#considering how i think heart/catch is weak when it comes to their plot-heavy episodes

[goatboard]

finished heartcatch!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

man.

[mobius-prime]

221. Sonic the Hedgehog #153

Oh god, is Sonic, like… okay? Is he all right up there? What horrific manner of trouble did he get himself into this time to have his face become deformed like that? Also, I like how this cover implies that Sonic is being hunted down by someone shooting lasers or something, when literally nothing even close to the sort happens within the issue. I know it's perhaps getting a bit stale to point out every time the cover art doesn't reflect the stories inside, but dammit, it makes me laugh so I'm gonna keep doing it.

Songoose (Part 1 of 2)

Writer: Karl Bollers Pencils: Ron Lim Colors: Jason Jensen

Eggman has a new agenda to enact. He's offered Nack the Weasel a large sum of money in exchange for assassinating someone very important within Knothole, and despite Nack's apparent reservations about waltzing into a place where he's wanted for quite a few crimes, he seems pretty jazzed to accept the offer nonetheless. Within Knothole, Sally has arranged a mock battle training exercise between the Freedom Fighters and the Chaotix to strengthen team bonding and combat skills, and oversees the training along with General D'Coolette, discussing the various combatants' strengths and weaknesses.

Uh oh, that doesn't sound good. In fact, at that moment they get a call from the king and queen, still halfway around the world, and apparently the king is also exhibiting similar symptoms to the general, prompting Sally to muse on whether their illnesses are related. She wonders if they should cut their trip short and return home, something which the king is against but the queen tentatively supports, but the conversation is interrupted when suddenly, the general seizes up and then collapses onto the ground. That's… probably not a good sign. Worse still, "Antoine" doesn't even seem to care, though of course we know why.

So this is actually a plot point that's kept up throughout a lot of subsequent issues - apparently, Tails' crush on Fiona is still going strong, despite the fact that he literally "fell in love" with a robot duplicate of her which had nothing in common with the real her. It's honestly a very weird detail to seize upon, as while Fiona being a real person and a unique character in her own right is interesting, and the fact that she's joined the Freedom Fighters even more so, Tails trying to like… flirt with her and become her boyfriend is just a bizarre place to take it, especially considering the age difference. I mean, don't get me wrong, I know it's not uncommon for a kid to end up with a crush on an older teenager, but multiple writers from here on out write Tails as being actually infatuated with her and unable to "let her go" after her robot duplicate broke his heart. It just doesn't feel like Tails to me and it's frustrating, to say the least. But anyway, moving on, everyone agrees it's a good idea to go to Mina's concert tonight and disperse. Sonic catches up to Fiona and tries to explain that Tails looks up to her, but she just makes a snarky comment about Sonic being one to talk about respect given how he acted the other day towards her - yeah, apparently he still hasn't told everyone that it was his evil double flirting with all the girls. Also, we never actually saw Evil Sonic come on to Fiona before, but I guess it just happened offscreen. She then admits to him that she hated him for a long time for leaving her behind in Robotnik's prison camp all those years ago, but changed her mind after seeing him sacrifice himself for the planet during the Xorda invasion, making her realize that he never left her behind on purpose. Aww, that's actually nice! Fiona has the potential to be a really interesting and complex character, and, well, honestly she's one of my favorites of the later comics, so I'm glad to see her getting more screentime.

That night, Sonic and the others show up backstage at the venue to give Mina a friendly pep talk before her show. She hugs Sonic, thanking him for the encouragement, and Ash immediately becomes very jealous and butts in to remind everyone that he's Mina's boyfriend and band manager and that she needs to go to the stage now, prompting a clueless Sonic to wonder what his problem is. However, Mina's performance actually kind of reveals that Ash has a good reason to be suspicious of her interactions with Sonic, as the sappy, lovey-dovey lyrics of her songs all reference the color blue in various ways, and are clearly influenced by her previous infatuation with Sonic. But things aren't as happy and peaceful as they seem, as a suspicious figure lurks in the crowd…

