

ask box trick-or-treat (fic writer edition)

[thenewfuture]

Ahhhh those jerks are awful kick there butts Hinata

Wait! Stop you guys, we don't have to do this!

We're all on the same side here! We're teammates, co-workers, friends! We don't have to fight. Let's just stop this and not participate in this dumb killing game.

Ruruka: .....Pfftt, hahahahahaha! Hahaha! Oh my god! You did not just say that right now!

H-Huh?

Ruruka: You really are the biggest and dumbest dweeb I've ever met! Friends? Teammates? Get real! I never cared about the Future Foundation. All I wanted was to survive this Tragedy ordeal and get people to eat my sweets. This job was just a means to an end. In fact, if I deliver your corpses to Kyosuke, I bet I could get a huge reward! I may even get the funds to run my own organization! Hahahaha!~ Imagine that~

I....can't believe this...! Kyosuke and Juzo were bad enough, but you....you're just selfish!

Trying to kill us for something so stupid and petty! What is WRONG WITH EVERYBODY!

Ruruka: Petty? Me? I'm trying to get what I want out of this whole thing. I'm making the best out of a bad situation. Survival of the fittest and all that. But if we really wanna talk petty, how about your attempted dragging of everyone else at 4th Hope's Peak Class Trial?

!!!???

Ruruka: You wanted everyone to die and get the wrong answer all because your fwiend died? Tsk tsk tsk... Isn't that selfish? Isn't that petty? Isn't that greedy? Lots of other people lost their friends too, why do you think you're special enough to decide everyone else's fate? As someone who knows a fair bit about betrayls from so-called friends, I bet Sakura was rolling in her grave when she saw you pull that little stunt.

I....Th-That was.....I....I.....

SHUT UP! Don't you dare talk to Hina like that!

You have no idea what we went through in the killing game! You talk big, but it's easy to insult others when you can't even show your face to us!

Ruruka: As if I'd show my face to those freaks of nature called the Remnants of Despair! Like I said, I'm trying to survive here! And I have fullllll faith in Sonosuke to do the job perfectly! Speaking of which... I think it's time for you all to die now! Go on, baby! Do your thing!

Yes Ruruka.

*Sonosuke grabs his knife and charges forward to the group, he swings and-*

*CLING!*

...!

*.....is stopped. Hajime braces himself for the assault, but someone beats him to it. Sonosuke's knifes is parried by someone holding another weapon.....scissors....*

How.....dare you.....

What?

"Huh-wha? Sonia...?"

You despicable....horrid....unhonorable....lowly cowards...!

I have let you go on and on about your distasteful slander against these people and myself! I did not want to partake in this senseless act of violence and distrust again, not after what we have been through! But if you intend to turn your blade against my comrades and I, then I cannot sit idly by no longer!

I am Sonia Olivia-Kassandra-Regina-Theodore Nevermind III.... *Sonia twirls the office scissors and dons a pose similar to Genocider Syo...*

For the sake of peace, for the sake of my future, and for the sake of my friends! I will stop your ungraceful advances here and now!

Ruruka: Ugh! She's so loud and annoying! Sonosuke! Get rid of her!

I agree, you talk too much. Now prepare yourself...!

/////SONIA NEVERMIND VS SONOSUKE IZAYOI!//////

[salt-volk]

customs were originally supposed to be private, but then people were like "pwease we wanna shawe with ouw fwiends, we totally awent asking because we want to make mowe fictional money :pleadingface:" translation for the sentence in quotes above "please we wanna share with our friends, we totally arent asking because we want to make more fictional money :pleadingface:"

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[crossovernonshipstournament]

OKAY SO. Pre-propaganda because we were enabled.

So it all started when cRWB shit the bed and me and Ship were like "huh, this show is... bad" and then were like "wait, has it always been bad? OMG IT'S ALWAYS BEEN BAD". There was a grieving process but somewhere in the middle I said "fuck this, I just want to write about James Ironwood having a nice time and not being shafted by LITERALLY EVERYONE IN ALL EXISTENCE". So I made a roleplay blog and Ship already had a Boyd roleplay blog so we were like "tee hee, let's cross them over :) tee hee, Ironwoof :) tee hee, fwiends" and that was July sixth, 2o2o, and now it's three years later (almost to the day! It's our anniversary Thursday!) and we're on volume 13 and we have crafted something unimagineably cool crossing over Ducktales and RWBY (hence the name! DTLS is just Ducktales but with the letters taken out!). (And also some other minor crossovers, like Merlin, RvB, Camp Camp, Thor, allusions to Duck Dodgers, I have plans for Cats, we have a whole ass Gravity Falls plot cooking, there's the possibility of a crossover with the shared Star Trek and My Little Pony crossover that lives in my head...)

The story, such as it is, follows the increasingly interconnected group of the Duck family and their hangers on and the Amity crew and their hangers on. It centers on the relationship between James and Boyd, who are very good friends, with James taking on a role as mentor for Boyd, who he sees a lot of himself in (for better or worse), and wants to help him avoid some of his own mistakes and pitfalls and trauma. It's a mixture of slice of life goofball shenanigans and the ongoing divorce between Ozma and Salem, which they have made everyone else's problem.

Within the au, we have several relationships; the three on my side are James and Boyd (who I will kick things over to Ship to talk up some more), the "green boys" Oscar and Louie, and Penny and Boyd, who were actually a submission from one of our readers!

Also, while it's not a DTLS thing and in fact predates it by several years, Luna Brothers is also canon in DTLS. (I will talk more about Luna Brothers in another post, so don't worry about them now.)

Anyway I'll talk more about them in their own propaganda posts but now you know what we're on about. OH also if you're interested DTLS is organized into a collection of google docs and can be read here.

[felidthing]

oh my goddgdgd i did so much shit today not even a lot of individual things but i did also post Four Hours Ago while deep in one stop so. ive been out since like 5 i think. this is a fun time yay yippee recounting btw nothing to complain about yay :] :] im so tired tho.

we went to old navyyyy because i needed some specific shirts and my brother needed shorts for work ya know. my surgery scars are all up in my armpits so literally just having my arms down was causing discomfort/pain bc of skin to skin rubbing and also the glue/residue being annoying. so for the first time in all of history i was explicitly looking for a shirt that was snug around my arms/armpits. gasp. and i found Exactly that!!! incredible! its an athletic shirt! one that just the right size rather than the usual comfortably loose fit i go for in normal shirts. so its a stretchy soft shirt that hopefully is also good with sweat because. its Right Up In My Arms. i got 3. i also got three button downs/"hawaiian" shirt i guess?? never know how to refer to those. when does it become a hawaiian shirt. what does that even mean. but regardless i got some summery all-over print short sleeve button downs. they are awesome. one is very green with macaw-looking parrots but theyre very pink toned, also got a black with white flowers and a white one with a lot of summer fruits and crabs. i love them all sm. and then i ALSO also got a graphic tee with a photo of some california poppies because i Love those flowers so much theyre everywhere in washington (lol) i love em.

the old navy we went to was in a mall so we ended up going to a few different anime/gift type stores.. teehee... and i got THEEESSEEE THEY ARE. SO CUTE I LOVE THEM

i spent uh. 52 dollars. they werent even both $25 like tbh i would be okay with them being $25.. or maybe i just think that bc i was primed by them already costing more but idk i feel that way cant help it.. they were FOURTYYYY EACH but all the plushes were buy one get one 75% OFF?? THATS SO MUCH OFF. they got me. i could have just bought the pig but the allure of a simulated $10 stuffed animal that "would have been 40 otherwise"........ they got me -_- being aware of marketing tactics does Not make me immune to them. but look at these thangs... theyre delightful

less exciting last stop was GOCEY SHOPPINGGGGG i love grocies. but even though its a wednesday night it was so weirdly busy.. we had to get so much shit i spent $294. kill. and me and ridley were so goddamn tired and both of us are already incapacitated on some level AND we had NOTTT EATEN ANYTHING REAL TODAYYYY HELL HELL HELL so we were fighting for our lives to get everything baggded and then into tha house and THENN. THEN, THERE WAS STUFF MISSING we looked one thousand times in every bag and checked the car and it was straight GONE so we were like.. we are going to go back to the store and see if we can get this stuff back Because it was all on the receipt i pieced together that we must have left a bag at the store. so my brother took me back and i approached the self checkout attendant bc they were closest like hello... i was just here and i have some stuff missing its on the receipt.... and they were like oh yeah there was a bag left at that checkout! it had some ice cream and i was like YES its just some frozen stuff and they sent me with another employee that took us to a cart of stuff and they gave me MY EXACT BAG OF MISSING GROCIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THEY SAVED IT YAYYYAYAYAYAYAY i was literally so happy i wanted to Cry i felt Shaky i was Overwhelmed With Relief And Joy MY GOSHIES!!! it was ice cream and forzen veggies and pizza rolls and MEATBALLS I GOT FOR MY FWIEND bc they forget to get them and we GOT EM BAAVCK HELL YES

triumphant grocery rescue mission. got clothes and Touys. spent so much money like that was most of All my money. hell. but we Won

[thatgirlstrawberry]

Sick Surprise pt. 8 — Dad

In which…

Warnings: fluff, angst, crying, cursing, lmk if I missed anything!!

Spencer Reid x fem!reader

“Mommy, why don’ I got a dad?”

Y/N froze in her place. She was in the middle of making breakfast for Eloise before she had to leave for Daycare and work. “What?” She asked slowly, turning around.

Eloise swayed from side to side. “All my fwiends got daddies an’ I don’t.”

Y/N pursed her lips and kneeled down to her height, pushing a few strands of hair out of her face. “Baby…” She was trying to think of the words she needed to say so it made sense. “Your dad… he didn’t want us.” She nodded sadly. “So he went bye bye.” Eloise furrowed her little eyebrows. “A daddy is someone who is around for his baby. He loves his baby, he loves baby’s mommy.” She nodded. “And he protects his baby. No matter what.”

“Protet? What is protet?” She asked.

The mother smiled and looked into her baby girl’s eyes. “Protect means that a dad would do anything in his power to keep his baby safe.”

Y/N expected Eloise to look sad but instead she smiled and touched her mom’s nose. “Is Spenther m’new dad?”

The woman gasped quietly and didn’t have the heart to tell those hopeful little eyes no. She wished it was Spencer she’d met in college instead of Jake. Honestly, she’d forgotten that she ever had been alone before Spencer. He had been on a case all week so they hadn’t seen him.

“We gotta go to daycare. Go get you sippy, babe.” Y/N kissed her cheek twice and stood up. Eloise’s feet pattered away and she walked into the kitchen to finish packing Eloise’s snack box.

She put it in her diaper bag and slung it over her shoulder, sighing.

God, she wished Spencer was really Eloise’s dad.

.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.

Y/N was swamped at work.

It was almost nearing the end of her day when she left to het Eloise from daycare but she still had things to do that if she didn’t het done, she would be fired.

But her and Spencer’s minds had to have been connected because her phone screen lit up with his name. She smiled and picked it up. “Spence! Hi. I love you so much.” She spoke quickly.

He chuckled. “Hi, baby. I love you too!”

Y/N hummed. “How’s the case going?” She asked.

“Oh, we caught him early this morning. I’m actually driving into town now.” She heard the sound of the car on the road in the background.

Y/N smiled and her eyes lit up. “Oh my god! That’s great! Hey, I was wondering if you’d pick Eloisey up from daycare today. I’m gonna be here late. Maybe stop and get something to eat?”

“Yeah, of course! But I’m gonna make my hard working girlfriend a home cooked meal instead of fast food.”

Y/N sighed in relief. “Oh my gosh, thank you baby. I’ll text Jessica and tell her that you’re picking her up instead of me. Make sure you have your ID because they ask for that if it’s someone new.”

