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world0fmadness · 17 days ago

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WAY OF THE WENDIGO

some stuff about wendigo! pelle… kind of bad because i am getting so tired right now because it is literally 4am but whatever, might write more about it sometime <3

wendigo! pelle who for the most part, still looks recognisable! of course, there are differences and new additions to him such as how his once pale beige skin has paled even more and the pigmentation has turned into a light, storm grey colour… his once sparkling, diamond blue eyes have been washed out into a milky, almost dirtied water grey with little blue left shining through as his eyes are always stuck wide open, darting around and on lookout for any movement in his since expanded field of vision… his once lusciously shiny, blonde hair now weaker and slightly thinner as it flows down his bony shoulders, though somehow it never appears greasy nor oily, just occasionally knotted in parts and dirtied with a mixture of dried up blood and dirt particles from the deep woods in which he hunts… his finger nails, once short are now longer in length and naturally sharper as they grow in an almost dagger like shape with tips sharp as razorblades… his teeth, once so normal and small inside of his mouth can no longer fit inside as his new teeth push the old ones out, tearing through his soft gums and breaking through the chapped skin of his lips as to grow to their full size, his mouth almost completely disfiguring on the left side of his face due to the structure of his mouth changing so drastically to encase the new teeth that are sharp enough to chew through layers of human flesh effortlessly… but for the most part, he still looks like himself… he still looks so strangely recognisable, even with so many new monstrous features…

it turns out to be øystein who has to care for him the most in his new form! the other band members, both jan and jørn, cannot stand to look at him for longer than a minute! i mean, at first they thought he looked… well, they thought he looked like himself but as time went by and he began growing more monstrous looking, when he began eating animals both alive and dead, when he began reacting like a rat in water whenever in direct sunlight and anywhere near fire… they just get so beyond freaked out, even grossed out if they stare at him for too long… they get nervous around him, they do not understand how the hell he is even alive and breathing but they think it might be better if that stays unknown… they want nothing to do with him anymore, nothing to do with it anymore… enough was enough, they could put up with things he did on stage, things he did to himself and all of that bullshit but this? this was too far for them, it was getting too real, way too freaky and they were out before his teeth even fully broke through his the fleshy side of his cheek which left only øystein to care for him since he was the only one never all that put off by his new appearance, the only one never all that put off by his new diet, the only one never put all that put off by his new ways of communicating… he wanted to care for this new version of his friend, he was intrigued by this new version of his friend, he wanted everything to do with this new version of his friend

wendigo! pelle who is not really bothered by øystein as he looks after him, he mainly sticks to himself in their shared cabin… i mean, he is certainly thankful for the fresh meat he supplies him, obviously purchased from butchers and other stores… he recognises øystein, remembers his face and always sees sudden flashes of scattered, blurry memories of their time spent together race through his foggy head whenever he hears him speak and watches him move… but he does not really know what to do around øystein, he does not know why øystein is here looking after him and in some ways, neither does øystein himself! he thinks it may be a morbid curiosity or how pelle is his friend so why would he abandon him? but he really knows it runs even deeper than that as he studies pelle whilst he scarfs down some raw meat, watching as blood covers his bony hands and stains his greyish skin, watching as the crimson liquid paints his now almost nonexistent lips and drips around his stretched mouth… he wonders how it tastes, how constantly eating completely raw meat tastes, how the chunk of flesh feels in your hand and how the blood feels as it soaks into your skin, runs down your arms… øystein is almost jealous of pelle, almost envious of his new lifestyle, he finds himself laying awake at night and listening out as he hears pelle screeches and growls echoing through the surrounding forest of their wooden cabin in the woods… he wants to join him, in every way of the sense… he wants to be like him… he wants to know how it all feels… he wants to feel it together…