So Mina was Eggman's target, huh? Strangely enough, Nack, with a totally clear shot to the stage, misses and hits a tree several feet above and to the side of Mina. Like, it's not even played off as "oh, he was trying to make the tree fall on her, or someone bumped his elbow" or something - he just straight up misses for no reason, sets the tree on fire with the blast, and then tries to make a run for it. Some assassin you are, especially considering your alternate name is Fang the Sniper! Sonic, Bunnie, and Ash immediately race onstage to check on the startled but unharmed Mina, and Bunnie focuses on putting the fire out while Sonic races after Nack, catching and knocking him out easily. Nack wakes up hours later in Knothole's jail, where Sally and Sonic attempts to question him on his motives, and he decides to be all flippant and act like it's no big deal that he was caught, as he'd rather spend some time in prison than ruin his "cred" by giving up the name of his employer. I'm sorry, Nack, but what freaking cred are you even talking about? Like what, are you gonna go around telling prospective employers that your skill set includes missing a target forty feet away, setting a random tree on fire, and then immediately getting arrested? Sally merely points to the cell across from him, where he's quite perturbed to see the three other weasel associates who helped him kidnap her a year ago, and she invites him to go ahead and spend his time in jail sharing space with them after he knowingly left them to take the fall for his failed plan. Of course, he spills the beans on Eggman immediately.

Well… I suppose that's not even out of character for Eggman, considering his original counterpart also hated music. Sally decides to assign Sonic as Mina's personal bodyguard for now, while the other Freedom Fighters keep an eye out at the next night's concert to make sure nothing comes near Mina. Ash isn't pleased at all with Sonic being close to his girl, and stomps off, with a bemused Sonic commenting to Mina that he's pretty sure her boyfriend doesn't like him. Gee, what gave you that idea, Sonic? Sally's caution is warranted, however, as back in New Megaopolis we see Eggman preparing his next plan of attack in the wake of Nack's abysmal failure - he's rebuilt Heavy and Bomb, and is ready to sic them on Mina! Man, it's been a while since we saw those guys, huh? Now that I think about it, after they got reprogrammed by Eggman before, Sonic just kind of straight up killed them when they tried to attack the royal family, and no one seemed upset about it at all. Well, maybe with them back, they'll get a chance to be freed and find redemption… or maybe the writers still don't care and they'll get fridged again. Guess we just gotta wait and see!

Fairy Tale (or the Adventures of Pirate Sally)

Writer: Romy Chacon Pencils: Art Mawhinney Colors: Josh Ray

Wow, it's been quite some time since we last had a "telling a bedtime story based on real events in the storyline to kids" episode, huh? Apparently, Rosie's three young charges have caught a bad cold, and as she brings them medicine to try to help them sleep they all start begging for her to tell them a story. She's reluctant, claiming she's not good at stories, but relents when they persist in asking. She invents a magical world of pirates and wizards, where the "Elfen Fox" falls onto "Pirate Sally" and "B-Bot's" ship, having had one of his two magical tails stolen by the "Rogue Assassin," who doesn't really live up to her name if all she's doing is going around stealing things. Man, what is it with wildly ineffective assassins this issue? Pirate Sally and B-Bot decide to help out the fox, and along the way meet their new allies Ant the Foole and the Blue Knight, who help them defeat various baddies based on the main villains of the comic's storyline. Finally, they make it to the Evil Wizard Kintobor's lair, whom they fight against as a team and help the Elfen Fox take back his missing tail.

I actually love this story, entirely because of the way the kids just start roasting Rosie's storytelling skills as soon as the whole thing is over. Hey, look on the bright side Rosie - now that they're preoccupied with coming up with a way to fix your terrible story, they won't be pestering you for more anytime soon!

[eternityunicorn]

Love Me Apocalyptic: Part Nine

Author: eternityunicorn 

Genre: Romance/Drama/AU

Pairing: Elijah Mikaelson x OC

Warnings: Violence, Smut (*Smut chapters are marked +18)

Summary: AU of an AU - Elijah Mikaelson and Eternity had been lovers centuries ago. Betrayed, he had thought that he would never see her again. However, in present time, she has returned with a purpose, intertwining their paths once more. Elijah hates Eternity for the past, but finds his addiction to her is still as profound as it had been before and he cannot fight it, leaving him in a complicated relationship with his former lady - in an apocalyptic love.

NOTE: OC and original elements are from my up and coming novel series!

AUTHOR’S COMMENTARY: This chapter is an AU of TO Season 3, Episode 7. Also, there is only one more chapter left after this one and then that shall be the end of this fic! Thank you so much for reading! 

