Fan Video of the Week: Supernatural Reflections 14.09 “The Spear” aka Merry X-Mas!
“For there to be betrayal, there would have to have been trust first.” ― Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games
Season’s greetings everyone! Our mid-season episode was another holiday episode! Can you imagine that we already got two in this season? First the Halloween one and now a Christmas episode. These two have been a long time coming. We have had only two before them and those were seasons ago! I actually like holiday episodes and these we got were no exception. Also we got many references to Die Hard. That is one of my favorite movies. I heard it is also a favorite of Jared and Jensen. The word I chose for this episode was betrayal because that theme was strong in this episode.
As a holiday treat, here are few of my favorite Michael scenes (aka hot, bad-ass and cosmic) so far. I still want to see more Michael fight scenes because his fights have been well choreographed. Something tells me my wish may come true.
#HeavensMostWantedHotness
#YippeeKiYayBadassery
#HolyCosmicCow
Also, in this holiday season, remember to watch the greatest Christmas movie of them all. 20th Century Fox seems to agree with that assessment.
Die Hard
Facing Christmas 3,000 miles from his estranged wife and two children, New York policeman John McClane (Bruce Willis) flies to Los Angeles bearing presents and hoping to patch up his marriage. Stylish and cool Hans Gruber (Alan Rickman) is in Los Angeles as well for the holiday season, but he’s not there to give out presents. He’s there to take: more than $600 million in negotiable bearer bonds from the multinational Nakatomi Corporation, where McClane’s wife Holly (Bonnie Bedelia) is an executive. When the takeover becomes hostile, it’s up to John McClane to take on the terrorists with all the grit and determination he can muster–but not without a sense of humor.
Enjoy the videos!
Sam & Dean • He Was Too Attached to You {+14×09} • Supernatural by: MysticSwan
sam & dean || too attached to you. by: Mia Winchester
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays for all!
Ode To Joy by Ludwig van Beethoven
(An Die Freunde)
Freude, schöner Götterfunken,
Tochter aus Elysium,
Wir betreten feuertrunken,
Himmlische, dein Heiligtum!
Deine Zauber binden wieder
Was die Mode streng geteilt*;
Alle Menschen werden Brüder*
Wo dein sanfter Flügel weilt.
Wem der große Wurf gelungen
Eines Freundes Freund zu sein;
Wer ein holdes Weib errungen
Mische seinen Jubel ein!
Ja, wer auch nur eine Seele
Sein nennt auf dem Erdenrund!
Und wer’s nie gekonnt, der stehle
Weinend sich aus diesem Bund!
Freude trinken alle Wesen
An den Brüsten der Natur;
Alle Guten, alle Bösen
Folgen ihrer Rosenspur.
Küsse gab sie uns und Reben,
Einen Freund, geprüft im Tod;
Wollust ward dem Wurm gegeben
und der Cherub steht vor Gott.
Froh, wie seine Sonnen fliegen
Durch des Himmels prächt’gen Plan
Laufet, Brüder, eure Bahn,
Freudig, wie ein Held zum siegen.
Seid umschlungen, Millionen!
Diesen Kuß der ganzen Welt!
Brüder, über’m Sternenzelt
Muß ein lieber Vater wohnen.
Ihr stürzt nieder, Millionen?
Ahnest du den Schöpfer, Welt?
Such’ ihn über’m Sternenzelt!
Über Sternen muß er wohnen.
In english
Joy, beautiful spark of Divinity [or: of gods],
Daughter from Elysium,
We enter, drunk with fire,
Heavenly One, thy sanctuary!
Your magic binds again
What convention strictly divided;*
All people become brothers,*
Where your gentle wing abides.
Who has succeeded in the great attempt,
To be a friend’s friend,
Whoever has won a lovely woman,
Add his to the jubilation!
Indeed, who even just has one soul
To call his own in this world!
And whoever never managed, he should steal away
Crying from this union!
All creatures drink of joy
At the nature’s breasts.
All Just Ones, all Evil Ones
Follow her trail of roses.
Kisses she gave us and grapevines,
A friend, proven in death.
Salaciousness was given to the worm
And the cherub stands before God.
Gladly, like His suns fly
through the heavens’ grand plan
Go on, brothers, your way,
Joyful, like a hero to victory.
Be embraced, Millions!
This kiss to all the world!
Brothers, above the starry canopy
There must dwell a loving Father.
Are you collapsing, millions?
Do you sense the creator, world?
Seek him above the starry canopy!
Above stars must He dwell.
