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Edvard's Supernatural Guide: 2x05 Simon Said

Spoilers up to SPN 5x05 Fallen Idols

Supernatural’s 27th episode is the first episode by Ben Edlund, a favourite among fans of the show for his unusual, quirky concepts, his peculiar yet usually-fantastic execution, and for being one of the biggest pushers of bi!Dean and DeanCas,

Edlund was a producer on both Firefly and for the last year and a half of Angel, making him one of several connections between Supernatural and Joss Whedon’s work. Another connection is the actor Ridge Canipe who played poco!Dean in 1x18 Something Wicked and 3x08 A Very Supernatural Christmas. He also played Doomed Teaser Child in Angel 5x14 Smile Time which was written by Ben Edlund.

Speaking of Firefly, Jensen was cast as one of the leads for the 2003 show Still Life of which only an unaired pilot was made. Starring with him was Morena Baccarin as his dead brother’s ex-girlfriend and his apparent love interest. Morena Baccarin, as I am sure you know, played Inara in Firefly and Serenity.

Quite a few fan-favourite episodes were written by Edlund, including 2x18 Hollywood Babylon, 3x03 Bad Day at Black Rock, 3x13 Ghostfacers, 4x05 Monster Movie, 4x08 Wishful Thinking, 4x16 On the Head of a Pin, 5x04 The End, and 6x20 The Man Who Would be King. However, in spite of Edlund’s reputation among the fans, his first episode of Supernatural is far from being a stand-out. It hurries the plot along, lets us conclude beyond a reasonable doubt that Sam’s visions have something to do with Azazel (Yellow-Eyed Demon), and foreshadow the possible end to Dean and Sam’s story, but it does not do any of it in a way which personally entertains or interests me. Edlund’s next offering, 2x11 Nightshifter, leaves me similarly cool.

One thing which series two does better than series one is plot: more happens in series two which is relevant than in series one. The set-up for this began already in episode 2x01 In My Time of Dying, with John telling Dean he might have to kill Sam (though this is not revealed to the viewer straightaway), but the main plot of series two is the psychic children and Sam’s psychic abilities. Funnily enough, though the plot of series three is trying to free Dean from his contractual obligations with the crossroads demon, the story is actually about Sam. Even in a plotline about himself, Dean gets shunted aside in favour of Kripke’s self-insert. Anyway, not much significant has happened in relation to Sam’s psychic powers since 1x14 Nightmare, but 2x05 lights a metaphorical fire under its proverbial derrière. The episode’s story of one brother becoming a monster and the other being forced to kill him is clearly foreshadowing Dean and Sam’s story.

On the subject thereof, the show has made numerous references to Stephen King’s works, namely IT in 2x02 Everybody Loves a Clown, Pet Sematary in 2x04 Children Shouldn’t Play with Dead Things, and the upcoming 2x09 Croatoan and 2x11 Playthings make reference to The Shining. I am far from an expert on Stephen King, having read only about 20-25 of his books, but even after reading only that I can see parallels with the story of the psychic children. Allow me to explain:

Stephen King’s novels take place in a multiverse very much like Supernatural, and many themes, references, and places link the novels together. The axis mundi of the Kingverse is The Dark Tower series of novels, a story inspired in large part by The Lord of the Rings but which is drastically different and does its own thing completely (Dean would love it: cowboy iconography everywhere! In fact, I can see Dean having quite the soft spot for Roland…).

The dark tower in question is the axis mundi of the multiverse, the pin keeping everything in place. Beams of power are emitted from the tower, each one named after an animal such as the bear or the turtle (whom readers of IT might recognise). These twelve beams transverse time, space, and different universes, holding everything in place. However, the Crimson King wants to destroy the multiverse completely, just because he likes destroying things, and his plan to topple the dark tower might sound familiar to Supernatural viewers.

Psychic children play a significant role in Stephen King’s novels, such as Carrie, The Shining, Doctor Sleep, Firestarter, and The Institute. Part of the Crimson King’s plan is to gather as many of these children together as possible into an institution and harness their psychic power to attack each beam until they fail and the worlds begin to die. By the time the story begins, many of the beams have already been destroyed, and it is a race against time for Roland and his ka-tet to get to the dark tower and save the multiverse.

It is no secret that Eric Kripke is a big fan of Neil Gaiman, especially American Gods and The Sandman, but he also appears to be quite the Stephen King fan, and this is apparent in the psychic kids storyline. Sam’s story is not a copy of King’s psychic children, but it is similar enough to warrant comparison and for there to likely have been inspiration taken from King.

Returning to the episode, the story begins with a middle-aged doctor taking a phone call, then shooting a man in a hardware shop somewhere in small-town Oklahoma before turning the rifle on himself. It turns out that this is a vision Sam is having, and Sam uses the name of the bus line he saw in his premonition to locate the town. This leads them to a case involving not one but two psychics and a lot of incestuous subtext.

And no, Winc*sties, I am not referring to Dean and Sam, but Weber and Andy, or specifically, Weber. From the beginning of the episode, there is something off about him, something strongly reminiscent of Warren, Jonathan, and Andrew in Buffy, or even Ed and Harry. They are utterly incompetent at social interaction and try their hardest to cover it up with something which is clearly an act adopted from television shows and rap/hip hop music. Far be it from me to judge somebody for trying to fill in a missing part of their personality, but the result is that Weber comes across as trying too hard.

