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eisforeidolon · 7 years

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Episode: Who We Are

I admit I was a little apprehensive because of a few things I'd heard about this episode, despite the generally positive reception I've seen. Largely, though, it was unwarranted and I mostly only had issues with it in the context of the season as a whole. Like season 11, an episode or two at the very end of the season can't make up for a lousy arc plot, but this episode was about as good as it could be, given the givens going in.

Everything picks up where we left off with Sam and Dean sealed into the bunker with limited air and resources. I liked that both brothers got the chance to have a good idea about how to get out. Sam's idea of using the bunker's resources and doing a spell – and then how plan b has to try and finagle it to work without the proper ingredients. Followed by Dean's attempt at just going with the simplest option when nothing else will work. Not to mention that when the first version of that plan doesn't work you could almost see a lightbulb go off over Dean's head via Jensen's expression when he thinks of the grenade launcher. It was such a great moment! I've seen complaints the grenade launcher should have been inaccessible in the Impala's trunk, but the Impala would have presumably been in the garage inside the bunker.

For a lot of the stuff in that opening in the bunker, I found myself thinking about how much I really missed these guys - it feels like it's been for-freakin'-ever since Sam and Dean got the time to be Sam and Dean and not somebody else's sideshow. The little moment of humor when they agree to go get protective goggles, the conversation about the BMOL and how they pictured themselves going out, their little exchanged looks and how they're totally in tune with one another while Toni is stuck just going WTF over their Winchester-crazy. I also certainly don't object to the fanservice of sweaty, straining Winchesters in only one layer of clothing. The utter glee of Dean/Grenade Launcher and Sam's desperate hacking search for Dean through the smoky, compromised bunker after the explosion before the lights and air come back up and reveal it's all good? Just awesome.

I also appreciated that though the show did ultimately force them to work with Toni, it was in a situation where there really wasn't much choice and they never really trusted or liked her. Even in the latter part of the episode when she plays on Dean's sympathy by mentioning her kid, she's not suddenly redeemed. It's just as manipulative as ever - and even if I have concerns about the show blithely traipsing across a moral event horizon with how many humans they gunned down here? I appreciated that they didn't have the Winchesters go a step further yet and kill her in cold blood.

Loved that the Winchesters immediately tried to call everybody to warn them and that even if he didn't get to appear, Garth had a moment on the phone and didn't get killed off off-screen. On the other hand, I was rather sad that we didn't get to see Alex distracting Mary and Jody kicking her ass. And I loved that little moment where Mary is snide about mothering Dean and Jody doesn't even acknowledge her.

Yeah, I still don't care enough about Mary that I was invested in trying to fix her since I don't remember seeing a “good Mary” since season five. Likewise, I can't take the BMOL and their bizarre KILL EVERYONE plan seriously (especially since they were already clearly doing enough evil to random innocent civilians to warrant a revolt) … and why are Roy and Walt still alive? I am so disappointed about that.

Moving on, though, while it may have been a little sudden and last minute in terms of the season's progression, I did appreciate the way the episode brought Sam full circle on the BMOL. It makes sense the big speech about them goes to Sam, both because he is often the big talker and because he was the one who fell for their spiel. Acknowledging that he allowed himself to be swayed by wanting a simple answer and having a more personal need to prevent them from causing further damage made sense and was good to see from him. All the better that it was reinforced at the end of the episode when he was offered the same choice again and saw it for what it was.

I get why there was a division of labor here, where Dean stays behind to try and fix Mary and Sam leads the assault team. The show likes to do trade-offs and parallels between the brothers (though the parallels aren't necessarily equal), and last season Dean went off to face Amara alone so here Sam had the more arc-related role. I can’t say I was entirely impressed the division of labor fell back to that problem the whole season has had where we have action!Sam and feelings!Dean and neither gets much play in the other arena. And I also felt Dean’s injury was pretty obviously contrived - but considering Sam spent last season’s finale waiting in a bar? Yeah, not the worst balance the show’s ever managed. Of course, in a perfect world this episode alone would have been stretched into two so that both brothers could be part of the assault and the emotional confrontation with Mary (In regards to the various stances on Dean framing everything as about consequences to Sam, I think it would have had a lot more potential if Sam himself had been there to hear and react to it). That said, I do love the moment where Sam tells Dean just how much faith he has in his abilities, saying he'd rather have him even with an injury over anyone else. Likewise that we finally got the brother hug this season kept teasingly just out of reach 'til now. The quiet moment with Jody and Alex as Alex heads out for safety was also a great touch, as was the shot of the hunters on their way via the pavement with the cars passing above in the dark.

