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Supernatural S8E16 Remember the Titans

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Dean Winchester every day -- 165/326

Supernatural 8x16//Remember the Titans

[shallowseeker]

Very very VERY Random thoughts from watching Remember the Titans 8x16:

Prometheus is a great big fun mashup of the "GOOD, REBELLIOUS SON," "SACRIFICIAL SON," "FIRE/AMBER/ENDURANCE," and "RIVAL SON-GOD," "HELPER OF HUMANITY" motif.

See: Sam, Cas, Mary, Lucifer, Cas, Benny, etc (even Chuck, with his little divinity-human hair/looks/hoodie). But it's Cas who has arguably acted on behalf of humanity the most at this point.

Aside// Prometheus is also like Gabriel, who laments his "constant running" and boldly proclaims in AU Earth/Apocalypse Earth , "I'm not going to run anymore," then dies.

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But at the end of the episode when Prometheus's burning. Oh, when he's burning. There's so much that minds me of Castiel's funeral in 13x01 Lost and Found.

Dean comforts the mother at the fire:

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And we also get the parallel sons heart-to-heart mashup:

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BONUS stuff:

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Later in 8x16, when Prometheus's son speaks, he's robotic, almost otherworldly. Very Jack-like in addition to a mute/child Dean motif.

The boy is like Jack. He's also like Dean, rendered temporarily mute by the trauma of his destiny. He becomes "the one who stays."

// SAM: "Bobby, Rufus, now Prometheus. You think any of them chose death? No. The life chose for them."

Dean is like Hayley, wants the one he's caretaker of (Sam) to BE NORMAL, to be free. To die of something "normal," not "on the mountain," as Zeus gleefully crows, in the cycle inherited by the fathers.

He wants Sam to NOT inherit from the father figures Sam invoked above (Bobby, Rufus, Prometheus.)

Aside//I find it interesting that Bobby nor Dean could kill Sam directly. So, narratively, the Cause takes on the role of "son sacrifice," enticing Sam to sacrifice himself (notably in season 5's Swan Song) and also in this season 8 with the Hell Trials.

I think it's interesting that Jack's journey mirrors this in season 15. His surrogate father does not kill him, so the Cause tells him he must become a bomb for the good of the world.

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8x16: At the end of the episode, Dean prays to Cas, the idealized "Zeus" figure, the one he trusts. It's a source of support he's always looking for:

I also wanna capture some linguistic similarities to Zeus and The Shadow, but I ran out of images!

[youchangedmedestiel]

Dean prayed/begged Cas

Dean prayed/begged Cas for help in stopping Sam from meeting with Lilith (4x18).

Dean prayed/begged Cas for two and a half hours (4x21).

Dean prayed/begged Cas in a jokingly way, using words like “feathery ass” or “do you copy” (6x03).

Dean prayed/begged Cas to get information about the Horn of Gabriel (6x06).

Dean prayed/begged Cas when he is lost in an alternative reality (6x15).

Dean prayed/begged Cas to travel back in time and get phoenix ashes (6x18).

Dean prayed/begged Cas every night in Purgatory (8x02).

Dean prayed/begged Cas to watch over Sam and ask where Cas is, also admitting that for him praying is like begging (8x16).

Dean prayed/begged Cas for help all night because Sam is dying (9x01).

Dean prayed/begged God to bring Cas back (13x01).

Dean prayed/begged Cas to bring Jack back (14x08).

Dean prayed/begged Cas to apologize, admitting that he should have stopped Cas, and to forgive him, hoping Cas could hear him (15x09).

[scripted-downfall]

(Okay, I apologize in advance, but it’s Destiel Day so there’s only so painless Tumblr can be right now anyway.  @typicalopposite, my queue seems to suggest that I’m living up to that title you’ve given me: Angst Queen is in the house)

Anyway, I was writing a post — available here — about the fight amongst Dean, Cas, and Alastair and, in the process, I thought of “On the Head of a Pin” (as you do).  In particular, I thought of the scene where Dean’s in the hospital bed and Cas is sitting behind him.  This one:

And that was fine and normal and all until I thought about it a bit more because this is not a one time thing.  This is a very, very regular thing.

You’ve got s04e03 “In the Beginning” when Dean wakes up to find Cas sitting next to him.

You’ve got s08e07 “Torn and Frayed”, where Cas is watching over Dean (and, judging by his “Damn it, Cas! How many times I got to tell you – it's just creepy!”, this is not a one-time thing):

You’ve got s08e08 “Hunteri Heroici” with the famous:

And, for some honorable mentions: Cas actually going into Dean’s dream in s04e20 “The Rapture”; Cas watching over Dean long-distance enough to pull him away from Zachariah in s05e04 “The End”; and Cas watching as Dean rakes leaves in s06e20 “The Man Who Would Be King”.

This would all be really sweet if it weren’t for the fact that my brain then reminded me of the episode s08e16 when Dean prays to Cas and very pointedly looks towards the chair by his bed to see if Cas showed up and is disappointed to see he hasn’t.

Cas spends so much time there --- in that chair specifically --- that Dean expected him to be there. If Cas was going to be anywhere in that room, it was in that chair, and he wasn’t there.

Please help.

[waywardvamp]

I can't believe they took the asexualest lesbianest goddess and made this with her. This is criminal.