As hinted at, this suggests either a ‘sheltered’ childhood which denied him the opportunity to learn how to socialise, a neurodivergence such as autism , or quite probably a mix of both. Some people might be tempted to use the demon blood to explain his mental instability, but Weber’s desperation to fill a gaping void with his brother (not a pun), his resentment and murder of those responsible for his adoption, and the fact he appears to be a serial rapist and killer of women strongly implies abuse at the hands of his mother.

A slight sidetrack to Jensen’s new show, Big Sky. The first series and a half revolved around a human trafficking ring, and one of the main antagonists was Ronald. In the scene he was introduced, his mother was shaming him for not being as successful as her friends’ children and treating him like an eight year old. This very scene set alarm bells ringing in my head, and I was right. It turns out Ronald kidnapped women and trafficked them into prostitution in Canada. The ultimate cause of this was his mother’s mistreatment of him as both a child and an adult, involving perverted intrusions into his sex life (reminiscent of Francis Dolarhyde in Manhunter (see 1x06 Skin), and ‘allowing’ or encouraging him to sleep in her bed with her. This last could possibly have been as a ‘replacement’ for the husband whom she killed when Ronald was a boy. That puts me in mind of the role poco!Dean had to take on as almost an ersatz wife and life partner for John as discussed in 2x01 In My Time of Dying.

She was clearly a Jocasta of the highest order, and while Ronald was responsible for ruining the lives of countless women and girls, his mother was responsible for making him the kind of person who would do that.

Returning to Weber, he serves another purpose in this episode as being an insight into Sam’s possible future. Whatever happened to him at his adoptive home, it seems the awakening of his psychic abilities was a catalyst to a change in behaviour for Weber, allowing the monster loose. Sam is scared that this will happen to him as his powers develop.

However, Weber is relatively insignificant in the overall story of the show, serving to showcase a possibility and reveal Sam’s fears. Whilst I can have sympathy for whatever must have happened to him, and whilst the demon blood might have been responsible for the monster he became, he was indeed a monster and got what was coming to him. At least the manner of Weber’s death would have pleased him had he been alive long enough to appreciate it: getting blasted from behind by his brother.

Sam is terrified in this episode because he is seeing one of his possible futures. Dean tries to reassure him, but to anybody with ears, Dean’s protestations that Sam ‘doesn’t have it in him to be a monster’ sound like desperate denial: he knows what Sam might become, but does not want to accept it.

Dean is trying to be supportive of Sam, and even gets hostile with Ellen at the end of the episode as an attempt to keep Sam's psychic abilities secret from other hunters. But there is something about Sam’s behaviour in this episode as well as the way he generally talks about himself from 1x14 Nightmare onwards which suggests fatalism and even self-destructive tendencies. In 5x05 False Idols, Sam will go on to blame Dean’s ‘controlling nature’ for driving him to Ruby, but this is an attempt to absolve himself of responsibility and ignore a deeper issue. Dean tries his hardest to support Sam as a brother and friend, but Sam does not let him get through. That is Sam’s problem and Sam’s responsibility.

Further to the subject of Sam (usually I discuss Dean at length like this, but this is mostly a Sam episode), I mentioned a few analyses ago (1x19, perhaps?) that he has many traits of bipolar disorder, or manic depression. He certainly views himself as scum of the Earth sometimes, but he also has what could be the ‘manic’ aspect on display in this episode. That is his refusal to even entertain the notion he could be wrong about Andy because Sam just knows so much better, and he certainly knows better than Dean (like with the patch of dead grass in a graveyard in 2x04 Children Shouldn’t Play with Dead Things).

Of course, there are other factors at play, such as Sam’s dislike of Dean and his apparent need for sureties such as Andy being the killer and even the surety that he will become a monster. Sam’s touchiness at being referred to as a ‘freak’, for example, indicates he is already struggling with this view of himself and feels Dean’s use of the word is ‘confirmation’ of his insecurities.

Another part of him on display in this episode is his hope that saving people will stop him going bad. Sam has seen people die before, but he was especially broken up after the doctor he thought he had saved from shooting himself with the rifle got the Regina George treatment.

Another part of him on display in this episode is his hope that saving people will stop him going bad. Sam has seen people die before, but he was especially broken up after the doctor he thought he had saved from shooting himself with the rifle got the Regina George treatment. Other than the fact that watching somebody get run over right in front of you is the opposite of fun, his inability to save the doctor perhaps confirmed to Sam that he cannot save people, and if he cannot save them, he cannot save himself.

Returning to the very beginning of the episode, the music over the recap reminded me that the show once had a real vibe about it, something lost somewhere around series four. It reminded me a lot of The X-Files in that there was something very early 1990s genre show about it, as well as the fact I am sure there is an episode of The X-Files filmed in the same location.

A bit of a culture shock is how easy it is to acquire firearms in America. In Britain, it is possible to go into certain shops to acquire hunting knives, Swiss Army Knives, and similar things, but as far as I am aware guns are not available to the general public. Things are different here in Finland, where primary school children are allowed access to sharp hunting knives (under teacher supervision) whilst preparing food outdoors, gunshots can be heard frequently during hunting season, and where pistols are available to buy in some outdoor and sports shops as well as a specialist weapon shop or two (although licenses and permits are required).

We meet Jo, Ellen, and Ash again in this episode. Jo is, as always, being Bad Ass, by which I mean adults act stupid around her to make her look good. Of course, some middle aged men would act silly around a pretty young woman like Jo, but given how easily and she ‘beat’ Dean (who conveniently did not fight back because men shouldn’t hit women) in 2x02 Everybody Loves a Clown, she comes across as an attempt to write a Bad Ass Chick. If I can call out the fact that almost all the baddies on Big Sky are men and almost all the victims are women and girls, I can call out Jo as a bit of a Mary Sue, surely.

