Neglect & "Born Under A Bad Sign"

This was written on Feb. 5, 2007 for the 15minuteficlets word #3: Apology. This was written at 11:30 pm.

Title: Neglect
Author: Me
Fandom: Supernatural
Spoilers: none.
Author's Notes: I have very little, to no, car knowledge. I faked it.

"I'm sorry, baby." Dean whispered as he propped the hood of his Impala open and looked inside. He searched over each of her parts and pieces carefully, glancing away only to check that Sam was still asleep in the passenger seat.

This had never happened while Sam was in college. Dean had spent all of his free time making minor adjustments to his black Impala. No one would ever be able to find a '67 like her. He stroked her side as his eyes flicked across the familiar machinery.

His search ended with a relieved sigh as his gaze locked onto a cable that had become loose in their long travels, and disconnected entirel from where it belonged. He carefully took the cable in his hand and reconnected it. Making sure it was secure in its place.

He quickly swept his gaze over the vast array of cables and mechanical parts before gently closing the hood, listening for the click it made as it latched.

"I'll make it up to you." Dean patted the driver's side door affectionately, before opening it and taking his place in the driver's seat. The door squeaked loudly and then slammed as it shut.

Dean turned the keys with anticipation and was elated when the Impala roared to life. Looking to the passenger seat he saw Sam sleeping soundly. He pulled back onto the road with a sigh, this was the dude that had his back while he slept.

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Sam woke up to his brother shaking him.

"We're at a motel. Grab your stuff and go sleep in a bed." Dean passed him the room key and Sam did as told. He pulled his bag out of the door to their room, setting the the key down on a small wooden table by the door.

Dean walked busily around their room, gathering odds and ends and stacking them by the door. A bucket, some cloths.

"Dean. What are you doing?" Dean filled the bucket half way with water the motel's bathroom. Sam laid himself down on his bed, pulling off his shoes and top layers af shirts.

"Washing the car, man." Dean put the room key in his back pocket and looked over at Sam. "You look like crap, dude. Go back to bed."

"Thanks." Sam mumbled, but Dean had already taken the bucket and cloths outside and shut the door.

"No problem." Sam heard from outside before making himself comfortable in the bed and once more succumbed to sleep.

THE END

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My review of Supernatural's "Born Under a Bad Sign".

Over all I think this was one of the best episodes ever. The plotline was great and the acting was amazing. Jared Padalecki really stepped it up to play evil!Sam. Most of the people who watched this were amazed by Jared's performance, so I feel I must note that Jensen Ackles was exceptional as usual. He never ceases to amaze me with his facial expressions and I find it easy to connect with and feel for Dean because of Jensen's acting abilities.

I liked Jo more in this episode than I did in "No Exit". I know she didn't change, but she didn't throw herself at Dean either, and who can blame her for carrying a torch for Dean *holds up own torch*. She's not alone. I think if Jo is serious about being a hunter she should get some hand-to-hand combat training. Granted Sam is way taller than her, but still she acted more like a scared little girl than a hunter.

I enjoyed very much how this episode resembled fanfics I tend to read. Shooting Dean, and then punching him. Physically and mentally abusing Dean is definitely something I would read. I thought they did it really well and I can't wait to see what happens with all the people chasing our Winchester Boys and Dean's mental state. It seems like every episode Sam says something to worsen Dean's mental state, but he never realizes what he's doing.

That's it.

Playing Catch Up With The Supernatural Friday Five

I'm not doing the Friday Fives for last week or this week, but I do want to catch up the Supernatural Friday Fives.

So, the questions from Friday Jan. 26, 2006.

1. If you could ask Kripke one question about the show and have it answered, what would it be?
Could you just..um, keep doing what you're doing? Please, thanks.

2. How do you think Sam and Dean's morals are defined? And what are they?
The like the Ying and Yang Meta thing. I think Dean's morals are based on the big picture. It doesn't matter what he does along the way (one-night stands, credit card fraud, breaking and entering, inpersonating government officials, etc) as long as he's saving people. And he is. Sam's morals are a little more ambitious. It seems like he wants to do the 'right' thing all the time. He sacrifices his happiness to obey laws and such.

3. During Provenance, we see that Sam is very reluctant to start any relationships, because he's afraid that the people around him will get hurt. Do you think his thoughts on this topic has changed since then? If they have, do you think they've made him even more cautious, or more relaxed?
I would think more cautious since he learned the secret. He doesn't want to let any in for fear that he's going to turn evil and kill them.

