Daytripper

On 1/30/23 I was on flight UA510 Newark>Orlando & left my journal in the seat pocket. Includes longhand writing inside, photos (including from SPN VanCon 2022--me w/Jensen Ackles and Misha Collins), editorial cartoons, tweet print-outs, washi tape decorations & is precious to me. My name & address are on inside front cover. I'll reward whoever returns it to me either with $100 to the returner or to their favorite charity (charity, not political cause). Please be kind enough to share this post as far and wide as you can. The notebook is a Cognitive Surplus softcover lined notebook, 6"x9", and looks like the above, with a ribbon glued into it as a bookmark.

Last night, for the first time in a very long time, I re-watched “Blood Brother.” I have observations:

1) When Dean and Benny get into the dinghy to go over to Prentiss Island, Benny talks about not knowing what is real, and Dean gives him the “This is real. We are.” speech that Cas gives Dean later in the series. I never realized that before. Oh Dean, your heart breaks for Benny, you want him to succeed in this world, and you want to save him so much!

2) The purgatory flashback in which Benny and Cas get into an argument is extra funny when Dean says to the two of them, “You two are killing me!” Like, yes, dude, they’re fighting over *you*, their baby; deal with it!

3) Later in another purgatory flashback, Benny saves Cas and then gives him a hand up off the ground. All I could think was that Benny knows Dean loves Cas and so therefore Benny will save Cas for Dean. And, of course, the opposite is true as well. It’s obviously a moment of recognition for each of them. Dean has no idea what a prize princess he is for them both. 🙂

4) When Dean, Benny, and Cas get to the portal, Dean slices open his and Benny’s forearms and they grip each other tight so that Dean can be raised from Pur . . . gatory. So Benny is to Dean in Purgatory as Cas was to Dean in Hell.

5) I love that, at the end of the episode, if you watch carefully, you can see Benny looking past Andrea, and giving Dean the slightest of nods to kill her. And later, if you weren’t watching carefully, when Benny asks Dean why he did “it”, for a moment, we are set up to think that the Benny is asking Dean why he killed Andrea. But that isn’t it at all, of course. The silent understanding between Dean and Benny is the equal of that between Dean and Cas. It kills me every time.