I did think the inter-cuts between the action with Sam and the emotion with Dean were very well done. Though I mentioned my problems with the Mary setup earlier, the acting was unquestionably above and beyond and elevated the material beyond what it was. Jensen and his insanely expressive face, holy crap. On the BMOL side, I am still bothered that given a whole season to build things up, we didn't get to know any of these hunters so we could actually care instead of them just being nameless canon fodder + Jody. Still, even with that said, it was a great set of action sequences and I did thoroughly enjoy seeing the BMOL base go boom.

As to the respective climaxes with Ketch and Headwoman Sourface, I suspect it was intentional that neither Dean nor Sam got the final big fish kill. I was kind of irritated that after a season of being noticeably sidelined, Dean not only ended up put out of the big battle but didn't even get to beat up Ketch? But ultimately as the one who was betrayed so much more directly by him it was far more fitting that Mary got to take him down. I did find it interesting, especially in light of my complaints about all the human deaths here, that they gave Ketch that last line calling Dean and Mary killers.

I got a kick out of the head BMOL lady being so out of touch she didn't even properly know which Winchester was which. It also seemed perfectly in (stupid) character for her to try and caution Sam about severing all ties with the BMOL (even though it's pretty hard to get more severed than having them try to kill you). I am, however, mostly indifferent to their completely random habit of having super specific information vs. not much at all continuing through to reveal Lucifer is out and about. I'm pretty disdainful of attempting to make out that Lucifer + spawn is so much bigger of a threat – seriously, they were selling us the nephilim as a world destroyer … you don't actually get much more unstoppable than that, guys.

Even if I rolled my eyes a little bit at Sam coming in at just the absolute perfect moment in Mary's speech at the end, I admit I am a complete sucker for the fact they ended on a Winchester family group hug.

#spn spoilers #spn season 12 #spn 12x22

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somedaywellfindit · 7 years

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do the entire overwatch questionnaire

There;s a lot so I’ve put it under the cut.

1. Who is your defence main?

Bastion and (recently) if I can, Junkrat!

2. Who is your support main?

Symmetrya or Lucio

3. Who is your offence main?

Tracer and Sombra

4. Who is your tank main?

D.Va!!

5. Who is you MAIN main?

D.Va but I’m starting to play more Symmetra

6. Which character have you played the least?

Doomfist

7. Which character do you want to learn how to play?

Ana. I’m not good at aiming so it’s hard for me to play as a sniper but Ana seems really heckin neat!

8. Which character do you dislike the most?

Roadhog. He’s so annoying to play against

9. Which character’s background story do you like the most?

Sombra’s!

10. Which character’s background story do you like the least?

Soldier’s. It’s a bit generic… It’s also basically Captian America js

11. Which map is your favorite?

Horizon!

12. Which map is your least favorite?

Probably Volskaya or Antartica

13. What Arcade game type is your favorite?

Mystery Heroes

14. What Arcade game type is your least favorite?

FFA

15. Do you prefer quick play, competitive, arcade mode, or custom games?

Arcade mode but I do like QP

16. Which map type is your favorite? Assault, escort, assault & escort, control, or arena?

Assult and escort (seperatley and together)

17. Which map type is your least favorite? Assault, escort, assault & escort, control, or arena?

Arena

18. Which event map was your favorite?

The Lucio Ball maps

19. Which event map reskin was your favorite?

Aldersbrunn!

20. Which event was your favorite?

So far, the Halloween event

21. Which event legendary skin was your favorite?

Cruiser :’)

22. Which event was your least favorite?

Probably, compared to all of the other ones I’ve been a part of, the anniversary event

23. Which event legendary skin was your least favorite?

Cyborg:76. It’s ugly as frick omg

24. Which event non-legendary skin was your favorite?

Skullyatta!