A female sometimes being better than a male at ‘man things’ is not the issue, nor is a tiny female being able to best a large male at physical combat an issue. It makes complete sense, for example, that Mary in The Winchesters is able to go hand-to-hand with the demon in 1x01 Pilot because she had been groomed her whole life to do just that, in the same way Dean had. My younger sister plays more video games than I do, but whereas I am quite content with Pokémon, Dragon Quest, Monster Hunter, and Spyro the Dragon, she likes more ‘serious’ games such as Fallout, Halo, and Assassin’s Creed and is much better at them than I am. My third sister was in army cadets for about five or six years and could have joined the actual army as a lieutenant (I think) whilst I had the hand-eye coördination of a thing which has no hands or eyes and barely passed my tae kwon do and kickboxing gradings.

Dean also seems to have the same general opinion of Jo as I do: that she is a little girl trying too hard to act like a woman. She clearly wants to enjoy physical intimacy with Dean, but he is not into it at all. This is something acknowledged later in the show, and in Jo’s defence she does grow up a bit later in the show, though I do not understand people who think Dean should have ‘ended up with her’.

Dean and Ash’s ‘relationship’ could have benefited from further exploration. In fact, something which would have vastly improved series two would have been for Ash to take on a more prominent role and to coördinate Dean and Sam’s hunts whilst searching for more psychic children. The Roadhouse could even have functioned as a safehouse for psychic children, but the Harvelles were only introduced because the executives wanted Dean and Sam to have a base of operations and Kripke used them as little as possible.

That said, there are people who saw more between Dean and Ash than a working relationship, and it did not come out of nowhere. Other than the fact that Ash completely ignores Sam when Sam knocks on the door at the beginning of the episode, but opens the door immediately naked when Dean calls for him...

Dean recognises Ash’s burnt remains by his watch in 2x21 All Hell Breaks Loose Part I. Unless I am mistaken, Ash’s watch was new then, meaning Dean had seen him off-screen enough times to get familiar with the timepiece.

Further to the discussion of Dean, his disgust as Jo puts REO Speedwagon on the jukebox is gold.

However, nobody likes music snobbery. John enforced conformity on Dean through control and shame, but Dean is unfortunately passing some of that on without realising. He does the same with Sam’s hair: Sam’s hair does eventually get utterly ridiculous, especially with the mutton chops in series seven, but men are allowed to do whatever they want with their hair.

I have not had my hair cut for about thirteen years and one thing I learnt pretty fast is that people – men AND women – are very fond of telling men what we can and cannot do with our hair. One of the reasons I refused to cave to people’s comments, jokes, and attempts at shame was because I wanted to flip them the metaphorical bird. While I agree with Dean that Sam’s hair is ridiculous, it is not because Sam is a man with long hair; it is because it is a bad hairstyle. A ponytail or braid would have been great, but that has the downside of it being a handhold for opponents in combat. A topknot would have been cool, though.

This behaviour from Dean should have been something the show seriously addressed as it is second-hand abuse. When Dean mocks Sam for something, it is John speaking through Dean. Dean is far from stupid, but Sam has more education and should be able to call this kind of thing out for what it is. Imagine the scene:

Dean: You gonna get rid of your female hair anytime? It’s staring at me.

Sam: [frowns] You gonna stop passing off Dad’s abuse of you onto me anytime soon, Deano?

Dean: [stares speechless for five seconds] ...I believe I’ve made a mistake.

Sam: Thank Dad’s paramilitaristic parenting for that. And besides, female hair? Two words: Classic. Rock.

There could have been growth, healing, recovery, becoming better brothers, friends, and a better team instead of spending the next fourteen years with Sam as narcissistic abuser and Dean occasionally taking potshots. Alas, some writers and loads of fans seemed to like their narcissistic-co-dependent Chinese finger trap and refused to free them from it.

Anyway, Dean’s ‘disgust’ is perhaps not quite as genuine as one might think, given that he sings the same song in the car afterwards.

...And Sam, once again, refuses to let Dean have his fun. He also neglected to explain to Ellen that Dean's hostility and rudeness to her was on Sam's account. Yes, Dean 'chose' to behave like that, but he did it for Sam who, once again, let Dean take it. Not very 'heroic protagonist' behaviour.

Thus concludeth my analysis of this episode.

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2x01 / 5x05 Parallel

Yes I know Hen is in the Episode 5 one, but it’s basically the same. Buck and Eddie just switched sides.

P.S. why is BOBBY ALWAYS in the middle of BUDDIE.

#Buddie #oliver stark #ryan guzman #911 on fox #911onfox #season 5 #episode 5 spoiler pic #omg #2x01 to 5x05 parallel #my mind sometimes #wow #evan buck buckley #eddie diaz #henrietta wilson #5x05

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Is your question thingy still on? if so, would you rate top10 episodes to watch if you want swanqueen :)

ahhh this is such a good question!! and my ask box is literally always open for anything, i love chatting with y'all <3

this is Not a comprehensive list, just ten great ones that come to mind (plus two bonus ones and a lot of rambling bc, as always, i got carried away).

i've tried to put them in chronological order for the show!