it does not take long for pelle to grow bored of butcher meat, almost turning his nose up at it when øystein shoves it over to him in a white plastic bag! staring down at it with a sharp snarl on his face and nails digging into his own deathly skin as he feels a craving for more, something more… something bigger… øystein is hesitant at first, he knows nothing about setting traps and other hunting bullshit! but at the realisation that pelle can only survive on this, that pelle relies on him for food until night comes and he can hunt for his own… that realisation is what leads him to scouring some long forgotten hunters magazine that he had found lodged somewhere in the cabin long ago, reading about how to make snare traps for hours whilst pelle roams the small home restlessly, mouth twitching with want and mind resisting the urge to cannibalise his friend as he sits with his back turned on the tattered old couch because pelle still has an major awareness inside of him, he still knows that he cares for øystein and does not really want to eat him, not yet anyways… he does not want to be alone yet, he does not want to lose øystein yet!

wendigo! pelle who chews through full deer and rabbits like they are nothing, ripping through their fur coat with his knife like nails and devouring them within minutes, hardly even leaving any bones behind which never fails to surprise øystein! this is the same man who could go weeks without eating anything at all and now here he is, chowing down on full sized forest animals like they are pieces of cake… it is just so intriguing to him, so interesting and so infatuating… because that is exactly what øystein is with this new version of pelle, he is so absolutely infatuated with what he has become whilst remaining some of his old qualities like rarely speaking… øystein has to wonder if he even can speak anymore? he hears him growling and screeching, thinks he might have heard deeply groaned words at times but he can never be sure… øystein feels such a strong sense of pride when he brings home the animals he collected from the day traps for pelle, feels so accomplished as he watches pelle stalk towards him and almost softly snatch the animals from his hands and take them to the kitchen to dig into them on the white tiled floor…

but of course, this new satisfaction only lasts so long for pelle too and before long, he carves more… he could be fine with animals, he will be fine with animals but he gets a sudden urge to have human meat once more, a need to have human meat once more but øystein never understands his gestures, never understands his attempts at trying to make him understand what he wants now and so, he speaks… for the first time in so long since he had become this… new version of himself, øystein hears him speak! it is so low and so gravely, it sounds as if barbed wire is coiled around inside of his throat as he speaks slowly whilst standing across from øystein, lanky and bony figure slouched over slightly as his big milky eyes shift around the room… he does not speak for long, only getting out two words before almost going completely silent would it not be for the raggedy, heavy breaths leaving his now always open mouth “ need human ” øystein can barely believe it at first, what the fuck was he asking? no way was he seriously asking for him to bring home a dead body, right? no fucking way… but of course, he was lying to himself when he said he would absolutely not kill someone just for his… monster friend… he knew he was lying to himself the second he found himself picking up his car keys and leaving the shared cabin early the next morning, taking a slow drive down to the desolate forest roads where he knew some pompous guy took a jog every morning… at least he would just be hitting the guy with enough force to kill him, right? that made him a less worse person, right? he was doing this for his friend so it was just a little okay, right?

wendigo! pelle who is more than happy when øystein walks him out to the trunk of his car late that same night and shows him the body of some man… his wide eyes dilating and darting across the body with desire as he feels the hunger for human in his stomach swirl once more, his ears picking up the sound of an almost nervous øystein speaking up next to him, asking him if that will be good enough, at least for now… pelle only gives a hasty nod before grabbing the leg of the man, his nails digging into his flesh and dragging him out of the trunk, preparing to feast on the body in a more preferred place but øystein stops him, grabbing his upper arm and holding on even when pelle snaps his head towards him at a terrifying speed with a scary look in his eye at the distraction from his need to eat, the need to satisfy his hunger… øystein is quick to explain himself, launching into an explanation of how he wants to… try this too, if it would make him like whatever pelle is… he wants to do it… he wants to be like him… he needs to be like him… he needs it so badly… no matter what it takes… no matter how disgusting and dehumanising it may be, he needs to be like him…

