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12.06 Celebrating the Life of Asa Fox

ALL THE THINGS

It took twelve years for this show to go to Canada—French Mistake notwithstanding.
I looked up the town of Emerson, Manitoba, because that’s what I do, and it turns out that it was named for Ralph Waldo Emerson. There’s… a lot of relevant stuff there.
You’re better off just reading his wiki tbh. Warning, though: the bulk of the interesting stuff is from the 1830’s, and while he was an abolitionist, he was still pretty racist. He’s pretty much your stereotypical white queer liberal-but-only-to-an-extent, only about 200 years ago. So tread lightly, I guess.
How have I already rambled when I haven’t even made my way past the opening frame lmao
Run, kid! Run!
I’m vaguely reminded of The Chitters, but then again I’m vaguely reminded of every time anyone got chased through the woods on this show. But primarily The Chitters right now.
DOUBLE DENIM MARY TO THE RESCUE
LOOK AT HER PIGTAILS I’M!!!!!
LOOK AT HER SWEET RIDE JFC
THAT IS A COOL FUCKING CAR
I looked up Asa, because that’s an unusual name and names are important. Asa is a Hebrew name, and it means healer. Fox is obviously, a fox. Cunning, quick, sly. Also, Fox Mulder. I like this guy already. Shame he’s gonna die :(
I wanna know Mary’s history with that particular werewolf but we’re never gonna know.
Someone please write the thing :P
“But if you retire, who’s gonna save people like me?”
That’s the whole reason why hunters get trapped in the life, and you can see it in Mary’s eyes. Her completely unsubtle dodging of the question just hits it home. Ouch.
*kid is covered in blood* *mary fluffs his hair* “That’s better. Kind of.” lmao
That is the fastest polaroid development I have ever seen :P
OKAY HERE WE GO IT’S A GROWING UP MONTAGE SET TO BACHMAN TURNER OVERDRIVE
Young Asa Fox has a giant mountie in his room (I can hear the Canadian fans laughter from here), curtains with pictures of bison, a bear figurine, a poster of a snow-covered mountain, a bunch of trophies and ribbons, a toy that I think is a moose in a smoking jacket?? But my video quality sucks so maybe it’s another mountie. A mini golf score card. A hockey player poster—Winnipeg Flash? Pictures of a lake and a house. And now a picture of Mary.
Teenage Asa has nothing in his room except hunting-related newspaper clippings. This is very upsetting and he now represents the Winchesters in every way, because there goes his entire life, swallowed up by The Life. Nothing that distinguishes his life as his own.
Also, get a load of this guy smooching all the girls in his car.
“You know, they make new cars, right?” “I don’t want a new car. This is my lucky car.”
Okay Asa stopped being a mirror for The Winchesters and started being a mirror for just Dean :P
I’m loving this montage and this character so much
I TAKE IT BACK THIS MONTAGE IS TERRIBLE
That cut to Asa hanging was visceral. Goddamn.
Excellent directing, excellent editing.
NETFLIX AND JODY
AW YISS
LOOK AT HER IN HER JIMJAMS WITH HER GLASS OF WINE AND HER PIZZA <3
I love her soooo
Sam and Dean’s awkward pose when she opens the door lmao
They’re both dressed in such bland colors what gives??? It’s all gray and beigey brown and drab. Why so glum looking fellas?
A HUG FROM DEAN AND A KISS FROM SAM OH HELL YESSSS
SAM RUBBING HIS CHEEK THAT JODY TOUCHED
*SINGS PRAISES TO THE HEAVENS*
JAM IS ALIVE AND WELL
ahem
“We just finished a haunt in Brookings.” “You couldn’t take a shower first?” jeez, guys.
I love that they just dropped in for a visit on their way through <3
CLAIRE AND ALEX WENT ON A ROADTRIP TO GO TO A RADIOHEAD CONCERT SOMEONE WRITE THE THING
Dean does not look okay??? There’s something a little off about his smile and his eyes and I don’t know what it is. Just more Mary-related sads?
“Since the last time we saw you, I killed Hitler.” oh my GOD Dean
Poor Sam lmao
That’s the face of a guy who has heard that phrase so often that the words stopped having meaning
Jody’s baffled “Thank you?” is golden
Hmm…. a sunset on a beach.
“Jody, you watching some kinda chick flick here?” Dean asks, sitting eagerly forward in his seat and holding the remote after they’ve been watching long enough to finish off most of a pizza.
Hon, it’s okay. Enjoy the rom com.
“Well, Dean. I’m a chick.” “But you’re a badass Sheriff chick, you’re not a rom com chick. Wait, are you a rom com chick?” “Are you?”