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Elijah had made love to Eternity for the rest of the night, over and over again, until exhaustion forced them to sleep. She had repeated those three little words of love to him many times, to only be met with his silence. Sure, he showed his affection for her in other ways, in the form of  romantic kisses and gentle touches, but never verbally. He simply wasn’t ready. As a result of her frequent attempts to engage him, he barely looked at her near the end of their passionate night. Like a coward, he didn’t want to see the disappointment in those sapphire depths, he was certain was there. 

The following day, upon waking, Elijah slipped out from his lover’s embrace and quickly vacated the premises, returning to his loft in Algiers. He didn’t want to face her, after he had acted so tenderly toward her as she had to him. It had been a long reminder of their wondrous past and he had almost caved to the feelings he still retained from that time - his love for Eternity. 

He didn’t want to be so weak as to give in on a whim, no matter how strong the urge to do so was.

For days after, Elijah did not see or hear from the ethereal beauty. A disappointment, he found. He had thought she’d come to him, asking him why he had snuck away. However, she never did. Instead, she stayed away for whatever reasons. He would have assumed she had been upset with him for leaving in the morning and for his cowardly lack of response to her words of affection, but he knew that Eternity wouldn’t be angry, as she was wise and knew why he had run without needing to confront him about it. 

In those days of the immortal beauty’s absence, a new player came strolling into the French Quarter in the form of a she-devil: Tristan’s little sister, Aurora de Martel. She had come looking for her brother’s murder, having heard from the Strix about the massacre at the gala he had held. Apparently, the group hadn’t divulged exactly whom had done, perhaps in an attempt to protect her from the ‘White Goddess’. 

To try and get answers, Aurora had reunited with Niklaus; though not before stealing Rebekah’s daggared body as an act of leverage, incase it had been the hybrid or Elijah that had killed her brother. Meanwhile, his brother waited to see just how to proceed in ridding them of both Lucien and Tristan’s mad sister. In that process, they had begun sleeping together, a nauseating reunion indeed, as Elijah’s brother bided his time. Upon discovering this, the older Original confronted his little brother one night after finding the two of them together. 

Once the little devil was gone, Niklaus and he retired into the hybrid’s study in order to discuss this seeming infatuation between Aurora and his brother. 

“Am I to assume that you've gone completely mad?” Elijah asked his little brother. 

Niklaus came over with two drink in his hands, handing one over, as he replied, “You see madness, I see method.”

“And that method would be what, Niklaus? To fornicate with the she-devil who took our sister?” He responded with a roll of his eyes.

“To be clear, The Strix took our sister,” answered his brother. “Aurora simply hijacked her. I will get Rebekah back. Trust me. Keeping Aurora close garners the goodwill we need.”

While Niklaus sipped on his drink, Elijah considered this plan of his. “Well, it is a bold - if lecherous - plan,” he commented. “Will you employ the same tactic when it comes time to retrieve the medallion from Lucien and Tristan?

“They’re not really my type,” his brother quipped in return, smirking slyly. “By the way, it seems I’m not the only one enjoying the pleasures of lechery, Brother. I heard the cries of passion the other night, after the Strix party, coming from your old room. Eternity is quite the screamer, by the way. Therefore, I do not think you should be judging me on sleeping with my ex, when you are so clearly doing the same.”

With a heavy sigh, the older Original rolled his eyes and downed half his drink, before replying, “At least, Eternity isn’t working against us, in some devious plot of revenge. She has actually been helping us, while protecting Hope from certain doom. I do not see Aurora doing that.”

“So, you are back together, after all this time.”

“I wouldn’t say that, but even if we were, it is none of your business, Niklaus,” shrugged Elijah, while smiling tightly at him. “Can we please return to the conversation at hand now?”

With one last smirk, Niklaus turned serious, “Certainly. There must be another way to dealing with Lucien and Aurora.”

“There is,” called Eternity from the doorway suddenly, causing both men to turn toward her in surprise.

She looked stunning as always, dressed in a simple white sundress, though she did seem a bit tired. Her shining grace wasn’t as profound as it normally was. It was as if she had been overexerting herself lately, leaving Elijah to wonder just what she had been up to in the days since last he saw her.

“If you wish this madness to end before chaos and terror can descend upon you all, then you need me to dispose of the two remaining threats,” the immortal woman said to them as she swept into the room. “Get them gathered in one place and let me deal with them as I did Tristan - a swift and unsuspecting execution. Then this prophecy will be null and void. Peace shall be restored to the Mikealson household.”

