#abandon all hope

[crow-enthusiast]

death had the best entrance scene this, castiel had the best entrance scene that, WRONG

crowley immediately kissing a man for fun and profit

[leonelmolinari]

I've been practicing using the "Dream's End Come True" style to make ultrakill stuff

i think it turned out well :3

[twistedshipper]

Jo Harvelle in SUPERNATURAL | 5.10 Abandon All Hope

[virtu4l-di4ry]

the og found family

[spn-rewatch-ventzone]

Not the family photo! YOU CAN’T DO THIS TO ME!! 😭😭

[shirtlesssammy]

Castiel every day so often -- 19/139

Supernatural 5x10//Abandon All Hope...

[marginofthought]

Smiling through the pain and all that...

[hexedwinchester]

Supernatural S05E10 Abandon All Hope...

Anyone else notice Sam striking a pose in the background when Dean on the phone talking with Cas? 🤣🤣

Ah! A Ben Edlund episode. In all honesty his episodes have not been my favourite but this one is good

Dean to Sam on his doubts about demon: Sam Winchester having trust issues with a demon.

Fuck you very much, Dean!

See Lucifer here is so scary and not that goofy shit from later seasons

The whole Jo and Ellen scene is so sad. The worse is Jo dies before the bomb goes off

[littlebluejaydraws]

-I'll die first -I suppose you will

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[ivebeensetonfire]

Abandon All Hope, Ye Who Enter Here

Famously, the writing above the gates of Hell in the Divine Comedy. Been thinking about this recently, and I realized there is, ironically, profound hope to be found in these words. The gates of Hell, both the lair and the prison of the sworn enemy of God and of all of his creations, is the place of weeping and gnashing of teeth. The eternal separation from all that is good and kind. This place must ask you to give up the hope you have. In its very messaging, in the attempt to intimidate and bereave its captives, the facade is revealed. Hell cannot take your hope from you. You must give it up. Even by walking into the realm of torment and suffering, hope must be sacrificed. It can never be taken from you, never extinguished. If even Hell cannot hold mastery over your hope, how much less can the evils of this world? You always will have hope within you.

[perfect-angelic-love]

How can he be so sexy without even trying it??! I mean it's a gift for sure! || S05E10 - Abandon all hope

Also I lowkey ship them together.

[spn20rewatch]

Season 5, Episode 10: Abandon All Hope (January 21st)

Sam and Dean track down the Colt and go after Lucifer. -Super-wiki

Originally aired on: November 19th, 2009

Written by Ben Edlund, directed by Phil Sgriccia.

Fun fact: "Abandon all hope, ye who enter here."

Have fun watching the episode, and tag any posts with #spn20rewatch!

[youre-only-gay-once]

Meg 2.0 ◦ 5×10 ◦ Abandon All Hope

[thebeautyofspn]

5x10 Abandon All Hope...

[deanstudies101]

5x10, Abandon All Hope

[mid-season finale]

Critical theory: Sacrifice. Family. Fathers. Inevitability. 

Discussion point/question(s): Cas in holy fire as a genre of images. 

Key quotes: (2x06, Ellen ���Joanna Beth, this family has lost enough. I won't lose you too.”); Dean, “Bobby, it’s Dean. We got problems.” Bobby, “It’s okay boy, that’s why I’m here.”; Lucifer, “What a peculiar thing you are.” 

Further reading: 

“Last night on earth” is Dean’s pick up line. And he used it on Cas (@drulalovescas)

Discussion: 

Quite sad innit. 

Not exactly a surprise. They are women. It was a more classy death than most women on the show. Well written. Jo’s dad comes to mind—he died because John used him as bait, and John failed whatever he was trying. They both died as bait. But this was an active choice that they made. Dean was really trying to avoid the reality, didn’t want to face it, couldn’t look at her. He didn’t want to cope with that particular loss. And the fact 'hat it was hell hounds, that he’s well acquainted with and has trauma over. [The thing that always gets me. Ellen stays so that she doesn't have to live after Jo dies. And she still does.] But there was no way she was going to abandon her daughter. That would never happen. And good thing she did stay, because Jo wouldn’t have managed it alone. [Actually, I think Jo died because her mum hugged her. She felt safe to let go, maybe?] Yeah, maybe she would’ve held on otherwise.

It’s sad because it’s pointless death. And like, obviously they’re not going to kill Lucifer halfway through the season, you know that they’re going to fail. Obviously they’re going to fail. [It hurts because they don’t know they’re in the mid-season finale.]

[Mid-season finale moment.][When I came up with the theory, this was the season that I remembered the easiest. It has two parts. I have written a little note to myself that one is more important than the other to me, and it’s not the one you think.] Kai, Cas and Lucifer have a conversation about God. Iga, a theme of sacrifice and failure, but need some time to digest the episode. Kai, yeah, a vibe of pointlessness, it’s so big it’s out of their hands. 

Iga, I think I said a while ago that it would be funny if Lucifer came out and he doesn’t even like the demons. [Possibly. But. You did say. After 4x22; “It would be funny if Lucifer and Cas have a conversation, and Lucifer goes ‘you’re just like me bro.’” And I just put in brackets. [Damn that would be funny.]] Oh damn. Called it. 