4. We see in second season that while the mothers of some "chosen" kids died in a fire, others remain alive and healthy. Why do you think this is so? And how do you think the demon chooses who stays alive and who dies?
I don't really know, but I think the demon chose wrong with Sam. If Mary had lived Dean and Sam would have grown up in Lawrence, Kansas. They never would have known about the supernatural that's out there because John never would have gone on his revenge thing. If Mary had lived then when Big Bad wanted Sam, Dean, John and Mary wouldn't have known what to do to fight back. He could've saved alot of trouble for himself by leaving Mary to live.

5. If it came down to it, do you think Dean will be able to keep the promise he made to Sam and kill his brother?
I think promises are one thing that Dean stays honest with, but I don't think he'll be able to kill Sam if the time comes. And if he does kill Sam it'll kill him as well.

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And the questions from Friday Feb. 2, 2007.

1. If you could have lunch with Sam and Dean and ask them one question each, what would they be?
I think if I had lunch Dean and Sam at the same time I would pass out from the sheer hotness. I would ask Sam to think about Dean's mental health before burdening him with things like killing his younger brother. I would ask Dean to take his shirt off, just kidding. To come home with me, again just kidding. I would give Dean a hug because life's been hard on him and there have been many episodes where I've wanted to give him a hug. I would ask to hang out with them in the Impala.

2. If the boys weren't limited to US locations, what other town would you like to see them investigate, and why?
I've never really been out of the U.S., but maybe Loch Ness or Stongehenge. Both would require flying to get them there though.

3. Do you believe that Mary's death at the beginning of this series was "fated", or could she possibly have stayed alive if only she'd remained in bed?
I think her death was "fated". If she had stayed in bed and lived John would not have gone to Missouri and learned about supernatural creatures. Dean and Sam wouldn't have grown up the way they did. Mary had to die for the plot to work.

4. What do you think is the contrast between Andy Gallagher and Max Miller?
Because of Max's childhood he had a lot of pent up anger and rage. He used his powers to not only defend himself, but fight back and kill people. Andy used his powers for only small things and he'd never used them on the girl that he liked. He controlled his abilities and used them for fun. He didn't really take them seriously.

5. What do you think of Season Two so far?
I love season two so far. Except for Jo. She's not my favorite person in the world and I'm glad that she didn't become a regular cast member or even a frequently recurring guest star. I love the one-liners and story lines of episodes. And I love the sibling aspect. It's what makes Supernatural so easy to relate to for me.

"Night Shifter" & "Houses of the Holy"

I skipped my review last week and the Friday Fives. I'm going to start with a sorry excuse for a review of "Night Shifter".

I think Dean summarized the episode very well with "We are so screwed". I love the introduction of Agent Henriksen (Hendrickson?). I like he's going to be a pwerful human enemy. I like everything about this episode, especially the words "mandroid" and "okey-dokey", and the seen where Dean talks to Agent H on the phone. It's at that point that he realizes how screwed they are and I love how Jensen acted it.

I told you it was pathetic. That's all I have to say for "Night Shifter".

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I guess I'll do a review for "Houses of the Holy" while I'm at it.

Because of this episode I have a newfound appreciation for vibrating beds and my sister is never going to answer the door again.

I thoroughly enjoyed the lines about unicorns: "They ride on silver moonbeams and shoot rainbows out their ass." (not an exact quote). To which Sam replies, "wait"-he sits-"unicorns aren't real?" That may be the most I've liked Sam ever.

I'm really lazy, so this is going to be short as well. The last scene of the "car chase". When Dean chases the bad guy to the intersection and a car is going through so the car in front of the bad guy stops abruptly, then the bad guy and Dean must also stop. And one metal pole thing falls off the truck that had stopped first, it bounces off the pavement and goes through the bad guys windshield and straight through his chest. That was powerful. I know I echoed Dean's "holy..." There was really no other word for that scene.

Overall I thought the episode was good. I love that they used a SpongeBob placemat to do a seance. I don't know if it's connected but check out this video on youtube.com, http://youtube.com/watch?v=ZpxJZopwaNs. It's a little dirty at the end, but it mentions SpongeBob. Do you think the people behind Supernatural watch YouTube videos?

Goals

It's a little before midnight and I have school tomorrow so this'll be short, but I wanted to put some notes in here for myself.

My goals for this week:
Post chapters one and two of "Drake and Skye" on here.
Write something for "Atlantica".

