There’s some interesting things going on with eyes. Not sure what it means yet, but in an episode where Sam’s soul was going to be traded for the witch guy’s soul, maybe the windows to the soul matter. I dug up these pics because seemed like it might matter. I mean the voodoo doll didn’t have to have a missing eye. Seems like it might be something.
Don’t forget Scooby Doo getting shot in the eye with water – on the TV while Dean is watching – in this ep as well.
Oh, I forgot that. That was the other thing. There was a bunch of dog references. Dean’s told to “stay” multiple times in the ep, Scooby Doo…
(apologies for the utterly disjointed ramblings below. I’m pre-coffee)
In an episode about memory, in a season about thoughts and memory, we have an awful lot of missing eyes. Now i feel like I need to do a rewatch looking for ravens.
I’m going to Odin with this one. I’m not sure how he fits in (particularly since he’s dead-ish since season 5 [my thoughts on whether or not Gods can actually die is besides the point.]), but that’s where my brain is going.
Odin sacrificed one eye to drink from the Well of Poetry/Wisdom/Knowledge. It takes the loss of an eye to gain knowledge/wisdom.
That’s what Charlie and Lily have done. Lily far more literally than Charlie. Charlie too though, ‘loses’ an eye in the episode where we learn she’s started hunting, gaining knowledge.
Scooby Doo episode is Hassle in the Castle. Scooby finds a magic hat while he’s scouting ahead of the gang. First he pulls a rabbit out of the hat, then drum beats while it’s empty, then the flowers which squirt him in the eye. It’s a temporary blindness, that leads to VELMA saying she’s ‘starting to figure things out’
We never actually see Dean use the hex doll. He’s far more interested in the pins. I’m not sure what to make of that, perhaps knowledge un-used?
He does stab the doll though. He only stabs it through the head, the center of knowledge and whatnot. Did anyone notice too how the folks one eye moved about a bit oddly? Also I’m wondering who the figure represents. I’m now on the lookout for a yellow haired, one eyed enemy of Rowena.
Yeah, I saw that he did stab it in this morning’s gif sets (after I’d already responded.) I missed it last night, even while I was paying attention.
the hex doll has a googly eye, which is why it moved funny. I’m just not sure how it ties in.
Possibly Rowena wanted whoever that’s tied to (which yeah, that would be useful information! i was thinking lucifer, but all his recent vessels have been dark haired) to know what’s happening to them?
I read this a while ago (thank you to @elizabethrobertajones for helping me find it again!) and it lodged firmly into the back of my mind as “Thing to keep an eye on” (pun intended ;P) and it’s striking how often we get this visual, in particular in relation to Dean. In addition to the above examples, we have Lady Toni threaten Dean with the Sharp Pointy Stick of Ouch:
In the Foundry, the doll you’d give only to children you hate (found by Mary, so a minor exception to the rule?) is missing its left eye:
And then, most recently I believe (I’ll need to rewatch 12.15 to see if I’ve missed something there) you have this graffiti behind Ketch and Dean that may just be coincidence but the line through the eye is quite striking to me nonetheless.
Also, this might be part of the thing too?
I still can’t quite put a finger on what this symbolism is referring to, but given that I’m of the opinion that Bad Thing lies on Dean’s horizon this season, I don’t get feel good vibes from it.
Hearseeno 