Tag: other people’s meta

larinah:

Ravens and Cain and Abel

Adam and Eve were standing on the bank of a brook, and before them lay the corpse of Abel, who had been killed by Cain. As they sat there, not knowing what they should do with the corpse, suddenly a little bird fell from a nearby tree. The little bird was still very young and could not fly. The fall killed it. Adam and Eve looked at the dead bird and saw that it was a raven. Soon the old raven flew by, and when he saw that his young one was dead, he scratched a hole in the ground with his feet, and laid it inside. Then he scratched the hole full and flew away. Adam and Eve observed all this and followed the raven’s example. They made a hole in the earth, laid Abel’s corpse in it, and covered it with earth. This was the first human grave. (source)

In the Qur’an, it was Cain who buried Abel, and he was prompted to do so by a single raven scratching the ground, on God’s command. The Qur’an states that upon seeing the raven, Cain regretted his action. Instead of cursing Cain, God chose to create a law against murder since he had not done so before (source)

awesome!

flyingfish1:

They’re taking a new approach to hunting this season, I think.

Claire’s arc in her two episodes subverts the typical hunter origin story. It starts out in the usual way, with a terrible monster slaughtering Claire’s family and Claire, filled with rage and heartbreak, setting out to exact revenge. It’s the same story we’ve been seeing since the show began. But then, something different happens: Claire realizes that she doesn’t want to become a monster herself. She tamps down her own monstrous, violent instincts and she calls everything off.  And instead of killing the monster, she has a tiny moment of connection with him. Shortly afterwards, she goes on to reconnect with the other monster currently in her life—the creature who destroyed her first family—and against all odds they part on good terms. Instead of hunting her monsters, Claire makes peace with them.

Cole does much the same thing, though it takes him longer to get there. After spending half his life consumed with his desire for revenge, Cole also meets his monster, takes some time to understand him and himself, and chooses to let the monster go free.

Twice now, we’ve seen people who seem destined to become hunters (how many people said, “It’s a hunter origin story!” when Cole first showed up? How many people hoped for Claire to reappear in 10×09 as an angel hunter, or still want her to become a hunter even now? That’s how ingrained these patterns are) and twice we’ve seen them break the pattern, decide not to become killers, and turn away from that life.

On the other side of the coin is Donna, the season ten character who gets introduced to the supernatural world and does get into hunting. She does it for a very different reason than the usual one, though. She’s one of the only hunters we’ve met who enter the hunting life due to something other than a revenge quest or trauma from monsters killing the people she loves. Donna goes on her first hunt simply because she wants to help protect people from the dark things in the world, and most likely because, as a cop, she feels that it’s her duty to do so. She doesn’t let it bring out her dark side—nor is the idea that it could bring out her dark side even brought up as a possibility. She’s still the same sunny Donna after she’s chopped off a vampire’s head. A little more knowledgeable, a little more confident, but no less human and good.

Maybe it’s not just the individual characters who need to “let go of the story”; maybe the show as a whole is doing the same thing.

The Winchesters and the good life in 6×17, “My Heart Will Go On”

hekate1308:

“My Heart Will Go On” is an episode that works on many levels – as a good, classical find-the-monster story, an interesting glimpse in an alternate universe and as a way to move the storyarch subtly along.

But for me, most important about this episode are the hints at just how different the life of Sam and Dean Winchester is.

Balthazar tells them that only the “small details” have changed, but looking at them, one gets the feelings that these “small” matters are bigger than meets the eye.

First of all, there is this scene.

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mahbbys:

Why is no one talking about this?

In Episode 2, a hammer is featured very prominently and is intended to be used on Sam.

In Episode 3…a hammer is featured very prominently and is intended to be used on Sam.

Now, I couldn’t find anything on hammer symbolism. And I figured, well, I’m just reading too much into it.

And then, I realized, in Episode 3…

There’s a fucking hammer on the ledge behind Dean’s bed, hidden at first and then revealed.

Why is no one talking about this and WTF does it MEEEEAAN?