1. a land without magic (1x22)

don't get me wrong, there's a lot of incredible swan queen episodes in season one (the pilot, desperate souls, that still small voice) but the content in finale just does something to me man...

emma pinning regina against the wall, the intensity of the confrontation and regina admitting everything, the way they're instantly a TEAM despite all that fury and heartache because henry comes before anything else, the literal entire sequence paralleling charming fighting maleficent and saving snow to emma fighting maleficent and saving regina, i -

2. broken (2x01)

feel like this a bit of a rogue one since, again, s2 has lots of good stuff, but there's a LOT going on in the premiere! emma promising to protect regina for henry (which we know develops into this kind of sacred oath she fulfils at her own peril over and over throughout the years) and being so attentive to her, saving her from the mob, helping her to her feet, human-shielding her, and the look on regina's face when emma's touch restarts her magic and opens a portal to another realm - the literal requirements for 'true love'. so, so good.

3. the cricket game (2x10)

a classic. emma starting to not only see but fight for the woman regina really is. this strange developing trust and respect, the desire to not be enemies for a brief second before it goes wrong again.

4. and straight on til morning (2x22)

i will never be able to scream enough about the sq development in the s2 finale. regina being the most vulnerable and herself in front of emma, begging her to let her die as herself because she knows she's the only one who could understand and grant her that - and emma not letting her, emma jumping in and finding their shared magic together for the first time to save each other and everyone else. emma speechless, seeing everything regina feels for henry.

also "you might not be strong enough but maybe we are" is one of my favourite swan queen lines, because i think it just sums up the whole ship!

5. going home (3x11)

jumping to the 3A finale, what can i say? once again, as always when it comes to henry, they are a team above all else. the group hugs, henry calling them 'mom, mama', emma being a human shield again, regina whispering her name as she wakes up, ready to give emma everything she ever wanted for herself and their son.

the incredibly intimacy and intensity of their goodbye and all those things unsaid and unfinished between them. *chefs kiss*

6. breaking glass (4x05)

ok so despite the stupid frozen arc, season 4 is actually one of my favourites for swan queen content, bc you have emma promising to give regina a happy ending in the premiere and seeing that all the way through to sacrificing herself for her in the finale. and that's what dreams are made of.

i specifically mention breaking glass bc there's so much sq screen time. emma is gutted that regina thinks she'll never have her back, literally follows her around all episode trying to prove the opposite (in the same way hook follows her around lmao), elsa telling emma not to give up on her.

and there's that gorgeous scene where emma is so honest with her about the two of them having something special and unique and different from what they have with anyone else, and that hopeful 'it's a start' ... i ...

7. operation mongoose (4x22)

what would be a list of top tier swan queen episodes without the climax of all that 'fighting for her happiness' - the saviour sacrificing herself to the darkness to save regina. this was truly the peak of ouat i swear to go d

also lots of nice stuff in the alternate reality with emma, henry and regina!

(before i move on from season 4 i do have to mention bonus episode: lily - emma's super gay fucking backstory, regina telling her she needs her, the first (?) swan queen road trip!, regina talking emma down from shooting lily/beating up that dude because she believes so strongly in emma's goodness)

8. dreamcatcher (5x05)

i remember after this episode came out, there was a post circulating of a bunch of c$ fans saying they were literally worried sq was becoming canon/getting undeniable.

so yeah. everything in this episode is pure gold. the swan mills family dynamics, regina trusting emma with her most painful memory, emma crying over the dreamcatcher, and that deliciously tense argument on regina's porch that was so electric it made sq feel inevitable. ('don't miss swan me, we've been through too much' is another favourite line!)

9. only you (5x22)

swan queen road trip, them being married af the whole time plus regina once again being her most open and vulnerable with emma? what more do you need

10. wish you were here (6x10)

this is another episode i don't think i can ever scream about enough - there's just so much to unpack! firstly, emma becoming enfuriated and attacking the evil queen because she's upsetting regina. secondly, regina thoughtlessly wishing to be sent after emma to get her back. thirdly... emma swan waking herself up from a curse and remembering who she is, sparking her own magic back to life, because even in her most cursed unknowing state she had to save regina mills.

how do you ever get over that (also they're so soft together once emma's awake, i...)

honorable mentions go to

enter the dragon (4x15) - for regina's gay backstory with mal, emma being insanely protective of regina and literally following her around all night super unhappy about her being in danger ('if i see anything i don't like i will come in blazing' oof) all the while regina is doing it to protect emma in return, jesus christ -

birth (5x08) - purely for the scene at the well where regina begs emma to tell her why she's hanging on to the darkness (aka begging emma to admit she loves her, while emma is being super repressed but they both know that's what they're talking about)

i'll be your mirror (5x08) - for all that good married sq teamwork content in the mirrorworld, regina admitting she's scared to raise henry alone and emma promising to always be there and never let anything bad happen, and the softness and tenderness of them watching him dance with violet and realising they've done such a good job together... i'm so weak bruh

#sorry this took so long and it's so fucking rambly hahah #but we all know that's what happens when you get me talking about this #thanks for this ask btw my lovely!!! #this was a really fun one #so much good stuff i probably haven't even mentioned but this post was long enough as it is #swan queen #sq #swan queen top ten #ouat #regina mills #emma swan #swan mills family #henry swan mills

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Thoughts about Taylor Shaw and parallels! (cut bc it's longish and also spoilers for seasons 1, 2, 4, and 5!)

