Wayward Son

I totally disagree with this. It’s been made clear that Dean was John’s good little soldier growing up. IMO Dean wouldn’t have interferred if John were to throw a punch at Sam for too much sass growing up, or as punishment for running away. Now if John had ever totally lost it and it looked like John would have beaten Sam to death Dean would have interferred, but throwing a punch or two during an argument wouldn’t have been protested IMO. It would have been seen as an acceptable form of corporal punishment within the context of their twisted upbringings. Plus just look at how often adult Sam and Dean resort to using their fists when arguing with one another. They’re not the type of family to be afraid to turn physical during an argument.

We thankfully managed to keep the 0.5 :)

Reader Discussion @takalotti @trxr4kids (lurking) How (thanks to Gabriel) Dean and Castiel (accidentally) raised each other (and Sam) Chapter 15 I like that the author acknowledges Dean's tendency to try and make decisions for others along with his dismissive nature towards human Cas and has Cas instantly reject such notions! Go fanfic Cas! The Supernatural version of Joss Whedon's Once More With Feeling. I suppose fandom had to do it at some point. I couldn't get into it most likely because I kept comparing it (unfavourably) to the Buffy episode. I think my main problem is that it was just used as a convenient tool to push the Destiel relationship forward. I would have liked to have seen the singing reveal further deeper nuances to the characters psyche rather than simply a ship propelling tool. The best part of the chapter for me was Cas' sheer disgust at the inaction of the town people. I could imagine canon Cas having a similar initial reaction when confronted with such a scenario, at least in his earlier seasons. I also thought the debate with regard to whether Gabriel's punishment of the town folk equated to hunting was interesting. Although I'm firmly of the opinion that the two things are not the same. Inaction is not the same as murder and the human world has human rules for dealing with human murderers. Chapter 16 I loved the talk between Gabriel and Castiel about Cas making the most of Dean's 'final days'. I thought the author did a good job of remaining true to the spirit of their canon counterparts :). Gabriel was the right mix of snarky and caring. Although it would have been intriguing to see Cas treated to a Mystery Spot trial of his own or with Sam haha. The Ice cream promise :'( As is the norm for both canon and fanon I really don't get Sabriel. I don't think I've managed to read a fic yet, which succeeded in convincing me how these two would fall for one another... Hahahaha at Ruby's death scene. Sorry Ruby, but you missed with the wrong hunter and angel gang LOL That's all I had time to read, but I'm looking forward to reading about Cas and Sam marching into hell to get Dean back!

Unrounded Rating Supernatural ................... 0.460 ... (0.460 ... 0.460) Arrow .............................. 0.383 ... (0.378 ... 0.389) We could be in for another 0.4 :s

So, so true!

Up from last weeks series low of 0.4 to a 0.5 this week! Viewers still on the low side though :(

Eh, it’s not just Dean working hard to save Mary everyone is working hard to save someone who doesn’t want to be saved.

It mightn’t change anything, but I’ll take the personal satisfaction of the others acknowledging Dean was wrong. If only someone would point out it should have been Sam who went seeing as he never gave up on Mary or Jack while Dean started the season all “eh, she’s dead so just leave it “

I hadn’t thought of that as a possible outcome, but now I hope it happens like that.

Of course! I should have plenty of fic reading time this weekend! I might even try and read a few of the remaining chapters tonight :D Since the Down to Agincourt series is quite long, I believe the first part is 150k words long and the entire saga is 1 million, we could also read some shorter fics alongside it? Especially since @catrox14 suggested a pace of only one chapter a day.

I’m delighted that the episode will feature a Cas/Sam pairing! I always enjoy seeing them work together. While I’m not quite as excited by the Ketch / Dean pairing I am looking forward to it also. Ackles and DHJ work well together :)

((Sorry meant to post this in the regular spoilers thread))

Never mind.

Reading Discussion (planning) @takalotti Sorry I must have missed it, or saw it and forgot to respond. I’m going to try and read it on Saturday! The fic description sounds interesting :D

I’d be interested in reading it with you :)