#spn 06x06

[magnificent-winged-beast]

You Can't Handle the Truth ∞ SPN 06x06

Winner of the poll.

[lawboymagicshow]

06x06: You Can't Handle the Truth, Supernatural

[escapingpurgatorypodcast]

Amy and Annabelle talk about the hundred and tenth episode of Supernatural “You Can’t Handle The Truth”

Several trigger warnings for this episode, while we try not to linger on them, they are mentioned and lightly discussed, please take care of yourself. TW: Suicide, animal abuse, sexual assault, cannibalism.

This week we discuss; huge plot holes with the episode, Cat and Dean’s unnecessary scene together, and analyzing the truth in Supernatural.

Listen here: Spotify

[self-loathing-angel-of-thursday2]

Beautiful Spouse’s Rewatch Thoughts SPN 06x06

You Can’t Handle the Truth

“The fuck” “oops” “That’s some unhinged shit, dude” “The Happy Place” “Squish” “Oh I know now why you wanted to watch one more” “Didn’t Sam sell his soul or something?” “Cat” “Crochet Today” “Why is one tie red and the other one blue?” “Why is the dentist being creepy?” “Oh there we go” “Yeah that would be my reaction too. Jesus Christ man” “I thought it was the unhinged doctor but no it was something else.” “That didn’t follow the Hippocratic oath” “Now Sam is wearing the red tie” “Talk with that face” “So if it splattered that way, how is the floor not filled with blood and how is Dean not tracking blood everywhere” “Harry’s got a horn” “oh shit” “in the hotel room” laughed

“They’re like this close” I waved at Misha

“He’s looking straight at you” “He made that drink last a really long time” “Doctor Giggles” “What’s he hinting at? Were the bodies raptured?” “That’s not a news anchor” “you could never say that kind of shit in a public stairwell. What if someone heard you around the corner?” “that’s a good line” “what?” “Know why she’s snorting oxy all day?” “Mm hmm” “Idk if I would have gone for the double take but whatever” “To be fair they didn’t look fake” “What is it with these hunters, man?” “She didn’t even need truth horns to say that.” “Shouldn’t have gone for the visit” “Who puts a cat statue on a cat tree? Who’s the statue for? A real cat would have knocked that down ages ago” “I don’t know what Soylent green” “What’s with the old desktop?” “Dean’s always fkn eating” “We’re going to need to pay you to walk up stairs. We’re going to point a camera at your ass” “meow” “oh delicious” “Is this a WestWorld situation?” “yeah” “I don’t know that reference” Me neither

“Dean’s a lot quicker at cranking one off” “dun dun dun” “a bunch of shit is wrong with you im sure” “yay” “ding dong” “crunchy”

[aborddelimpala]

Whump Sam | Season 6 - Requested by anonymous

[superhellsangel]

06×06  You Can’t Handle The Truth

[monstermoviedean]

i'm not defending dean shoving ben at all and i want to clearly state that it was in no way okay. that being said i think the show takes a shockingly hard line on it considering how often it says j*hn did the best he could.

[inlovewithaspiderguy]

Today I will be making a list of all supernatural episodes who broke me (season 1-11)

The Man Who Would Be King (6x22) : Cas' plot revealed, Dean realizing Cas lied to him and was spying on them, that look :

that look haunts me

You Can't Handle The Truth (6x06) : Sam talking to Dean about his lack of any emotion : "Nothing scares me anymore ! Cause I can't feel it. I don't know what's wrong with me." For the record, I'm the one who can't handle the truth.

Sacrifice (8x23) : in the list of episodes that made me cry, because I really thought Sam was gonna do it, and his breakdown + the angels' fall...

Heart (2x17) : this one made me feel less pain, due to the fact that I knew Emanuelle Vaugier (Madison) from the series One Tree Hill, in which she played a coldhearted bitch. Still, it was very sad.

Dream A Little Dream of Me (3x10) : do I need to explain ? I mean, during the whole dialog between Dean and nightmare!Dean I was a crying mess

*sobs grossly because damn does it hurt*

Next time will be the list of my favourite episodes, I need happiness in my life

[destieldisaster]

06x06 - You Can't Handle the Truth

MotW: veritas, goddess of truth making people hear the truth until they kill themselves

Any Cas? Yessss

Ahhhh I love truth spells

A THREE? FUCK YOU, SHE'S BEAUTIFUL

Okay this is definitely not a truth spell, this is anxiety & depression incarnate and it's fucking terrifying

Well, if there was ever a reason to murder someone..

