Supernatural University: “I Did What I Had To” – The Pernicious Defense In Holy Terror, character after character – from Theo, to Castiel, to Dean, to Gadreel – repeated the same mantra to justify their actions to themselves and to others: “I did what I had to.” We’ve heard it before from many characters in…
(From Alice – I received this meta analysis form sabath68, which are her thoughts about Sam and Dean in season eight that vastly expanded from a comment reply. I just had to share this. The perspectives given in this analysis are so fascinating and offer so much to ponder about what transpired in the brotherly…
“Saving people, hunting things: the family business.” That’s been the tagline of Supernatural from the very beginning, memorably given voice by Dean way back in the second episode, Wendigo, and repeated multiple times every season since. But it’s never been a static concept; every part of that phrase has undergone evolution as the seasons progressed….
This is part two of guest writer Ellaine’s thesis from seasons one through five. Part one can be found here.
Supernatural University: Demonstration Angel Even in the Supernatural universe, Castiel is absolutely unique. Oh, every angel is unique, like every person – each one is an individual with its own identity and personality – but from everything we’ve seen, Castiel stands alone as the only angel ever to die and be restored “¦ not to…
Grotesque Rules of Engagement: The Ethics of the Hunt on Supernatural “The growing doubt of human autonomy and reason has created a state of moral confusion where man is left without guidance of either revelation or reason.” – Erich Fromm, Man for Himself To say Supernatural is morally confused might be an understatement….
Survival of the Kindest The healing power of kindness in Supernatural We love our show, don’t we? ‘Thank you, Captain Obvious!’ Yes, it is obvious, but why? We have spoken about our reasons on this site frequently. I have done so, too, in various articles and comments. But because the show is so multi-faceted,…
“The Real Ghostbusters,” mirrors the first ever direct meta episode, “Hell House,” in almost every way. It starts off with a massive prank—on Sam and Dean. They rush to a hotel because Chuck has sent out an SOS message. Upon their arrival, Chuck is surprised. The culprit behind this prank is their super fan, Becky,…
As a television program, “Supernatural” has never been afraid to take dares. It’s tackled the Apocalypse. It has sent both of its main leads to Hell—and brought them back. It has had a main lead without a soul for half a season. It’s looked at all those things that go bump in the night and…
Supernatural University: The Pitfalls of Confirmatory Bias I spent several hours Saturday at the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Training Center listening to a presentation on and reviewing the evidence from the NTSB investigation of the explosion of TWA flight 800 off the coast of New York, which happened 15 years ago. I can…
Sexual Issue #3: Bad Touching, or Why You Shouldn’t Let Girls Get Full Up in You. First off, I have a girl crush. I’ll just admit it right now. Ellen Harvelle, if I swung that way, yeah baby, that’s a woman I’d be all up on. Just sayin’. And you know, considering that she’s…
The Truth, the Whole Truth and Nothing but the Truth, by Elle2 For me the lure of “Supernatural” is the relationship between the brothers. I love their bickering, their teasing, their teamwork and yes, even their occasional arguments. While I”m not a fan of lies in life part of the joy of this show…
