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auntiemeesh) wrote2008-11-13 09:55 pm
auntiemeesh) wrote2008-11-13 09:55 pm
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I know what you did last summer
I just have to say, I'm liking this season so much more than last year. I love this take on Angels and Heaven, that there isn't a hell of a lot to distinguish between the good guys and the bad guys other than their desired end results. It isn't really all that surprising that the angels want Anna dead. She's a dangerous leak in their security and the only way to make sure the demons can't get her is to take her out of the picture. But it's not a nice or noble thing thing to do and it's not going to sit with Dean and Sam at all.
The standoff between Good and Evil is a not very thinly veiled parallel between current military and political actions in the real world, whether Kripke is deliberately attempting that or not. (This whole storyline makes me want to reread "To Reign in Hell" by Steven Brust, which takes place before Lucifer falls and looks at what caused him to break away from Yahweh.) People make claims all the time that the horrific deeds they are committing have been ordered by their God. And the people who suffer from the horrific deeds claim the offenders are Evil. So what is the difference between God and Lucifer, then? In the case of this show and storyline, it seems to be all about control. Who will have ultimate control on Earth? Whoever wins this battle between God and the Devil, Lucifer, Satan, whatever you call him. One wears the Good sash, one wears the Evil sash, and there are certainly differences (for example, the angels only wear volunteer meat suits) but both sides are equally ruthless and have few qualms about collateral damage.
It's all just so much more interesting, provides so much more food for thought than last year's uberangst about Dean's ticking clock and Sam's anger/guilt over the whole thing. The show that I love is back, and I'm thrilled.
The standoff between Good and Evil is a not very thinly veiled parallel between current military and political actions in the real world, whether Kripke is deliberately attempting that or not. (This whole storyline makes me want to reread "To Reign in Hell" by Steven Brust, which takes place before Lucifer falls and looks at what caused him to break away from Yahweh.) People make claims all the time that the horrific deeds they are committing have been ordered by their God. And the people who suffer from the horrific deeds claim the offenders are Evil. So what is the difference between God and Lucifer, then? In the case of this show and storyline, it seems to be all about control. Who will have ultimate control on Earth? Whoever wins this battle between God and the Devil, Lucifer, Satan, whatever you call him. One wears the Good sash, one wears the Evil sash, and there are certainly differences (for example, the angels only wear volunteer meat suits) but both sides are equally ruthless and have few qualms about collateral damage.
It's all just so much more interesting, provides so much more food for thought than last year's uberangst about Dean's ticking clock and Sam's anger/guilt over the whole thing. The show that I love is back, and I'm thrilled.