selfihateyouithink reblogged
Initial thoughts on monsters, victims and "Bitten"
I got something like 12 or 13 messages in my inbox this morning asking me to explain why I loved last night’s episode so much, because many readers just didn’t get all the fuss. Okay, I’ll do my best, but keep in mind that there’s no way I could sum up everything I felt about “Bitten” or any episode just 12 hours after watching it, and that these are initial reactions only, subject to change or be amended in the future:
#So basically#flutiebear#feels the same as I do about the big-picture-ness of this episode#I mean#I'm not all that into the characters themselves#but the archetype-based argument she makes here definitely stuck out to me#And I definitely saw the Monster vs. Victim (Human) thing#And that's why I liked the episode for where it fits in more than for itself#And YES#THE LESSON IT TAUGHT DEAN#Monster is a set of choices#Not a state of being#(Hee rhymes)#LITERALLY THE BEST THING TO HAPPEN SO FAR IN#S8#8x04 Bitten#Dean Winchester#Meta#Parallels#Same#Supernatural#Fandom