“Okay. I love you, see you when you get home.”

Home.

She heated up. “I love you too. See you when I get home.”

.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.

Spencer bit his lip as he pulled into the pick up line at the daycare center. A bunch of the kids were already lined up. It was a cloudy day out, not too long until it would probably rain.

He tried to look for Eloise but the woman who was waving people forward waved her hand at him through the windshield. He pulled forward slowly and stopped, rolling down his window.

“Good afternoon!” She smiled at him. “Uh… who are you here for?”

Spencer smiled kindly at her. “Hi, I’m Spencer Reid. Here to pick up Eloise. I have my ID if you need-“

“I’m sorry, Eloise?” The woman shook her head and leaned closer to him as if she didn’t hear him right.

Spencer nodded. “Yes. Eloise L/N?” His eyebrows furrowed and he glanced at the line of kids. He didn’t see Eloise.

“I’m sorry— a Spencer Reid came by just a few minutes ago. He took Eloise home to Y/N.” The woman’s face got bright red.

Spencer put the car in park and got out of the car quickly. “No. No, no.” He shook his head and fished his wallet out of his pocket. He shakily took out his ID and practically shoved it in her face.

“I— I oh my god.” She pressed her hands to the sides of her heads. “Oh no no no.”

Spencer’s chest felt tight. His eyesight was blurry. “You let a four year old get in a car with— what the hell!? You let a kid get in a car with a stranger!?”

The woman bit her lip. “Y-Y/N texted me and said a Spencer Reid was picking her up! And the man that took her said he was you! He even had an ID! I-I—”

“Did she look like she knew him!?” Spencer asked. He decided he’d try to call Y/N. “Call the fucking police, please!”

He clicked on Y/N’s contact and lifted the phone to his ear. “Please pick up.” It rang six times before her voicemail was heard. “Shit!”

He tried her again. Voicemail.

“Yes! Her name is Eloise L/N, she was wearing black leggings a-and a blue sweater— her hair!? I don’t know what color her hair is!”

Spencer took the phone from her and gave the operator all of her information. She had the same hair color as Y/N. The same eye color, the same skin color. Everything.

Spencer panicked, handing the phone back to the lady. He tried Y/N again. Voicemail. “Oh, god. Oh, no no no.” His eyes stung with tears as he paced the concrete.

The other woman who was outside helping with picking was rushing kids to their cars because she knew what was happening.

Spencer called and texted and called and texted but he was yet to get one back. “Come on, Y/N. Please pick up.” He mumbled, trying to keep the tears from falling.

“Th-they said they were on the way and to stay here.” The woman cried. “How could I be such an idiot!?”

Spencer’s chest heaved. “Fuck, Y/N, pick up!”

He called again and this time she picked up. “Hey, Spence! Are they giving you trouble at the—“

“Y/N, I need you to listen to me and I n- I need you to stay calm.” He spoke lowly.

“Spencer? What’s wrong, you’re scaring me.” Her bubbly tone had disappeared.

Spencer took a deep breath in. This would be the hardest thing he’d ever have to say to her. “Y/N, Eloise— Eloise has been— She’s been taken.”

.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.

It was silent for a moment. She was trying to figure out she actually heard the words that came out of his mouth right.

“Y/N? Did you hear me?” Spencer asked.

Her ears were ringing. “No…” She shook her head. “No, Spencer. Tell me your fucking with me right now.”

“Y/N—“

“Tell me you’re fucking lying, Spencer.”

She heard a sigh on the other end. “Y/N, I’m sorry but I need you to leave work and I need you to come here.”

It felt like she blacked out by the time she was in her car. She didn’t remember how she got there but all she knew was that she was speeding in the direction of Eloise’s daycare. She was still on the phone with Spencer but wasn’t saying a word even though he was calling out her name.

“Y/N, Can you talk to me? I need to know that you’re focused so you don’t crash.”

Her chest was heaving as she tried to keep the tears from forming in her eyes. “I’m not gonna crash. I’m trying to stay— as calm as I can.” She spoke. She never blinked. “Fuck, Spencer. Why am I not freaking out right now?” She asked, her knee bouncing up and down.

“Because you know that if you were, your car would flip over.”

Y/N nodded, letting air blow from her lips. She shook her head and tried to calm her rapid beating heart but she couldn’t. “I feel like— like I can’t breathe— my baby is gone. M- fuck, my baby is gone.” Her words broke as did her voice.

“Y/N keep it together.” He spoke. “You can fall apart as soon as you step out of that car but I need you to stay calm until you get here.”

Her breath shook. “I don’t know if I can. I just k- keep imagining my Eloisey scared a-and crying and—“

“Don’t focus on that, Y/N. How far away are you?”

She looked at the street signs that flew by in a blur. “T-two minutes.” She spoke.

“That’s good. Focus on those two minutes, Y/N.”

.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.

Spencer saw her car speeding down the street and his head was in his throat. She skidded into the rounded drive through and the car stopped. Police sirens weren’t far behind.

Y/N flew out of the driver’s side door a half a second later and she nearly tripped trying to get to him.

She saw Jessica, the woman who knew Spencer was coming to pick her daughter up and instead of walking to him, she pushed Pat him and stepped right up to the sobbing woman.

“Are you fucking stupid!?” She screamed. Spencer shouted his girlfriend’s name and rushed up behind her, grabbing her arms. “I should— let me go! This stupid bitch let my kid leave with a fucking stranger!”

Spencer tugged her into his chest and wrapped his arms tightly around her. The woman’s chest began to stutter as she took short breaths. “My b-aby is gone— oh my god, Eloise is— gone.” She let the tears fall and Spencer held her.

The police sirens stopped and they heard footsteps walking towards them.

.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.

Y/N’s leg bounced up and down rapidly. She sat in one of the kiddie chairs inside the daycare staring at the toys strewn about the place. She had been left alone while Spencer and Jessica spoke to the police officers.

Her lips had been torn to shreds, thinking of her poor baby sitting in a dark corner somewhere calling for her. They had sent out an amber alert for her but Y/N’s body still ached with worry. Her head was pounding, ears ringing— she couldn’t think straight.

Her entire life had revolved around Eloise and now, she could be gone forever.

She picked up a stuffed parrot and rubbed it’s soft beak. Eloise loved birds. Anywhere she was she’d point one out. Her first word was “birdie”.

“Y/N?” Spencer’s voice snapped her out of her memories as she looked up at him. There was an officer that stood next to him. “This is Officer White. He wants to ask you a few questions.”

The mother scoffed and shook her head. “I already know who did this.” She spoke lowly.

“Ma’am?” The officer furrowed his brows.

“It was her father. It was Jake Kelly. It has to be.”

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Episode 95 Transcript: The Apocalypse is Fine As Long As I Have My Fwiends!!!

[intro guitar music]

G: Hello, it's Grey.

C: Hello, it's Crystal.

G: And this is Busty Asian Beauties, a Supernatural commentary podcast where I, someone who has seen this show many, many times...

C: And I, someone who only knows the show through social media, discuss every single episode of Supernatural from start to finish. Also, we are both Asian.

G: Both Asian! For today's episode, we will be discussing Season 5, Episode 13: "The Song Remains the Same," written by Sera Gamble and Nancy Weiner, directed by Steve Boyum. Hello, everyone! We're back. [laughs]

C: I mean, there won't actually have been a pause if we release this on Friday.

G: Oh, yeah, you're right! You're right.

C: Like, the pause was the last one.

G: Yeah. Well, just so you know, like, Crystal watched this episode, like, a month ago. [laughs]

C: Yeah. And I did not rewatch it. [G: Yeah.] I mean, in my notes I appear to have been excited about it, so.

G: Really? I have the opposite reaction. I just was not enthused the entire episode, but when- I mean, we'll talk about it. Towards the end, when Michael comes in, I was really into it! I think what it is is that this episode is a central episode to Supernatural, I think. Like, the entirety of Supernatural, right? [C: Yeah.] It just is so, like, oversaturated in my head. I remember so much of it, so it's more difficult to enjoy. Also, it's like- I feel like it's paced weird. Like, it doesn't really have room to breathe because they're trying to do so much in the episode.

C: Yeah, like, why was Uriel there for two seconds, [both laugh] and then like, never again? Like, he should've been the main character if you were gonna have him here!

G: No, really. The entire time, I was like, "Well, Uriel's here, and for what? Like, you're not giving him anything fun or interesting to do." I did enjoy seeing him. Like, when he showed up, I was like, "Yay! Uriel!" but that was it, pretty much.

C: Yeah. I mean, the amount of time he was on screen was the amount of time it takes to say, "Yay! Hi, Uriel," so.

G: Yeah. Anna's arc finishes this episode.

C: Yeah. It's very sad that this is where she dies forever.

G: Yeah, and it makes me sad sometimes, when they have a good- or like, a character that I like, and they don't do a good send-off, you know. Like, makes me a bit sad. And I feel like she got the bad end of this stick in terms of quality of send-off, really.

C: Yeah, I mean, they sort of murdered her writing, like, two episodes after she appears. [G: Yeah.] Like, she has been smothered to death slowly over the course of a season.

G: Yeah. Sorry, Anna. [C: Sorry, Anna.] As I said, I really did enjoy the Michael parts.

C: Michael was whatever to me.

G: I would say it was the only part of the episode that surprised me because I forgot it. I forgot it. I forgot that Michael is here.

C: That Michael was there? [G: Yeah.] How do you think Anna died?

G: I don't know! She just got killed, whatever. [laughs]

C: By?

G: Like, she got stabbed? I don't know. I don't know.

C: Sam's first angel kill is Miriam in Season 13!

G: I know. And Dean wouldn't have done it, or would have, and I would have remembered, yeah. I, for some reason, thought it was Mary. I thought the entire time.

C: And if Mary had done it- You think the Annamary shippers wouldn't be talking about that, like, all the time? Like, "happy gay sex"-

G: I thought they already were! I thought they already were! [both laughing]

C: You just made up posts in your head!

G: I invented a situation in my head where Anna does kill- is killed by Mary. So there we go. [C laughs] [C: Alright.] I suppose the question in my head, then, would have been like, "Well, how did Mary then forget?" But, you know, I wasn't asking. I just completely forgot that Michael is gonna be here. And, like, you know, we have that conversation with John before, and I was like, "This is so corny, tired, and played out." Like, we get it, like, John would hate himself if he saw himself in the future, whatever. But like, when, you know, Michael showed up- Also, did you feel like the John actor was like, not good.

C: I- Yeah, he was kind of cringe and fail, I think.

G: He sounds like- You know when you watch a production of Shakespeare by high schoolers, [C laughs] and they haven't really gotten the, like, rhythm of it, or whatever? He sounds like that. Which is like, funny, because it's not Shakespeare, it's normal speak. So yeah.

C: Yeah, it just sort of Iooks like he's like, thinking really hard about what facial expression to make before he makes it.

G: This guy's beloved by the fandom, I think. Or maybe not. I'm not sure. [laughs]

C: I think people think he's hot, which I guess, like, fair. You can live your life. Well, Sastiel is so real is one of my main takeaways from this episode. [laughs]

G: Sastiel is real. You know what?

C: It is actually real, though.

G: Yeah. Well, first, we have the Team Free Will scene this episode. We also have the, "You're okay?" [laughs] with Sam that is in the wonderful "My Chinchilla" AMV, of course.

C: Mm-hm. I mean, we also have Cas telling Anna that-

G: "You will not kill Sam Winchester because-"

C: "He's my fwiend!"

G: "He's my friend! He's my fwiend." Ugh, okay, well, what did you know about this episode before going in?