Ludwig van Beethoven; German: baptised 17 December 1770[1] – 26 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist. A crucial figure in the transition between the Classical and Romantic eras in Classical music, he remains one of the most recognised and influential of all composers. His best-known compositions include 9 symphonies; 5 piano concertos; 1 violin concerto; 32 piano sonatas; 16 string quartets; a mass, the Missa solemnis; and an opera, Fidelio.
Beethoven was born in Bonn, then the capital of the Electorate of Cologne and part of the Holy Roman Empire. He displayed his musical talents at an early age and was taught by his father Johann van Beethoven and composer and conductor Christian Gottlob Neefe. At the age of 21 Beethoven moved to Vienna, where he began studying composition with Joseph Haydn and gained a reputation as a virtuoso pianist. He lived in Vienna until his death. By his late 20s his hearing began to deteriorate and by the last decade of his life he was almost completely deaf. In 1811 he gave up conducting and performing in public but continued to compose; many of his most admired works come from these last 15 years of his life.
Quotes
Jack: Cas. The deal you made why can’t Sam and Dean know?
Castiel: They can. I-I just don’t, I don’t want them to. They don’t need that burden. You don’t need that burden.
Jack: Of course I do. You did that for me.
Castiel: You know, the Empty said that it wouldn’t come for me until I had finally given myself permission to be happy, but with everything we have going on, with — with Michael still out there, I don’t see that happening anytime soon. This life may be a lot of things, but it’s rarely happy.
Jack: My uncle’s in the Cage. And you — you’re not family.
Michael: Well, not literally, no. Our connection, our relation is more a matter of scale of power. Haven’t you learned yet? In this reality, monsters, humans, even angels — they are insects, atoms compared to us. But you — you’re just a child, a mere infant. For you, the past two years — the entirety of your existence — feel like eons. You don’t even know what time is. But you will. Real time, the time that makes mountains, that wipes out species. You’ll see it all with me. Year by year, century by century, and as your power returns and grows, we’ll only become more alike. Oh, I know. Your loyalty to Castiel, the Winchesters, the rest of humanity? It will fade. And so will the minor differences — angel armies versus monster armies, this Kansas City or that Kansas City, one world from another — they’ll fade, too.
Michael: When I gave up Dean, you didn’t think to question it, to ask why? Dean was resisting me. He was too attached to you, to all of you. He wouldn’t stop squirming — to get out, to get back. So I left but not without leaving the door open just a crack.
Castiel: Why wait?
Michael: To break him, to crush and disappoint him so completely that, this time, he’ll be nice and quiet for a change — buried. And he is. He’s gone. And now I have a whole army out there, waiting, ready for my command, ready for this.
Music
Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree by Brenda Lee
Jingle Bells by Elisabeth Oei
Ode to Joy – Symphony No. 9 in D Minor ‘Choral’ (Xmas Mix) by Lorne Balfe, Russell Emanuel & Steve Kofsky (Extreme Music)
Trivia and Minutiae
The central plot of the episode has many elements that parallel the action movie Die Hard. In the movie, the villain and their henchman seize an office tower called the Nakatomi Plaza (named Hitomi Plaza in the episode), with the villain taking up residence in the penthouse, and it is up to the hero to stop their evil plan. “Ode to Joy,” which plays as Cas, Sam, Dean, and Jack do their “heroes’ walk” as they go off to meet Michael, also features prominently on the Die Hard soundtrack. Both the movie and the episode feature popular Christmas songs as well. Like the movie, the episode is set around Christmas and Die Hard is considered a popular Christmas movie. Dean is also a fan of the movie, quoting from or referencing it on a number of occasions including in 2.18 Hollywood Babylon, 6.18 Frontierland, and 13.06 Tombstone.
Werewolf Bro: Buddy of mine, he made the change. Says he’s immune to silver now. Pretty cool, right? The only thing that can take him down now is the Full Ichabod. Khttt! Says he’s never felt so great. Called archangel grace the ultimate power up. A real Chug Jug… Dude, Fortnite.
“Full Ichabod” is a reference to Ichabod Crane from The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, who faced off with the Headless Horseman. Sam previously compared Garth’s physical appearance to Ichabod Crane in 9.12 Sharp Teeth.
In the online video game Fortnite, the Chug Jug is a health item that takes 15 seconds to consume and grants the player full health and full shield.
Sam drives a blue 1969 Mercury Cougar Eliminator which fans dubbed “Blue Baby”” due to its similarity to the Impala, aka Baby.
References
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