I've just gone through all of my posts and edited them with new fomatting I'm using. All I've changed is now in my post I will italicise all book, movie, and tv show titles. Episode titles and short story titles will be put it quotes. I don't know if I'm going to do anything uniform or special for the titles of my stories.

Friday Five, Supernatural Friday Five & "Playthings"

It is once again time for me to belated do the Supernatural Friday Five, and regular Friday Five. I'm starting off with the Supernatural Friday Five.

1. What's the most heartbreaking incident/fact that's been presented in the episodes so far?
In the episode "Salvation" Dean says, "Sammy, look...the three of us—that’s all we have. And that’s all I have. Sometimes I feel like I’m barely holdin’ it together, man. Without you and Dad..." I LOVE that scene. I also think the end scene from "Children Shouldn't Play With Dead Things" was very emotional and I actually cried the first few times I watched it.

2. We've been seeing a lot of new guest stars this season. Would you like to see some of those characters come back, or do you think it's better to just have new characters?
I like Ash. And Ellen's okay. I thought Andy ("Simon Said") was pretty cool. The guiest star I really want to see again is Missouri Moseley from "Home". I know she's not from season two, but she's a character I want to see again.

3. Do you think we've seen the last of Gordon?
For a while I think. He'll probably come back to cause more trouble.

4. Do you think we've seen the last of Jo? (At least for this season?)
I wish. I think Dean and Sam will run into her eventually. I'm just glad she never became a love interest for Dean (Thank You Kripke!!).

5. What are you opinions on Ava Wilson? What do you think happened to her? Is she a "good" character, or an "evil-playing-good" character?
I think she's a "good" character. But to be fair, I thought Duane ("Croatoan") was a "good guy" too, and then he did that "Meg thing". I thought Ava was cute and funny.

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Now for the non-Supernatural Friday Five.

1. What is the name of the strip mall nearest your residence, and is it the strip mall you frequent most?
The strip mall nearest me is the *town name* Fair Mall. It is the strip mall I frequent the most.

2. At your preferred strip mall, what is the name of one store you’ve never entered?
Bureau of Motor Vehicles. I don't think I've been in there yet.

3. Which store at your preferred strip mall would you most like to work in?
Village Candle. I'd probably break things though. I'm not the most graceful person.

4. Which store(s) at your preferred strip mall would you like to see disappear?
Hmm...We have too many sports shops, but I bet a bunch of people would disagree with making those go away.

5. How often do you go to your preferred strip mall?
Not very often, but someone from my family goes at least once a week because it's got our grocercy store in it.

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And finally, my review of Thursday's episode of Supernatural "Playthings".

I want to start by saying that the mansion/hotel/whatever rocked!! It was awesome. I'm using very interesting words. I don't know if the hotel was a set or if they actually found that building and were allowed to use it, but I thought it was an amazing place. Creepy, but also that great "big ole house" feel. And the model of the hotel made me gasp. That is SO cool. I wish I had one of those. Despite the weirdness of dolls throwing themselves down flights of stairs and commiting suicide.

More gay jokes. Dean and Sam's entrance into the hotel and then discussion up in their room was hilarious. I'll start with Dean liking the old school haunted house type hunts. I like the line about maybe even seeing Fred and Daphe inside. "Mmm, Daphe. I love her." Great line. Not overstated. The hotel owner is not a very good judge of character. First she thinks the're antiquers, then she thinks they're gay. And that leads into Dean and Sam's conversation in their room. The one where Dean asks why people think they're gay. Sam explains that Dean is butch, and people probably think he's over compensating. Maybe so. Dean's reaction kind of confused me, but really, what do you say to something like that?

My Mom loved this next scene. Dean and Sam knock on the owner's door and see the large doll collection. I'm going to say that this piece was a way of Dean paying Sam back for calling him "butch". Dean tells the owner that Sam has a HUGE doll collection and would love to look at the dolls they have. He then goes on to explain how Sam would never admit it, but like to dress hjis dolls up in their little outfits, and how much more could I possibly love Jensen Ackles right now? He does it all so well. The owner lets them in and Dean's reaction is something to the effect of "not creepy at all". True. So many doll eyes. And they're all almost completely black. I think they're possessed.

The death scenes of the man taking things to Goodwill and the lawyer working for the people buying the hotel. I love how they cut from the dool house hotel replica to the actual hotel and real people. The door opening in the doll house and then opening in the lawyer's room, very cool.