after that night, that night of doing something øystein never once thought he would ever do… of eating a human being right alongside a now monstrous pelle… he begins to feel the changes to himself over the following days and weeks, he felt himself grow stronger and more alert, felt his teeth being pushed out and replaced with fang like teeth of all different sizes… felt his nails fall out and sharper ones take their place… saw his skin grow paler and eyes grow milkier every time he looked in the mirror… and yet, he loved it! he could never quite say why, maybe he wanted to be closer to pelle or maybe he just did not want to be himself anymore, but he was excited for the change… he took every change with pride and eventually it was done… he was exactly like pelle in every way shape and form aside from some obvious personality differences that still shined through! he felt so good, so powerful! so right

wendigo! pelle and wendigo! øystein who hunt together at night and keep extra food for the slow passing day time… they hunt strangely well together despite pelle sometimes getting slightly irritated at the eagerness that øystein holds so strongly, he has to almost teach øystein how to be better and how to be more skilful with his hunts… pelle prefers to hunt alone but he allows øystein to join if he wants to instead of hunting alone too, so long as he does not claim every single animal they come across… because then he really might eat him…

the two of them become so much closer than they ever were before, they bond so strangely with this shared new way of life! they both know they only have each other, that they both really need each other no matter how big headed and arrogant they may be at times… their favourite season is winter since it gets so dark so early in the day which means they can go out into the woods so much sooner and for so much longer! øystein is slightly upset that he can no longer play his guitar anymore since his nails slice through guitar strings as if they are paper but thinks pelle got real lucky since his growls and screeches sound so fucking evil, not that they did not already sound evil before this whole thing happened… he is pretty happy that he can screech and growl like that too now, he always wanted to be able to do that just like pelle could…

#thoughts ✩#wendigo! pelle ohlin #wendigo! dead #wendigo! oystein aarseth #wendigo! euronymous

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evas-spn-thoughts · 4 months ago

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s01e02 - Wendigo

So now it's time for me to sit down and watch/review Supernatural s01e02.

I just want you to know I have a glass of wine and I’ve just made and eaten some lovely pasta.

I don’t have anything to say beyond that, I just wanted to set the scene.

We have the first of our non brother related openings to episodes, it's weird to have it after the title screen. We get the creepy campsite, a guy gets grabbed, and we get the growling that a Wendigo episode deserves.

This won't be the last mystery death opening, Supernatural gets very good at them, but also some of them are rubbish, this one in this episode is very good.

We get a well acted scene from one Jared Padalecki, he's brought flowers to Jess's grave. Jess will be the first of many people that Sam feels responsible for. We very quickly discover it is a dream, which is a shame, I'd like to think Sam would have gone to Jess's grave - they spent a week at the College after her death so maybe he did.

We then cut to a very lovely moment where Dean is clearly worried about his brother, he asks if Sam is okay - Sam does the true Winchester response of 'yeah, I'm fine'. He asks if Sam had a nightmare - Sam coughs in response.

It’s not like those dreams will be super important to the plot or anything… not at all.

Dean is clearly worried about his brother, and Sam is not being forthcoming about how he's feeling, so Dean asks if he wants to drive. This clearly is not something Dean offers often, as Sam remarks on the fact that Dean 'has never once asked him that'.

We discover John is sending them 'to the middle of nowhere'.

They head to the coordinates John sent them, and immediately are looking for clues as to where John is.

Sam very quickly lies and says that they are students, but is caught out, and Dean goes along with what the man assumes them to be. This is a funny exchange, as in the last episode, Sam did not want to be lying about credit card scams and being marshalls, but when he lies now, he uses part of the truth - he is/was a student. Whereas Dean, when he was called out, just made the man feel like he was correct and went along with it. Sam will get better at lying to people who don't matter, and Dean will continue to let people assume things, even if they are wrong.