I've thought off and on about the death of Taylor Shaw. On first watch through the series, by the end, I felt like something pretty heinous happened to her (as if death wasn't heinous enough, but I think everyone catches my drift). But I remember thinking what Bill was rambling when he confessed, about "Sarah" and "she was so small" and "thank God, it wasn't her" was weird and not really congruent with the unspeakable things ghost-Bill said and implied in 5x05.

I recently rewatched season 1 and it occurred to me that remarks calling him a murderer and implying other types of foul play seem to come (i think exclusively?) from Kurt and his mother. They also remark/allude more than once to his father having left a party on a booze run the night Taylor disappeared, and they allude a few times to him liking his drink a little too much. It doesn't feel like a stretch to assume he was already drunk when he got in the car that night.

I've been wondering if maybe, in spite of whatever Kurt imagines, it actually was an accident - maybe, for some reason little Taylor was out of bed, Bill didn't see her, and he ran her over with the car ("Sarah; it's not her; thank god; I didn't mean it; she was so small" that maybe he couldn't see her, etc). To be clear that does NOT make it better nor REMOTELY excuse his cover-up. There's no question the man was a piece of crap.

But it DOES make Kurt's state on the day he found Taylor and arrested Jane even more dramatic as a parallel. Clearfield is several hours' drive from New York, and he's shown to have been drinking with Sarah before he even sets out to the campground. And he's certainly not sober sitting in Jane's kitchen with her bottle and glass.

If killing Taylor was a drunk driving accident, then Kurt isn't just acting out of character and angry like his dad, he's echoing his dad's behaviour in a really specific way even more than it might seem at first glance. It makes Kurt, by his own definition, an absolute monster.

I also feel like this sets up a really interesting parallel between early season 2 and early season 4. In 4x07 Kurt says that Remi hates him because he reminds her of what a failure she is - that when Jane fell in love with him, she joined "the enemy" and became everything Remi hated. And sure, in 2x01 Kurt tells Jane he doesn't "hate" her, and he tells the team they have to be civil and work with her... but he certainly doesn't lead with any kind of example in terms of being kind to her or showing much respect beyond the bare minimum needed to get the job done. He's angry at her because she reminds him of what a failure he is - when he fell in love with her, a series of personal events were set in motion that ended with him becoming just like his father, the very thing he hated.

I'm late to the fandom and this was maybe discussed before, but if so I missed it! Thoughts??

#blindspot #blindspot thoughts #blindspot rewatch 2021 #blindspot 1x23 #blindspot 2x01 #blindspot 4x07 #blindspot spoilers

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Sons of the Harpy - 5x04

Other Jonsa parallels: 1x04, 1x08 | 2x01, 2x06/2x07 | 3x01, 3x05, 3x07 | 4x01, 4x07 | 5x01, 5x02, 5x03, 5x05

This episode title: Sons of the Harpy

Writer: Dave Hill

This has been posted before by @thelawyerthatwaspromised, but I’ll repeat it here just to complete.

1. Reference to a tourney

Jon is holding a feather (quill) to sign a letter to Lord Ashford. The Ashford tourney theory is about Sansa’s suitors.

Then Sansa holding that one very significant feather in front of Lyanna’s statue. She was also talking with Littlefinger about the tourney where Rhaegar rode past his wife and chose Lyanna.

2. Warden of the North

Sam convinced Jon that they need help from Warden of the North, Roose Bolton at that time. Jon obviously didn’t want to because Roose Bolton killed Robb.

Littlefinger is trying to convince Sansa that if Stannis manage to take Winterfell from the Boltons, he would need her as the last surviving Stark and named her Wardeness of the North.

3. The dead don’t need lovers

Melissandre was seducing Jon. Jon used Ygritte, her dead lover as an excuse to reject her. Melissandre said that the dead don’t need lovers, only the living.

Sansa was in the crypt, a living amongst the dead.

#jonsa #jonsa parallels #ashford tourney

[viviansternwood]

Hey hon, I hope that you're still doing Murven gif requests! Could you do a parallel of 2x08 Spacewalker where Raven is pointing the gun at Murphy and attempting to trade his life for Finn's, and 5x05 where Raven is screaming and begging for Mccreary to stop hurting Murphy? Going from wanting to kill him to trying to protect him. I've seen a few parallels between 2x01 and 5x05, but I don't think I've seen any from 2x08 yet. Thanks, bunches!! :)

That’s a brilliant idea and here!

#asks #johnmurphydefense #murven #the 100 #gif requests

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1x04 Secrets & Lies

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1x06 These Games

1x07 Second Chances

1x08 Perils of the Soloist

1x09 Change of Heart

1x10 Love Comes First

1x11 Rules of Engagement

1x12 Prelude to a Kiss

Season 2

2x01 Trials of the Heart

2x02 Heart and Soul

2x03 Heart’s Desire

2x04 Awakenings & Revelations

2x05 Heart and Home

2x06 Coming Together, Coming Apart

2x07  With All My Heart

Season 3

3x01 New Year’s Wish

3x02 Troubled Hearts

3x03 A Time to Speak

3x04 Heart of a Hero

3x05 A Gentle Heart

3x06 Forever in My Heart

3x07 Heartbreak

3x08 Hearts in Question

3x09 Prayers from the Heart

Season 4

4x01 When Calls the Heart Christmas

4x02 Words from the Heart

4x03 Heart of Truth

4x04 The Heart of the Community

4x05 Change of Heart

4x06 Heart of a Teacher

4x07 My Heart Will Go On

4x08 Healing Heart

4x09 Courageous Heart

4x10 Heart of a Secret

4x11 Heart of a Fighter

Season 5 (current season)

5x00 The Christmas Wishing Tree

5x01 Believing

5x02 Hearts & Minds

5x03 Home is Where the Heart is

5x04 Open Hearts

5x05 My Heart is Yours

5x06 Love & Marriage

5x07 Heart of the Matter

5x08 Weather the Storm

5x09 In My Dreams

5x10 Close to My Heart

This navigation page will be an ongoing project as material is created. 