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supernatural s8e16 remember the titans (w. daniel loflin)

hint of leg, gasp

i've seen this painting before

why does this wackadoodle war room thing have a sink in it? other than give the ability to have dean walk in on sam hiding being sick

appreciate all the angles so we can set the extent of the set. she's fancy

DEAN So, no word from Cas, Kevin's taking his sweet little time, and you're acting cagey. We need a lead before I start climbing these walls.

scraping at the bottom of my brainpan to remember when we last saw cas and if we're reconciled or still mad

you're lookin extra pretty today, padalecki. i like the shorter side bang action

bird ate the liver ha ha so it is indeed gonna be a thing, okay

SAM Could be looking for a witch, yeah. You know what? He's parked here. He's safe. Maybe we should just get another room until we can figure this out. DEAN All right, but you're the one going full-cavity for the hex bag.

excuse me what

SAM Well, that's not – never mind. Um…We need to think. Dean, what do we know of that has Jason Bourne fighting skills, dies a lot, and has a history with violent women? DEAN I don't know – you?

all right that was pretty great. i'll take it!

before dean answered my thoughts were the old guard

first one because it's a pretty shot. second and third, dean with the death glare at the family

DEAN Okay, so who is this guy? SAM Best I can tell? Prometheus.

LOL okay. so *literally* prometheus

SAM I'm guessing Artemis, Zeus' daughter. She's been known to carry around weapons like that dagger. They're nasty. They'll kill Immortals dead.

need to add that one to the collection. this is silly

DEAN Wait. I'm sorry. You just discovered that you have a seven-year-old son, and you want to walk away?

jealous/projecting much

okay so i thought i knew her voice, she was in the replacements! big soft spot for football and football movies and this one doesn't age well (replacement players aka our heroes are scabs) however if you take that aspect away, it's sweet and funny and there was a line by gene hackman in it that was such a good visual for my perpetual anxiety

Jimmy McGinty: Like a duck on the pond. On the surface everything looks calm, but beneath the water those little feet are churning a mile a minute.

the replacements (2000) brooke langton as annabelle farrell

now i have soft feelings for this rando lady because of it lol

i really think being a fan of teen wolf was good preparation for these later seasons of supernatural. plot that makes me roll my eyes regularly, no problem. it's no ~75 year old computer behind a wall in someone's fancy lake house being the only thing keeping a hit list of supernatural creatures active

handy they had a magic trap for a god.

*nodding sagely* yes, longbow of diana, of course

SAM You know… I'm starting to think maybe I was being naive. DEAN What are you talking about? SAM When I said that I could just will myself into coming out of these trials unscathed. DEAN No, no, no. Stop with the sullen emo crap, all right? That's – you're not gonna die like Prometheus. SAM How do you know, Dean? Bobby, Rufus, now Prometheus – you think any of them chose death? No. The life chose for them. DEAN Yeah, well, you promised, okay? You promised to live a long, Clark Griswold life full of prostate exams and colonoscopies, all right? You're not welshing on that deal, not on my watch. If you die, it's gonna be because of something normal.

i don't understand the leap of logic to dying like prometheus but okay we're talking, that's always good. now would also be the time to say hey by the way i'm coughing up/spitting up blood

also dean, why don't you have to promise to live a long life (oh right because you won't)

DEAN Cas, you got your ears on? Listen, you know I am not one for praying, 'cause in my book it's... it's the same as begging. But this is about Sam, so I need you to hear me. We are going into this deal blind... and I don't know what's ahead or what it's gonna bring for Sam. Now, he's covering pretty good, but I know that he is hurting, and this one was supposed to be on me. So, for all that we've been through, I'm asking you... you keep a lookout for my little brother, okay? Where the hell are you, man?

💔okay so i'm glad dean is aware that sam's hiding that he's in pain/sick/whatever and just isn't pushing him on it. pullin out the little brother again so soon

(insert joke about dean begging here)

something about this mushy music has me feeling twilight or hunger games and i'm not sure which. ugh. bella's lullaby / rue's music (but that doesn't even have piano but it does have that plucked acoustic guitar like day before yesterday's s8e14 princess bride-esque music)

fucking fine, i listened to this again and the music is making me twitchy. why is it ringing this bell??? it's the little melody at the end around 30 seconds left. is it a theme used elsewhere in this show? is it just too similar to something else i'm thinking of? motherFUCKER. the score on this show is generally is such a nothingburger that it's in one ear and out the other for me.

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Remember the Titans (8x16)

Sam: I can give you zombies.

No one gives Dean gifts the way that Sam gives Dean gifts. Dean is so excited about the idea of zombies even though he is trying to play it cool here.

[evilista]

I've seen so many of these angry takes "they got Artemis WRONG! She's out there sleeping with a man!!!!" But seriously, do you guys jump into Supernatural with this ep?

Because they established in season 1, ALL gods are people-eating monsters. That should be a bigger concern. Your god is eating people. Like, the Supernatural universe is not ours, and the gods are not like in myths in our universe. If I was that attached to gods I'd be more upset that being in Supernatural means she's eating people, than being upset she's getting laid

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Sweet, brave, selfless Sam. There's nothing he can't do.

#samweek2024 Day Seven 🎂 Happy Birthday Sam! 🎉

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Dean Winchester + lighter

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[thebeautyofspn]

8x16 Remember The Titans

[cinnamonanddean]

Did Lex talk to you about me?

He kept a journal

What did it say?

Dear Diary, today I met the cutest boy I've ever seen. His name is Clark Kent and we've already kissed! 😘 Well actually, he gave me mouth-to-mouth after I hit him with my car and we crashed into the river, but it's basically the same thing! 💖 I just know that we're destined to be the stuff of legend ✨

Lex Luthor + Clark Kent = 💕❤️💘💗💜💜💜

Lex+Clark4Eva

LL💕CK

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SUPERNATURAL - 8x16|Remember The Titans

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