Niklaus grinned at her, “Well, hello to you too, love. It’s about time you showed back up and here I thought my big brother might have run you off for good.”

Elijah remained silent, unsure of what to say. Though, he was concerned about her slightly worn appearance. Just where had she been? What had she been doing?

“Not at all, Niklaus, old friend,” replied the ethereal woman. “I simply had other business to attend to, as Mikealson drama is not the only thing I must contend with, but I’m here now. So, let us put a plan into motion, one that will obliterate this ridiculous prophecy once and for all.”

It was then that an idea stuck the older Original. “It's Thanksgiving,” he said to his brother. “Let's invite Aurora and Lucien for a friendly meal, systematically turn them against one another, therefore distracting them, and then devastate their pitiful existences by unleashing our greatest weapon - the lovely Eternity.” He turned to smile at the goddess.

“What of this weapon that can harm us?” Niklaus asked.

“I can probe their minds, to find it and whatever plan that is truly in motion here,” answered Eternity. “Before I kill them both, of course. Simply leave it to me. This madness you lot have found yourselves in will end this day.”

The hybrid grinned from ear to ear, “Wonderful, love. I do enjoy one of your...powerful performances, particularly when they are not aimed at me. This shall be riveting!”

Elijah himself smiled as well, “Yes, I can feel the holiday spirit already!“

The ethereal beauty gave a small, formal smile that didn’t reach her eyes and a curt nod to both men, before she turned on her heel and quickly vacated the room. 

Niklaus gave him a certain look, just as the older Original gave chase, catching up to Eternity down the hall. He grabbed hold of her arm to stop her, as she didn’t seem as if she was going to, despite sensing his approach. She turned sharply, her sapphire eyes alit with not fury, but a deep hurting mixed with determination. 

“What is it?” He asked in a murmur, as he reached to cup the side of her neck in comfort. Not that he couldn’t guess as to what troubled her. He knew it was him that was causing her pain and he felt his heart twist painfully in his chest with that knowledge. “What’s wrong?”

“I think you know,” she responded coolly. 

“Eternity, I-.”

“Don’t,” She sighed gently, pulling away from his touch. “ I understand your reservations, but I cannot wait here forever for you to decide if you are going to let go of the past. Therefore, you have until the Hollow’s defeat to make up your mind as to what you truly want, to decide if you are going to let your doubts and fears rule you or if you are going to give us another chance. After that demon is defeated, once my promise to keep Hope safe has been fulfilled, I shall take leave of you and the Mikaelsons, for good - if you do not give me a reason to stay, that is. Now if you’ll excuse me, I have a dinner to prepare for.”

With that, Eternity turned and walked away, leaving Elijah with her ultimatum.

The Original sighed heavily, watching her walk away from him. He dropped his gaze and  rubbed his temples with his forefinger and thumb, while his other hand rested on his hip. When he looked back up, the ethereal beauty had completely vanished from sight. 

He didn’t like it when others issued ultimatums, but he especially loathed it when it was Eternity giving them. That was because it hurt, whenever she did. Her ultimatums were always a painful experience. He found in that moment that he didn’t want to lose her. The idea of not seeing her sweet face, hearing her melodious voice, made his insides twist painfully. Yet, he held himself together. There were more pressing matters to attend to, for the time being.

Knowing there was nothing more to be done at the moment, Elijah turned and went to prepare for the interesting theatrics to come.

Before long everything was in place. A formal dinner table had been set up in the courtyard, and the courtyard bar had been filled with fancy decanters full of various forms of alcohol, along with plates of grapes, cheese, and bread. It had been a rather lovely set up, especially for Thanksgiving. 

Lucien and Aurora had arrived with the former already taking advantage of the alcohol provided. 

Elijah could hear the clinking of glasses and the pair talking from his bedroom, as he readied to face them. Niklaus’s voice soon joined in, which was the signal for proceedings to begin. He hadn’t seen any sign of Eternity since their earlier conversation and he feared that maybe he finally did run her off, that perhaps she was betraying them yet again to spite him for his lack of verbal response to her love for him. Of course, he knew that the ethereal woman wasn’t so petty, but the thought did cross his mind all the same.

“Well, well. If it isn't my old friend Lucien,” the Original heard Aurora say as he exited his bedroom. 

Lucien responded, “Hello, Aurora. It's been ages. You look...”

“You look ravishing,” Niklaus interjected, the sound of lips against skin could be heard, meaning he had kissed the back of the she-devil’s hand. 