We get a stupid comment from Dean about Hailey being a 'pistol' and that could be to try and make it seem like he knows her, but it's also a stupid 2005 comment to try and make Dean seem like a womaniser or misogynist (as a side note, Dean isn't really a womaniser, sure he's a flirt, but he's not slimy about it and often I think he flirts because he's lonely, or it's what he thinks he's meant to do. Dean also flirts when he is uncomfortable so there's that).

However, this comment also gets him more information about the situation, though once they leave, funnily enough Sam is immediately wanting to move on and head off to the specific coordinates, but Dean seems to have his hunters instincts turned to 11, because he clearly sees that something could be going on in the town, and wants to know 'what they are walking into'. This is a moment meant to show that Sam is maybe not in his right mind or thinking rationally about their next moves.

They meet Hailey, Dean says they are Rangers. He gets impressed when she compliments his car, she's not flirting, he's not flirting, but she complements Dean's most prized possession, so he likes her. He doesn't try flirting with her when they are learning about his brother, he is completely professional.

This is just an instance to highlight where it could be acted/taken as sleazy flirting, but it's not. I mentioned that Dean gets painted as a womaniser a lot, by writers, the fans, even by Sam, but so far I am not seeing it - again, it's not to say that he doesn't flirt, it's just not constant or overbearing.

They look into the 'bear attacks' that have happened in the area, and go and see a man named Shaw about them. Shaw is hesitant to explain what he actually saw claiming 'they wouldn't believe him'.

Sam and Dean are very good at convincing people they will believe what their story is, this is a trend that will continue throughout the show, they are very good at comforting and believing people, because they do, they believe them.

The boys decide to tag along with Hailey and her hired guy Roy. Dean 'doesn't do shorts' apparently - we will see this isn't true in s11.

From now on until the end of the episode we see a very interesting side to Dean, that is his relationship/interactions with older, military, commanding men and how he interacts with them. These interactions are usually Dean and a man who looks down on Dean, who maybe see's his pretty face and disregards him as a credible threat or player in what the scenario is.

Dean immediately starts questioning Roy about what he hunts and 'if anything hunts him back'. He's pushing at Roy, winding him up, but Roy, through saving him from a bear trap, show's Dean that he knows what he is doing.

Hailey calls out that the boys are not Rangers - well done to her, call them on their B.S.

Dean and Sam have some great non-verbal brother communication and both agree to tell her the truth, so Dean explains what they are doing there.

After he explains, she asks why they didn't tell her from the start, and Dean says 'I'm telling you now'. Then he mentions how this is probably the most honest he's ever been with a woman, which... just isn't true, in 11 episodes from now we will know that definitely isn't true. It clearly took a few episodes for the writers to give Dean some depth, and it probably helped that Jensen just doesn't play Dean as a one note character, even 2 episodes in, with no real backstory to him, I don't believe this is the most honest he's been with a woman, that feels like a lie.

We see the camp... destroyed, and the brother's competency at hunting, they track that the campers have been dragged off and might still be alive, Dean notes that it isn't a black dog or skinwalker.

They start to put together that it isn't a person, and go off to look in John's journal, as the title suggests, they work out that it is a Wendigo, even though they shouldn't be 'this far west'.

We get a situation where Sam wants to take charge and get everyone out of there. Roy gets aggressive and belittles Sam and his ability, Sam gets aggressive back and he gets in Roy's face - note that Sam is definitely not afraid to get into anyone's face and be aggressive.

Sam is not emotionally stable in this episode, he is very reactionary about everything, doesn't want to sit around and get the information, and this interaction further proves that because he has no time for anyone's nonsense - which isn't like him, he is no nonsense, but he thinks about others.

Dean gets involved, calms Sam down, and immediately sets up the next moves for the group - he uses that as motivation to calm everyone down.

We get another moment of Dean parenting/big brothering Sam. He mentions how Sam is clearly not fine, how Sam being so aggressive and doing first, asking questions later is just not like him. Sam talks about how John clearly isn't there, he would have left a clue/message. Dean doesn't think John's ever been there.

