Alright. Okay. HELLO! GOOD EVENING!
#TheWinchesters ep 2 has compelled me to repeat myself for the MILLIONTH time regarding how Supernatural is a franchise about parents & children + cycles of trauma/violence, both in the small scale & the large scale.
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#TheWinchesters ep 2 has compelled me to repeat myself for the MILLIONTH time regarding how Supernatural is a franchise about parents & children + cycles of trauma/violence, both in the small scale & the large scale.
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#TheWinchesters
I don't know why I'm writing this! I am saying the same shit I have been saying on here for at least the past year & put in my meta! But I just heard Dean Winchester say to us that you have to break free & be WHO YOU ARE (12x22, anybody?) & I'm gonna eat my foot
I don't know why I'm writing this! I am saying the same shit I have been saying on here for at least the past year & put in my meta! But I just heard Dean Winchester say to us that you have to break free & be WHO YOU ARE (12x22, anybody?) & I'm gonna eat my foot
#TheWinchesters
Okay. Let me roll it back.
Hi :) I'm normal
[takes a deep breath]
I write this for myself more than for all of you, who know it already.
The trap of following in your parent's footsteps–& following in the Father's footsteps–is the backbone of this franchise.
Okay. Let me roll it back.
Hi :) I'm normal
[takes a deep breath]
I write this for myself more than for all of you, who know it already.
The trap of following in your parent's footsteps–& following in the Father's footsteps–is the backbone of this franchise.
#TheWinchesters
That is what it means to be trapped in a cycle of violence in Supernatural–a vicious circle, if you will. If you don't escape, you die. If you try to escape & get caught, you die anyway.
We see it play out on the micro & the macro levels respectively:
That is what it means to be trapped in a cycle of violence in Supernatural–a vicious circle, if you will. If you don't escape, you die. If you try to escape & get caught, you die anyway.
We see it play out on the micro & the macro levels respectively:
#TheWinchesters
We're witnessing the tragedy of what following in your father's footsteps & putting your father on a pedestal will do. We know where this leads, especially for Mary. Simultaneously, we know Mary doesn't really WANT that path–& yet the choice WILL be made for her.
We're witnessing the tragedy of what following in your father's footsteps & putting your father on a pedestal will do. We know where this leads, especially for Mary. Simultaneously, we know Mary doesn't really WANT that path–& yet the choice WILL be made for her.
#TheWinchesters
The "micro" level is the avenue of choice the characters have. Mary, who wants to find & follow her father... but also wants out of this life or to perhaps redefine it her way with her friends' help. John, who wants to find & follow his father... but on his terms.
The "micro" level is the avenue of choice the characters have. Mary, who wants to find & follow her father... but also wants out of this life or to perhaps redefine it her way with her friends' help. John, who wants to find & follow his father... but on his terms.
#TheWinchesters
If they don't get to make those choices, they die. If they DO make those choices & get caught, they die anyway.
The "macro" is that the cycle is enforced through manipulations. We already know part of what happens to them: they'll be pawns in Chuck's game.
If they don't get to make those choices, they die. If they DO make those choices & get caught, they die anyway.
The "macro" is that the cycle is enforced through manipulations. We already know part of what happens to them: they'll be pawns in Chuck's game.
#TheWinchesters
Chuck is the abusive Father who punishes disobedient children. He'll kill you if you try to escape. His universe is built on this.
We're all parents & children, nesting together like Russian dolls.
You have to break free & be who you are, as DEAN SAYS.
Chuck is the abusive Father who punishes disobedient children. He'll kill you if you try to escape. His universe is built on this.
We're all parents & children, nesting together like Russian dolls.
You have to break free & be who you are, as DEAN SAYS.
This is the story of how they became #TheWinchesters.
It's about the criss-cross of needing to defy or redefine the path laid before you by your parents... & of needing to defy or redefine the path laid before you by God the Father through so-called destiny.
It's about the criss-cross of needing to defy or redefine the path laid before you by your parents... & of needing to defy or redefine the path laid before you by God the Father through so-called destiny.
#TheWinchesters
They are explicitly intertwined. We knew this already from the main show... but now this show is HAMMERING THAT HOME over & over again. True freedom–or free will–is about not being forced to be who your parents or who God/Chuck wants you to be.
They are explicitly intertwined. We knew this already from the main show... but now this show is HAMMERING THAT HOME over & over again. True freedom–or free will–is about not being forced to be who your parents or who God/Chuck wants you to be.
#TheWinchesters
& we are being reminded of these truths through a story that's being told by Dean Winchester... who is a son & a parent & a primary focus of the God who enforces the toxic intergenerational cycle that formed both his family & the structure of the SPN universe.
& we are being reminded of these truths through a story that's being told by Dean Winchester... who is a son & a parent & a primary focus of the God who enforces the toxic intergenerational cycle that formed both his family & the structure of the SPN universe.
#TheWinchesters
While highlighting the tragedy of his parents' history in ways that mirror HIS history, Dean is saying he knows about no longer following in a father's footsteps. About believing in yourself & being who you are.
& by virtue of saying this, it's what he's doing.
While highlighting the tragedy of his parents' history in ways that mirror HIS history, Dean is saying he knows about no longer following in a father's footsteps. About believing in yourself & being who you are.
& by virtue of saying this, it's what he's doing.
#TheWinchesters
(Noticeably, it is also the opposite of what he did in the SPN finale.)
But here's the kicker that will always make me go feral:
That's the very loud "micro" level. How many more hints to the "macro" level may we see as this tragedy marches forward, I wonder?
(Noticeably, it is also the opposite of what he did in the SPN finale.)
But here's the kicker that will always make me go feral:
That's the very loud "micro" level. How many more hints to the "macro" level may we see as this tragedy marches forward, I wonder?
#TheWinchesters
Is this thread coherent? UNSURE. Is it repetitive of what I talk about all the time & possibly within the thread itself? PROBABLY. Am I saying this show is "chuck won" propaganda? I AM GENUINELY NOT.
I am just having a nice time :)
Is this thread coherent? UNSURE. Is it repetitive of what I talk about all the time & possibly within the thread itself? PROBABLY. Am I saying this show is "chuck won" propaganda? I AM GENUINELY NOT.
I am just having a nice time :)
#TheWinchesters
Also! Lest we forget:
Oh my GOD I love Carlos & Lata so much!!!!!!! & they are actively demonstrating how the avenue to breaking out of the toxic intergenerational cycle is in large part through friends & found family! 😭
Take that away & you stay trapped.
Also! Lest we forget:
Oh my GOD I love Carlos & Lata so much!!!!!!! & they are actively demonstrating how the avenue to breaking out of the toxic intergenerational cycle is in large part through friends & found family! 😭
Take that away & you stay trapped.
#TheWinchesters
TRULY 40 INCREDIBLE MINUTES OF A VERY THEMATICALLY LOUD TELEVISION PROGRAM I HAVE WITNESSED ON THIS HERE EVENING. BOY OH BOY.
TRULY 40 INCREDIBLE MINUTES OF A VERY THEMATICALLY LOUD TELEVISION PROGRAM I HAVE WITNESSED ON THIS HERE EVENING. BOY OH BOY.
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