How exactly does Dean plan to handle this? Is he just gonna shoot Sam?

DEAN

CAS POURING THE DRINK FOR DEAN

Oh Cas baby. Dean's right, he's lost his humanity, but Dean's also a dick for expecting Cas to be there when he calls when he's in a freaking war for heaven

Why does he always have to disappear in the soft moments? If you'd just stuck around you could have talked and maybe hugged but instead you're gone and Dean is sad and troubled. Again.

Oh god no this can't go well

Damn, Lisa laying down the truth about Dean shoving everything down and the brothers' codependancy is A LOT

Sam can still lie, guess the curse only works on people with a soul

Cats!

Once again: ew

"He's just acting like me" DEAN NO. SOULLESS SAM IS NOT LIKE YOU

"I ain't a father. I'm a killer" 😭😭😭😭😭

Well thank god at least the goddess of truth can tell he's lying

Sam's speech, basically: "I'm still me i just don't care anymore! Help me?"

Yep, he's beating him up. Fucking stop it Dean, that's not who you are

[destiel-noir]

You can’t handle the truth SPN 06X106 I just like the freaking truth.

[gwasgy]

Allllllrigghhhtt

[antigonewinchester]

i’d ask all of these if i could, but let’s go with 12, 13 (one/all of the winchesters), 16 AND a free choice!

hi! and thank you <33

12. Is there an unpopular arc that you like that the fandom doesn’t? Why?

Is it cheating to say season 6? Dean/Lisa is clearly doomed but offers a glimpse into a softer life Dean might have had. Dean trying to be Ben’s dad and failing is a compelling look at how Dean could be like John, making some of the same mistakes. Cas’s antagonistic turn is a great character choice, and I like how it continues the questioning of angels as a force for “good.” soulless Sam is so low key funny.

13. Unpopular opinion about XXX character?

I’ll talk about Sam and Dean together, since it’s a bit about how they contrast with each other: I read Dean as much more honest with what he’s feeling & what he wants as compared to Sam. Dean, it strikes me, can probably name what his emotions: grief, anger, depression, etc., where as I see Sam as struggling more with naming what he feels. Dean can often articulate his wants, too, but he doesn’t always then pursue them like Sam does. I really think of the exchange with Veritas in 06x06, where Dean says he wants out of hunting but that just isn't possible because what he's good at is hunting & killing. Compare this dark honesty to Sam’s resistance to getting back into hunting in season 1, and even season 8, both seasons where he talks about wanting a normal life while also really enjoying hunting. I don’t think it’s a coincidence that Sam’s demon blood fears return in season 8 when it hasn’t been part of the narrative for a while. In both these seasons, I think Sam partially mistakes his desire to be “normal” as a desire for a “normal life,” which isn’t quite the same thing.

16. If you could change anything in the show, what would you change?

Godstiel should have been the season 7 Big Bad. such a waste to only have him in the first ep of season 7.

sometimes I really wonder about the show that SPN would have been if it'd gotten a full season 3, with Sam saving Dean from Hell (despite how much I love that storyline!). introducing angels and then the Apocalypse took the story in a much more epic direction, but also turned it into something more fantasy-esque, and the smaller scale family horror drama of season 1 - 3 is my favorite, tbh.

and the wildcard...

5. Has fandom ever ruined a pairing for you?

I was going to say Destiel here, but that's not actually completely true. I'm definitely not a fan of the more mainstream fandom, ~epic romance Destiel, because 1) I'm not usually into epic romances ship-wise, and 2) the epic (b)romance of the show is Sam & Dean, and trying to fit Dean/Cas into that same bucket doesn't appeal to me. however, I do think Dean/Cas is quite compelling as a ship when it hues closer to their canon dynamic, and in some ways because the fandom consensus is so removed from canon, there's a ton to explore in looking at their dynamic as more directly presented in the show.

(salty ask list here)

[princessconsuelapark]

my ultimate Sam and Dean are soulmates playlist | 61 songs, 3 hr 59 min

I started putting this together over my summer SPN re-watch, and I thought I'd share it with you all, so we can all cry over our Wincest feels together. It has all the usual cliché songs, and some of my own favourites. (Very country-heavy, so if that's not your thing proceed with caution.) I'm a writer, so lyrics are very important to me - I linked them for every song. All songs are individually YouTube linked, alternatively you can find the Spotify version above. I included some comments and explanations for all my choices, as well as quotes from the show. Happy listening! | Last updated: 18 November 2020

Carry On My Wayward Son by Supernatural: The Musical Cast // lyrics // Cliché and all that, but a good place to start.

