woo-hoo! Payoff. Getting to see this from Dean's perspective....
I actually just watched the Pilot again last night, though this makes me want to give it another viewing....
I love how you've picked up all the pipe you laid earlier, John's history of working late, the continual quest for a pup named Sam (or Batman), and above all, the Rules where baby Sammy was concerned, so that we go with Dean as he thinks through the implications of his new circumstances.
Surely, he didn’t hear right, because he wasn’t even supposed to hold Sammy unless he was sitting down and Mommy or Daddy were watching him – so surely, Daddy didn’t really tell him to run down the stairs with Sam in his arms. Dean probably just misunderstood.
From here until they escape, it's a brilliant examination of the way a basically good kid would have to adjust when suddenly the rules change. My only hesitation about the door as an obstacle is, wouldn't they have a deadbolt? But maybe it's an old enough house that it's still key in and key out. (I wonder if the doors are any different in Home or WIAWSNB - and if there are any shots close-up enough to examine the locks....) But for the tension, the key's a good choice - certainly a chain would have been too much, Dean wouldn't have had time to drag over a chair and all that.
Meh, anyway. This:
Dean's heart was racing, he was breathing hard from fear and effort, the heat baking his skin even as he got downstairs. He was shaking a little, never letting go of his brother. He wasn't sure what to do, because he wasn't supposed to be outside after dark, was never supposed to leave the house alone, wasn't allowed to unlock the door by himself. And he was definitely not supposed to hold Sam on his own. But Dad said… Dad had ordered, and Dad only orders like that when Dean'd been bad. Was he being bad?
Just perfection. Yes, that's *exactly* the thought process, even at a racing 100 miles a minute, that a kid who heretofore has basically only wanted to do right would be thinking.
Oh, and monsters under the bed? And finding their way to Sam's bed? Killed me ded.
Thanks for providing the novelization... Now, will there be Earth and Air, too?
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I actually just watched the Pilot again last night, though this makes me want to give it another viewing....
I love how you've picked up all the pipe you laid earlier, John's history of working late, the continual quest for a pup named Sam (or Batman), and above all, the Rules where baby Sammy was concerned, so that we go with Dean as he thinks through the implications of his new circumstances.
Surely, he didn’t hear right, because he wasn’t even supposed to hold Sammy unless he was sitting down and Mommy or Daddy were watching him – so surely, Daddy didn’t really tell him to run down the stairs with Sam in his arms. Dean probably just misunderstood.
From here until they escape, it's a brilliant examination of the way a basically good kid would have to adjust when suddenly the rules change. My only hesitation about the door as an obstacle is, wouldn't they have a deadbolt? But maybe it's an old enough house that it's still key in and key out. (I wonder if the doors are any different in Home or WIAWSNB - and if there are any shots close-up enough to examine the locks....) But for the tension, the key's a good choice - certainly a chain would have been too much, Dean wouldn't have had time to drag over a chair and all that.
Meh, anyway. This:
Dean's heart was racing, he was breathing hard from fear and effort, the heat baking his skin even as he got downstairs. He was shaking a little, never letting go of his brother. He wasn't sure what to do, because he wasn't supposed to be outside after dark, was never supposed to leave the house alone, wasn't allowed to unlock the door by himself. And he was definitely not supposed to hold Sam on his own. But Dad said… Dad had ordered, and Dad only orders like that when Dean'd been bad. Was he being bad?
Just perfection. Yes, that's *exactly* the thought process, even at a racing 100 miles a minute, that a kid who heretofore has basically only wanted to do right would be thinking.
Oh, and monsters under the bed? And finding their way to Sam's bed? Killed me ded.
Thanks for providing the novelization... Now, will there be Earth and Air, too?