#navigation #do not reblog

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Best of Star Trek

The Naked Time: 1x04

The Corbomite Maneuver: 1x10

The Menagerie: 1x11 1x12

Balance of Terror: 1x14

Arena: 1x18

Space Seed: 1x22

A Taste of Armageddon: 1x23

Devil in the Dark: 1x25

City on the Edge of Forever: 1x28

Amok Time: 2x01

The Doomsday Mission: 2x06

Journey to Babel: 2x10

The Trouble with Tribbles: 2x15

Star Trek: The Motion Picture 

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan 

Star Trek III: The Search for Spock 

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home 

Star Trek V: The Final Frontier 

Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country 

Skin of Evil: 1x23

The Measure of a Man: 2x09

Yesterday's Enterprise: 2x15

Q Who: 2x16

Deja Q: 3x13

The Offsprings: 3x16

Sins of the Father: 3x17

Sarek: 3x23

The Best of Both Worlds: 3x26

The Best of Both Worlds: 4x01

Family: 4x02

Redemption: 4x26

Redemption: 5x01

Darmok: 5x02

Disaster: 5x05

Cause and Effect: 5x18

The Inner Light: 5x25

Time's Arrow: 5x26

Time's Arrow: 6x01

Relics: 6x04

Chain of Command: 6x10

Chain of Command: 6x11

Tapestry: 6x15

Parallels: 7x11

Lower Decks: 7x15

All Good Things: 7x25

All Good Things: 7x26

Star Trek Generations 

Star Trek: First Contact 

Star Trek: Insurrection 

Star Trek: Nemesis 

Star Trek

Star Trek Into Darkness

Star Trek Beyond

Star Trek Discovery

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The Bear and the Maiden Fair - 3x07

Other Jonsa parallels: 1x04, 1x08 | 2x01, 2x06/2x07 | 3x01, 3x05 | 4x01, 4x07 | 5x01, 5x02, 5x03, 5x04, 5x05

This episode title: The Bear and the Maiden Fair

Writer: George R.R. Martin

There’s one parallel in this episode that has made its rounds in the Jonsa community, probably one of the most recognized jonsa scene parallel. It is when Jon/Sansa got sex advice from Tormund/Margaery. I’m going to add a lot more parallels that were happening in this episode, but let’s start with that one sex advice thing. 

1. Sex advice

For God knows what reason Tormund was giving Jon sex advice

While Margaery was trying to help Sansa facing her upcoming marriage with Tyrion Lannister.

No wonder this episode title is “The Bear and the Maiden Fair”. But there’s a whole lot more than just the sex advice. And I mean, a lot.

2. Kind

Margaery also remind Sansa that Tyrion has always been nice to her.

While Orell thinks Ygritte shouldn’t be with Jon but with one of her own.

3. Pretty face

Let’s continue with Orell’s complains. He thinks that Ygritte loved Jon because he’s pretty.

While Margaery was trying to convice Sansa that Tyrion is really not bad looking. To which Sansa roll her eyes so hard.

Uh-oh, Jon is really going to scar his pretty eyes, huh?

4. The Lord’s son

Orell’s rant is not over yet. He thinks Jon promised Ygritte to be his lady and live in a castle.

Well, that’s what Tyrion really is.

5. Castle swooning

Would Ygritte swoon if she ever sees Winterfell? But she saw a windmill and thought it was a King’s palace.

While Sansa who grew up in Winterfell actually swooned to an actual palace built by some king. King’s Landing.

Oh you bet he does!

6. Learning and teaching

Sansa was confused how Margaery knows things about sex. She asked her how she knows all this and if it’s her mother who teach her.

Jon was trying to tell Ygritte that he thinks the wildlings’ attack is going to fail, because he knows that all the wildling attack in the past has failed. Six wildlings attack and all of them failed. He learned the North’s history.

Okay, Jon. Glad you learn a lot even though you didn’t have a mother.

Bonus:

Now where did we saw a pair of girls giggling in this episode?

#jonsa #jonsa parallels #got 3x07 #the bear and the maiden fair

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Collection of Jonsa parallels in episodes throughout the first five seasons

Season 1:

1x01 - Winter is Coming/1x02 The - Kingsroad: Introduction of Jon and Sansa as main characters with parallel journeys and parallels with Jaime and Cersei.

1x04 - Cripples, Bastards and Broken Things: Foreshadowing of Jon’s real name, his mother, his future queen and heir.

1x08 - The Pointy End: Daughter of a traitor and a traitor’s bastard. Sansa will hatch treason and Jon will do something stupid.

Season 2:

2x01 - The North Remembers: Sansa’s interaction with Joffrey about Ser Dontos parallels Jon’s encounters with Craster. It also parallels Jon’s meeting with D/enerys.

2x06 - The Old Gods and the New/2x07 - A Man Without Honor: First sexual/reproductive experience parallel

2x10 - Valar Morghulis: Broken vows and foreshadowing of Jonsa marriage before Jon becomes a king.