Somewhere Only We Know by Lily Allen // lyrics // Even as children - as tumultuous and layered their relationship has always been - it was just the two of them, alone, in their own little world. I Found by Amber Run // lyrics // I found love where it wasn't supposed to be.

Fade Into You by Mazzy Star // lyrics // Unhealthily codependent Weecest vibes.

I Wanna Be Yours by Arctic Monkeys // lyrics // Secrets I have held in my heart / Are harder to hide than I thought. Something's Gotta Give by Christian Kane // lyrics // Wanting to get out of town as a metaphor for Dean wanting to act on his feelings for Sam? Yes, please. Christian Kane being a country god? Absolutely. The fact that this man was actually on SPN as Dean’s freaking love interest, and Jensen and him got to sing together still makes me the happiest person on this planet.

Don't You Wanna Fall by Frankie Ballard // lyrics // So, I love the lines Fall down here where an angel should know better than / To walk around this world with me, because god, Dean so often thinks he belongs in Hell, and is terrified of forcing his little brother into anything he doesn’t want. But still, he can’t stop himself: Don’t you wanna fall? (Shoutout to any Destiel shippers out there, because what a perfect song for you guys too, wow.) Thinking of You by Christian Kane // lyrics // Dean, just before Sam leaves for Stanford. (Link is for the Leverage version, because I love that show, and because Eliot Spencer is an angel. Funnily enough, Alona Tal was actually in that very episode, and did actually sing this song - you can find that here.) Hold On by Limp Bizkit // lyrics // I'm waiting for you, I know you're leaving / I'll still adore you, you never need me. LOST BOY by Troye Sivan // lyrics // Thinking about little Sammy’s stolen college admissions guide. Arms of a Stranger by Niall Horan // lyrics // Some jealous!Dean, while Sam is at Stanford angst.

Walking Away by Lifehouse // lyrics // Silence is all we have to give / And the memories of a life I wish we'd lived.

San Francisco by Niall Horan // lyrics // Listen, it’s a song about pining and not being able to let go and love in San Francisco. I mean, where do you expect my mind to go? Stanford Wincest all the way. How Did You Know? by Jedward // lyrics // I don’t wanna hear a bad word about Jedward, they are good lads. It’s a cheesy song, but hey, I love it. Sam comes back. Well, here I am / I couldn't stay gone. Drive by Halsey // lyrics // All we do is drive / All we do is think about the feelings that we hide. And the California never felt like home to me line! So perfect. "We made a hell of a team back there." (01x01 Pilot) Belong by X Ambassadors // lyrics // This is where Sam belongs, really. Riding shotgun, in his brother’s car, on the open road. Link is a fanvid that makes me feel things. Go and watch it, because it’s everything.

You Could Be Happy by Snow Patrol // lyrics // “Sam, you were right. You gotta do your own thing. You gotta live your own life.” (01x11 Scarecrow) Do the things that you always wanted to / Without me there to hold you back, don't think, just do.

Big Black Car by Gregory Alan Isakov // lyrics // "Who was that?" "My brother." "What did he say?" "Goodbye." That soft, disbelieving, confused look on Sam's face when Dean tells him he's proud of him. When it turns out Dean loves him enough to let him go. It should make him feel happy and free, it should make him loathe his childhood, defiance should fill him to the brim. Instead it makes him run straight back to Dean. (01x11 Scarecrow) Hey Brother by Avicii // lyrics // Faith. (01x12) Link is a fanvid, because reasons. Oh, if the sky comes falling down, for you / There's nothing in this world I wouldn't do. Sober Me Up by Frankie Ballard // lyrics // Sam always seems to make the world all fall into place. (Sort of 02x03 Bloodlust vibes?) But baby when you kiss me all the demons seem to disappear.