C: That Anna appears in Dean's sex dream, looking so cool, and then she goes back in time to kill Mary so Sam is never born so Lucifer can't possess him. And then John's like, a nice guy who works as a mechanic or whatever, and Anna pretends to be his boss and call him. And then, this time, Mary learns who Sam and Dean are, and she's very heartbroken over the idea that her kids became hunters. And then Anna and Mary have a gay sex fight scene, and then Michael possesses John and kills Anna.

G: This was really the "Anna and Mary have gay sex at the straight pride parade" episode. [laughs]

C: It really, really was.

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G: We start with Dean having a dream, and he's having a dream-

C: - It's so corny, tired, played out.

G: It is. You know what? There is like, a scale of like, Dean misogyny, where I'm like, "It's a product of its time!" and then, like, "I hate Dean Winchester so much, we need to kill him." [C laughs] And then, like, "Dude, you're just writing shit now." Like- [both laughing] "You're just inventing misogynies now." Whatever.

C: I don't know. This is- yeah, I don't know why- I guess Sera Gamble and Nancy Weiner thought it would be a cool intro for Anna, which is true, [G: Yeah.] but like- yeah. I just- I don't get it like. Is this a parody of something? Do people actually feel like turned on by, like, [G laughs] the most corny, tired, played out things in the world? I don't get it.

G: [laughing] I thought you were gonna ask, like, "Do people actually get turned on by, like, angel and devil blah blah blah?" And let me tell you, Crystal- [laughing]

C: [laughing] Aziraphale and Crowley need to fuck raw on live television-

G: In the street. [laughs] Exactly. The dream is like, there's two women who are dancing.

C: To "Cherry Pie," like, of all songs.

G: To "Cherry Pie," yeah. It's so corny! I just feel like it's so in your face-

C: I just think if you're gonna commit to the angel demon bullshit, like, you should play a song that mentions angels or demons, and not just "Cherry Pie."

G: Yeah. Yeah. And it's not even like, you know, it's not plural. It's not "They're my cherry pies." [laughs] Like, it's just one girl. [C laughing] [both laughing] That's so stupid. [C still laughing] That's the stupidest thing I've ever said. Let's move on. [C laughing] Anyway. So yeah. Angel, demon attire, whatever. Dean's watching-

C: The angel girl looks kind of like Jess, but I don't think that's on purpose. I think maybe blonde women look similar to me when their hair is similarly wavy. [both laugh]

G: Anna shows up. Dean is like, "Oh. Anna." And he's, you know, very uncomfortable. He's like, kind of ashamed, I guess. [C: Mm.] And Anna is like, "This is what you dream about." Dean's like, "Why are you in my head?" Anna reveals to Dean that like, Cas was responsible for putting her in jail, in Heaven jail. She's like, "We need to meet up," and so they do.

C: Am I like, crazy? There were moments during this episode when I liked Dean/Anna, like, as a ship. Like, was that- did you feel that in any way, or is it just me?

G: No, you're crazy.

C: I just- [G laughs] I think that the speed at which Dean offers her help, like, in the middle of one of her sentences, is nice.

G: Yeah, okay, I get it. When he was like, "Oh, you can't find me because Cas did the sigil," like, I feel like that is, like, such a show of trust, I feel. You know what I mean, like, [C: Yeah.] there is no situation in Dean's head where Anna is doing something bad or evil or whatever.

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C: So we go to the warehouse where Anna has directed Dean, and there's a sound, and then light bulbs explode because it's Cas! [G: Yeah.] He's so dramatic.

G: You know, you can say many things about Supernatural, and you really can. [C laughs] But like, the way they do the visuals with the angels at the beginning really was something. [C: Yeah, and then they stop trying.] You know, I really do commend them for it. And then they stop doing it, [laughs] which, you know, well, Supernatural is a terrible show. [C: Yeah.] I think a part of it is like, maybe that's why I really don't like this episode. Because Supernatural is a terrible show, [C: Uh-huh.] when they try to do, like, a good episode or whatever, I'm like, "This is so corny, you guys." [both laugh] Like, I know what you are, Supernatural, and you're not a show that does a good episode, so get it together.

C: Yeah. And this is their first time seeing each other since big betrayal, and both of them are very aware of this. [G: Yeah.] Anna takes Cas showing up alone as the Winchesters not trusting her, and Cas says that like, they do, but he wouldn't let them come, which, yeah, it is nice that Dean trust Anna this much. I think it is nice. Cas is suspicious because he thinks that if Anna's out of prison, it's like, she couldn't have escaped on her own. Like, Heaven had to have sent her out to do something. Anna brings up how- Oh, well, I guess, okay, if you care about Cas, which I guess I said I did in the past, [laughs] he says that the reason that he's sure about this is because he's "experienced Heaven's persuasion before," which we will learn about more in Season 8. And then-

G: Oh, yeah! That's what it's referring to. [laughs]

C: Yeah. And Anna goes, "You mean when you gave me to them." And Cas goes, "That was a mistake," which [G: "Sowwy!"] is one way to say sorry, I guess. [both] Sowwy! Whoopthies! He didn't even try to like, help her after he like, got good! [laughs]

G: I know! He was like, "Oops! My bad," and then proceeded with his life.

C: Yeah, like, what? Was he just not thinking about it? Did he have other things on his mind, or was he just like, "I feel really, really bad about it, so I just am going to repress it."

G: Well, he seems to have other things going on. [C: Yeah. Yeah.] But, I mean, like, at some point, when you're like, "Okay, the God search is not really turning up," let's just do something else for a while. Like, he could've just gotten Anna out in that while.

C: Yeah. Like, he never got bored? Like, come on! [laughs] But yeah, I guess he thought that it would be impossible for her to break out solo, so maybe he just considered it a lost cause. Anna maintains that she escaped. Cas doesn't believe her, and she goes, "All these centuries, and you're underestimating me now?" which is a nice reminder of how she was like, 100% his boss for like, centuries and centuries. Do you think she was a bad boss? Do you think that's why Cas betrayed her? [G laughs]

G: She's like the boss who's like, too serious. Like, too into it. [C: Yeah, exactly.] Anna is the boss where she's like, "If I'm doing something, you also need to be doing something. [both laugh] If I am giving my 100, you should be giving your 110." And Cas is like, "Dude. Let's calm the fuck down." So now they're here.

C: Yeah. And then she gave her 0% and ditched. Good for her. Anna says that she wants to help. And Cas goes, "Then what are you doing with that knife?" Iconic!

G: Whoo! And they have a knife-off. [C: Yeah.] [both laugh] Anna has a knife, and then Cas has a knife as well. So fun.

C: Yeah, 'cause Anna says that the knife is for self-defense, and Cas is like, "Well, that knife won't kill angels. Unlike this one!" [laughs] and then he brings out his own knife. God, they need to do wrestling.

He's like, "You're not telling me something," and she says, "Sam Winchester has to die." So fucking true, baby! You know, what's so sick and twisted is that throughout this entire episode, like, Sam and Dean come to the conclusion- the same one that Anna does. And they're still like, "She's so evil for this." Like, I don't get it. Like, they were going to have Mary not birth them. Like, that is the same thing, though. It is. [G: Yeah.] Like, not exactly, but like, for them, their existences would end abruptly at that moment, which would be the same if Anna just killed- and Anna would only kill Sam. She wouldn't also kill Dean. Like, in terms of their experiences, like, yeah.

G: No, I mean, what it is is like, she wants to kill Mary, so.

C: Yeah. But okay, if Sam was just like, "It's fine. Just kill me now." which, like, he was fine with also, basically, she wouldn't have killed Mary. She would have been like, "Okay. Thanks, Sam." and then killed him!

G: Yeah, I suppose. The killing Mary was like, Plan B.

C: Yeah, it was like, "I won't be able to kill Sam Winchester directly because Cas is like, in love with that guy or something, so." She explains that Sam's the only vessel that matters for Lucifer, and as long as she kills him, it's over. No apocalypse. She'll scatter his cells across the universe so that Lucifer can't put him back together. So fun. And Cas turns away, and he goes, "We'll find another way." And then Anna replies, "How's that going?" So like, he doesn't mean "we" as in him and Anna, he means like, Team Free Will or whatever the fuck. [G: Yeah.] Not nice! Like, Anna's got a great idea! Like, she can bring a lot to the table! Like, welcome her onto the team!

G: Well, I feel like if two members of your team want to kill each other, you just have to get rid of one.

C: And the two who want to kill each other are who?

G: Well, one of them want to kill the other, which is, you know, Anna and Sam.

C: And Sam's fine with it! [G laughs] That seems like a perfect team. And Anna's like, "Well, all of your plans are failing so hard and so raw." And Cas goes, "The answer's still no. Because Sam is my friend." Sastiel real, but also, get over yourself. [laughs] Anna goes, "You've changed." and Cas goes, "Maybe too late. But I have." And yeah, by "too late," this is another apology to Anna before he threatens to kill her, right? Like, that's something. And I guess he's really also apologizing for like, shrugging her off in "Head of a Pin" and all the other times she was like, "Come with me and let's do free will together." [G: Yeah.] So yeah. And now they will never do free will together. And then Cas, who's also so corny, tired, and played out, literally reuses his "We've been through much together" from 4.22. [both laugh] He goes, "Anna, we've been through much together."

G: He has one line.

C: "But you come near Sam Winchester, and I'll kill you." He truly only has one line.

G: At least it's true this time. [C: What?] At least it's true this time. Like, him and dean went through nothing, so like.

C: That's true. He and Anna did go through much together. [laughs] [G: Exactly.] Yeah. She disappears. Gasp!

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G: Anna like, ends up in this place where she lands at the hood of a car. Yeah, she's like, bloody. Like, her mouth's bloody. And there are two people who are in the car, like, rush out to get her, and then we see like, a poster of Grease, so it's Grease time! It's June 16th, 1978, is what it is. Cas is now with Sam and Dean in their motel room, and yeah. Cas has informed them about what happened, and Dean's like, "Wow, I can't believe it! Blah blah blah!" Dean makes a reference, and he goes like, "Oh, she's gone all Glenn Close, huh?" And Cas looks at him and just goes, "Who's Glenn Close?" And then, you know, the conversation keeps going. And Sam's like, "Okay. But like, if she does kill me, would it actually work?"

C: Yeah. He's literally fine with it, and I feel like he's more fine with it because this is right after "Swap Meat," when, like, it could have been so bad, so fast, like, without even any planning.

G: Sam asks, like, "What do you think, Cas? Does Anna have a point?" And Cas goes, [C laughs] "No. She's, uh, Glenn Close," which I did find adorbs.

C: Yeah, it is cute. He's a fucking liar, though. Yeah.

G: Yeah. And like, it is fascinating to me, like, I don't know. Dean convinced Cas by way of being like, "It's about the people and the greater good. There's a right and wrong here," you know, stuff like that.

C: Yeah, and then Cas was immediately like, "Well, the Apocalypse is fine, as long as I have my fwiends!" So.

G: "As long as I have my bwesties!" [both laugh]

C: [laughing] I think "bwesties" sounds like a different word than the word you're trying to make it be.

G: Well, he did say "bwesties," so that's what it is.

C: Yeah. I mean, people do talk about Sam's tits, so.

G: Cas says that they have to kill Anna first and that they need to go back in time to do it because she has gone to 1978 to kill Mary and John. So Dean is like, trying to argue that, like, "You need to take us back." Cas is like, "No."

C: Actually, I'm anti-Dean/Anna. Like, immediately upon- Just because she wants to kill Sam or whatever, [both laugh] Dean goes like, "I don't get it. We're looking for the chick that wants to gank Sam." Like, put some respect on her name. Just because she wants to kill your brother doesn't mean you have to be mean about it. [G: Exactly.] I don't know. I feel like he immediately unpersons her. Like, doesn't he, like, "it" her later in the episode as well? Who is it who "it"s her later in the episode?