25. Which event non-legendary skin was your least favorite?

Symmetra’s vampire skin. Don’t want to go into why but I think it’s pretty obvious…

26. Which event item do you most regret not getting?

Oasis omg. It’s such a nice skin and I want it so bad

27. Did you beat the Uprising event on Normal, Hard, Expert, and Legendary?

I wasn’t there for that, sorry (but if I had been there, I probably would’ve only done normal)

28. Do you have Sombra’s “Power Outage” achievement?

Nope. I’m going to try and get it though

29. Do you have Widowmaker’s “Smooth as Silk” achievement?

I don’t have the aim to get that one, sadly

30. Do you have Lucio’s “The Floor is Lava” achievement?

Nope. I want to though

31. Do you have Zenyatta’s “Rapid Discord” achievement?

I don’t play enough Zen to get that but I’m going to Try

32. What was the first achievement you got?

Level 10

33. Did you get the “Not A Scratch,” achievement on Junkenstein’s Revenge?

Nope. I haven’t played hard mode yet, so I’ll have to try and get that one

34. What has been the hardest achievement to get for you?

I don’t really try and get certain achievements but probably Group Health Plan? It’s hard for me to not die as Mercy because usually (unless it’s my friends), my team doesn’t do much to help me

35. What’s your current SR score in Competitive Mode?

I’ve only played one comp match this season and I don’t really plan on playing anymore. My sr from last season was 1454 though

36. What the highest you’ve been in Competitive?

1624

37. What’s the most amount of placement matches you’ve won?

5 :P

38. How many gold guns do you have?

None :(

39. Which was the first gold gun you got?

No one’s yet

40. Whose gold gun do you currently want?

Symmetra’s or D.Va’s

41. What role do you usually play in Competitive?

Support

42. If you don’t play Competitive, why not?

It’s scary ok. The pressure is not fun

43. What kind of theme event would you like to see in the future?

Probably something like Uprising? Or like a winter games one???? I’m not sure tbh

44. What type of character would you like to see in the future?

Another fuckin healer or defence character!!! Like there’s other classes Jeff Overwatch. hop fuckin to it

45. Who needs more (or better) skins in the future?

Doomfist h ol y shi t. Zarya and Bastion need better skins too lmao. Their recolours are their best ones

46. What country would you like a new character to come from?

The Philippines!!

47. Favorite voice line?

“I’m your huckleberry.” hsfjaofkl

48. Favorite player icon?

Doom Dab! Doom Dab! (the Doomfist shotput one)

49. Favorite emote?

All of the dances

50. Favorite spray?

Tuxedo. I hope we can get that as a Doomfist skin. He looks dapper as fuck and I love it

51.Favorite victory pose?

Zenyatta’s Peace one omg

52. Favorite highlight intro?

The Sombra hacked one

53. Characters you ship the most?

Genji and Zenyatta for mlmSombra and Symmetra for wlwD.Va and Lucio for a het couple

54. Characters you ship the least?

Genji and Mercy, Soldier and Reaper, anything with Tracer unless it’s Emily, Genji and Hanzo (wtf is wrong with you people), anything with the father figures and their kids (D.Va and Soldier, Reaper and McCree or Genji, Soldier and Mercy, etc)

55. Characters you wish had more in-game interactions?

Lucio and D.Va or anyone with Winston probably

56. Character you wish had a comic about?

Zenyatta!!

57. Favorite comic released?

I don’t read the comics so I don’t have a favourite

58. Favorite short released?

Infiltration. It was the first short I ever saw and I love it

59. Favorite new character released?

Orisa. She’s so pure….