[Lucifer, “What a peculiar thing you are.” He's the devil. The devil just looked Cas in the face and said “you’re different.”] He doesn’t fit anywhere but with these weird hunters. [It is tism. But also for me. How world shattering. You’re a rebellious fallen angel, and thee rebellious fallen angel is like, yeah you’re like me, but no you’re not.] But it’s like, there’s that sense when you’re around people that you’re just. Different. There is something different about you. [I think for me it’s like. Cas doesn’t fit on either side. He’s on people's side.]

Iga, “Crowley is the only one with a brain.” Lucifer made demons to prove that humans aint shit. To corrupt them and bring out their worst. Or course he won’t like them. He hates everything they came from. Of course he’s not going to take them to heaven. [I love Crowly.][[What follows are all direct quotes.]] Iga, he’s hot. Kai, yeah he’s hot. Iga, I’d fuck him. [Okay.] Iga, is that not allowed? [[the truth is this is too funny to me. I’m saying nothing.]] Iga, Dean and Crowly fuck, right? [[oh drowley summer of love.]] Iga, Cas, Dean, and Crowly are like, dream threesome, and ideal blunt rotation. I don’t smoke weed. But I’d watch them. Kai, like yes, it would be a great threesome, but Cas and Crowley would both get crazy possessive over Dean. Iga, no, they’d fuck each other. It’d be hate fucking, but they would. 

After this they both apologised for derailing the discussion after a very serious episode where Jo and Ellen died, but they like Crowly. [No no. We’ll circle back.] … Do Cas and Crowly fuck? [We’ll circle back.]

What gets people into hell or into heaven? At least for people who don’t make demon deals. Good Place situation. What’s the point system? We haven’t heard of anyone getting to heaven. Like, what happened to John? He escaped hell. [So. He escaped hell, through the devil’s gate. I think the implication is that he goes to heaven, but it’s unclear. And ? The ghost in Roadkill? Does she go to heaven?] She like looks at the sun and fizzles out. They always talk about peace, like finding peace. [We’ll circle back. But I honestly don’t know how clear they ever make it.] It’s just general questions about the lore. If someone stays behind as a spirit, they’re not in heaven or in hell, but then do shitty things as a spirit? [I don’t know. It’s a good question. I feel like they frame the spirits as evil most of the time, but I don't know? They kinda just… stop existing.] And we know the spirits aren’t evil, they’ve just been here too long, and they don’t really know what they're doing, a lot of times they were victims. 

Sam is no longer the main character. Dean got a goodbye with Jo. Ellen got a goodbye with Jo. Sam didn’t go anywhere near Jo. His only job was getting Dean to realise Jo was dying and to go say bye to her. [And like, I’d sat the two have equal history with her. Obviously Jo was attached to Dean…] And it was a soft crush, a bit of tension both ways, but very innocent, which makes the kiss very sad. [But there was that whole thing with Sam and Jo with the possession episode… equal interaction. Also. The scene with just Sam and Lucifer? Jared’s acting lets it down.] Kai, knowing how Jared was on set, maybe they did write a goodbye with Jo, but he was goofing too much they they didn’t get anything good. [Or maybe it was the bad acting.] He can’t do serious episodes. But by God can he goof. [I wish I was still 16 and didn’t care about bad acting.]

[I loved watching them watch this. Because, it’s so ingrained that like, yeah, there are things the Colt can’t kill, but this is the first time we see that! I don’t remember my reaction to finding out the Colt can’t kill Lucifer. And they were shocked. It was all “That’s not really Lucifer. It’s not the real Colt. Someone fucked with the Colt.” But no, that’s Lucifer, that’s the Colt, it just doesn’t work. It’s so beautiful.]

Who are the five beings? God? Michael, probably for balance? Lucifer and the four horsemen? God, Lucifer, Michael. Maybe Death? Death. [theories on this, with spoilers for seasons 6 onwards; https://www.reddit.com/r/Supernatural/comments/3kp9g9/figured_it_out_5_things_the_colt_cant_kill/ ]

The Colt was clearly made by a hunter who was autistic and hyper fixated on killing demons/hunting etc. So, did God make these beings immune to the Colt before it was created? How do the gun mechanics work? Need to know more about this gun. 

Notes: Iga, 4x22; “It would be funny if Lucifer and Cas have a conversation, and Lucifer goes ‘you’re just like me bro.’” [Damn that would be funny.]

mid-season finale moment under the cut

Lucifer does tell Sam exactly what will happen; Sam will say yes, it will be within six months, and it will happen in Detroit. However, for me, the more important one is

5x10 Ellen’s “I will not leave you here alone.” to 5x22 Dean’s “I’m not gonna let him die alone.” It's about saying 'even if there's nothing I can do to change it, I'm going to be there anyway.' And in the end, that is what changes things

[spn-rewatch-ventzone]

I love how Abandon All Hope gives us some Castiel-vision. It’s really cool to see the hidden sigils and all the reapers hiding in plain angel sight