Just then, Elijah made his entrance, descending the stairs into the courtyard gracefully. “Welcome to our home,” he greeted their guests. “I do wish it was under better circumstances. We all face a common threat-- a prophecy warning that my siblings and I would all fall within a year...I fear my sister already has.”

“Well, someone has killed my brother,” Aurora spoke up. “I took Rebekah as a means of leverage to hopefully find out just whom murdered him. I figured it was one of you two. Sorry, Nik. I want to know who my brother’s murder is and then maybe I’ll consider giving your sister back to you.”

“Well, love, while I am hurt that you would accuse me of killing Tristan, I’m afraid, it was not I nor Elijah, who did the deed,” Niklaus told her with a deep frown. 

Aurora gazed at the hybrid curiously, “But you do know who did.”

He opened his mouth to speak, but decided against it. Instead, grinning that sly, knowing grin of his that meant that he did know something. 

“It seems we are off to a wonderful start, lots to discuss,” Elijah spoke politely with a small smile, as he gestured to the table, “Shall we?”

The four of them moved to the dinning table, each taking a seat. Lucien and Aurora sat across from each other on either side of the table, while Elijah and Niklaus took seats at either end. The table had been filled with all manner of Thanksgiving foods, including a whole turkey, cranberry sauce, stuffing, amongst other things. It was quite the spread. It was a shame that the meal might prove to be wasted under the circumstances of it. 

“It's a bit odd, isn't it?” Lucien observed offhandedly. “Celebrating an American holiday?”

“Well, you know, Lucien, I rather enjoy Thanksgiving,” replied Elijah. “The turkey, the cranberry sauce...the lies, the deceit, the betrayal. Do help yourselves.” He gestured to the food.

“I think that Thanksgiving sounds lovely,” called Eternity from the top of the stairs, drawing all eyes to her.

Everyone was in awe at the sight of her, but none more so than Elijah. She was dressed in a white, mermaid gown with diamonds studded chains for sleeves that hung from her upper arms. There was a white gold tiara with three starburst shaped amethyst encrusted into it, as well as a white starburst birthmark upon the center of her forehead. She had an even more profoundly ethereal glow about her, her shining grace was more intense, and she floated down the stairs with flawless precision. This was the rarely seen Universal Queen and it was an incredible sight to behold.

Lucien and Aurora both had a mix of wonder and fear spread across their faces at the sight of Eternity, while Niklaus looked amused and Elijah found himself breathless. 

“It cannot be!” Lucien gasped in disbelief. “The infamous White Goddess! Bloody hell! What? How?”

“Forgive my lateness,” Queen Eternity smiled politely, her hands clasped in front of her regally with her head held high in regality. “I did hope to make a grand entrance.”

“Who the bloody hell are you?” Aurora demanded, rather rudely. Her discomfort evident by the way she shifted nervously in her chair. 

The immortal queen looked at her with a soft smile, “It does not matter who I am, my dear, as your time is...done. However, before I dispatch you both, I will tell you this: it was I that killed Tristan de Martel, along with a small group of Strix members.”

The looks of terror on both Lucien’s and Aurora’s faces were priceless. The stench of their fear was palpable. They each looked ready to fly, to escape the very real threat against them. Death had come to call in the form of the ethereal beauty before them and they all knew it. 

“But only I know the location of Rebekah’s body,” Aurora spoke quickly, rising from her seat. “You can not kill me, if you wish to see her again!”

“Yes, and I have the medallion,” Lucien chimed in quickly, also getting up from the table. “Let me live and I’ll give it to you.”

Eternity only smiled at them both, while Elijah and Niklaus watched on from their front row seats. “You, Mr. Castle, are a coward,” she said to Lucien. “You gave up that information so easily, completely unaware that I already knew what you do. You see, I have a lot of various talents, including the reading of minds. I already probed yours, sir, for that trinket...and more.”

The vampire swallowed thickly in a terrified sweat. 

“Oh yes. I know of your true intentions,” Eternity told him, darkly. “You are to be the prophesied ‘Beast’, having made a deal with the ancestors of New Orleans witches to become this fabled creature and slay Niklaus, once the Strix witches have unlocked the key to undoing the sirelines, freeing all vampires from the Originals, whom created them.” 

Elijah and Niklaus both exchanged alarmed looks at this revelation, while Lucien began to back away, having been caught. 