60. Overwatch, Blackwatch, or Talon?

Overwatch or Talon tbh

61. Pro-Omnic or anti-Omnic?

Pro-Omnic omg

62. Favorite character that isn’t a playable one? (Ex: Emily, Brigitte, Gerard, Efi, etc.)

Efi or Emily

63. Character change (nerf, boost, work around) that you liked the most?

The Doomfist nerf.. He could kill you in one charge, which would work for a tank hero but for an offence hero, it was too op

64. Character change (nerf, boost, work around) you liked the least?

The Zarya ult change where you couldn’t shoot

65. Best ultimate?

Soldier’s or Mercy’s

66. Worst ultimate?

Winston’s and Reinhardt’s

67. Most kills in game?

Altogether, 2817

68. Most heals in game?

290, 983

69. What character do you think needs a nerf?

Probably Junkrat? If he has an extra mine, there should be a way to escape his trap imo (like how you can not get frozen if you’re D.va when you use her boosters)

70. What character do you think needs a buff?

I’m not sure, honestly.

71. Have you ever rage quit in the middle of a game?

Kinda. Usually, when I leave in the middle of a game, it’s because I have to do something or I go afk

72. What’s the fastest you’ve won a game?

Probably 3 minutes? I remember I was in an arcade game or something and we were on defence and we just decimated the other team. They couldn’t even get out of spawn for half the game

73. What’s the fastest you’ve lost a game?

Does joining a game and immediately losing count? Because that happens a lot

74. Your best Overwatch-related story?

I don’t really have one yet

75. Weirdest thing that happened to you on Overwatch?

Finding the weird names. I saw someone called RespectWemen and I wish I added them as a friend omg

76. Platform you play on?

PC master race bitches

77. Do you stream?

Nope. My friends do though. It would be neat to be a part of the stream but that means I would have to talk :P

78. Do you normally play solo or with friends?

Solo but if my friends are online, I’ll play with them

79. Have you made any friends because of Overwatch?

Kinda? There’s someone from a group chat but I don’t want to call them a friend since they’ve said some shit that I don’t agree with (it was racist and gross)

80. Have you cosplayed a character from Overwatch?

Nope. I wanted to dress up as Tracer for Halloween but I don’t have the money to do that right now, sadly

81. Have you ever wrote fan fiction about Overwatch?

Nah

82. What’s the lowest you’ve been in Competitive?

In terms of SR? 1456

83. In “All Brawls,” if you get “Charge!” do you play Reinhardt or do you pick the Lucio role?

I haven’t played it but I would pick Lucio

84. In “All Brawls,” if you get “One Shot, One Kill,” do you play Ana, Hanzo, or Widowmaker?

Widow or Ana

85. In “All Brawls,” if you get “This is Ilios,” do you pick Lucio or Roadhog?

Lucio

86. Team Genji or Team Hanzo?

Genji!! He’s a cyborg ninja. He’s cool as fuck. Hanzo is edgy and kind of annoying

87. Be honest! Do you usually get on the payload?

Yeah, I try to

88. Does your team?

Most of the time, yeah

89. What’s the longest session of Overwatch you’ve played?

Idk if this means a match or time playing it in general so I’m gonna go for the latter. I’ve probably spent at least a couple hours playing Overwatch, if not more

90. No Limits, Mystery Heroes, or Total Mayhem?

Mystery Heroes

91.Most cosmetics you have for one character?

16 (D.Va)

92. Least cosmetics you have for one character?

9 (Winston)

93. Have you ever made your own custom game?

Yeah, but it was just to look at the maps

94. Best D.Va skin?

Cruiser

95. Best Mercy skin?

Literally all of her event legendaries. They’re beautiful

96. Best Tracer skin?

Graffiti but I also love Posh and Sporty (also that Spice Girls reference? love it)

97. Zarya’s Industrial and Cybergoth skins: yes, no, or HELL NO?

Hell no. THey’re Not Nice

98. Do you want more animal character, robot characters, or human characters?

Robot, I think. An animal character would be cool though! Like how everyone was theorising about the ape from the moon being a new hero

99. Is there a character you’d get rid of completely?

Nah. There’s some who suck (*cough* Hanzo * cough cough*) but not to the point where I would want them removed

100. What do you think Sombra’s real name is?

This was before her real name was revealed so I already know her name but probably Sofia. It’s a pretty name for a pretty girl

#this took forever to do im sorry omg #overwatch #asks

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