Season 3:

3x01 - Valar Dohaeris: Parallels on negotiating with the enemy that provides some answers to what happened at the Dragonpit meeting in season 7.

3x05 - Kissed by Fire: Sansa will protect Jon followed by a consummation

3x06 - The Climb: Why Jon Snow refused the climb offered by D/ny in season 7.

3x07 - The Bear and the Maiden Fair: Dialogue parallels about sexual encounters with a spouse

Season 4:

4x01 - Two Swords: Mourning Robb Stark.

4x03 - Breaker of Chains: Buying a man’s silence forever

4x05 - First of His Name: Bran is going to be an uncle and Sansa will marry a brother turn cousin.

4x07 - Mockingbird: Parallels of a giant destroying a castle made of ice.

Season 5:

5x01 - The Wars to Come: The greatest swordsman and the gift of a great name, and foreshadowing for Sansa’s kidnapping plot.

5x02 - The House of Black and White: Hint that Jon will take an offer to become Jon Stark, Lord of Winterfell.

5x03 - High Sparrow: The Starks of Winterfell will take their home and avenge their family.

5x04 - Sons of the Harpy: Lyanna’s feather connection and hints towards the Ashford Tourney theory.

5x05 - Kill the Boy: Feather connection and foreshadowing of Ramsay killing his father’s baby boy.

#jonsa #jonsa parallels

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The House of Black and White - 5x02

Other Jonsa parallels: 1x04, 1x08 | 2x01, 2x06/2x07 | 3x01, 3x05, 3x07 | 4x01, 4x07 | 5x01, 5x03, 5x04, 5x05 on my blog (sorry can’t put a link because it caused my post not showing up on the tags)

This episode title: The House of Black and White

Writer: David Benioff & D.B. Weiss

1. Ale gives men courage

Sansa tried ale and she did not like it.

She asked Littlefinger why men like it so much, to which he answered that it gives some men courage..

Well Sansa, Lord Baelish didn’t have any ale. He refused it moments ago.

But there was somebody in need of some courage, and he was drinking his ale. Here is Jon during the Night’s Watch Lord Commander election.

And he won!

2. Suspicious to outsiders

Brienne of Tarth approached Sansa to offer her service. Baelish tried to push her away by playing the “family” card.

Meanwhile, before the election, Stannis Baratheon is having a talk with Jon. Stannis was frustrated having received the letter from Lyannna Mormont stating that Bear Island only acknowledged the Starks as their king.

3. Refusing an offer

Stannis offered to legitimize Jon so he can use him to control Winterfell.

While Stannis demanded Jon to kneel to him, Sansa instead had Brienne kneeling before her, offering her service.

They rejected these offers.

We know that later Sansa finally accepted Brienne as her sworn shield. I wonder if Jon later will accept an offer to become Jon Stark, Lord of Winterfell.

#jonsa #jonsa parallels #got 5x02 #jon stark #sansa stark

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Valar Dohaeris - 3x01

Other Jonsa parallels: 1x04, 1x08 | 2x01, 2x06/2x07 | 3x05, 3x07 | 4x01, 4x07 | 5x01, 5x02, 5x03, 5x04, 5x05 (find them on my blog)

This episode title: Valar Dohaeris

Writer: David Benioff & D.B. Weiss

Boy, there’s a lot to unpack in their scenes this episode. This is the episode where Jon appeals to Mance Rayder to join his army of wildlings and where Sansa asked Littlefinger to take her away from King’s Landing.

1. Giants

The first time Jon Snow ever seen a giant.

While Sansa was approach by Petyr of House Baelish whose sigil is Titan of Braavos (even though now he already changed it to Mockingbird).

2. Mention of Ned/Catelyn Stark

3. Mention of brother/sister

4. Mention of treason

5. An advice for Jon

Jon is trying to convince Mance to let him join them. When Mance asked him why he wanted to join them, Jon just answered he wants to be free. It is what he thinks Mance wants to hear, because it is what Ygritte talked about over and over again.

Well that failed to convince Mance. Now listen to Sansa, Jon!

So he did. He told him about how he saw the White Walkers took Craster’s boys and that the Lord Commander knew about it and did nothing. So that’s his story of why he wants to leave the Night’s Watch.

6. A plea

I can’t help to connect Sansa’s words to what happened with Jon at the Dragonpit meeting in season 7 episode 7..

She said: “That’s not how the game works. You’re not supposed to just blurt out the right answer. You have to invent a story about where the ship is going and why”.

I think that’s exactly what Jon was doing when he answered Cersei’s request for the King in the North to stay neutral in the war between her and Daenerys. The “right answer” was for him to say yes that the North will stay neutral. But that’s not how the game works and Jon has to invent a story to play the game. He invented a story of a Northern fool and a lie concealed by the truth.

He reflected on his experience with Mance. Giving “the right answer” didn’t earn Mance’s trust, and it wouldn’t earn Cersei’s either.

Daenerys asked “Just, the King in the North? Not me?”. Cersei answered that she wouldn’t trust Dany to do that, and if Dany agrees, she would trust her even less.

