#the usual suspects

[winguontheweb]

I had the idea of a Mt. Lady-inspired superhero, but far more focused on keeping people safe and protected. So meet Highrise! I love her very much,,

[jarpadandjensens]

J2 | 2006

[galoogamelady]

Inverse Buttons jacket SPOTTED

(saw The Usual Suspects for the first time)

[spookytuesdaypod]

it’s a CLEAR reference to scream // i know what you did last summer // carrie // the sixth sense // scream 2 // the blair witch project // i still know what you did last summer // a nightmare on elm street // the matrix // the usual suspects // final destination

[webdiggerxxx]

꧁★꧂

[rodod-endro]

The usual suspects

[gentlenmensarts]

"The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist. And like that, he's gone" - Verbal

[soft-pine]

spn20rewatch: 2.07 the usual suspects

i like the format of this episode! but i'm always a sucker for any vague gesture at the ole *record scratch* now how did i get here. or the classic 17 hours ago, etc etc. like yes the emotional weight that can be achieved with non-linear narrative!

anyway, my profile pic on every other side is from this ep. maybe i should change it on here too...?

but what always sticks out to me about this episode is the sick twist in my gut watching dean, chained in the back of the police van, realizing pete is taking him out in the woods to kill him.

it's interesting because dean has been to some extent playing along with pete's narrative about him all episode. when his lawyer comes and tells him he could be facing the death penalty, dean is still more focused on solving the case. when he needs to make a scene to give sam a chance to escape, he pretends to be confessing. he is, superficially, not all that concerned with his own safety.

but it cracks a little...

DEAN: Can we make this quick? I'm a little tired, it's been a long day, you know, with your partner assaulting me and all.

and then a lot. when pete drags dean out of the van and dean can't even catch himself because the chains connect his wrists and hands. it's a visceral reminder that dean is, by our carceral societal metrics, disposable. he's had a string of murders he didnt commit connected to his name since episode 6. he has a whole heap of other charges that were unavoidable because of what hunting requires but don't look good on paper.

it reminds me of this interaction from 2.19 about how well dean is fitting in in prison

SAM: Dean, does it ... bother you at all, how easily you seem to fit in here? DEAN: No, not really.

dean has said and will say numerous times that he doesn't think he's different or better than anyone else. and i think it's important that dean is including even the parts of society that are more readily cast off and maligned.

i also want to point out that while pete is very much a cop gone rogue here, the episode makes clear that the outcomes for dean - or claire - aren't all that different whether is at the hands of the system or pete's alone.

dean is still facing the death penalty and though it might be more drawn out through the bureaucratic justice system, it still ends with him just as dead as he would be in the woods. claire too is murdered by pete but is also clearly a victim of a broken system that she's been cycling in and out of without the help and support she needs.

though there is nothing supernatural dean is being offered up to here, it still rings true with the theme of him as the sacrifice to the American Dream.

[cosmonautroger]

Kevin Spacey, The Usual Suspects, 1995

[winguontheweb]

Bunnight absolutely got up to Highrise's shoulder in a single leap. Good combo, I think! My Highrise feat. MirrorG's Bunnight, very very fun~

[summerwages]

where things stand..

[texaschainsawmascara]

Benicio Del Toro

[ghostcreaturetypething]

Dean: “Hey, thanks for the law review Matlock.”

(two seconds later)

Sam: “Sure thing Matlock.”

That poor lawyer who had to deal with them, tiredly:“You two really are brothers aren’t ya?”

[saaraofthesand]

thought about that media I love with barely any active fanbase 121 dead 300 injured

[bjugnakraekir]

is ed nortan incapable of playing characters who arent freaks

[babadork]