G: I'm not particularly sure.

C: Okay. Well, when we get to it, I'll point it out. Which I don't think is in her pronoun set, Dean or whoever said that [G laughs], so there.

G: Dean is like, "Oh, but they're our parents, and we need to like, make sure they're fine." And Cas is like, "I can't! Because my powers are weak as fuck after I got kicked out of Heaven." And Dean is like, "So what? You're like a Delorean without enough plutonium?" [laughs] And Cas just goes, "I don't understand that reference." He's so iconic, and this is an iconic line, and people have really taken this and ran with it. I think, for me, a lot of the iconic Cas lines have a little bit less of a like, impact, you know?

C: Yeah, 'cause you've seen them so much.

G: Because of the oversaturation, yeah. Like, when he was like, "No, she's Glenn Close," I thought that was so adorable. [C: Yeah.] Because it's the same, you know, it's the same concept, pretty much. It's just a less oversaturated version of that line. But yeah. He does not understand references, and one day, he will.

C: It is interesting that Cas lies to Sam instead of just being like, "Yeah, like, maybe, but like, we're not gonna let her kill you" or whatever. I guess he's aware of the extent of how much Sam would totally be down with it if it worked. And I guess it never comes up that Cas lied about this? This isn't like, a plot point or anything? No?

G: No, I think, you know, everyone's aware that it will probably work or there is a chance it might work. I think Cas's "No" is more of like- 'Cause the question is like, "Does what Anna say make sense," right? So the "no" isn't just like, "Okay, will killing me mean that the Apocalypse needs to stop?" It has the additional question of "And is that like, a good thing? Like, does she have a point for that?" You know what I mean.

C: It is good for the Apocalypse to stop. I don't get it.

G: No, but like, Cas's answer of like, "No, it's not." has like, an additional layer of like, it's not just that it will or will not work for the Apocalypse. It's just that it's a bad idea in general. So like, I feel like that's understood in the conversation.

C: I don't know. Dean characterized Glenn Close as "a psycho bitch who likes to boil rabbits," so I feel like "She's Glenn Close" is like, "No, she wants to enact violence for no particular reason, and it wouldn't even work" is what I read Cas as communicating, which I think is a direct lie instead of what you were thinking about.

G: I thought it was more of like, "Well, it's a chance we can take, but like, not a chance we should" kind of situation.

C: Yeah. I think it could be either.

G: Yeah. Dean's very insistent. "It's our parents we're talking about!" [laughs] So annoying.

C: So so annoying, yeah. I think it was "If we can things right." Like, set what right. [G: How?] What are you setting right? What are you changing? I mean, like, he goes in and tries to tell Mary, like, "Don't leave your bed on the day that Azazel comes in" and blah blah blah. [G laughs] Like, didn't you learn your lesson in 4.03 already? [G: Yeah.] I get not learning your lesson because it's like, your mommy, but like, come on, Dean.

G: Yeah. And like, Cas is very insistent that like, "I won't have any power strong enough to get us all there and then get us all back and all that stuff," but whatever. And then, you know, they depower him the rest of the episode. [C: Yeah.] It does get kinda annoying. I feel like. I didn't really think about it much in the past, but now it's very visible that, like-

C: They put him in that damn bank vault.

G: Yeah, they do depower him every time.

C: The last episode he was in was "Abandon All Hope," and like, they put him in a ring of holy fire for most of the episode.

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C: They're in 1978. Cas, like, is collapsed on the ground with a bloody nose. And then Sam says "Cas" first, and then they both run over to pick him up, but I think Sam's like, the only one actually touching him, right? Or something. Sam is in front, at least, in terms of the picking Cas up thing, and it's cute. Sastiel’s real. [G: Yeah.] He like, spits up blood and passes out, and Sam checks his breathing. And apparently, what they're going to do is put him in the honeymoon suite at a motel for five nights.

G: Isn't there, like, a gay joke here? An, no. It's not a gay joke. It's like a "we're in the 70s" joke.

C: It's a "everyone did drugs in the 70s" joke.

G: Yeah. [laughs] Yeah. Yeah. Dean paid for the honeymoon suite, and the guy's like, "Okay, and do you want some drugs?"

C: Yeah. Sam says that they might be stuck in the 1970s if Cas doesn't recover, which would be fun, I think. They should have stayed here for another episode. And Dean says that Cas is "tough for a little nerdy dude with wings," which is cute. Sam has found the address of John and Mary, so they go over to that house. They discuss a little about what they're gonna talk about or what they're gonna tell them. They just aren't particularly sure because it's like, "Well, I don't think we can tell them about the angel." "Well, why don't you use, like, how you previously met her, and she thinks you're a fellow hunter?" And Dean goes, "Just follow my lead."

G: I do wonder about future Mary. Like, Mary who gets brought back. Because Dean-

C: That's true. Is she ever like, "Hey, didn't you time travel and meet me, like, the day my dad died?"

G: Yeah, or like, you know, maybe she connected the dots or whatever, and was like, "Huh, well, that's something." I feel like that is something that can fuck with your head a bit, right? [C: Yeah.] But, you know, they don't really address it.

C: Yeah, I mean, maybe she forgor.

G: Yeah, maybe she did. Maybe she is just like me for real and does not remember faces or names, so you're fucked. [C: Exactly.]

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G: We go to the Winchesters. Ugh. Can you believe they made a fucking spinoff of Supernatural and it was so bad? [laughs]

C: Yeah. And then the John and Mary actors started dating. [G: Did they really?] Yeah.

G: Wow. Love is love! [laughs]

C: Good for them.

G: No, "love is love" is a gay tagline, right? [C: It is.] It is, yeah. [laughs] Well, love is love. There's nothing more queering heterosexuality than getting together in a Supernatural set. [C: Real.] And then, yeah. They're just hanging out. And Sam and Dean ring the bell. So Sam and Dean are just looking at Mary.

C: Yeah. Sam's freaking out.

G: Yeah. Sam's freaking out. Dean is a little bit more normal about it, because, you know, [C: He's met her.] he's seen Mary before. Yeah. And they're talking, and Mary instantly recognizes Dean as like, the guy who was there when her father died. John shows up, and Dean introduces them as Mary's cousins. John is very enthused by this because he has never met Mary's family. So, you know, he goes to shake Sam and Dean's hand, whatever.

C: Yeah. And Sam has been tearing up for like, the last minute.

G: Sam holds on to John's hand for a bit longer than expected. You know, John points out, like, "Oh, your name's Sam. Mary's dad was a Sam." "It's a family name."

C: I don't recall. How- compared to Dean in 4.03, I feel like Dean was a lot normaler than Sam is right now when he met John and Mary, but I don't- Is that true? Am I twisting things in my mind?

G: Well, he met John not knowing it was John. [C: Yeah.] I think it's a different when, like-

C: Well, what about Mary?

G: - you already have a gauge of the person. Well, he was like, "Well, my mom is hot. I'm going to hell."

C: Yeah. So like, he wasn't like, crying and shaking.

G: [laughs] Yeah! He was instead being ike that.

C: Yeah. I don't know. That does make me emo that Sam- I guess Sam- And also-

G: 'Cause Sam never met Mary.

C: - knew, also, that he was going back in time, and that, like, the point, was to go and see Mary and John. Like, he was a lot more prepared for this than Dean was. [G: Yeah.] And he's still so emotional. And yeah.

G: You know, like, Sam never met Mary. I mean, when you're 4, you kind of remember that shit, but Sam was 6 months old. Does six months old even have a, like, an eyesight? [both laughing] I think they do.

C: I think they do. [G: I'm not sure.] I think babies can see pretty quickly.

G: Yeah, this is true.

G: Well.

C: Yeah.

C: But yeah, I guess yes, sometimes you've just don't know like, the shape of what you're missing, so it hurts so much more when it appears. Sorry, Sam.

G: [sarcastically] Wow! [laughs] Sorry for saying "wow" about that. I'm so mean. [both laugh]

C: Well, it's fine. I will just continue being on this podcast and being disrespected for the rest of my life. I'll be okay. [G laughs]

G: Okay, that's great. Well, John lets him in them into the house. Mary is kind of pissed about this.

C: Yeah, honestly, this marriage cannot be good because the whole next scene is Mary so clearly being uncomfortable with Sam and Dean and wanting them to leave, and John, like, every time, shutting her down and being like, "No, stay, stay!" I feel like if you're in a situation like this, and like, your partner has these cousins that she clearly hates and that she wants out, this is where you go like, "Hey, can we talk alone for a second?" and then go like, "What's the history on these guys? Like, what did they do? Like, should I kick them out?"

G: Yeah. And also, like, I feel like once your partner like, shows discomfort around people that only she has history with, it's not your- [laughs] you are not supposed to be chummy with those people. [C: Yeah.] That's like, basic-

C: They probably did something wrong. Like, get them out of here.

G: Yeah. And even for friends, if your friend is uncomfortable with someone, you're like, "Okay, we're enemies with this person. What did they do?" [C: Exactly.] It's like, basic- It's basic. [C: Yeah.] So it's it's quite odd that John is acting this way. John is so odd this entire episode. I don't think- Like, I know I denigrated the acting earlier, but maybe it's also the other things.

C: Like the writing. Yeah. [G: Yeah.] Could be. Yeah, they just need him to fill a specific role of like, dumb guy, I think. [laughs]

G: Yeah.

C: Yeah. I guess the charitable reading of this, or like, the giving him some depth reading of this is just that Mary's been really, really secretive about her family, and that has fostered some resentment in him that she's not, like, being vulny with him in the way that he thinks that she should be, and like, he doesn't remember her parents' deaths very well because of all the supernatural blah blah blah, so he is like, deliberately- Like, it's not that he's not noticing her discomfort. He's like, very deliberately shutting her down because he feels like he wants to know this information and that she's not gonna tell him it?

G: Yeah. I still think it's extremely rude.

C: Yeah, I don't know if that's how it's being played. Oh, yeah, it's rude no matter what. It's just about, like, if he's being dumb or-

G: I mean, it definitely is being played like that.

C: Is it really?

G: I think so, yeah.

C: I honestly just thought it was like, [G: He's just a bit-] "He's just a dumb, friendly guy," yeah, was the vibe that I was getting.

G: Well, I mean, like, he did say, like, "Oh, I never meet her folks," so like, that's like, a huge implication of why he's like this.

C: Yeah, I don't know. [laughing] People could just say things. [G laughs]

G: This is true. This is true.

C: Even on television, where every line is deliberately written, on Supernatural, people are so often just saying things.

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G: Sam, as they're seated in the living room, is just looking at Mary, like, almost crying. And John's like, "Um, okay. Are you okay?" And Sam's like, "Yeah, I'm just- you're so beautiful." [C laughs] And Dean goes like, "He means that in a non-weird, wholesome family kind of way." Literally last time Dean was here, he literally did say- [C: Yeah. Yeah.]

Dean explains that, like, "We haven't seen Mary in a while, and she's the spitting image of her mom," which I did like. I did like that as an explanation to this, right? [C: Yeah.] And Dean is like, "Oh, yeah, her dad was like a grandfather to us." [C: Corny.] And we learned that what John remembers, that there was a heart attack. You know, John starts trying to interview them, and they give different answers for everything. And Mary's like, "Okay, well, let's wrap this up. They need to go." But John goes and- John picks up the phone, and it's his boss telling him that like, "Oh, I'm letting you go off the job," and he's like, "Noo! Can I come there and, like, negotiate?" And the boss is like, "Okay," but when we go to, like, the boss, we see that it's Anna! Yee! So nice. She has changed her voice to accommodate this phone call. So fun. [C: Yeah.] Is it only the voice that they can change? Because this is the only one that they have changed, like, from what I can-

C: Cas called as Bobby.

