Witch's Canyon
Nov. 25th, 2007 12:38 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
gwaevalarinI finished "Witch's Canyon" today. I liked it a lot better than "Nevermore". The storyline just had a better flow. I could feel the boys' frustration while they were trying to find the answers but couldn't really see a pattern while people were dying and the opening of the mall was drawing nearer. Once they had figured out what they were dealing with the curse or spell made sense even though there was no explanation where Elizabeth Marborough got her power from. The fact that her spirit was trapped in the coffin an attacking when Dean tried to perform the ritual made her appear even more dangerous. And knowing that at the same time Sam and the Sheriff were fighting an armee at the crowded mall gave it a lot of pace.
Marionette didn't totally catch the boys' voices. They weren't OOC. There weren't any lines that made me think: "He'd never say that." but neither did most of them give me a feeling of: "This is so totally Sam or Dean."
The OC: I liked the Sheriff and how after a while he started trusting the boys and working with them. Baird annoyed me a little but that might not have been totally unintentionally. Juliet stayed one dimensional. I didn't really care about her when she was trapped in her house trying to fight the wolf and looking for a way to get to town.
Some scenes that stood out to me:
The two flashbacks.
I loved the one at the beginning of chapter 4 where John sending them through some parcour to prepare them. And Sammy's close to tears because he's only eight and doesn't find the strength to fullfill the task. And John shouts at him. And Dean goes over to his little brother to encourage him and promise him to "buy" him some candy if he makes it over that ramp.
"He gave Sammy's bony shoulder a squeeze and got out of the way. "Kill it!" he said."
In the second flashback John was portrayed a little to harch for my taste. I see him training them and being all drill seargent. But I can't see him leaving them somewhere in the wilderness alone without any equipment and wait for them to make their way back to their cabin more than a day later. Just to teach them to never trust anyone not even him. After all he loves his boys and I just don't believe he'd put them in danger like that. Not with the scene of him hugging Sammy tight in "Something Wicked" in my mind.
And last but not least the boys splitting up:
"The change in his tone was subtle, not something just anyone would catch. Sam wasn't just anyone, though. He was the only person, besides Dad, who had ever been truly close to Dean. They had spent so much time together in the last year that, to Dean, it was probably almost like having a real social life. But he wasn't used to being honest with people, and he wasn't used to being read by anyone.
Sam could read him, and he knew while his brother pretended to be aloof, Dean was, in fact, disappointed.
[...]
Sam knew full well that any time he and Dean seperated might be the last time. When they were together, they had each other's backs. Apart, any battle might be their last."
What I can't quite figure out is when the novel is supposed to take place. John's death is mentioned so it's definately somewhen during season 2. It has to be post Croatoan since they visit Grand Canyon at the beginning of the novel. But then again there's no sign of Sam having the faintest idea about his "destiny". So maybe some time towards the ending of season 2 when Sam doesn't think about that quite so much any more? Somewhen between 2x16 and 2x20?
Marionette didn't totally catch the boys' voices. They weren't OOC. There weren't any lines that made me think: "He'd never say that." but neither did most of them give me a feeling of: "This is so totally Sam or Dean."
The OC: I liked the Sheriff and how after a while he started trusting the boys and working with them. Baird annoyed me a little but that might not have been totally unintentionally. Juliet stayed one dimensional. I didn't really care about her when she was trapped in her house trying to fight the wolf and looking for a way to get to town.
Some scenes that stood out to me:
The two flashbacks.
I loved the one at the beginning of chapter 4 where John sending them through some parcour to prepare them. And Sammy's close to tears because he's only eight and doesn't find the strength to fullfill the task. And John shouts at him. And Dean goes over to his little brother to encourage him and promise him to "buy" him some candy if he makes it over that ramp.
"He gave Sammy's bony shoulder a squeeze and got out of the way. "Kill it!" he said."
In the second flashback John was portrayed a little to harch for my taste. I see him training them and being all drill seargent. But I can't see him leaving them somewhere in the wilderness alone without any equipment and wait for them to make their way back to their cabin more than a day later. Just to teach them to never trust anyone not even him. After all he loves his boys and I just don't believe he'd put them in danger like that. Not with the scene of him hugging Sammy tight in "Something Wicked" in my mind.
And last but not least the boys splitting up:
"The change in his tone was subtle, not something just anyone would catch. Sam wasn't just anyone, though. He was the only person, besides Dad, who had ever been truly close to Dean. They had spent so much time together in the last year that, to Dean, it was probably almost like having a real social life. But he wasn't used to being honest with people, and he wasn't used to being read by anyone.
Sam could read him, and he knew while his brother pretended to be aloof, Dean was, in fact, disappointed.
[...]
Sam knew full well that any time he and Dean seperated might be the last time. When they were together, they had each other's backs. Apart, any battle might be their last."
What I can't quite figure out is when the novel is supposed to take place. John's death is mentioned so it's definately somewhen during season 2. It has to be post Croatoan since they visit Grand Canyon at the beginning of the novel. But then again there's no sign of Sam having the faintest idea about his "destiny". So maybe some time towards the ending of season 2 when Sam doesn't think about that quite so much any more? Somewhen between 2x16 and 2x20?