Sam’s face through that whole exchange is perfection. He’s so done with Dean’s nonsense.
“He’s more of a, um… animated Japanese erotica chick.” SAM IS SO PROUD OF HIMSELF LMAO
LOOK AT HIS SMUG FACE LIKE “HAH SUCKS TO BE YOU DEAN TRY AND ACT LIKE A TOUGH GUY NOW”
JODY IS UTTERLY THRILLED BY THIS REVELATION I HAVE ASCENDED TO A HIGHER PLANE
*dean eats pizza huffily*
*sam watches jody walk away*
sorry not sorry guys i’m experiencing a jam extravaganza here i can’t calm down
“Dude, be proud of your hobbies. Makes you who you are.”
Sam’s little chuckle :D I AM CACKLING
Except now that I’m thinking about the disappearance of visible interests in Asa’s room I am sad.
But also glad that Sam and Dean do have other things they enjoy now (even if they rarely get to actually enjoy things)
OH NO UPSET JODY OH NO D:
Kim is killing it in this scene whoa
“Asa Fox, why does that name sound familiar?” “Isn’t he the guy that uh, Ellen used to tell stories about back at the Roadhouse?” *sobs forever because Ellen*
“He rolled into town a few months back. Tried to convince me he was FBI agent Fox Mulder.” lmao
Good to know Sam and Dean aren’t the only hunters still trying to pull that kind of nonsense
I mean, we already knew that Bobby and Rufus did the same kind of thing back in the day but this is the first evidence I think we’ve seen of other present-day hunters trying their luck with ridiculously obvious fake names
OH NO I’M TRYING TO TAKE NOTES BUT JODY IS MAKING ME CRY
STOP IT IMMEDIATELY
SAM PLEASE HUG JODY RIGHT NOW WHAT THE HELL
“You’d be doing us a favor if you let us tag along.” i am VERKLEMPT
OH CANADA
Did they need passports to drive over the border? I need to know so that I know if they have fake passports. For science.
These hunters have parked their assorted cars (plus the motorbike that made me briefly concerned for Mr Ketch reasons) in the most awkward and inconsiderate configuration. How is that red car ever going to get out if they want to leave first? Jeez, guys.
“Oh, Canada.” pfffffffft I’d make fun of Dean for saying that and thinking he was funny but I literally did it as soon as I saw the sign for Manitoba so I don’t have a leg to stand on
“My house is full of LOUUUUD drunk hunters, and my son’s dead body is in the parlor.” jfc Mrs Fox
“No label. Well, that’s a red flag.”
Considering how often beer labels have extra meaning on this show this makes me very nervous and I don’t quite know why.
Bucky Sims with his home-brew and his bottle opener hanging around his neck to open his home brew… no labels, needing the right tools, idk idk there’s something here
“Aren’t you dead, like… four times?” lmao
Dean’s face is like …………..yes, four times. just the four. >_>
“Randy Bull. Watch out for the horns, right.” oh my god dude
Dean’s grin at this guy’s awful joke lmao babe keep it in your pants
(never keep it in ur pants)
(keep being an embarrassing nerd i love u)
Elvis is a Sam fanboy and I am cackling (again) (i’m cackling so much in this episode i love it)
“You think the stories about Asa are crazy, you should hear what they say about you.”
Dean your entire hunting backstory has been available in book form for years, what could you possibly look so concerned abou— oh, right. Flickr albums. I bet that face has something to do with Flickr albums.
“Wait, so you guys were raised by a witch, but you’re hunters?” “She was like, a good witch. Very Enya, it was the 90’s.”
(Thanks, dude, I will now have Orinoco Flow stuck in my head for the rest of the night -_-‘)
ANYWAY, look at this whole thing about how they chose their own paths and took on the lessons of their mother without trying to emulate her
good stuff
“She taught me to hunt witches. Bad witches.” “Sure. What did she teach you?” “Mostly, how to seduce men.” “She also taught him some magic, which actually more useful.” “Ehhhh, mostly the men thing.” lmao
*moment of applause for steve yockey bringing us these hunter witches*
*also thank u for making them poc and extra thank u for making max gay*
Annnnd here comes Elvis “I got this friend down in the states, right? Who knows this girl, who knew your pal Garth? Well, he said that she said that Garth said that you were possessed by the devil? Like. Lucifer, the actual big bad devil?”
WOO GARTH MENTION! I’m loving all the callbacks
Also, Elvis is the most obnoxious kind of fan with these invasive questions
The twins’ faces are hilarious right now
“Dude, you don’t just ask someone about something that messed up.” “Seriously, back off.”
