We almost don't know where to start with this episode of
Supernatural .There's just So. Much. GLEE! to go around! It was a tweaking love letter to fans, a meditation on writing, a cool way to advance the characters, a game-changing addition to the mythos, a genuinely tense and scary scenario, a laugh riot, a heartbreaking episode... all that and more. Thank you, Kripke & Co.!
The funny
We have to start with the funny. How perfect was it that the boys got mistaken for LARPers when they were in "playing" their real lives? And then discovering they had fans, and that the fans have interests that they don’t necessarily support. We flashed back to the conventions we’ve attended, where a VERY vocal part of the audience wanted to protect the guys from learning about slash. Well, now they know! Plus, they talk to one of said fangirls, who talks about the emotional impact of the guys, rails against people who would rather read "Dr. Sexy M.D.", and quizzes the guys on "Supernatural" trivia to make sure they won’t say anything bad about “her boys.” There's an upside for the guys, though -- at least they get to see the demon-protecting tattoo on her shapely butt.
Then there's Chuck, the writer behind the "Supernatural" books. He tells his "fans" Sam and Dean to get a life (shades of Shatner on SNL), then jumps to the only reasonable conclusion when he realizes they're the real deal: "Obviously I'm a god… A cruel, cruel capricious god! The things I put you through!" Not only does he dole out beatings, kill the ones they love, and put them through (literal) hell, but he also gives them some crappy scenarios! "Did you really have to live through the bugs? What about the ghost ship? I am so sorry! I mean, horror is one thing, but to be forced to live bad writing... if I would have known it was real, I would have done another pass!"
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