No Sympathy For A Devil Part II: A Further Look at Ruby Revisited

Editor’s Note: To celebrate Genevieve Padalecki’s birthday, I went looking through our archives for articles about her portrayal of Ruby. This 2-part analysis was first published in December of 2011. It traces Ruby’s motivations and impact on Sam and Dean from her introduction in season 3 through her death in season 4. It goes deeper…

No Sympathy For A Devil Part I: A Closer Look at Ruby Revisited

Editor’s Note: To celebrate Genevieve Padalecki’s birthday, I went looking through our archives for articles about her Supernatural character, Ruby. This 2-part analysis of Ruby was first published in December of 2011. It traces Ruby’s motivations and impact on Sam and Dean from her introduction in season 3 through her death in season 4. It…

Grieving For Bobby

Fighting That Step into Chaos     No, I’m not going to be ok without Bobby. Yes, he has done enough but I don’t care, I need Bobby. This came as a rather surprising revelation. I hadn’t known how much he meant, how much he means. I have been away from fandom for a while….

John Winchester: Heroic Man of Secrets or What The Hell Did You Know???

John Winchester Part II Heroic Man of Secrets Or Dammit John! What the hell did you know?!   (For Part 1, Check out John Winchester: The Mechanic From A Family of Mechanics) What did you know John? How much? When did you begin to suspect? At what point did the first dribbles of suspicion and information…

John Winchester: The Mechanic From the Family of Mechanics

John Winchester Part I   The Mechanic From the Family of Mechanics Or Not So Simple Beginnings   John, that flawed wreck. That absent father. That stubborn fool. That bastard who put so much on his sons. That obsessive, single minded, revenge driven man who alienated his friends, and formed his children into warriors.  I…