MAX AND ALICIA I LOVE YOU PLEASE STAY FOREVER AND BE SAMS NEW BEST FRIENDS
“So what’s your guys’ deal?” “Could… could you like… go… away from us… now?”
I have literal tears streaming down my face oh my god
“This is a real angel blade. This guy was legit.”
Anyone else getting sad that Dean never got to hang out with Asa because they totes would have been pals :’(
“C’mon, Sam. It’s not like we’re in the live ’til you’re ninety, die in your sleep business.”
Dean please get some hope ffs
ASA MADE THEM GO ROLLERSKATING AFTER THEY HUNTED GHOULS OH MY GOD
I love this guy, dammit show. make him not dead.
The shot of Jody while Bucky is telling this story ;-; there’s some snow shoes on the wall behind her, but they look like a heart right behind her head, like she’s thinking wistfully of what could have been with Asa. Meanwhile there’s some antlers over a lamp right beside it, and my Jam shipping heart is quietly pushing her toward it :P
“Sweet, sweet time alone” *entire room of adults goes OooOoOOooOOooooh* :P
*Dean gives Jody an impressed nod* *Sam glances around a lot*
Honestly there’s so much Jam fodder here I don’t know what to do with myself
That shot of Randy getting his throat cut was EXCELLENT
also :( randy
but i really liked the shot
“…surprised that I’d enjoy the company of a ruggedly hot man?” “Well you clearly deserve your sweet, sweet time alone.” pffffft
SURPRISE, IT’S MARY TIME
“Mom, this is Jody Mills.” “Mom? Wait, wha—your mom?”
Jody launching herself at Mary is up there with Charlie launching herself at Cas just fyi :P
I’m calling it the “you’re super important to my fave Winchester” glomp
Sam’s bewildered amusement (or maybe amused bewilderment, since the bewilderment is definitely the more prominent of the two)
Dean’s air of offence and general gloom, because it’s so easy for Jody to react with excitement, and he thinks he should be feeling that too
“Went back to Lawrence for a few days. And then I’ve been using John’s journal to retrace a few things. Try to catch up on what I’ve missed.” “Coulda just asked us.” :’((((
“So you’ll text us once a week, maybe. But you’ll drive all the way to Canada to see some dead guy? That’s awesome. I’m gonna get some air.”
THERE IS NOT A SADFACE BIG ENOUGH
“You spent the entire ride up here telling me in extreme excruciating detail about how you killed Hitler, but uh, you neglected to mention the fact that your mom is back from the dead.”
He’s gotta focus on the wins because if he doesn’t he’s gonna focus on the losses
Jody hitting the nail right on the head there—what if the person doesn’t live up to the perfect version of them that survived in the memory?
JODY OFFERING SUPPORT <3
JODY OFFERING TO LISTEN, TO BE THERE FOR ANYTHING DEAN NEEDS HER FOR <3
I AM AN ENTIRE EMOTION
I AM PROBABLY SIX DIFFERENT EMOTIONS ALL ROLLED INTO ONE
Mary and Mrs Fox having an awkward conversation :D
“You’re the reason my son didn’t become an astronaut.” She’s also the reason he was alive for 36 more years than he otherwise would have been… just sayin’.
Oh man. Mrs Fox is telling Mary everything that Mary blames herself for wrt to Sam and Dean and I am in an unfathomable amount of pain.
Ah, the old Winchester “fine”
As always, Sammy has The Biggest Heart
Mary holding back a guilty smile when Sam points out that she saved Asa after she supposedly stopped hunting 👌
How am I only halfway through the episode jfc I have 2.3k words here
Again with the “in our blood” thing… I do not trust this at all nope no nope
That blood dripping onto Asa’s forehead YIKES these two have been traumatized by blood dripping from a ceiling this is too much
“Randy’s dead.” “What happened?” “Someone gutted him and roped him to the ceiling.” Yikes, Mary. That’s some Dean level lack of tact right there.
NICE SPELLWORK THERE, MAX!
Love some witchy hunters <3
Dean’s just trying to angst quietly by himself he doesn’t need your company right now, Billie
Billie has such a soft spot for Dean even if she doesn’t want to admit it. She didn’t need to come let him know what was going on inside—she already reaped Randy.
Nice, there was a First Nations girl!
Less nice, she didn’t survive.
This story about Asa dating a woman with a kid, and then the demon taking control of the woman… anyone getting flashbacks to Lisa in Let it Bleed?
“Lorraine, is there anyone else in the house?” *Lorraine grips the bannister* “I don’t know, people have been coming and going all day.”