Always Gold by Radical Face // lyrics // “Killing this demon comes first, before me, before everything.” “No, sir. Not before everything.” (02x07 The Usual Suspects) And they said you were the crooked kind / And that you'd never have no worth / But you were always gold to me. Sold My Soul by Zakk Wylde // lyrics // Bit on the nose, but my god, how fucking real. (02x22 All Hell Breaks Loose: Part 2) Let Me Sign by Kirk Matthews // lyrics // "Well, then let it end!" & "I'm gonna take care of you." (02x22 All Hell Breaks Loose: Part 2) Follow You by Bring Me The Horizon // lyrics // “I mean, you sacrifice everything for me.  Don’t you think I’d do the same for you? You’re my big brother. There’s nothing I wouldn’t do for you.” (02x22 All Hell Breaks Loose: Part 2) Say Something by A Great Big World // lyrics // "I just wish you'd drop the show and be my brother again. Cause... just cause." (03x07 Fresh Blood) Take Me To Church by Hozier // lyrics // “This obsession to save Dean? The way you two keep sacrificing yourselves for each other? […] Dean’s your weakness. And the bad guys know it, too.” (03x11 Mystery Spot) Outlaws of Love by Adam Lambert // lyrics // "You're my weak spot. And I'm yours." (03x16 No Rest for the Wicked) Everywhere we go we're looking for the sun / Nowhere to grow old, we're always on the run / They say we'll rot in Hell, but I don't think we will / They've branded us enough, "Outlaws of Love". Wanted Dead Or Alive by Bon Jovi // lyrics // Well, I had to include this one, for obvious reasons. (03x16 No Rest for the Wicked) In Other Words by Ben Kweller // lyrics // Dean's going to Hell. Sam's not okay. In his eyes I see the fear. Real With Me by Cady Groves // lyrics // Dean is not dealing well with remembering Hell. Sam is upset that he's not opening up. And it was never about what you were not / But I don't know how much longer I can hold on. Devil's Backbone by The Civil Wars // lyrics // None of it matters. Leaving for Stanford, choosing Ruby, the demon blood, that he’s Hell’s chosen. Dean will always come for his brother, no matter what.   Stay by Florida Georgia Line // lyrics // Sam leaves. It's fucked up. "Hey, you, uh... wanna take the Impala?" Dean doesn’t trust him, not like he used to, but he would say anything to make him stay. (05x02 Good God, Y’all) Hotel Room by Calum Scott // lyrics // They die in a motel room. They find out they share a Heaven. Sam can't find the words to explain. He wishes Dean would just give him time. (05x04 The End) So I kind of wrote a ficlet about this...? Read it if you fancy. Here Tonight by Brett Young // lyrics // The Wincestiest Wincest song to ever Wincest. The lyrics! Sometimes they can just take a minute to sit on the hood of the Impala and watch the stars, Apocalypse be damned.

I Hold On by Dierks Bentley // lyrics // “Sam, it’s okay. It’s okay, I’m here, I’m here. I’m not gonna leave you.” (05x22 Swan Song) Dean believes in his brother, and I’m a sucker for pick-up truck metaphors Lifeboats by Snow Patrol // lyrics // The look on Dean's face when he hugs Sam, when he realises that Sam's back, that he's alive. (06x01 Exile on Main St.) Potentially also some Purgatory vibes. Wild Horses by The Rolling Stones // lyrics // The moment Sam turned up on his doorstep, there was no question he'd choose him. Choose him over Lisa and Ben. Choose him over everyone. “But the minute he walked through that door, I knew. It was over. You two have the most unhealthy, tangled-up, crazy thing I've ever seen. And as long as he's in your life, you're never gonna be happy.” (06x06 You Can’t Handle The Truth) Heavydirtysoul by twenty one pilots // lyrics // “Pick one... Sam’s soul or Adam’s.” “Sam.” (06x11 Appointment in Samarra)

H.O.L.Y. by Florida Georgia Line // lyrics // Oh, this song. A bit of religious irony and whatnot, but my god. The lyrics are everything. You're the healing hands where it used to hurt immediately makes me think of how Dean helped Sam turn the pain from his scar on his palm into “stone number one, and build on it”. (07x02 Hello, Cruel World) I mean, Sam can't even tell what's real anymore, but he trusts his brother. Blindly and with everything he has, because that's who he is. But then there’s also Dean making his promise in the church, and Sam choosing him over dying in 09x01 (I Think I’m Gonna Like It Here). God. Just. I love this song for Sam and Dean.

