tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5468827929342532499.post9098857106449261847..comments2024-01-14T20:10:35.255+11:00Comments on sweetondean: Review - Supernatural 12x03 The Foundrysweetondeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01521111526235603389noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5468827929342532499.post-85470993138181679592016-11-01T00:18:37.657+11:002016-11-01T00:18:37.657+11:00Amy, I always love reading your reviews. I'm a...Amy, I always love reading your reviews. I'm a newer SPN fan (March 2016) but since I found it I've read your reviews and this one--made me relive the ripping out of my heart all over again. I have never, ever watched a show that I love it when they rip my heart out and my lungs and my spleen--they can have it all I swear if they let Dean smile again! I will be honest-I didn't even notice the journal leaving as I was in shock over Dean's hurt and Sam's little boy-ish look, but dammit!! Bring it back! Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01732285006431831874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5468827929342532499.post-81771259522431964072016-10-31T10:03:07.407+11:002016-10-31T10:03:07.407+11:00I was as devastated as Dean when Mary left. But, I...I was as devastated as Dean when Mary left. But, I began to look at it from her side. She was happy in Heaven (as Buffy was). She's a person not a thing on a shelf to be loved. But the look that Jensen gave Dean was so sad and a d forlorn.sunnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12093863102126430434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5468827929342532499.post-31652447729474540202016-10-31T04:30:24.389+11:002016-10-31T04:30:24.389+11:00I had planned on writing a very personal response ...I had planned on writing a very personal response to your review, and how excruciatingly painful this epsidoe was for me on a personal level. I even created a document to copy and paste. But alas, because I'm in fear a significant person in my life my stalk and read it, thus recognizing my personal story, I can not. Your review hit all the moments I would address perfectly. This episode was incredible. Oh Bob B you are a cruel, cruel man.(jk)<br /><br />As a long time Dean girl, identifying as oldest sib who helped raise my sibs. I've always felt his pain deeply. He was crushed and I was crushed with what he interpreted as rejection from a longed for absent parent.<br /><br />As a mom of grown sons I ached for Mary's LOSS of her boys, the memories and 'firsts'. If I lost those it would crush me. (Good thing I have lots of vids and pics to cry over. :/) So it was doubly painful at the end. But when Dean shut down and wouldn't even look at Mary the waterworks came out like I haven't done since Swan Song. I was simultaneously in agony for Dean, while having heartache for Mary. Since the pilot, Mary has been a special silent character for me for many reasons.<br /><br />I have a difficult decision to make in my life that could affect the relationship with my sons. So when I saw Dean's reaction, all I could do was think how it will kill me if one of my sons react as Dean did after I share my decision. It's life changing for me, and although my sons live their own lives, it will have an effect on them. Mary's pain when Dean turned away was as real as Dean's. And Sam's flinch just WAHHHHHH. (I have a son Sam)<br /><br />So I understand why many are angry with Mary. However, sometimes adult children, or all children probably, don't or can't understand all of the twists and turns of a parent's decision and emotions. So will be extremely hurt when it is made. One can only hope that time will heal the hurt and understanding will come.<br /><br />Thanks Amy for a great review and having this venue for me to express some things. I just with I'd had the courage to explain more because it probably would've been very cathartic for me. I still get very worked up thinking about that end scene and have re-watched twice. I know she'll be back, but it doesn't erase the pain.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18391274483069566302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5468827929342532499.post-77650151523383913152016-10-30T18:11:48.178+11:002016-10-30T18:11:48.178+11:00Amy, I totally loved this episode but knew somethi...Amy, I totally loved this episode but knew something was going to give sooner than later! Can I just say I love Bobo Berens writing so much. He just get's Dean and Sam so well and it's a joy to watch his episode's. Loved the feel of the episode, dark and scary. As to Dean being like Mary and Sam more like John, I have always thought it was that way. Dean has always put up the bad boy exterior, tough guy attitude. It's his way of shielding himself from hurt and disappointment and once again, as soon as he lower's his guard, his heart is ripped out and stomped on! I too remember what Grandpa Campbell said about Sam being like John. Jensen and Jared were amazing in that scene at the end, as was Sam. Sam's flinch at the door, wow, but Dean's step back, the look on his face, omg he was shattered, broken! My poor Dean, I had tear's streaming down my face, wishing I could comfort him! Damn you Jensen