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acediscowlng · 11 days ago

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still on my spn rewatch, and like. okay. i am not usamerican so i am definitely missing a lot of things here so i haven't mentioned it until now. but there's also something to be said about the class disparity of supernatural. how the hunter life which is both poor and rural is contrasted with the apple pie life which is usually life in the suburbs or the city. and how poverty in rural america is valorized and idealized as somehow more worldly, more knowledgeable, and ultimately more moral than the normal world.

#spn #its this vibe of rural community you know #cityfolks and people in the suburbs are ignorant or way in over their heads #or if theyre not its because they can match rural sensibilities #but the rural hunter life is the standard #but of course its not just rural its rural and poor and working class #and the story idealizes it but doesnt try to analyze or dismantle it #think of how like. in 5.22 which talks about how the impala is their home #and i dont think the show ever quite calls it what it actually is #which are these people are fucking homeless and have been for the entirety of their lives #making it seem like a choice instead of an economic reality

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