further supernatural thoughts

[schmerica]

You know, setting aside for the moment the whole question of Dean Winchester's insane woobiehood -- which I realize is next to impossible, but go with me for a minute here, okay? -- one of my other favorite parts of Something Wicked definitely has to be when the boys are sneaking into the hospital to confront the crazy old lady, and omigosh! The nurse and the doctor are still there in the connecting hall! What are the boys going to do? And there's the slow pan over to the nurse and doctor talking and then we go back to where the boys were -- and okay, seriously, in ANY OTHER SHOW? That would have been the shot where the camera returned to find the space where they were mysteriously empty, and we would have to wait and see how they had cunningly hidden themselves.

But in Supernatural? Dean and Sam's cunning plan in this situation is to turn around and pretend to be VERY VERY INTERESTED NO REALLY in the ceiling and walls.

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It's the same part of me that loves everytime, say, they break into an antique store and are shocked when, hey, the cops show up! Or when they get a ride with a local cop and she actually notices that they are 6 foot tall heavyset black men. Or when they fall straight into the most obvious trap ever and are clomping around trying to be smooth in their big boots while Meg already knows they're there.

It's just -- they're really good at what they do, you know? But at the same time, they do really stupid shit. And they're not good at everything -- their skills are pretty damn specific (not to mention, as Zee was pointing out, self-taught) and outside of that skill set, well. They are NOT ALWAYS SMOOTh, and it is ADORABLE.

Comments

[miriam-heddy.livejournal.com]

I do think it's funny that their sense of how to do investigative work is dependent on people not noticing what they look like. Frankly, I was almost surprised they owned such presentable suits, except that they probably need them for all the funerals they attend on an almost daily basis.

[pearl-o.livejournal.com]

Wasn't there an episode early on where they had to go out and buy their fancy suits? I seem to remember that.

[burntcopper.livejournal.com]

One of the eps - the one about the demonic possession that involved airplanes - Sam made Dean go out and buy those suits so they could pass as agents of some sort. Dean bitched allll the way. Then when they had to go over a fence with barbed wire, Dean found that they had a use - you could toss the jacket over the spiky bits to make sure you could get over okay.

[pocketmouse]

I was watching it and had this passing thought that they really needed makeup kits or something, because really? Even being able to pass as a little older would help them out. Because they continually look about 24, and they always feel so traceable. From the neck down they looked like doctors, but from the neck up, they looked like college students.

[pearl-o.livejournal.com]

Hee. Yeah, but they's so cute!

[nightlarke.livejournal.com]

Or when they get a ride with a local cop and she actually notices that they are 6 foot tall heavyset black men.

Say wha...? I've never seen the show. Do the skinny white boys have some sort of illusion superpowers?

[pearl-o.livejournal.com]

Um, no -- they go around pretending to be other people, with fake ids and things, and once Dean was with the local cop and she actually checked his credentials on her computer, and discovered that it was a stolen identity from a middle aged black cop. And thus knew Dean was a big faker.

[untappedbeauty.livejournal.com]

in ANY OTHER SHOW? That would have been the shot where the camera returned to find the space where they were mysteriously empty, and we would have to wait and see how they had cunningly hidden themselves.

Either that, or if the show were about a chick and a guy, they'd be making out there because OBVIOUSLY people don't bother you when you're making out with someone. Which they couldn't exactly do with Sam and Dean, for obvious reasons. :)