G: Exactly. So it's just the voice? They can't change the face?

C: Oh, they can't like, shapeshift or whatever? [G: Yeah.] Well, it's not their body, so I don't see how they could.

G: This is true, yeah. But-

C: But I guess it's also like, I don't know if Anna's human body's vocal range is able to go there without some amount of angel magic, actually, so that's a good point. I don't know. I mean, I've never seen them shapeshift, so I guess they can't, but.

G: So Mary is trying to get Sam and Dean to leave, but, you know, they're insisting that like, "No, you and John are in danger," blah blah blah. And it's Dean and Mary predominantly talking, and Dean is trying to hide the fact that an angel is just trying to get them, but Sam just comes out with it. And yeah. And Mary's like, "There's no such thing!" And Dean's like, "Well, there are. And they want to kill you! So you need to fucking get out of here." And Mary's like, "Okay, well, what do I tell John?" And Dean is like, "Oh, you just go." And then he looks around and realizes John has not come back. And they go to the telephone, and they see a note. "Be back in 15. - J."

C: Yeah, it's so cute they like, installed a little hook on the wall right next to the telephone to hang a notepad on.

G: It's cute, yeah.

C: Yeah, like, I assume that this isn't like, a common thing that existed in houses at the time, but I don't know. Maybe it was. But like-

G: I think it was, yeah.

C: Was it really? That's fun.

G: Well, because we have a- You still have- You don't have a telephone. [C: No.] We still have a telephone, and like, you keep a notebook beside.

C: I'm saying the hook- I don't know if the hook is common- Like, were houses built so that there was a hook installed [G laughs] next to where the wall phone was in the 1970s, is my question.

G: I feel like it's incredibly easy to install a hook in a wall.

C: Yeah, no, I'm saying it's nicer if it didn't come with the hook because it makes their home feel lived in long enough that one of them was like, "It's so annoying how I have to run to get the notebook every time," and the other one was like, "Okay, well, let's install a hook on the wall." Like, that's cute. It's like, nice to give their home more of a history.

Right. And then people like to parallel how Mary says, "There's no such thing" regarding angels with, like, Dean not believing in angels, right? So Mary's later, like, "Angels are watching over you" thing. The end of this episode implies that Michael's mindwipe not only erased the memories but gave her, like, positive feelings about angels? 'Cause I feel like before, there was no particular reason she would buy that angel statue.

G: Yeah. Which is so fucked, right?

C: Yeah, that is pretty fucked.

G: It's a good touch. I think it's a nice touch that like, actually, Mary's- you know. 'Cause it's the thing that Dean remembers.

C: Yeah, the thing that Dean remembers about her was something created by Michael. Yeah.

G: Exactly. I think that's so interesting. And it really adds to the theme of the season of like, "You have no control over anything, even the things that you think are yours are not." [C: Yeah.] And I'm sure it gets much, much, much more aggravated in the cupid episode. [C: Mm-hm.]

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C: They go to the garage where John has headed, and then his boss has been smited to hell and back. His eyes are burnt out. Anna didn't have to do that, but she did, because she felt like it. And you know what? I support that. [laughs] [G: Exactly.] Like, Cas didn't kill Bobby to steal his voice, [G laughs] as far as I'm aware, I've seen Bobby again.

G: She just showed up, I suppose.

C: Yeah, she just showed up, and he was like, "Why are you here?" And she was like, "Well, I guess, instead of putting you to sleep, like Cas's number one thing he did as an angel, so like, clearly an easy angel power, I'm just gonna murder you." [G: Yeah.] Good for her.

G: It's just like- I think it's just a way to make us feel like Anna is evil, right?

C: Yeah. Yeah, I think that is the point.

G: I guess I don't appreciate it for that because then it becomes a matter of "She is only doing this for-" Like, it contributes to the idea that she's only doing this because [C: Glenn Close.] she's evil or like, she just wants to instead of like, because there is some logic behind it.

C: Yeah, that's true. 'Cause, I guess, as an Anna fan, I just immediately read it as like, "Well, she's like, very, very focused on saving the world," so like, I don't know. She's not in full control of her power, she was just acting on her first instincts, etc. But you're right. I think this is part of the the Anna slander that they're attempting. [G: Mm-hm.] Yeah, I guess we're supposed to think it's bad that she attacks [G laughing] John and Mary? Huh. Yeah, okay. Weird! Anyway. [laughs]

G: Yeah, like, it literally is just gay sex. Like, what is this?

C: Yeah, like, that's, like, normal and cool. If you're saying that it's bad that she, like, attacked Mary, that's just being homophobic. Like, what happened to all orientations? [G laughs] But yeah.

G: Hate happens, yeah.

C: You know, she could have just killed John.

G: She literally could have just.

C: Like, you need two to tango. Like, she didn't have to wait for Mary. Okay, I guess that is why she lured John away, though, right? Do you think she didn't want to kill Mary, so she tried to kill John first?

G: I think she wants to kill the both of them. [C: But-] I think- you know what? I'm pretty sure, right? Well, I'm not just pretty sure. I know that Mary is the bloodline of Lucifer. [C: Okay.] So like, I think by that logic, you ought to kill Mary. Yeah.

C: Huh. So does she think she would- Like, John's unaware of things, so she would lure him away as bait was the plan here, then?

G: I don't know. I think maybe she just wants to kill him, too. [laughs]

C: Well, good.

G: Equality, yeah. Murder is murder.

C: So true. Two murders is one murder. [both laugh] So she flings him across the room, and he attacks her with a crowbar. And then, suddenly, Dean has appeared, and he has an angel blade, and they're fighting. Mary picks up the angel blade that Dean has dropped, and she does a [G: Swings it around.] fun little twirl with it, and then she and Anna start fighting, and it's well-choreographed. It's good stuff. Like, she slices Anna's hand, and there's a lot of swinging and things, and then, like, teleporting. And then, like, Anna says, "I'm sorry." before she flings Mary into a car windshield. She didn't apologize to John. So true. Like, yeah. She genuinely is sorry about killing Mary in a way that she's not sorry about killing anybody else, and this is because Annamary is real. But yeah, I don't know. What is it about-

G: I think maybe she just also hates John.

C: Yeah, maybe she just hates John. [laughs] I guess when she was trying to relate to Dean, she was doing the [G: Yeah.] "We both have dads who suck" thing, so I guess she really is aware-

G: "I'm on the side of the road!" or whatever. [both laughing] That stupid fucking line.

C: She said she was on the road, I think. [G laughing]

G: Why did I make it the side of the road?

C: I don't know. But yeah, okay, so yeah, I think she she is aware of John's history of being a terrible dad. So maybe she is taking some pleasure in attacking him and thinking about her own relationship with God in a way that she doesn't feel about attacking Mary. I don't know. Are there any aspects of Mary that you think Anna would relate to her life that would add to this "I'm sorry"?

G: Hm. What do you think?

C: One could view Mary trying to run away from the hunting life and be a normal person as sort of akin to the Anna-

G: - going away from Heaven. Yeah, I can see that.

C: Yeah, to be also a normal person. And, like, she was cruelly snatched out of that life, and like, now, she is the one encroaching into Mary's apple pie life and [laughs] killing her because of, like, an unfortunate incident of Mary's birth. So maybe there's something of that here.

G: Like, as you said, it's not like Mary did anything wrong. It's just a, you know, fundamental to who you are type of situation, which does suck.

C: What you are. But yeah. Mary gets a crowbar, and then she, like, fucking stabs Anna in the shoulder with it, and it goes, like, in by like, a foot or two. Like, it's crazy. And that was also gay sex. And she like, stares in shock as Anna doesn't die, and then slowly pulls it out of her chest and drops it to the ground, just like Cas in 4.01. Annamary real. She goes, "Sorry. It's not that easy to kill an angel." She's so cool! I'm so sorry that she dies. But no, apparently all of this was an attempt to distract her, while Sam set up an angel vanishing sigil, and he presses it, and she's gone. Sorry, Anna. As Mary catches her breath, she sees that, like, John, has been on the ground, watching her in shock, the whole time, because clearly she knows how to fight, and she sort of understood the situation in a way that he did not.

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G: Yeah. Now they're at the car, and John is driving. Sam and Dean are at the back. Mary is passenger seat.

C: I can't believe John's still driving. John's too shaken to be driving. But I don't know. Maybe it calms him down or whatever.

G: But, you know, man of the house, blah blah blah. [C: Yeah.] I suppose it is fun to see, you know, John and Mary and Sam and Dean in this kind of, like, family car setup. But you know what? The Ellen, Jo, Sam, and Dean one was more fun, so who give a shit? [C: Yes.] Yeah, and John is mad because Mary didn't tell him this. You know, he's like, "So it was a all you as a family thing?" And, you know, John's like, "Okay, how long?" And Mary's like, "All my life." And Dean's like, "She didn't have a choice!" And like, John's like, "Shut up, everyone!"

C: Yeah. He doesn't sound like that. He sounds very like, firm and angry, and I feel like it's a good moment of like, "Oh, like, this is-" Like, the the John we see later is contained within the John we see now, it's just that the John we see now hasn't been put in the situations that turn him into the John we see later yet.

G: Yeah. I mean, he was in the military already at this point. Like, he was-

C: That's true. God! I forgot about that shit, Jesus Christ.

G: He volunteered for Vietnam already.

C: Volunteered!

G: I mean, do we consider that as canon of the show Supernatural, or is it just additional bullshit?

C: Oh, 'cause it was- I mean, it was already sort of true because of his age. Like, the way that the years of the flashbacks matched up, [G: Okay, yeah.] he had to have, like, done something in order to get in because he wouldn't have been drafted.

G: Yeah, this is true. [C: Yeah.] He volunteered. He lied about his age to volunteer for Vietnam. [laughs] [C screams] [C: My god.] People do anything. [C laughs]

C: Do anything. And then, okay, something about this scene- I really like the way that Mary is played during this scene because her primary emotion is annoyed at him. Like, she's not- she's like, a little bit, like, apologetic, trying to save her marriage thing, but like, she just starts off, like, really like, "[annoyed] Yes, yes, yes," and, like, I don't know. That's fun to me. Like, your paper doll boyfriend isn't saying his lines! Like, it feels like that. [laughs]

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G: They end up in like, I don't know, the house of Mary's parents. Sam and Dean are like, "Yeah, none of those are gonna work because this is an angel-"

C: Oh my god, it's Sam who "it"-ed Anna first. He goes, "All that stuff will do is piss it off." Sam! Boo.

G: Wasn't Sam it-ed before in the past, too? By someone.

C: Was he? I mean, Cas it-ed Jesse the Antichrist, I feel like, is the closest thing to something like that.

G: Oh, yeah, you're right. And that's just a mirror for Sam to reflect him when he doesn't know who he is or whatever. [laughs]

C: Yeah. Right. Dean continues to "she" her, 'cause he goes, "If we put this up and she comes close-" Okay. I'm sorry, Dean, for slandering you earlier in this episode. You're fine. I mean, you're not. But you're not fine for reasons other than the reason I said.

G: Exactly. But yeah, they have holy oil, they have sigils, and Mary and Sam, like, go off or something. But John goes up to Dean and is like, "Okay, so what is this?" Dean is like, "Oh, it's a sigil. It means-" And John's like, "I don't care what it means. Just, where does it go? How big should it be?" And Dean's like, "Nah, I'll do it" because it needs to be like, human blood. So John picks up a knife and slices his hand, and he's like, "Okay, so where do I put it?" And yeah, Dean is like, "Wow, like, you really remind me of my dad." [C laughs] [C: Dumb.] This is the part where I was like, "This is so annoying." [C laughs] Starting this scene where Dean is like, "Wow, you really remind me of my dad." And then, like, the entire conversation with John later and Sam is like, so annoying.

