I just keep trying to rationalize it as the show is filtered through Dean's perspective a lot of the time... right now Dean is having problems reconciling his own feelings about John so John comes across a bit inconsistent--that John we just saw in 3.13 wouldn't have left Mary for anything short of finding out about hunting... then again, we are seeing the scene from a four-year-old's perspective and understanding, so that may be why it doesn't make a lot of sense. Who knows if John and Mary were really fighting or if something else was going on that kept John away for a few days... Dean thinks John moved out and that Mary needed comforting.
Also, I'm thinking that their recollection of Heaven this time was a bit engineered shall we say? Zachariah clearly had some *goals* in mind with getting both Winchesters in Heaven. I'm also not so sure Pamela was really Pamela, or if she was really speaking her mind or being manipulated. I'm not so sure the scenes we saw of Dean and Sam were really Deans and Sam's happiest memories or anything like that, they seemed more like memories Zachariah was encouraging (or even "god" was encouraging if he is that much of an asshole who exists but doesn't give a shit as the episode implied... again, that's if we trust the messenger). You know, give Sam more reason to think John was an asshole (maybe his daddy!hate has been waning too much recently) and Dean more reason to feel unloved and unwanted.
It's just difficult to tell what the intent of the episode was... and that's why its difficult to tell if it was iffy writing/character development or sneaky stealthy hint dropping.
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Date: 2010-04-03 05:12 am (UTC)I just keep trying to rationalize it as the show is filtered through Dean's perspective a lot of the time... right now Dean is having problems reconciling his own feelings about John so John comes across a bit inconsistent--that John we just saw in 3.13 wouldn't have left Mary for anything short of finding out about hunting... then again, we are seeing the scene from a four-year-old's perspective and understanding, so that may be why it doesn't make a lot of sense. Who knows if John and Mary were really fighting or if something else was going on that kept John away for a few days... Dean thinks John moved out and that Mary needed comforting.
Also, I'm thinking that their recollection of Heaven this time was a bit engineered shall we say? Zachariah clearly had some *goals* in mind with getting both Winchesters in Heaven. I'm also not so sure Pamela was really Pamela, or if she was really speaking her mind or being manipulated. I'm not so sure the scenes we saw of Dean and Sam were really Deans and Sam's happiest memories or anything like that, they seemed more like memories Zachariah was encouraging (or even "god" was encouraging if he is that much of an asshole who exists but doesn't give a shit as the episode implied... again, that's if we trust the messenger). You know, give Sam more reason to think John was an asshole (maybe his daddy!hate has been waning too much recently) and Dean more reason to feel unloved and unwanted.
It's just difficult to tell what the intent of the episode was... and that's why its difficult to tell if it was iffy writing/character development or sneaky stealthy hint dropping.