In a very un-Sam-like move, he wants to get everyone safe and abandon the hunt to go and find John.

Dean makes the now famous comment about John wanting them to carry on the family business.

'I think he wants us to pick up where he left off... Saving People, Hunting Things. The Family Business'.

Sam makes some valid points about John having a massive communication issue with his boys, which yeah, he's a Winchester, they don't make things easy for anyone - also John is just a dick.

John and Sam's similarities come out during this scene though, and show how different Dean is to both of them. Sam wants to very quickly find Jess's killer and I would assume take revenge. However Sam desperation to avenge Jess feels like the exact same way John is desperate - even 22 years after her death - to avenge Mary. Whereas Dean is trying to highlight how patience is needed - clearly not having that same desperation.

We get a beautiful moment from Dean, where you understand that Dean hunts because he saves people, he mentions that their family is messed up, but 'we can save some others, it makes things a little more bearable'. Dean implies that he thinks that in some ways their family is past saving, that they are 'screwed to hell', which may be the first inclination of Dean's truly awful self worth issues - and also this is the first idea that the Winchesters have some kind of 'curse' on their family, because as seasons go on, we see more and more that the Winchesters have had problems in their family since before the boys started to hunt.

We hear the Wendigo, and while the boys try to keep everyone together, Roy runs off. Despite Dean not really liking Roy, he follows him, because Dean will try and save everyone - no matter who they are or if they have disrespected him.

We get the big game plan, and even bigger lore exposition. Wendigo's just sound kinda awful and scary, but they die via fire, so there's that.

I do love both boys explaining lore, because they are both very intelligent, and I like when the show shows that about both of them, one isn't the brains and one isn't the brawn, they are both exceptional at all of it - with Dean probably being the best hunter out of any of them by the end of the show.

Dean and Hailey get taken by the Wendigo, so Sam and Ben go after it into its lair to get them back. Dean is strung up with Hailey, and Sam gets them down. We do get good news... Tommy is alive!!!! And they have flare guns.

Dean uses himself as bait to try and lure in the Wendigo - 'do you want some white meat bitch? I'm right here'

God bless the cgi from 2005, they try their best.

The darkness helps it not look as awful, but oh dear - I love the colouring of the first 5 seasons, but the increase in technical abilities from the later seasons is missed when I watch s1.

Oh Dean Winchester, you can't let anything be sincere for too long can you.

Dean 'cheapens the moment' because this is normal for him, I think he feels like he's letting himself down when he isn't saving people so this is just normal for him, he saved someone... so what, he doesn't see himself as having done anything heroic by saving people, he is just doing his duty and anyway, its his responsibility. He gets awkward in moments of sincerity when he doesn't feel like he deserves to be thanked.

I like Hailey, there really are no vibes between her and Dean other than respect - which we see a lot of in later seasons between Dean and female characters. Dean is personable and he makes friends easily but he very quickly feels a responsibility to protect them. Dean and Hailey are no different. If anything, the later seasons show that Dean interacts with women in an easier and more natural way than Sam, he seems to have a closer relationship with every woman on the show - maybe apart from Rowena.

As a side note, I hate seeing Sam drive, I'm sorry, but it feels wrong, it isn't the Supernatural I know, and I don't like it - I'm glad they very quickly realise that Sam and Dean have different relationships to the Impala and what Baby actually means to them, and I'm glad Jackles was possessed by Dean enough to feel as protective of her as Dean does, and also it sounds like Jared wasn't a very good driver of Baby.

Overall, Wendigo is a fine episode, I enjoyed this rewatch, but it doesn't leave a lasting impact on me like some of the very best Supernatural episodes can. It is just run of the mill monster of the week.

#spn 1x02 #spn meta #my thoughts #s01e02 #dean winchester #sam winchester #supernatural #Wendigo #supernatural rewatch #eva rewatches supernatural #here is just under 2000 words about Supernatural 1x02 #supernatural season 1

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