One thing to add about sam vs. Baby -- The human reaction to the sound of crying babies is a physiological response --hardwired-- which may be why it freaked Sam out so much. It would be pretty weird to feel this insane need to "fix it" if you hadn't felt anything for so long. Oooo. NICE! That very well could have been the thinking behind that then. I definitely had thought BUZZWHATT??? when I first heard the summary for that ep, and then when we saw this new Sam in the premiere, it made more sense. I think it was definitely a concept designed to set this Sam on edge.
Definitely with you on the lack of definition we have now for "soul" on this show. That's what I've been thinking too. As much as this whole show's mythology has surrounded the concept of buy and selling them, we don't have much of an idea of what it truly is. The most is really what Ruby said about burning humanity out of you to become a demon, but even then, are we supposed to assume that demons have no souls? Or are they just blackened souls? What about angels? Are their souls those white lights that fill vessels? How is it different from humans? There's sooooo much they could do here, and yet sooooo much they could screw up. It makes me kinda nervous.
Ooo, and you wrote a ice imagery poem! Awesome, I'll have to check it out!
So glad you could enjoy this! I'll be crossing my fingers for tonight...
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Date: 2010-10-30 12:20 am (UTC)Oooo. NICE! That very well could have been the thinking behind that then. I definitely had thought BUZZWHATT??? when I first heard the summary for that ep, and then when we saw this new Sam in the premiere, it made more sense. I think it was definitely a concept designed to set this Sam on edge.
Definitely with you on the lack of definition we have now for "soul" on this show. That's what I've been thinking too. As much as this whole show's mythology has surrounded the concept of buy and selling them, we don't have much of an idea of what it truly is. The most is really what Ruby said about burning humanity out of you to become a demon, but even then, are we supposed to assume that demons have no souls? Or are they just blackened souls? What about angels? Are their souls those white lights that fill vessels? How is it different from humans? There's sooooo much they could do here, and yet sooooo much they could screw up. It makes me kinda nervous.
Ooo, and you wrote a ice imagery poem! Awesome, I'll have to check it out!
So glad you could enjoy this! I'll be crossing my fingers for tonight...