Because of this episode we know that Sam can get drunk. It's good to know that he doesn't always keep himself in check. And despite the fact that it took me a second to catch to why he was acting so weird, Sam is quite funny when he's drunk. "You're bossy. And short." What an awesome line?! I had wondered when they'd address the fact that Dean is shorter than Sam. It's not like an older sibling can't be shorter than their younger sibling (my sis and I are also 4 years apart and she's definitely going to be taller than me), but it is kind of funny. Jensen is not short. He's 6 foot 1. Jared's just taller at 6 foot 3, or 4. Onward. Sam makes Dean promise that if he turns evil Dean will kill him just like their Dad told Dean too. They're really close and a groups of Wincest fans all over pass out and miss, nothing, because nothing happens. They're brothers for cryin' out loud!!

And this review is getting lengthy and taking too long, so I'll finish up with the pool scene. While I would have liked to see Dean/Jensen wet (again), I think it's fitting that Sam gets to save the drowning girl, whose name is Tyler, because Dean got to save Lucas from drowning in "Dead in the Water". Now they've each saved a drowning kid.

A few last notes. I love Dean's hangover "cure". Older siblings are the best. Why did Sam have to remember that Dean had promised to kill him? Doesn't he understand how much pressure he's putting on Dean?? Of course not. He's worried about turning evil.

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It took so long to do these because I slept at a friend's house Thursday night. We watched Supernatural together. Then I got home mid-afternoon friday. Another of my friends called and I went to a basketball game and forgot about the Friday Fives. And I spent most of Saturday at a belated birthday party for another friend.

I have not been able to find Supernatural transcripts for season two. I wish the place that has the season one treanscripts had kept up with the new episodes because it's so much more fun to throw in accurate quotes when writing my reviews.

"Hunted" & The Friday Fives

The Friday Five, and Supernatural Friday Five for yesterday. I realized in bed last night that I hadn't done them. So here goes. Last week I did the Supernatural Friday Five questions first, so this week I'm starting with the questions from friday5.org.

1. How high is your guilt threshold?
I feel guilty very easily, so I guess that make my guilt threshold very low. For instance, if I didn't do my homework I won't be able to make up a fake reason for why I didn't do I because I would already feel guilty for even thinking about lying to my teacher. I think it keeps me out of trouble because I know I would be able to pretend that I didn't do anything wrong.

2. How strong is your resistance to sweets?
My resistance to sweets is almost non-existant. I love candy and chocolate and only when I'm really full or REALLY sick can I turn it down.

3. How long is your fuse?
Long. I don't freak out about something until it's frustrated me for weeks. Right now I sit through a class where everyone else in the room spends the period talking and don't say anything because when I tried before it didn't help any.

4. What is the quickest way to get you hot (you know what we mean!)?
I don't know. I always seem to be cold. Eating chocolate and curling up with a book or fanfiction seems to give me the ability to ignore how cold I am.

5. How sensitive are you to ambient noise?
I can usually hear people coming to the door over my music. And I usually play my music to tune out the world.

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And no the questions from the Supernatural Friday Five (link is in the Links list).

1. What's the one most humorous incident/fact that's been presented in the episodes so far?
The Prank Wars. I think it's so right for brothers. I think it was a great addition to the show and the episode (Hell House).

2. If humans can be represented by animal forms, what animals do you think Sam and Dean will be?
I like that in the fanfiction "I Thought I Saw" Dean turns into a panther, so I'll stick with a panther for Dean. I think it fits because Dean kind of has two sides: he's charming and gorgeous, but he's also a kick ass hunter. So panthers look pretty and soft, but you know that if you piss it off it will take you down and I think that fits with Dean. For Sam, I think a giraffe because he's so tall just kidding. A dolphin because he's so smart, but also a deer because they get skiddish around people. Sam's good with people, but he's not really ready to let go of Jessica and find another girl.

3. Do you live off spoilers or avoid them?
Some where in the middle. I try to avoid spoilers, but I also hate waiting for new episodes to come on Thursdays, so I usually cheat. I'm trying hard to avoid them though.

4. The Demon said it had family - children. Do you think that means literal offspring - baby!Demons - or like-minded, similar demons?I think off-spring, though I'm having trouble trying to imagine reproduction among demons. I think off-spring because Big Bad's "children" seem to be lower than him on the demon chain of command. They follow his orders and call him "father". I guess even if they aren't off-spring, then I don't think their similar demons either because they don't seem to have as much power as him (or they don't use it).