C: Like, it's not subtle enough is like, how you feel about it?

G: Yeah. Like, we get it, you know?

C: I'll remember how I felt about those conversations when I read the transcript. [both laugh]

G: No, like, it just reminds me of how Supernatural is a show that screams its themes and motifs [laughs] at your face. [C: Yeah.] And like, sometimes it works. Sometimes, it's so horrible! Like in this scene.

C: Yeah, yeah. I feel like watching Supernatural has made me worse at watching other shows. Because I'm like, [laughs] "Well, when are they gonna tell me the themes and motifs by looking directly at the camera and saying them?"

G: Well, you know, my current hobby is, in fact, reading various academic articles about the themes and motifs of fucking [both] Much Ado About Nothing [C: - baby!] And, like, it is, like, sometimes, when I watch other shit, I like, try to, I don't know, do that kind of whatever with it.

C: Yeah. Give it the JSTOR treatment.

G: Yeah. And it's like, this is so stupid. [laughs] Like, you- The thing about Supernatural is, I feel like, it does do well with analysis, right? Like, you gotta think about it a little bit to enjoy it. You know what I mean, right? Like, there's a reason why people in Tumblr keep on fucking talking about it. Because it does hold up to that kind of scrutiny just because of its volume, because there's so much of it. It's the same reason why-

C: Yeah, it's easy to parallel between things, and it's easy to make any argument.

G: It's not that it's easy. It's not that it's easy. It's that it's impressive because there's so much of it. Like, it's the same reason why I think- I've told you this, but like, having an AMV for a show that is like, the length of, say, like, Supernatural or, like, House M.D. where it's like, 20-plus episodes per season, multiple seasons long, and, like, 40-plus minutes each, it's like, it's more impressive to make an AMV out of those kinds of shows versus, say, Good Omens, which is, like, short and concise, and you kind of remember every scene because it's about like, taking stuff from things that you would have not otherwise thought about that way or whatever. You know what I mean, right? [C: Yeah.] And so Supernatural holds up in terms of thinking about it that way just because of its sheer volume. However, like, the per-episode of it all, it does get a bit, like, tedious just because every episode is like, "Here's what we're trying to say, and we'll say it!"

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C: John's making the sigil, and then Sam comes up to him to have a conversation. Sam says to John that he's sorry about this, and it's a lot. He reveals that his dad raised him in the hunting life, and John goes, "You're serious? Who the hell does that to a kid?" And, yeah. [G: It's so-] Do you think it's a bit too much?

G: It's overwrought.

C: It is a bit overwrought. It could be the acting, maybe. [G: Yeah.] I don't know what it is. It's probably the writing also, but it's a- I feel like it would be a genuine reaction. [G: Yeah.] But whatevs. Sam reminds him that Mary's parents did. I think this is where it gets a little overwrought, where John's like, "What kind of irresponsible bastard lets a child anywhere near- You could have been killed!" Like, okay. That part's a little much. But, you know. It is sort of fun to think about in tandem with John's last words being, "Hey, Dean, can you kill Sam for me?" [laughs]

G: Love that. Yeah.

C: Yeah. And I guess Sam, being someone who knows this, probably feels a little twinge of something about how this John, who doesn't know him, is more concerned about his well-being than the John who he knows later. And then John's like, "The number it must have done on your head! Your father was supposed to protect you!" [laughs] Cringe.

G: I don't think John believes in psychology. [both laugh] That's my only complaint in this scene.

C: Yeah. Yeah. I don't know. I guess a lot of Vietnam vets have PTSD or whatever. John seems- He did have PTSD in the Winchesters. I don't really know what his mental health is like in here, so I don't know his relationship to psychology.

G: No, I mean, if we want to, we can analyze this in a, you know, like, John does firmly believe in that "your father was supposed to protect you." His father wasn't around. He's projecting, you know, whatever whatever.

C: Oh, yeah, I forgot about that. So true. But yeah, anyway. And Sam goes, "He was trying. He died trying. Believe me." He did not die trying to save you, Sam.

G: He died trying to kill you.

C: [laughing] He died trying to kill you and trying to save Dean.

G: He died trying to get your brother to kill you. [C laughing]

C: Yeah. Sam sits down, and he goes, like, "I used to be mad at him. I used to hate the guy, but now I get it. He was just doing the best he could," which has been true, like, of what Sam thinks about John since almost Season 2. [G: Yeah.] And then- Yeah, whatever. I guess, as a Samgirl, I should be analyzing his later words a bit more, but it does feel overwrought. So he just says that John was trying to keep it together in an impossible situation, and that his mom was the love of his life, and she got killed. And I think that's supposed to be, like, a [G: Jess.]- There's always been a "Sam understands John a little bit more because of Jess" thing going on. So that's that here. And then, "I think he would have gone crazy if he didn't do something." is what he says next, which, yeah, we also see in Sam. He says that, you know, John died before he got to tell him that he understands why he did what he did, and that he forgives him for what it did to him and Dean. And he goes, "[dramatically] I do. And I just- I love him!" [both laugh] [G, laughing: So stupid.] And John's just sitting there, listening to this. And, okay.

G: Supernatural's kinda a terrible show. [laughs]

C: Yeah. It is kind of a terrible show. I don't have a single note down for this scene. [G: Literally.] I go straight from, "they're it-ing anna now? boo! mary your son slept with that angel" to "Uriel!" [laughs] That's like, my notes.

G: Literally, Uriel. Yeah.

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G: As we said, Uriel! is here 'cause Anna summons him, and like, you know, it's a different vessel, or maybe it's the same but younger, yeah.

C: Yeah, I don't know if this is meant to be considered the same guy or not. [G: Yeah, but you know.] 'Cause I guess if they were both- Anna said she was stationed on Earth for hundreds of years or whatever, so it's possible Uriel's had the same vessel for a while.

G: Yeah. Or this is like a relative of that vessel. I suppose the ages could line up, right? Or not really. Maybe. Like, the ages of them can line up. Like, this guy can have, like, gotten older to be Uriel-

C: What are the ages of the actors?

G: No like, let's not do that. Let's just, you know, like, conceptually, it can, but it also could just be like, the dad or whatever. Uriel is like, "You're here. Why are you here? We're not supposed to take vessels." and then realizes that like, "Oh, you're not Anna from now." And Anna just bluffs and goes like, "Yeah, but 30 years from now, I'm still your superior. I need you to kill some humans." And Uriel just goes, "Always happy to do some some smiting." Love it! [C: Uriel!] "But what's going on?" And Anna says, "In the future, these people are going to kill you." I love it when girls lie!

C: Soo fun of her! I love it when women who kill Uriel lie. [both laugh]

G: "I'm giving you the chance to kill them first." And Uriel goes, Thank you." Love that! I love that.

C: This makes me a little bit sad, though, 'cause he's probably going like, "Wow! I have such a good boss/friend who cares about me so much, she time traveled specifically to save my life." Like, that's such a nice feeling.

G: Yeah. [laughs] He still do- [laughs] And she kills him!

C: And then she kills him! Actually, does Ur- Okay, Michael didn't wipe Uriel's memory, right? [G: Yeah.] So like, the Uriel that we see, in 200-

G: Maybe that's the reason why he's so angy at the Winchesters.

C: Oh yeah, he's like- the whole time he was like, "These people are gonna kill me." Like, he knew or he thought that they would? I don't know. I feel like it would have come up more explicitly if that was the case, but yeah.

G: Maybe he forgor.

C: Maybe he forgor. Maybe Michael also wiped his memory 'cause Heaven's pretty big on memory wipes.

G: It's not a big impossibility that he got taken out back and memory-wiped.

C: Yeah. [laughs] But yeah, I think it's interesting for his and Anna's relationship if, for 30 years, he thought that she was like, always on his side, and then the next time he sees her in, like, this vessel, he's like, "Oh, like, you turned human. Like, you betrayed us. You had betrayed us when you told me that. What the fuck is going on?"

G: So yeah, Mary and Dean are now having a conversation, and Mary is now demanding to know why an angel is after them, and Dean is very cagey about it, and Mary very insistent. And Dean just finally relents and goes, "I'm your son." And Mary's like, "What?" And yeah, Dean's like, "We're from 2010. Angel zapped us back here. Not the one that attacked you, friendlier." Love that. Yeah, he introduces himself as Dean and San Winchester. [laughs] No, not himself. He introduces him and Sam as Dean and Sam Winchester, named after Mary's parents. He starts doing this thing where like, "When I would get sick, you'd make me tomato rice soup. That's what your mom made. And you would sing me 'Hey Jude' as a lullaby 'cause that's your favorite Beatles song." I do think sometimes about that scene in Season 10 when Dean was a demon, and he was in front of a piano, and he plays the beginning notes of "Hey Jude." Whatever. I think I prefer those kinds of moments, you know, where it's smaller, not like, yeah. But I suppose that only works because we know it here that like, "Hey Jude" is their song. This is what I mean, where like, this episode is, like, central, pivotal in Supernatural, it's just on its own, it's like, so eugh. But like, what you get from it in other episodes and other scenes is pretty nice.

C: Yeah. "Hey Jude" is everybody's song, like, [G: Favorite song from The Beatles?] couldn't they pick something a little more obscure?

G: Yeah. What is your favorite Beatles song? [C: Oh.] Choose. If it's not obscure enough, I'll take you out back and shoot you. [both laugh]

C: I don't listen to The Beatles.

G: Well, that's your fault. [C laughs]

C: What's your favorite Beatles song?

G: You know, I really like "Something" by The Beatles. Do you know that?

C: If I look at the lyrics, I might know if I know it.

G: It's like, "[singing] something in the way she moves, know me like no other lover, I don't wanna leave her now, you know I believe and how-" whatever.

C: I don't think I- Well, congrats.

G: The Beatles is not that good, right?

C: Yeah, it's only good when it's in the soundtrack of "Takin' Over the Asylum," and then it's like, all music is wonderful.

G: And Mary just looks disbelievingly and says, "I raised my kids to be hunters?"

C: And she's crying with her big, wet, sad doe eyes, and it did get to me.

G: Yeah, and her wonderful, like, wavy, blown-out hair. Love her hair. [C: Yeah.] Is this a wig, or is this just like, this actress's hair?

C: I feel like you asked this during 4.03.

G: Did I also? I just think it's so wonderful. Dean is like, "No, you didn't. You didn't raise us as hunters." And she's like, "How could you have done it?" And, you know, he said, "No, you wouldn't, because you'd be dead, and, you know, the yellow-eyed demon would kill you." He says, like, "John becomes a hunter to get revenge." And he says, "A demon comes into Sam's nursery exactly 6 months after he's born. November 2nd, 1983. Remember the date. Whatever you do, do not go in there. You wake up that morning, and you take Sam, and you run." And Sam comes in. [laughs] Like, literally struts into the room. And he goes, "That's not good enough, Dean." [C: Real.] And this whole time, I did feel a little bit emo because Mary is, like, so obviously stricken and shocked and upset by all this. And yeah, Sam goes, "Wherever she goes, the demon's gonna find her and me." And Sam’s like, "Well, just leave Dad." So true. [C: So true.] "That's what you've got to do. Yeah, you leave John." And yeah, Sam's like, "When this is all over, walk away. Don't look back." And they're never gonna be born.

C: Or just use a condom. [laughs] There's a lot of options here.

G: Yeah, Dean is like, "You have no other choice. I mean, I would prefer not being born vs dying." Okay, fine.

C: Yeah, he says, "There's a big difference between dying and never being born," which I- okay, like, is true in terms of, like, abortion, but is not true in terms of, like, this time travel adult self situation.