Through The Dark by One Direction // lyrics // "We'll figure it out, okay? Just like we always do." (08x23 Sacrifice) Leave Out All The Rest by Linkin Park // lyrics // Sam is okay with sacrificing himself. He is ready to die. When my time comes / Forget the wrong that I've done. Demolition Lovers by My Chemical Romance // lyrics // “There is nothing, past or present, that I would put in front of you... I need you to see that." (08x23 Sacrifice) Okay, but look at the lyrics, and try and convince me this song is not about Sam and Dean. Love Will Tear Us Apart by Fall Out Boy // lyrics // "You wanna know what I confessed in there?" (08x23 Sacrifice) TALK ME DOWN by Troye Sivan // lyrics // The look in Sam’s eyes changes, his face falls. "How do I stop?" He chooses Dean like he always does. (08x23 Sacrifice) Brother by Kodaline // lyrics // “Come on. You and Dean? That’s something special, don’t you think?” (09x08 Rock and a Hard Place) Link is a gorgeous fanvid, go watch it and cry. Little Lion Man by Mumford & Sons // lyrics // Dean really messed up this time. Gadreel fall out stuff. Sam breaks up with him in a motel car park in Wisconsin. (09x12 Sharp Teeth)

better off by Jeremy Zucker & Chelsea Cutler // lyrics // "Something's broken here, Dean." (09x12 Sharp Teeth) & "No, Dean, I wouldn't." (09x13 The Purge)

I Can't Go On Without You by KALEO // lyrics // Sam taking Dean’s body home, laying him on his bed, drinking by himself in the dark. (09x23 Do You Believe in Miracles) I Won't Give Up by Noah Guthrie // lyrics // "I am going to save my brother." (10x01 Black) Sam never gives up on Dean. Brother by NEEDTOBREATHE ft. Gavin DeGraw // lyrics // “I never even said thank you, so…” “You don’t ever have to say that, not to me.” (10x04 Paper Moon) Link is another beautiful fanvid, because I can’t help myself. Sittin' Pretty by Florida Georgia Line // lyrics // Sam's sunshine and he’s endless planes of warm skin, soft long hair, and sometimes Dean looks at him. Really looks at him. (No, okay, but the Chevy line really made it for me.) Blood Brothers by Luke Bryan // lyrics // "I don’t need a symbol to remind me how I feel about my brother.” and "The two of us against the world!” "What she said.” (10x05 Fan Fiction) I don’t know, country songs just make me think of Sam and Dean, okay.

I Will Follow You Into The Dark by Daniela Andrade // lyrics // “This is my life. I love it. But I can’t do it without my brother. I don’t want to do it without my brother. And if he’s gone, then I don’t…” (10x18 Book of the Damned)

Golden by Fall Out Boy // lyrics // Dean is so so broken. “No, there is no other way, Sam. I’m sorry.” (10x23 Brother’s Keeper)

Church by Fall Out Boy // lyrics // This whole song screams Sam and Dean to me, and initially I thought of Sam’s Wall breaking down, but then I got stuck on the lines And if death is the last appointment / Then we're all just sitting in the waiting room / I am just a human trying to avoid my certain doom and that’s so clearly Dean killing Death, unable to murder his little brother in the end, because his devotion to Sam runs too deep. (10x23 Brother’s Keeper) In which the SPN writers and Pete Wentz really should get together and discuss over-the-top religious imagery. You are doomed but just enough. Right Back Home by Lifehouse // lyrics // “We are home.“ (11x04 Baby) Be There by Seafret // lyrics // "Bring him back. Bring him back and take me instead." (11x17 Red Meat)  You're my way out / You're my way through / And I can't, I can't / Be without you.

Only the Brave by Louis Tomlinson // lyrics // “I need him, he needs me.“ (11x23 Alpha and Omega) With or Without You by U2 // lyrics // The absolute poetic tragedy of 12x09 (First Blood). The way they don’t even have time to really look at each other after six weeks apart, that they are both ready to die for each other without a moment of hesitation.

I Won't Mind by ZAYN // lyrics // “I'm good with who I am. I'm good with who you are. Because our lives? They're ours and maybe I'm too damn old to want to change that.” (14x13 Lebanon)

Fine Line by Harry Styles // lyrics // "Just us.” (15x19 Inherit the Earth)

[escapingpurgatorypodcast]

Hi Purgatory Pals!

I'm a bit behind on posting, but episode 06:06 ' You Can't Handle the Truth' is available to listen to on YouTube!

[monstermoviedean]

people in the truth spell episode are telling truths like suicide baiting and "my wife's saggy skin makes me want to hurl" what??? if i got hit by a truth spell and was talking to someone i knew it would be truths like "i worry you don't actually like me" or "i envy your relationship with your partner." what kind of truths are the spn writers hiding??? i'm concerned about them???

[monstermoviedean]

in agony watching dean melt down about sam and cas being powerless to help but pouring him a drink and promising to make inquiries. further agony over cas doing his strong-but-silent thing and refusing to ask for help even though dean would do anything for him.