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Speculation ahoy! Spoilers only through "Salvation" - no season finale spoilers wanted or needed here!
I just rewatched "Salvation" with Alex, and had a couple of theories pop into my head. Things to ponder during the long (sob) hiatus ahead of us ...
Theory #1: Occurred to me after two parts of this episode:
1) When Meg could walk on holy ground, even though Pastor Jim thought it was impossible.
2) When Sam asked if she was a demon, and John's response was "or possessed by one."
Meg and Unnamed Muscle Demon (UMD) both look to be somewhere around Sam's age. So ... what if the Big Demon's purpose in all this is to create his own army (for lack of a better term) of demon-human hybrids? What if Meg and UMD are also children stolen at 6 months, children who displayed some kind of psychic power, ones who weren't saved? And Sam was supposed to be one of them?
The one thing that possibly throws me with this theory is John's infodump at the beginning of the episode - that there was no sign of the demon until he picked up the trail just before the pilot began, just before Jess died. If the demon wasn't picking up children after he failed to get Sam ... but, if we're going for whacked out theories, how about this one: Meg and UMD are actually children stolen much more recently? The demon can perhaps instantly age anyone? It's a thought.
Anyway, being a new sort of demon-human hybrid would explain Meg's curious mix of human abilities and demon abilities - walking on holy ground, but also surviving the 7-story drop. The holy water is possibly the deal-breaker here, but you know, they just had to give John some cool way to save himself. Heh.
Theory #2: John continues to know more about the demon than he's letting on.
Let me preface this by saying that I'm well aware that everything I'm talking about here is likely chalked up to laziness by the writers - they needed an excuse to separate John from the boys, and this was the easiest one. But, this is a writing staff that, despite problems with plotting, has been consistent all season with characterization. In this episode, John Winchester changed character completely, and I'm trying to puzzle out a workable, non-laziness theory as to why.
22 years. John's been after this demon for 22 years. He sacrificed his own life, his sons' lives, everything in the world to chase it. When he found the trail, he left Dean behind and refused contact for months. He had to be coerced into letting Dean and Sam help him hunt it down. But, yet, when it comes time to have a real, concrete chance at killing it ... he leaves? He leaves his sons - who, per his words, he's been going out of his way to keep away from the damned demon all year - to face the big fucking bad without him? Good reason notwithstanding, I don't buy it. I don't think he'd leave the boys to do the job he's been dreaming about for so long without a good reason, one that went beyond Meg's threats.
My way-out-there, based on absolutely NOTHING theory is that the ease of his decision to leave was made by finding out about Sam's abilities. Maybe there's some piece of information that he's holding back, something he didn't tell them, something that clicks with the fact that Sam has visions. Maybe there's a part of the pattern based on psychic abilities, something he's traced, something that told him exactly what he needed to know in that moment. Maybe he knew that the boys wouldn't actually kill the demon - maybe he just left them there to save the family.
I don't know. Like I said, I figure that the real answer to that question is that the writers just decided that separating them was more important than keeping John consistent. But, you know, what will the hiatus be for other than to form crazy-assed theories? ;)
In other news, Dean. ::flails:: ... that's all.
I just rewatched "Salvation" with Alex, and had a couple of theories pop into my head. Things to ponder during the long (sob) hiatus ahead of us ...
Theory #1: Occurred to me after two parts of this episode:
1) When Meg could walk on holy ground, even though Pastor Jim thought it was impossible.
2) When Sam asked if she was a demon, and John's response was "or possessed by one."
Meg and Unnamed Muscle Demon (UMD) both look to be somewhere around Sam's age. So ... what if the Big Demon's purpose in all this is to create his own army (for lack of a better term) of demon-human hybrids? What if Meg and UMD are also children stolen at 6 months, children who displayed some kind of psychic power, ones who weren't saved? And Sam was supposed to be one of them?
The one thing that possibly throws me with this theory is John's infodump at the beginning of the episode - that there was no sign of the demon until he picked up the trail just before the pilot began, just before Jess died. If the demon wasn't picking up children after he failed to get Sam ... but, if we're going for whacked out theories, how about this one: Meg and UMD are actually children stolen much more recently? The demon can perhaps instantly age anyone? It's a thought.
Anyway, being a new sort of demon-human hybrid would explain Meg's curious mix of human abilities and demon abilities - walking on holy ground, but also surviving the 7-story drop. The holy water is possibly the deal-breaker here, but you know, they just had to give John some cool way to save himself. Heh.
Theory #2: John continues to know more about the demon than he's letting on.
Let me preface this by saying that I'm well aware that everything I'm talking about here is likely chalked up to laziness by the writers - they needed an excuse to separate John from the boys, and this was the easiest one. But, this is a writing staff that, despite problems with plotting, has been consistent all season with characterization. In this episode, John Winchester changed character completely, and I'm trying to puzzle out a workable, non-laziness theory as to why.
22 years. John's been after this demon for 22 years. He sacrificed his own life, his sons' lives, everything in the world to chase it. When he found the trail, he left Dean behind and refused contact for months. He had to be coerced into letting Dean and Sam help him hunt it down. But, yet, when it comes time to have a real, concrete chance at killing it ... he leaves? He leaves his sons - who, per his words, he's been going out of his way to keep away from the damned demon all year - to face the big fucking bad without him? Good reason notwithstanding, I don't buy it. I don't think he'd leave the boys to do the job he's been dreaming about for so long without a good reason, one that went beyond Meg's threats.
My way-out-there, based on absolutely NOTHING theory is that the ease of his decision to leave was made by finding out about Sam's abilities. Maybe there's some piece of information that he's holding back, something he didn't tell them, something that clicks with the fact that Sam has visions. Maybe there's a part of the pattern based on psychic abilities, something he's traced, something that told him exactly what he needed to know in that moment. Maybe he knew that the boys wouldn't actually kill the demon - maybe he just left them there to save the family.
I don't know. Like I said, I figure that the real answer to that question is that the writers just decided that separating them was more important than keeping John consistent. But, you know, what will the hiatus be for other than to form crazy-assed theories? ;)
In other news, Dean. ::flails:: ... that's all.