G: Yeah. 'Cause like, Dean already exists. Dean is already a grown adult person.

C: Yeah, like, what is the actual functional difference between, like, [G: Him dying now.] you two killing yourself right here vs like, Mary leaving John?

G: Yeah, I don't know. No idea.

C: I mean, okay, I guess it's different for Mary because she would still be alive. So maybe- is that what he's talking about? But he's just talking about himself, is the thing. Like, it is different in terms of, like, what Mary and John's lives will be like, but like, it's not different in terms of Sam and Dean.

G: Well, if he killed himself now, Mary would still be- I don't know. So yeah. But Sam is like, "Yeah, no, you have to do it. You have to do it." And Mary just goes, "I can't. No, I can't." Because she's pregnant already.

C: I love when Supernatural forgets about abortion. In "Metamorphosis," they also killed- well, that hunter, whatever his name was, killed Jack's wife because she was pregnant with, like, a to-be- were they rugarus in that episode? [G: I'm not sure. Yeah.] Yeah. But like, it's very funny when Supernatural just, like, steadfastly refuses to, like, address abortion as being a thing, until, of course, we get to Season 12, which is about [laughs] [G: Abortion.] chasing a Republican around the US begging her to get an abortion. [G laughs]

G: And then she didn't!

C: Wasn't she- She was going to, and then Jack was like, "Noo, Mommy, please, don't!" [both laugh] "Like, Cas, you're gonna be really hot and shirtless, and Dean's gonna be kneeling before you!" [laughs]

G: John comes in, which shuts everyone up, and says that all the sigils have been, like, wiped, and also, there's no holy oil left. And suddenly, they hear this really, you know, high-pitched noise, you know, shattering stuff, and then and we get our fucking flight scene that is honestly so tedious. [C: Mm.] Did you also feel this way?

C: Yeah, I mean, we had like, a good fight scene in the garage, and now we just have a whatever fight scene.

G: Yeah. But basically, like, I don't know. Uriel's there. Anna's there. And John gets thrown the fuck out of the-

C: Yeah, Uriel's dramatic entrance is pretty- I enjoyed Uriel's dramatic entrance where he shattered the windows and like, used the wind to like, blow the door open, like, you know? [G: Love it.] It's fun of him. Like, I think he does all this because he likes to prove how much better he is than humans. Like, he was probably screaming and crying so much about only being able to stand near the window and turn around in 4.07 because Cas was already talking to them. Honestly, it should have been Uriel in 4.01. Like, he would have had so much fun with pulling that knife out of himself. Sad!

G: Exactly. Anna also blasts John out of the house, so he's like, in the yard. Sam gets stabbed, right? Like, mortally. [both] Like, he's like, dead. [C: He dies.] [laughs] RIP!

Anna is turning to Mary, and she goes, "I'm really sorry." And then John is behind her and says, "Anna." But, you know, he has a different cadence. And Anna turns around and goes, "Michael." And this entire sequence, I really wasn't paying attention at all. And then this happens, and I was like, "Oh my god! It's Michael!" And I was at the edge of my seat, honestly. Michael puts his hand on Anna's shoulder, and she just dies. She bursts into internal flames, and she's dead.

C: Yeah. It's a pretty graphic death. [G: Yeah.] Like, we really see the burning process.

G: It's pretty cool. I liked it.

C: Yeah, it's a fun effect. Yeah, they they did well with the CGI. Goodbye, Anna. Sorry.

G: And Uriel is standing in the corner, going, "Sorry, Michael. I didn't know." And yeah. Michael snaps him out of there. Yeah, you're right, by the way. This is the last we see of Anna. [C: Yeah.] Sorry, girl. [C laughs] [C: Sorry.] Mary asks, like, "What did you do to John?" And Michael's like, "No, he's fine. Don't worry about him." He makes her collapse on the ground, and, you know, probably also erases her memories at this point. Dean tells Michael, "Fix Sam," who is dead on the floor. You know, Michael's like, "Well, I told your dad that I could save his wife, and he said yes." And Dean is like, "Wait, [offended] I thought I was the only one! [both laugh] Like, I'm your one and only vessel!" And Michael's like, "No, you're my true vessel, but not my only one. It's a bloodline." And he says that it's from Cain and Abel, "Your father's blood, your family's blood. It's all there." And yeah, Dean says, "What do you want from me? Because obviously, I'm not gonna say yes. So why are you here?" And Michael says, "I just want to understand- I just want you to understand what you and I have to do." And Dean goes, [C laughs] "Okay, I get it. You have beef with your brother. Why don't you fucking go to therapy? Don't take it out on my planet!"

C: Bold words from Dean Winchester.

G: Exactly. Michael says, "No. Like, Lucifer defied our Father, betrayed me, but still, I don't wanna do this! Just as you don't want to kill Sam." And he goes, "You know, my brother, I practically raised him."

C: So stupid. You were on the road, too. [both laugh] Like, okay.

G: Not only were they on the road, they were on the side of the road as well. [both laugh] But yeah, "I took care of him in ways most people could never understand." You're literally an archangel.

C: No, you didn't. You're an angel. Like, he was not eating Spaghetti-Os. Like, you did not open cereal boxes for him. I don't know what the fuck you're talking about. [laughs]

G: And he goes, "I still love him. But I am going to kill him because it's right, and I have to." And I really like this next sequence of lines because of Michael's absolute no hesitation. Like, he answers every line like it's the obvious answer, instantly.

C: Yeah. No internal conflict.

G: Yeah, no conflict whatsoever. And Dean goes, "Oh, you're doing it because God says so?" And Michael goes, "Yes." And, "From the beginning, this is how He intended it to go." And Dean's like, "Oh, so you're just gonna do whatever God says." And Michael's like, "Yeah. Because I'm a good son." And yeah. Dean goes, "Well, trust me, take it from someone who knows, that is a dead-end street."

C: Boo! Sorry, I feel like Dean, like, does a face after "I am a good son" that I think is, like, pretty good. But then, I think to follow that up immediately with like, "And we're parallels!" out loud is just too much.

G: Yeah. And Michael says, "Well, you think you know better than my father. One unimportant little man. What makes you think you get to choose?" And Dean answers this in a way that I think is so stupid. Like, him being like, "I don't actually believe I get to choose, but I have to because I have to." It's so like- Shut the fuck- This is not something you're supposed to be telling Michael. I understand that this is how he thinks of him, but like, you should not be volunteering this information to Michael, you know? But, you know, Michael's like, "No, you're wrong. You know how I know?" And then he goes, "Think of everything that has ever happened to get you in this moment, to get your parents where they are, blah blah blah. You think those are all, like, by chance? No! Free will is an illusion, Dean. That's why you're going to say yes." And Dean is like, upset. And Michael goes, "Oh, buck up! Don't kill yourself." [both laugh] Just like Aziraphale. Michael says, "It could be worse. I'm not going to leave you, like, a drooling mess like my brothers when I'm done wearing you." And Dean asks what will happen to John right now. And Michael's like, "Better than you, and in fact, I'm going to do your mom and dad a favor, which is I'm going to remove their memories so they don't remember this at all. And, you know, I'm just giving your mom what she wants." And Dean goes, "She's gonna walk right into that nursery." And Michael says, "Obviously." [laughs] just like Aziraphale. [C laughs] Anyway, Michael goes to Sam, transports him back to present times, and he's fine. And he goes up to Dean, and he goes, "I'll see you soon." and zaps Dean to the present.

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C: We are to the motel room. Sam is in front of a mirror, and he looks into it, and Cas is behind him. [G: Love that!] So true. Sastielers, reclaim the 5.03 scene for yourself. [laughs]

G: Yeah. They also do a Season 8 where Dean's in the mirror and Cas shows up, so it's 2v1. [C: That was Destiel fighting back.] So sorry, Sastielers. Fight back, as they say.

C: Sam goes, "Castiel!" and then he turns around-

G: He also pronounces it weird again.

C: Does he really? I didn't make a note of that one.

G: How should one pronounce Castiel? Is it CAStiel? CasTEEL? CAStiel?

C: Like, how does Sam do it?

G: Sam pronounces it Castiel. That's proper, right?

C: He goes like CAStiel sometimes instead of CastiEL. Like, I feel he puts the emphasis on the first syllable instead of the last one sometimes.

G: No, I was just saying, like, Cas is like, falling on the ground, and Sam and Dean hold him up.

C: Yeah. But Sam holds him up first. [laughs] [G: Love that.] But anyway, so, I guess, okay, this is- Like, Sam did die for real. [G: Yeah.] This is his second being brought back to life? [G: Yeah.] And I mean, okay, Lucifer already said, like, "You know, if you like, die, then I'll just bring you back to life." But like, instead, it's Michael who does that. Is that anything?

G: Yeah. I did think that was fun that like, you know, even-

C: And it's upon Dean's urging as well, though I think Michael was going to either way because of the plan.

G: Yeah. Yeah.

C: Sam doesn't really get to process this at all, which is unfortunate.

G: Yeah, there's no processing whatsoever in this episode.

C: Yeah, 'cause I know in Season- was it 12 or 13? Like, Lucifer brings Sam back to life, and Sam's like, really upset about it. [G: Yeah.] So like, there is this pattern of Sam being brought back to life like, against his will. I don't think this time was against his will, but it is very similar to, like, something that Lucifer threatened him with, [G: Yeah.] and like, I wish he had some feelings about it that he could express. [G: Mm-hm.] I just remembered how like, even though their minds are wiped, John's gonna wake up the next day, and it's like, "Your boss was, like, burnt. [G: Yeah, you're right.] Like, his eyes were burnt out on the floor of the garage, and there's like, a record of him calling you last night. Like, what?" [G: Exactly.] But yeah. Whatever. Supernatural's just not very good at like, cleaning up. Or I guess one can assume that Michael cleaned it up too.

G: Well, it was the 70s.

C: That's true. People just got murdered, and it didn't matter. [both laugh]

G: People just got murdered. There were no CCTVs whatsoever.

C: Yeah, so they're both holding up Cas, and Dean goes, "You son of a bitch. You made it." And Cas goes, "I... I did? [both] I'm very surprised." [laughs] And then he passes out again! He's so cute. So they put him over on the bed. Sam and Dean have some drinks, and then Dean says, "Team Free Will. One ex-blood junkie, one dropout with six bucks to his name, and Mr. Comatose over there." Interesting descriptors. Like, none of these are like-

G: Fundamental to who they are.

C: Yeah. I mean, I think the the demon blood-drinking is pretty important to Sam. But like, I'm saying how Dean- Okay, like, first, both you and Sam have 6 bucks to your name. You like, share, like, a wallet, or whatever.

G: Yeah. But instead of being, you know- But Sam is a college dropout, so that's a different thing! No, but they're both dropouts. [C: They're both dropouts!] Dean doesn't say "high school dropout" or anything. [both] Yeah.

C: Both of them dropped out. Like, nothing Dean says is specific to himself. [G: Unique to himself, yeah.]I don't get it.

G: Well, maybe Sam has 8 bucks today. Who knows? [C laughs] [C: So true.] He got a deal with his salad that Dean didn't get on his burger.

C: Yeah, perhaps so. Yeah, I don't know. But Dean also brings up, you know, the "GED and the give-'em-hell attitude" in- was it 5.01?

G: Yeah. So maybe it does matter to him.

