The Winchesters Pilot - What do we know about the box?
Was that Samuel Campbell at the beginning?
The paper Mary found describes a magical box and says:
Follow the path of 1 toward Heaven.
Second spot is four less seven
Find the forth behind Hells door,
Six suns set on the Western floor
I will always lead you here,
Ending the darkness that we all fear
My first thought was THE EMPTY - and I Screamed.
but once I calmed down I started thinking dimensions and the Acreda. there are also strong Amara vibes I am choosing to ignore.
We have seen a demon get sucked inside, into this tiny box.
So either it's a trap or it's a door.
If it's a door I would expect it goes to another dimension.
Either way - what happens if a person we care about at some point gets sucked into the box too? 🤔 hrmm (don't hurt Lata!)
The MoL locked it up for a reason - which they wouldn't do if this awesome piece of tech was a no downsides monster trap. So maybe it can suck people in or the Acreda can use this to cross over.
Per @greatcometcas Akreda is ancient Greek for Locusts and doesn't that just have Vibes.
The paper also had these symbols on it, one of which Samuel someone with a bag with the initials S.C. wrote in blood to open the Manhole of Letters at the beginning of the episode. (A bit of digital manipulation and highlighting) I was convinced the symbols would combine together to create the Men of Letters symbol. No such luck yet. Unless we separate them into their base ancient ruins. ...
Started with the assumption that this person was Samuel - possible Tom Welling stand-in notwithstanding - that leads me to some questions.
Apparently the symbol he drew into the dish is called an Odal Rune or an Othala. (thank you @swordofsun!) Unfortunately I know it as a symbol co-opted by nazis, but it's is one of the oldest and most widely used runes in ancient Norse, Germanic, and Anglo-Saxon cultures. It was used for the “o” sound and is symbolic of lineage and genetic inheritance.
So - so I had been assuming this Indiana jones looking man was Samuel Campbell, but is he? I still think that is most likely but it feels like this symbol should have been drawn in MoL legacy blood to open the door. We've seen that before. I'm fine with that being unnecessary, but it would be fun if that meant 1) Samuel had ties to MoL 2) The Campbells have some history with the Acreda or 3) That isn't Samuel.
This is about when @wigglebox asked me if that man looked like Jensen and, now that you mention it.... I don't see bow legs, but it does kind of look like the back of his head?
Is this Jensen/Dean? Is this Henry/Gil? Is this just Samuel/Tom?
IDK. Someone tell me who this looks like to you, where my hand freaks at?
I want it to be Dean, he's a legacy and it would be a fun twist, but I think Dean would be better able to handle himself and he's wearing a wedding ring so for that to be Dean he'd have to be married to Cas at this point - Which obv means I am fully on board 😂💙💚.
Nah, I think it was likely Samuel.
Symbols on the paper (bear with me there are a LOT of interpretations online and I do not know what I'm doing):
MoL Symbol - Unicursal Hexagram associated with symbolic magical, and spiritual connections. "Our crest. The Aquarian Star, representing great magic and power. They say it stood at the gates of Atlantis itself." Combination of 2 Kauną (see below) and an ᚷ? (top right)
Apparently this is a combination rune used for protection - or protection of family. I feel like this looks like it's a combination of the two symbols Inguz - fertility or love and Isa/Isaz - ice or death. ᛝ + ᛁ (Top left)
Raido ? - Journey - combined with the symbol for message / god / odin. AR . Also seeing people referring to this as Energy - getting real "the heroes journey" vibes, Robbie. ᚮ + ᚱ
upside down Othada - apparently the main meaning of a reversed othada is “loss of home”? ᛟ
This one I could not find - the only combination I was able to come up with was a double ᛜ a ᛜᛜ which is an inguz from a different culture. Meaning seed, or energy. Creation. - Maybe the duplicate means destruction / the darkness? Like a reverse? It could just as easily be 2 Othadas doubled back on themselves which would be fun thematically.
Othada / Odal- Heritage/Legacy/genetic inheritance or separation or possession ᛟ
combination of Kauną/Kenaz & Igus ᚲ + ᛜ - getting so many interpretations off of these - Kenaz - love/relationship/fire, Igus seed/energy/creation.
If I didn't know better - and I think I do - I'd think this was about Amara - the elusions to god (reverse) and the darkness. But given what we already know I expect this to be about the Acreda. Mostly I think this is a warning about an interdimensional door. I was clowning for a second when I found an interpretation relating to a journey in time, but I don't think it holds up.
Thank you to @escapingpurgatorypodcast @endofthebookpod & dearly to @deanncastiel for the image source!
I sincerely hope someone who knows better can make some sense of this