#14x16 don't go into the woods

[shirtlesssammy]

Dean Winchester every day -- 302/326

Supernatural 14x16//Don't Go in the Woods

[monstermoviedean]

i understand why he's doing it but it's still wild to me that sam has moved on from anything having to do with michael, dean, jack, etc and is now solely focused on "his" hunters.

[menspussypowersactivate]

Me when I explain I'm trans and/or autistic:

(x)

[winchestress]

for me it's 2010 probably

[seasononesam]

Stackednatural- 229/327

Don't Go in to the Woods (14x16) March 21st, 2019

[shallowseeker]

Dean, Cas, Jack and the kitchen and Jack's childhood bedroom as common domain

It's so interesting that Dean and Cas are more often portrayed meeting Jack in his bedroom or the bunker kitchen to counsel him or bring him nourishment, at least compared to his other parental figures (Sam, Mary, Bobby).

Sam is undoubtedly his parent, but he's associated more often with the library and pencils--mentor symbols. Of note, Mary also meets Jack in the kitchen and gives familial encouragement in 14x17 Game Night, but her knife training with Jack takes place in the library. Donatello counsels Jack in his kitchen in 14x15 Peace of Mind, but like Sam, there's visual books in the background. It has an added layer of advice-giving/mentorship.

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In 13x23 Let the Good Times Roll, we get Dean coming to JACK'S ROOM-- NIGHT when Jack is emotionally distressed:

Jack writhes on the bed-- having a nightmare. Dean moves for him-- touching his arm--

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And in 14x07 Unhuman Nature, he's coming to the infirmary to make sure Jack has nourishment:

DEAN: "Brought you some carbs. How you (doin')?"

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In 14x03 The Scar, we get Cas coming to JACK'S ROOM-- NIGHT to praise him for his persistence on a case:

CAS: "I'll make you some soup."

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When Jack is dying in 14x08 Byzantium, we see a record player and vinyl in his room, implying that not only do Dean and Jack listen to music together (per 14x16 Don't Go into the Woods), but they may hang out and listen to music in Jack's room.

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In 14x15 Peace of Mind, Cas again comes to counsel Jack -> JACK'S ROOM-- DAY

"Cas knows this "check in" is the last thing the boy wants."

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BONUS: Dean and Cas are ALSO associated to docks, water, and fishing throughout the series as early as season 4, and that also gets transferred to Jack in two specific script instances:

The first is in 13x14 Good Intentions when AU Zacharaiah gives Jack a vision of Cas and Jack fishing (this originally was an extended scene that occurs post-Zachariah's vision of burning the human side of Jack's family):

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And ofc there's the heartwarming fishing scene that actually occurs in 14x07 Unhuman Nature, with Jack and Dean:

It's just interesting how visually Dean and Cas are portrayed characteristically differently, with regards to Jack. You know?

[castiellesbian]

Richard Hatem:

1x04 Phantom Traveler

1x10 Asylum

Davy Perez

12x04 American Nightmare

12x12 Stuck in the Middle (With You)

12x15 Somewhere Between Heaven and Hell

13x06 Tombstone

13x11 Breakdown

13x17 The Thing

14x04 Mint Condition

14x11 Damaged Goods

14x16 Don't Go in the Woods (with Nick Vaught)

15x04 Atomic Monsters

15x11 The Gamblers (with Meredith Glynn)

15x15 Gimme Shelter

[missjackil]

Supernatural Battle of the Episodes!!

Aaannnd we're back! After a marathon work week, I see Lebanon beat Peace of Mind in a pretty good battle! Today shouldn't be any problem!

Who is it Chuck!

Chuck: Welcome back boss! Today we have Don't Go in the Woods - Sam and Dean learn about a monster they've never heard of (Kahunta?) After a girl is murdered in the woods

Meanwhile, Jack tries to impress his friends with some Nephilim powers and one of them runs right into the path of a moving Angel blade and they all blame him! 😒

[spnwin-reader]

Feeling closer to my father through work

JO HARVELLE: “I was still in pigtails when my dad died but, I remember him coming home from a hunt. He’d burst through that door like he was Steve McQueen or something. And he’d sweep me up in his arms, and I’d breathe in that old leather jacket of his. And my mom who was sour and pissed from the minute he left she started smiling again…we were a family. You wanna know why I want to do the job? For him. It's my way of being close to him. Now tell me, what's wrong with that? SPN prime 2x06

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John is giddy to find out more about his dad's legacy.

He remembers that Henry was a sweet papa ("Pops") who tucked him in at night, who told him not to be afraid of monsters under the bed, and bought him a music box that played "As Time Goes By" from Casablanca (1942). I would venture that this is probably a Millie-Henry song, too.

John and Henry are united by music, the way that John and Dean are united by music, and John and Mary are united by music. There's also the fact that Dean communicates his personal feelings to Cas through the John-Mary music selection Led Zeppelin (SPNprime The Future 12x19), and how Dean and Jack are united by "old" music (SPNprime Byzantium 14x08, and Don't Go Into the Woods 14x16).

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In SPN prime, John kept Henry's old journal with his initials, using it as his own journal in order to feel closer to him.

John misses him so.

Look how excited he is at the prospect of hunting and learning more about him:

JOHN: H.E.W. Henry Eric Winchester. This is my dad's locker. We had a lock just like it on our shed. The combination's my birthday.

Henry's old coat hangs here:

Symbolically, it feels like a "working class" Millie-and-John-Dean-coded jacket on the right...and a "mid-level work" Henry-Cas-coded coat on the left.

(We also see the WATCH AND READING GLASSES for Henry, because he's a "loremaster/reader" and he's untethered and lost to time.)

Indeed, the photograph is set up this way, too, with Millie on the left and Henry on the right.

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And the loss is still painful for John, but knowing that Henry loved him helps John see more clearly, feel more firmly rooted in place: the truth was right here.

It's like the first stitches over an open wound.

[unhinged-jackles]

SPN Best Episode per Season

Masterpost

[jinkieswouldyoulookatthis]

I love Jack's comment in Don't Go Into the Woods (14x16) about having seen The Lost Boys 36 times because Dean picks the movies and I cannot even begin to articulate what this does to me because for a really long time that was my absolute favorite movie. I have seen The Lost Boys an obscene number of times because there was this one year where I watched it every day. I didn't start out with the intention of watching it that much, I just realized a couple of months in that I had watched it every day and then just continued popping in the tape (back in the vcr days) and then it was most of a year, so I just kept going with it. But I've seen it tons outside of that year too, so easily 400 times at least... which is crazy, I know, and has little to do with this episode except for the obvious fact that Dean loves it too (he must if he's picked it for movie night that many times, right?) and it makes me wonder if the fact that the little brother in it is named Sam has anything to do with that? Or is that just a weird little added bonus for him, like of course little brothers are named Sam, and even if your brother is a monster he's still your brother so you make sure you've got his back. And Dean's brief time as a half-vamp has to make this movie hit close to home, right? Like, it's one of the best vampire movies ever made, I will die on this hill. And Jami Gertz was hot af as Star, and Dean woulda been 11 when it came out so it all would have seemed like the height of fucking cool to him. Right?

[claudiabian]

he’s two :)

[monstermoviedean]

14x15 felt like a s8 episode (complimentary) and 14x16 felt like a s8 episode (derogatory)

[p0ssyum]

Jack Kline // 14x16 : Don't Go Into The Woods

[winchestress]

foolproof strategy

[ain-t-bovvered]

“Mm. He actually left. Early this morning”