“As for the location of Rebekah’s body,” the ethereal woman turned back to Aurora, “I already have that information too. Therefore, you both have nothing left to offer, but...to die.”

The pair’s deaths were immediate, as they were gruesome. Eternity unleashed her mighty power upon them both without so much as raising a hand, basically unraveling both Lucien and Aurora simultaneously. They screamed and writhed in horrific pain as the power of the queen turned them inside out and then turned them to dust that floated away on the wind.

“Well that was a bloody spectacle,” Niklaus commented with an amused grin. “Who knew that the little stable boy was to be our undoing! The ancestors were foolish to recruit such an unworthy adversary as Lucien Castle.”

“Lucien was only the beginning, I’m afraid,” chimed in Eternity, who shifted out of queen form and into her civilian one. “It seems that the true ‘Beast’ was to be Marcel Gerard, after the two of you betrayed him in a rather silly error of calculation. Mr. Castle has been formulating the serum to turn him into this prophesied creature through his front of business operation. Lucien would have taken it and would have eventually died by the hands of the Originals. Then the serum would have been passed on to Marcel, resulting in a struggle like none you’ve faced so far.”

Elijah and Niklaus both looked disturbed by her words of what would have come to pass, if she had not intervened. 

“Lucien and his quest to be your betters would have simply been the precursor to the prophecy’s fulfillment,” the ethereal woman told them. “You lot are fortunate for my intervention, as none of it matters now. All you have to do from here is dismantle Lucien’s operation, make sure all serum exterminations have been destroyed, and retrieve Rebekah.”

A piece of folded paper appeared between her two fingers as she held it up for one of the Original brothers to take. Elijah was the one who went to her, taking the paper from her to find that it was the coordinations to Rebekah’s location. Niklaus soon followed, coming to stand on the other side of Eternity. 

“I would suggest you do not waste time in getting your sister, as Aurora had stashed her at the bottom of the ocean,” Eternity told them gravely. “I also wouldn’t dawdle in destroying Lucien’s operation, if you do not want someone else taking up his cause. I have done what I can to change your fates. The rest is up to you.”

Then the immortal woman moved away, heading toward the exit, with both brothers watching her go with curiosity etched upon their faces.

“Where are you going?” Niklaus called to her.

“My task is done for the time being,” she called back to him, not turning around or pausing in her step. “I have other duties that need tending. I shall return when it comes time to destroy the Hollow as initially promised.”

With that, Eternity was gone, leaving Elijah and Niklaus to tend to the tasks she had given them.

To Be Continued....

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[spnmusicanalyzer]

Heat of the Moment-Asia

Heat of the Moment was used in one very memorable episode of Supernatural, season three, episode eighteen titled “Mystery Spot”. This is the second episode that we see the Trickster (Gabriel) interacting with Sam and Dean, and not exactly finding himself on their good sides. This is a heavily Sam-centric episode and there are two ways that I’m going to be looking at this song (as a Sabriel* shipper and as a normal watcher). I’m going to be trying to leave any huge spoilers out but this will be a pretty spoilery post.

The Episode Plot:

The Winchesters go to investigate a strange disappearance in a tourist trap called the Mystery Spot in Broward County, Florida. At the beginning of the episode Sam wakes up to the song “Heat of the Moment” and Dean turns it up and starts his long morning routine. Then they head out to a local diner and Dean orders the Tuesday special, a pig and a poke with a side of bacon. After breakfast they have a fairly normal day of researching before going to the Mystery Spot after close. When they arrive they break in and start looking around, suddenly the owner comes up behind them with a shotgun. Sam and Dean were cooperating with the man when he accidentally shot Dean square in the chest. Sam falls to his knees and cries over his dead body. Then Sam again wakes up to Asia on the radio, Dean goes about his routine again, and everything is the same as the day before. When the waitress at the diner drops a bottle of hot sauce Sam catches it because he knew it was going to happen. This time when they leave the diner and are crossing a street Dean gets mowed down by a car. Sam once again wakes up and he tells his dubious brother what has been happening. Dean thinks that if he doesn’t die it will break the loop and they manage for almost the entire day until he gets crushed by a desk walking back to their hotel room for the night. Sam has to go through his brother dying in various and sometimes ridiculous ways for about 100 Tuesdays until he noticed one of the customers at the diner putting a different kind of syrup on his pancakes. Sam followed the man after he left the diner and confronted him, the man quickly reveals that he is actually the Trickster that the brothers had met once in the last season. Sam tells him to break the loop and he does, with a snap of his fingers it is Wednesday and Sam is awoken by a different song. He is ecstatic and he tells Dean that they have to leave as soon as possible. They pack up their stuff and Dean heads down to their car to put their bags away. A man comes up behind him with a gun and tries to rob Dean, Dean tries to cool down the situation but the man ends up shooting and killing Dean. Sam is absolutely devastated. He tracks the Trickster for months trying to make him undo what happened, he becomes very focused and does almost nothing but hunt. He gets a message from his pseudo-father Bobby Singer telling him that he found a way to find the Trickster. When Sam and Bobby meet, Bobby tells Sam that they’ll need a gallon of fresh blood and offers to sacrifice himself for the spell. Sam knew that this person wasn’t Bobby so he pulled out a wooden stake and stabbed him. The Trickster transformed and Sam, crying, asked him to bring Dean back. The Trickster says the brothers constantly saving each other is their biggest weakness and will only lead to pain. Sam continues begging and the Trickster snaps his fingers again. Sam wakes up back on the Wednesday traumatized from his experience.