C: Yeah, maybe this is something that he thinks about a lot. [G: As part of himself.] Like, his education level. Yeah, well. That's interesting. Sam goes, "Not funnay!" [G laughs]

G: And Dean goes, "[British accent] I'm not laughing." [C laughs]

C: Yeah, exactly just like that. [G laughs] They talk a bit about how, you know, both Lucifer and Michael have maintained that they're gonna say yes to being those vessels, and Sam asks, "What if they're right?" And Dean goes, "They're not." And Sam goes, "I mean, why would we? Either of us? But I've been weak before," which, sad way to put it. Sam goes, "Mike got Dad to say yes," and Dean's like, "Well, that's because Anna was about to kill Mom." Uriel was there also! [G laughs] And then Sam goes, "And if you could save Mom, what would you say?" Also, I feel like this is sort of a dumb conversation to have because they pulled out all the stops in 5.01 already. Like, Zachariah was already like, choking Sam to death on the floor and giving Dean cancer and being like, "Just say yes, and then it'll stop," right? Like, they've already done the like, "say yes to save someone's life under duress" test.

G: It's not like John also knew the implications of what he's doing, which Sam and Dean are fully aware of, you know? [C: Yeah.] Like, to John, this is just someone who shows up and be like, "I can save your wife," and that seems like an easy exchange.

C: I mean, he knows that Anna is like, an angel as well and isn't very niceys, so I guess he was taking a risk.

G: A chance. But it could also be like, "Oh, here's an angel that can help us defeat an angel who is very difficult to defeat."

C: Yeah, 'cause I guess he knows- Like, probably Dean already communicated, like, "There's a nice angel who helped zap us to this time period." Well, yeah, actually-

G: And he doesn't.

C: No, no, no, 'cause Dean, yeah, Dean only talks to Mary about that, and John still doesn't know that Sam and Dean are his children by then. Okay. Then yeah, he really didn't know much.

G: Yeah. Well, anyway, a couple of months later, in the past, Mary is very, you know, pregnant, and her and John are looking over a crib, looking at a little statue. We don't see it at first. We're just talking about how, like, Mary got it at a garage sale, and it's super cheap, and John's like, "It's a bit corny. [laughs] It's a bit cheesy." And Mary's like, "No, I think it's sweet." And they show the angel, and Mary's like, "No, I just- I like it." And John's like, "Okay, well, then, I love it." And it's just Mary now. John goes off, and Mary is like, talking to her belly, saying that like, "Oh, it's okay. Angels are watching over you." And that's how the episode ends! I did like this. [C: Pretty fun.] Yeah, well, what did we think about this episode?

C: I mean, I'm in a good mood right now, so I feel like I wanna say it's good, but it's also because we spent like, [laughs] half of this recording time talking about other TV shows that I like more, so.

G: Yeah, no, I actually do think I really do like this episode in a like- It's one of those episodes where it's essential, like, we need it in the show. It's just not that enjoyable watching it, but like, it does add value. It does add meaning to everything, and I appreciate that.

C: I mean, I like young Mary a lot.

G: And I also really did like the Michael part. Like, I really, really did like it. Yeah.

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G: So stats, right? Or, Best Line/Worst Line. We do Best Line/Worst Line. Damn. I completely-

C: I do like the ending of "Angels are watching over you."

G: Mm-hm. I think I like when, well, first of all, I dislike when everything that John says in the Sam and John conversation, I thought it was so annoying. [C: Uh-huh, yeah.] I like Michael's responses to Dean when Dean was like, "Oh, so you're just gonna do it because God said?" And Michael's like, "Yes." It's not even about the line. It's, as I've said, about the delivery of it all. There's no absolutely no question in Michael's mind, and yeah, it's like, an automatic- and I really appreciate that. I think it's wonderful characterization on Michael's behalf. [C: Yeah.] What's your worst line?

C: It's cringe of Sam to say that he loves his dad. Like, yeah. [both laughing] It was a bit overwrought. [G: It was.] That was not- He was not thinking about John. He was thinking about the John during "The Real Ghostbusters," who ended his message about the fucking scavenger hunt with, "I love you." [G laughs]

G: Literally. "Here's a gift card for $50 or whatever. Love you!"

C: [laughs] Yeah. Exactly.

G: Well, stats! Let's do the spreadsheets. [C: Okay. Well.] So, misogyny this episode. Well, Anna dies.

C: Anna died, so we do have to evaluate her entire character arc within this episode.

G: Yeah, we do that every time a character dies, we do the entire arc. So I think they really did misogynize- The thing is like, her character is like, not treated with misogyny internally in the show. You know what I mean. Like, Sam and Dean and blah blah blah. But, like, externally, she is misogyny victim number one. Or I guess number 3 because Mary and Jess really do take a lot of those upper numbers. But it's quite mind-boggling. I don't know. I think I would give her character a misogyny of 3. [C: Yeah.] I think that's a nice enough balance because, like, I do think she's a well-written character, [C: She's an okay-written character.] and like, her character, is not bogged down to like, a woman, you know? [C: Yes.] It's just also that they-

C: Yeah, they kept trying to write her out because the fans didn't want her, and they just wanted a man character to take the role.

G: Yeah. I feel like it is so- It is irresponsible in a different way to put forward a female character in your show that is notoriously- where the fanbase is like, misogynistic, to like, write a female character and then not back her up. Like, somehow that feels even worse, you know? Because now you can say like, "Oh, we tried, but the audience didn't-" Well, you didn't try. You like, you tried, but like, you didn't commit to the bit. [C: Yeah.] And I feel like there is a way to continue writing her, and there is a way to insist, you know, to your audience, like, "No, we're doing this," but they didn't, and I feel like I don't like that. Yeah. Well, racism.

C: I don't recall.

G: Yeah, I don't recall as well. Homophobia?

C: Yeah, I don't- I don't recall.

G: We have ratings. Okay, so what do you think this episode is, rating-wise?

C: High.

G: I would assume high as well. You guess first, right? That's our thing now.

C: Yeah, that's me, and that's why I'm failing so badly. Okay. [sighs] How high? I think it's like, 9 or above, [G: Huh! Okay.] but like, how above? Okay, actually, well, "The End" only made it to 9.1, I think- Well, "Changing Channels" made it to a 9.6. [G: That's crazy.] Who even knows what the world is? So, okay. Okay. I'm gonna say 9.1. Whatever.

G: I'm gonna go, actually, for an 8.8. A nice, even number, very round.

C: Yeah. Very auspicious.

G: I feel like 8.8 is like, something that you don't usually guess, like, for me, at least, because it's too nice. It sounds too nice of a number. Like, it sounds fake. But okay. The IMDb rating for this episode is... Huh, it's a 9.0. You're closer.

C: Pretty close. Good for me.

G: Okay. Let's look at the reviews. Huh! This one says, "I know this episode didn't push the storyline any further and didn't provide any new answers, making it somehow naive and pointless." [C: What? Huh?] I have the exact opposite of the perspective about this episode, but okay.

C: Michael's motivations are like, important to the season.

G: Yeah. And also, like, this is the first time we see Michael, which I think is rather important.

C: Yeah, that seems like a big deal, he's sort of like, major enemy number 1.

G: Well, the person is still saying that like, they did love it, like, they did love the episode, even though [laughs] it didn't matter. [C laughs]

C: Wait, and they said, "And I like to see Michael again-" Okay, sorry. I think they meant, "And I would like to see Michael again," but I thought that because of the tense they used, they were like, they thought that they'd seen him already. But yeah, whatever. Nooo!

G: "I was utterly happy when Cas announced that he and Sam are friends." Oh, no. [C: No!] "And I did my happy dance when Michael killed Anna. [laughing] I never liked her and I'm glad she is gone."

C: Well, I hope you're gone from the IMDb reviews on all future episodes of Supernatural. No, the last one they reviewed was "The Girl with the Dungeons and Dragons Tattoo." They've been around for a while.

G: Everybody fucking loves the dream sequence. [C: What?] This is like, the second review. Okay, not everybody, but this is the second review. Okay, I'll see.

C: At least this person likes Anna.

G: Aw, this one is so sweet! This is from 2021, right? "It's hard to write anything about this show without first stating that my wife and I never watched an episode while it was on-air. We waited and streamed it. Now we watch it every Friday from 6pm until we fall asleep. [laughs] We have streamed all 15 seasons and are now on our second time through. We have fallen in love with this show. Dean, Sam, Bobby... [both laugh] all of the fantastic characters and awesome stories and story lines. I'm sure we will continue watching it no matter where it is." That's rather sweet!

C: That is sweet, and I won't say anything else, because I'm trying to be a better person, I've decided, suddenly.

G: [laughs] That's so sweet, though. Yeah. In the future, you know, when I am happily married, I will lie to my wife and be like, "I've never seen this show. [C laughs] Maybe we should watch it every Friday from 6PM until we fall asleep."

C: And your wife will go, "I'm rethinking this marriage thing even though we fought so hard to make it legal."

G: Yeah. "What do you do every Sunday? What do you do every Sunday when you disappear for like, four hours and talk on your bedroom with someone with a mic on you," [C laughs] and I'm like, "I don't know what you're talking about."

C: Yeah, "Are you cheating on me, Grey?" [G laughs]

G: Yeah, people are, generally, like- yeah.

C: Okay, several people are saying that they don't like, just time travel just being in the show.

G: Yeah. I don't think people are endeared by Cas this episode, which I understand.

C: He's barely here.

G: I think, in Season 5, honestly, like, especially up until this part, it's like- Cas is kind of like, a whatever character, just because they keep on depowering him, he's here for convenience or plot. Wasn't it episode 7 last season, we get like, Cas talking about his feelings. "Great Pumpkin," right? That's episode 7. That's episode 7! [C: Yeah.] It's episode 13 now, and I feel like we still haven't gotten anything from Cas, although next episode is "My Bloody Valentine," and I feel like that will give Cas something to do, and [C: Will it?] Cas will continue to have things to do in future episodes.

C: Good for him.

G: Well, that’s it for this episode of Busty Asian Beauties. Next week, I hope, we will be talking about "My Bloody Valentine," Season 5, Episode 14. Leave us a rating or a review wherever you get your podcasts.

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Do you tell your friends / family that you write? / Are you happy with how your favorite canon muse was portrayed in canon? / In what fandom did you start? / What are you looking for in a ship? / What people make you happy when you see them on the dash?

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Do you tell your friends / family that you write?

absolutely the fuck not lmfao. i had the misfortune of having a family that generally made fun of me for. basically all of my interests lmao. and also when people know you write they always immediately want to read what you write and like. how do you even begin to explain rp to people who aren't already introduced to the concept/terminally online lmao. my boyfriend knows i write simply because we live together but he knows he's never going to read anything i write for my own comfort lol

Are you happy with how your favorite canon muse was portrayed in canon?

grimmjow and vash are my favorite canon muses and like. yeah absolutely lol. if i didnt absolutely love them i wouldn't have chosen to rp them. i love them so much and i love to take how they were portrayed and i love taking a cartoonishly large magnifying glass and picking it apart piece by piece

In what fandom did you start?

if i go allllll the way back to when i first started rping in ims... i think it was devil may cry with me and my friend's ocs when i was like. in middle school lmao. if we're talking tumblr then. h/etaila. dont laugh at me

What are you looking for in a ship?

chemistry! like... typically i have ships already in mind/that i prefer when rping, but i'm obviously not gonna force it on anyone and it's never like. the primary goal of rping. whenever ive rped a ship its like... okay the characters i would like are there, now to wait and see if they fit together well. if there's no chemistry between how i write one half of the ship and how the other person writes the other half, then it's a no go. but even if i have another character in mind that i would like to ship with, if there's chemistry with a different character, then i wouldn't mind writing that ship instead.

What people make you happy when you see them on the dash?

MY FWIENDS..... KISSING YOU ALL ON THE FOREHEAD..... both in isola and not. honestly i love just seeing everyone in isola its so fun to see how everyone bounces off each other ( even if i have to lurk most of the time when everyone's active sobsob.... ) its just so neat. i love playing pretend here yippee yay