I don’t know what it is about the way she says that but I’m laughing so hard
Jody! Taking! Charge!
“Why don’t you go to hell?” “Please, it’s a trainwreck down there. No Lucifer. No Crowley. It’s messy.”
YIKES
HEADS ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO GO THAT WAY
Dean impressing the twins with his blade 👌
“Everybody’s in, everybody’s clean. Anyone won’t get in—“ “They’re the demon. Smart.” YESSSS SMART DEAN AKA CANON DEAN THANK
“What kind of a devil’s trap?” “Standard pentagram. Nothin’ fancy.“ “I like a fifth pentacle of mars, it’s got more character.” lmao max you’re not wrong but please try and draw a scorpion with the ash you’re making the devil’s trap with :P
Oh, JL, you fucked up your Jody impersonation with the whole “kill her!” bit
DEMON JODY AAAAAA
KIM IS DOING SUCH A GOOD JOB WITH THIS HOLY CRAP
“Too frightened to tell anyone that they actually came to say goodbye to their daddy.” oh no :(((
Group exorcism! Teamwork!
Sam rushing over to Jody!!! :D :D :D
“That sucked.”
SAM HOLDING JODY :D :D :D :D :D :D :D
*lowers entire body into jammy trashcan*
“Asa he was just so— he was just always so stubborn. We were in the woods. JL, he was taunting him. Asa wanted to chase him, but he didn’t have the angel blade. I said let’s go back. He called me a coward, he shoved me. So I shoved him back. He fell. And he hit his head. I didn’t mean to do it. It was a mistake. An accident. I’m sorry. I didn’t know what to do. Asa hated that demon so much that I just—”
Watching Dean’s reactions to this (they keep showing him) and he looks absolutely gutted by this. And then by the end—he’s just fucking angry.
“Oh, you thought that people would buy that JL killed him? So you hung your best friend to cover your own ass.”
It’s making me think of The End, when Dean says to his future self “you’d feed your friends into a meat grinder? Cas, too?”
Basically, I am upset
Bucky’s punishment is being cut out of the community
This conversation between Jody and Mary is everything
“I don’t know what’s going on between you and your boys, but I’ve gotta tell you, mom to mom? They’re good men. Best I’ve ever met.”
“I know. They’re not the problem.”
I AM OPENLY WEEPING
Has Billie just been hanging around outside all night waiting for the right moment to make a dramatic entrance like Tony Wonder on Arrested Development? Look at her, emerging from a cloud of smoke. What a drama queen. I love her.
“I’m a big believer in what dies, stays dead.”
“I didn’t ask to come back here.” “No, you didn’t. And you hate it.”
Can I repeat my comments from weeks ago: MARY IS LITERALLY SEASON SIX BUFFY SUMMERS.
(Lisa Berry is so breathtakingly beautiful wtf)
…I could be wrong, but I got the impression that Mary was weighing up whether or not it would be a bad idea to ask one of her kids to kill her before she told Billie she’d have to wait.
This hurts my everything.
WINCHESTERS
“Does this mean you’re coming home?” SAM STOP IT YOU’RE MAKING MY HEART BREAK
“Not quite yet. I just need a little more time.” “Can we buy you breakfast, at least?” “Bacon?” “All the bacon.”
Did bacon replace pie as family food?
*stares at show* stop switching around your food symbolism i can’t keep up

THE VERDICT

HOLY CRAP THAT WAS SO. DAMN. GOOD. I loved everything. The parts of their lives that we don’t get to see—the fact that they just dropped in on Jody especially. Steve Yockey did an excellent job with all the familiar voices, and the characters he introduced were all interesting and multi-faceted. The guest cast were awesome. Max and Alicia need to come back, pronto. There was some beautiful cinematography, too. I especially loved that one shot of JL!Alicia’s arm slipping out of the shadows to kill Randy. John Badham did some great work here. I don’t even know what else to add here because pulling out individual elements seems impossible. It was all good. Everything. I loved it.

ALL THE OTHER THINGS

Passed Bechdel-Wallace!
Gay biracial hunter! Love seeing some rep up in here :)
I’m gonna need all the fic about Claire and Alex going to see Radiohead, because 1) Claire and Alex <3, and 2) Radiohead are amazing live and I want to relive that experience through fic starring some characters I love
Wish there was some Cas in there.
SO. MUCH. JAM.

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12.06 Celebrating the Life of Asa Fox

ALL THE THINGS

THE VERDICT

ALL THE OTHER THINGS