10.04 Baby

That’s my girl.

10 Baby Facts for SPN Fic Authors

[I swear this is not a rant - it ISN’T. Honest.]

It is actually kind of cool to realize that you possess specialty knowledge that may be of use to others. Stuff that you didn’t really KNOW you knew, until, of course, you are reading along in a fic and something the author describes (or the character says) brings your brain to a screeching halt. “That’s not right – it can’t possibly happen that way…” And then you go and do actual research to back up your gut knowledge. This little FAQ is the result of one such realization.

My dad fixed antique and classic cars for a living from 1964 – 1978, owning his own showroom for 3 years near the end of that time. Born in 1966, I grew up playing in old cars, hiding in floorboards and exploring them to my heart’s content. Our family car for several years was a 1966 Thunderbird, but when dad went to car shows, we rode in whatever he wanted to show off. I’ve been in rumble seats, hard top convertibles, cars with windshields that laid down flat, and cars with no roof, doors, or walls of any kind. My 1st car was a fully restored 1966 mustang. Without really realizing it, I soaked up a LOT of inherent understandings about older cars. The information below is based in that knowledge, backed up with some internet research.

The following is true about Baby (the character in SPN, not necessarily the actual cars that play her): 

1) Compared to most modern sedans, Baby is BIG. Like REALLY BIG. She is 17 and ¾ feet long (5.4 meters) and 7 feet 8 inches wide (2.03 meters). Allowing for door thickness on either side and the gaps between doors and bench seat, I’m betting the front seat is a little over 5 feet wide. Given basic geometry and human skeletal limitations, this means it is not possible for the passenger to have their head resting against the passenger door/window AND place their hand on the driver’s thigh. If the passenger is in this position, the driver can,  at best, entwine fingers with the passenger’s outstretched hand. That’s IT (even with Sam’s monkey arms). Sitting up straight, yes. Slumped over, no. On the plus side, this is why the guys can, in fact, get some sleep in her (and have fun in the back seat).

2) Despite how big Baby is, she is kinda short. Baby is only 54 inches high (4’6” or 138 cm). INSIDE the car, she is slightly less than 4 feet tall total. This means that the following actions WILL make you bump your head (or butt or hands or feet) on the ceiling unless you are very very slow and careful: climbing over the back seat, straddling someone’s lap, taking off your pants or t-shirt (unless nearly lying down in the seat), and lunging across the front bench seat to attack someone bodily. And you will look graceless doing it. [Ahem, trust me on these, I KNOW.] Additional negative modifiers for Sam due to height.

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So, this ties to @tinkdw‘s meta about “Night Moves”. 

For the “Night Moves” tape shot in “Baby” (11x04) they reused the old shot from 5x22 - with Kim Manner’s catchprase “Kick it in the ass” written on the cassette label. In either episodes it’s a complete Easter Egg - you have to pause the scene in the exactly right second to see what is written on the label (it is not like the mixtape where the label was gloriously exposed) - and even then you see only the part of the text that says ”…it in the ass”. 

I think it’s an interesting thing to be written on the “Night Moves” cassette tape, especially since we know Dean just seconds earlier assesed this about his night at the Roadhouse - after, ekhm, growling in pain while sitting down:

I’m not saying Dean had gay sex, but I think we are led to believe Dean had gay sex. 

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Omg I didn’t know it was possible to love you more :p

Ok so the other obvious Dean had sex “in the ass” moment is Crowley saying it to Dean in 11x23…. that the bomb would fit up there, and he knows from experience, hmm I wonder if there are any of those type of Easter eggs in that episode!

I need the rest of the season to be like this episode 

11.04 // 11.19

8.08/9.06/11.04/11.19

9.06 / 11.04

11.04 Baby

#awwwwwwww the night dean hung out at the glory hole till sunrise :) (via @blushingmisha)

#someone took it up the ass in that bar (via @the-faerie-circle)

Especially because he’s not drunk, there’s not like a girl stalking him, he doesn’t have bruises or cuts. So what kind of “mistake” does that leave us with that he’s only mildly concerned about? 

#someone took it up the ass in that bar (via @the-faerie-circle)

“In the lore, it’s referred to as a Whisper.”

“That’s lame.”