The Lyrics:

(Regular= regular analyzing)

(Italics= Sabriel shipper analyzing)

I never meant to be so bad to you One thing I said that I would never do A look from you and I would fall from grace And that would wipe this smile right from my face

This verse sounds like an apology to Sam from Gabe for treating him so badly while trying to prepare him for what’s to come. Since Gabe is an angel and what gives them their power is known as grace that makes this verse even more perfect for this purpose.

This verse could be considered from Dean’s point of view as well, since he sold his soul at the end of season two to bring Sam back to life, he only has a year to live before a demon comes to make him pay up. Dean knows that Sam is devastated that he would ever make that deal even to save his own life and he does feel bad for hurting Sam in that way. Dean has always put Sam before himself because he is the older brother and his job as always been to protect his little brother Sammy.

Do you remember when we used to dance And incidence arose from circumstance One thing lead to another we were young And we would scream together songs unsung

This could be a reference to the time that Sam and Gabe met back in season two when they first faced off against each other. When the Winchesters were investigating a weird case at a college they interviewed a janitor about what he had seen. He and Sam seemed to get along pretty well and it was revealed later in the episode that the janitor was in fact the Trickster that they were looking for. That was really when the whole ship began.

This could be in reference to Sam and Dean when they were younger and slightly more carefree and they would sing along to their dad’s heavy metal tapes. Also, I’m sure that quite a few incidents happened because they were always stuck in a tiny hotel room while their dad was off hunting. [Chorus] It was the heat of the moment Telling me what your heart meant The heat of the moment shone in your eyes

Gabriel can literally read minds so he could very easily see what Sam’s heart meant at any time.

Dean knows Sam so well that he can easily see what Sam needs or wants just by looking at him. And now you find yourself in eighty two The disco hot spots hold no charm for you You can't concern yourself with bigger things You catch the pearl and ride the dragon's wings [chorus] And when your looks are gone and you're alone How many nights you sit beside the phone What were the things you wanted for yourself Teenage ambition you remember well [chorus x2]

This could be referencing Sam’s teenage ambition to go to Stanford and become a lawyer and how far he’s strayed from that path. Now he spends many of his nights beside his phone waiting to get a call about a case.

The same could be said about this one without considering shipping. Heat of the moment, heat of the moment Heat of the moment Heat of the moment

Overall most of the specific relevance to the story are in the first couple of verses.

The Purpose:

In my opinion this song has a couple of different purposes in this episode. One reason is that it is such an awesome song that people are okay listening to it over and over again while Sam in stuck in the loop. Another reason is to see inside the minds of Dean and the Trickster when it comes to Sam. This song works really well for all of the reasons that it was used. Many Supernatural fans, myself included, still listen to this song at least once every Tuesday. Another A+ for the music staff of Supernatural.

The Song History:

Heat of the Moment was written by Asia’s lead singer and bass guitarist John Wetton and keyboardist Geoff Downes. It was released in 1982 and reached number four on the Billboard Top 100 and number one on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart that for that year. This song can be heard in a few movies such as, The 40 Year-Old Virgin, The Matador, and Down to You.

*Sabriel= Sam and Gabriel, Gabriel is the Trickster’s real name and it is revealed later on that he is actually the Archangel Gabriel.