#jonsa #jonsa parallels #political jon #got 3x01 #got 7x07 #dragonpit meeting

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Cripples, Bastards and Broken Things - 1x04

Other episodes: 1x04, 1x08 | 2x01, 2x06/2x07 | 3x01, 3x05, 3x07 | 4x01, 4x07 | 5x01, 5x02, 5x03, 5x04, 5x05

This episode title: Cripples, Bastards and Broken Things

Writer: Bryan Cogman

Okay so I was planning on posting parallel from another episode, but with the posters out, I feel it’s more appropriate to post parallel from “that episode”. While I was going through them I become more inclined to think that Jon will father a bastard with Sansa, or at least Sansa will get pregnant before they are crowned (even before the “kidnapping plot”), a secret wedding or something, i don’t know. I know this is a very unpopular opinion and I am not very convinced myself, but there are things that lead me to think so, but that’s for another time to discuss (maybe).

For this post, let’s just go through the parallels, starting with Jon’s name.

But not your real name...

He likes redheads

So maybe he’ll marry one.

And have children

But the child will be a prince

Sansa thinks people hate her but nobody could ever hate her

Especially Jon

But Jon doesn’t know her mother

Sansa’s grandfather and uncle was burned for trying to save his mother

But Ned Stark hides the truth

#jonsa #jonsa parallels #got 1x04

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High Sparrow - 5x03

Parallel from other episodes can be found on my blog: 1x04, 1x08 | 2x01, 2x06/2x07 | 3x01, 3x05, 3x07 | 4x01, 4x07 | 5x01, 5x02, 5x04, 5x05

This episode title: High Sparrow

Writer: David Benioff & D.B. Weiss

Littlefinger persuades Sansa to take his offer to marry Ramsay Bolton, while Stannis tried to persuade Jon to take his offer to legitimize him to become Jon Stark, Lord of Winterfell.

1. They are the Starks of Winterfell

I wonder if there’s a way for you to be, Jon.... Is there?

2. Winterfell is their home

3. They should rule the North

4. And avenge their family

But what must they do to do that?

So that’s what they did.

5. Keeping their enemies close

Jon named Ser Alliser Thorne First Ranger, while Sansa agreed to marry Ramsay and keep her courtesies with Roose Bolton.

If you watch the episode, you can see that they both were teasing their enemies before finally fall into their courtesies.

6. From a bastard to a lord

But both Jon and Ramsay were bastards who became lords

And that’s a stumble on their newfound leadership

While Ramsay get to marry Sansa Stark, Jon had to execute Janos Slynt to make up their shortcomings as a leader.

Jon and Sansa paid dearly for keeping their enemy close. Sansa was raped and tortured by Ramsay and Jon was murdered by Alliser Thorne. But they managed to rise and they take back their home and rule the North together. We all just have to wait until Jon finally become Jon Stark. Maybe this time he’s the one who gets to marry Sansa Stark.

#jonsa #jonsa parallels #got 5x03 #jon stark #sansa stark #house stark #winterfell

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Mockingbird - 4x07

Other Jonsa parallels: 1x04, 1x08 | 2x01, 2x06/2x07 | 3x01, 3x05, 3x07 | 4x01 | 5x01, 5x02, 5x03, 5x04, 5x05 is on my blog (I can’t put a link because that caused my post not showing up in the tags)

This episode title: Mockingbird

Writer: David Benioff & D.B Weiss

I can’t make gifset so this pictures will have to do. I’m just excited to find Jon and Sansa’s scene parallel in 4x07.

Jon is trying to convince his brothers in the Night’s Watch to seal Castle Black’s tunnel for the upcoming Wildlings’ attack by sealing the tunnel with rocks and ice.

They were shocked with his suggestion and then Jon told them that there are giants with the Wildlings and that the steel tunnel gate won’t be able to stop them.

Ser Alliser is still not convinced and reminded Jon that he is a steward. So who should make such decision?

And then Sansa’s scene in this episode is her building the snow castle.

Is that the tunnel that she’s carving?

Then of course the “giant” came and destroyed it.

Sweetrobin is the giant that destroys her castle.

#jonsa #jonsa parallels #got 4x07

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The Wars to Come - 5x01

Other Jonsa parallels: 1x04, 1x08 | 2x01, 2x06/2x07 | 3x01, 3x05, 3x07 | 4x01, 4x07 | 5x02, 5x03, 5x04, 5x05 on my blog (can’t link them sorry, otherwise this post won’t show up in the tags)

This episode title: The Wars to Come

Writer: David Benioff & D.B. Weiss

1. Shield up!

Jon with Ollie

Sansa watching Sweetrobin.

2. The Great Warrior/Great Hero

Sansa with Sweetrobin. Lord Royce was frustrated by Robin’s skill in sword fighting.

Jon to Mance Rayder, trying to convince him to kneel to Stannis and don’t try to act heroic.

3. Born with it

Littlefinger thinks it is not important to have a good sword fighting skill. Better to have the right name.

While Jon is defending the wildlings. A very contrasting view with Littlefinger.

4. The Lannisters

Littlefinger is taking Sansa to the North, to Winterfell to marry Ramsay.

While Stannis wanted to attack the Boltons, thinking that with Tywin gone it would be easy peasy.

Right, so we know what happened to Stannis. He was defeated despite the absence of Tywin Lannister’s hand. So in regards to Sansa, I’ve seen somewhere that the Cersei Lannister quote by Littlefinger being discussed as foreshadowing for Sansa’s kidnapping. I think this parallel with Stannis supports it. Both Stannis and Littlefinger thinks they’re safe while referring to a threat from a Lannister.

So I think this has been discussed as well, I can’t remember and I’m sorry if I’m just repeating it but here is what was said before Littlefinger mentioned Cersei Lannister.

How well does Cersei pay The Golden Company?

#jonsa #jonsa parallels #kidnapping plot #got 5x01