5. What was your first reaction to what Dean told Sam in the beginning of Hunted?
I was kind of let down, but that's okay. My second reaction was an outloud "Oh My God!," but thats because Dean said "please" more times in that scene than he had all of season one.

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My review for Supernatural's January 11, 2007 episode "Hunted".

I liked this episode ALOT! Except for three very small pieces that I thought could have been better.

So I'll start with the parts I thought could have been better. Number 1: When Dean was punching Gordon I could tell none of the punches were landing (the first time I watched). Number 2: When the second grenade goes off behind Dean it definitely looked like it had been put in with computer. Jensen's reaction was great, but the background threw me (again on my first time watching it). And Number 3: When Sam slams Gordon with the butt of the gun it looked faked took. I only pick these things up because my family loves finding continuity and stuff in movies. And now I do it without trying. I noticed Andy's (Simon Said) van in an episode from season one, and it was only on-screen for a few seconds and it was a dark scene.

I love how Sam picked up the bullet from the rooftop and knew exactly what kind it was and al that. And Ava's response to his odd knowledge was great too.

I waited to post this review because I wanted to be able to find a picture of something I thought was funny. So, this is as close to the picture I want as I'm going to get.

The picture is from supernatural.tv, which does lovely screencaps and more for every episode. Now, look at the picture. Good job (it's hard. I know). Dean's just been untied and ungagged. Sam just almost got blown up. So, Dean thought Sam was dead, and Sam was worried about Dean.To me, this is the PERFECT time for a hug. Instead, we get "that." I'm pretty sure that at one point Sam had his hands on Dean's shoulders, but I couldn't find that picture. Is this (see picture) as close to a hug as we're ever going to see them give each other?? I could slide in between them (and would willingly). We all know they can hug because the both hugged John in Shadow, and they kind of hugged in "Home" after Sam almost choked by the evil lamp. I could understand that maybe they wanted to make sure Gordon wasn't going to come in and kill them, but still...they got SOOO close! We almost got to see a hug, and then we didn't. Damn!

Who's really in control? Dean's older and he's been hunting longer so it makes sense that he would be "in charge," but for the past two episodes (and probably more) things seem to be going Sam's way. Dean's said more than once that he wants to stop hunting and take a break, and yet they continue hunting. I understand that showing them not hunting wouldn't be as exciting as watching them hunt, but I don't want to Dean to crash either. They haven't taken much of a break since they got Metallicar back up and running. And sometimes people just need everything to slow down so that they can process things. I think if I found out my sibling might possibly be turning EVIL I'd need sometime to think. I do think that during the hunts Dean seems to the one with the plans. He knows what he's doing, and they work together, but he seems to be "in command" when they're working a case.

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I've heard that Jake Gyllenhaal is hosting Saturday Night Live tonight and I'm excited. I hope he does well.

I want to share a YouTube video with everyone, so here's the address: http://youtube.com/watch?v=b4U14Z-KUD4. And the music videos these girls (?) make are amazing: http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=MadMidgetTwins. The video clips match up with the songs, and the songs are all appropriate for Supernatural (they're not like Britney Spears songs).

My Drake Bell Mini-Obsession: I Blame Bailey

Drake Bell is a new obsession. I've seen a few episodes of Drake and Josh (I have to make an effort to fins them online because I don't have Nickelodeon) and I've seen the movie Drake and Josh Go Hollywood, but the thing that makes me like him so much is his music. I love him in Drake and Josh, but I can't watch the show while doing other things. I have his CD "It's Only Time" and I love it. I blame Bailey for getting me so into him. I've been listening to the CD on repeat since I got it on Monday.

I love the movie Drake and Josh Go Hollywood. My favorite part is when they've been kidnapped. Drake climbs up a bookshelf or something and they're looking over a poorly constructed wall (it doesn't go all the way up to the ceiling) at what the bad guys are doing. One of the guys sees them and all the bad guys run around to the door of the room Drake and Josh are in. I think it hysterical that when TBG (The Bad Guys) open the door Drake and Josh are playing a clapping game. It's so simple that it's hilarious and I love it. I also like that Tony Hawk's Viper (in the movie, if not in real life) is standard. That was cool. Standard's are a lot of fun once you get used to driving them.

I think that's the end of my Drake Bell rant, for now. I realized that I hadn't really said anything about my new obsession (not as bad an obsession as Supernatural, thank God) so I had to post this.