Ackles, why do you do this to me, lol! I too was mad about the journal, I sat there like, why are you taking it, give it back!! Love the Cas/Crowley team up, Misha and Mark bounce of each other so well. This episode made me jump, love, laugh, and bawl my eye's out so I consider that as the Supernatural I love! Loved your review until next episode, ciao!! :)Anita Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00086230330911381422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5468827929342532499.post-78026174372026624822016-10-30T15:16:40.247+11:002016-10-30T15:16:40.247+11:00totally devastating about sums it up. you are spot...totally devastating about sums it up. you are spot on, and thank you for articulating my broken heartedness. <\3esteefeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03255503887498018286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5468827929342532499.post-25531490021495100522016-10-30T13:36:59.120+11:002016-10-30T13:36:59.120+11:00Like you, I can see the why in what Mary did but t...Like you, I can see the why in what Mary did but the how really broke my heart. I totally agree with all your comments on how this has affected Sam and Dean, and I can also see the bit of Mary that is in Sam - the need to run away when he can't cope. I'm not really sure that Sam or Dean were coping with having her back either. Dean felt he needed to protect her, Sam was reacting like just teaching her how things worked in their time might breach the gap. Neither of them really knew how to reach out to her on a level that she would be able to connect with them. How can anyone know how to do that? There's no blame to be had on any of their parts.<br /><br />Mary has SO much to deal with, that she simply can't cope with it and being there with Sam and Dean is not helping, it's making it worse for her. I hope that she won't totally cut herself off from them and I'm sure that we will see her again. I just hope that they do get a little of the happy families that they deserve.<br /><br />I can completely understand why she took John's journal. It's all she has of him and the only thing that will help her understand why he became the man he was after she died. It might also help her to understand who her sons have become. She should probably read the Winchester Chronicles, too, though those books will break her heart.Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02006846029581532229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5468827929342532499.post-55170175292613696242016-10-30T11:36:32.984+11:002016-10-30T11:36:32.984+11:00Yeah yeah! Like the boys, we have the same idealis...Yeah yeah! Like the boys, we have the same idealised, mythologised view of Mary, because we've seen her loss through their eyes. That just added to the pain.sweetondeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01521111526235603389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5468827929342532499.post-47614325391800193362016-10-30T11:35:08.667+11:002016-10-30T11:35:08.667+11:009.23 sent me into months of mourning! I kid you no...9.23 sent me into months of mourning! I kid you not. I even told Jensen. He laughed.... Sure, Ackles laugh at my pain! But this was different, because this is a pain THEY have to live with not me. So my agony, instead of being for my loss (I mean I was also devastated for Sam in 9.23, but I felt like I died in side), my grief is solely for them and what they have lost. Man. It's just so damn sad!sweetondeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01521111526235603389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5468827929342532499.post-33995368752753657922016-10-30T11:26:54.356+11:002016-10-30T11:26:54.356+11:00I felt like this once before - 9.23 - but I think ...I felt like this once before - 9.23 - but I think this is worse. When one is hurt it's bad enough, but when it's both of them? It just destroyed me. I haven't even been able to watch it again! I hear the second time through is worse! Gah! This Show. Jolea M. Harrisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15439422510986488042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5468827929342532499.post-82989334216866050072016-10-30T11:13:27.675+11:002016-10-30T11:13:27.675+11:00Such a painful 3 minutes. 😢 I really want to know...Such a painful 3 minutes. 😢 I really want to know why she took the joirnal, too -- BITCH THAT IS NOT YOURS.<br /><br />(I kid. I'm torn, though -- I understand where she's coming from, and as a mother of young men, I *really* get that the little boys we know are not the same as the young men we come to know. But we were already deeply connected to Sam and Dean. The romanticized idea of Mary has been another character all this time, but an IRL, flesh-and-blood Mom? She's a newb.)Adesahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05343010805090074771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5468827929342532499.post-71049922651830228172016-10-30T10:49:33.124+11:002016-10-30T10:49:33.124+11:00oh well, never mind. I wasn't using my heart ...oh well, never mind. I wasn't using my heart anyway. *broken sobbing ensues*AntipodesAnniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00861883498416708618noreply@blogger.com