KJ, Meredith, Jenn, and Vail have a lot to say in this longest-ever episode to date of Supernatural Opinions. Gordon Walker is here to drive a wedge between the still-grieving Winchesters and pushing them to reevaluate their definition of what monsters are. Meredith has an advisory against roaming Victorian cemeteries with wooden stakes, KJ talks (again, but this time with a thesis to back them up) about the queercoding of vampires,their use in this episode, and the connection to an iconic queer couple from Buffy the Vampire Slayer (which KJ started to watch after recording this episode). And there’s also a series of discussions on characters of colour in Supernatural, coping mechanisms for grief, and John’s organization of dead monsters in the Impala with twelve year old Sam.
CW Episode Description: Sam and Dean meet Gordon (guest star Sterling K. Brown), a fellow demon hunter who has been systematically killing vampires in a small town, and Dean immediately bonds with the older man. However, after Sam meets with the lead vampire (guest star Amber Benson) and discovers they are actually peaceful creatures who survive on cattle blood, he decides not all supernatural beings are evil and forces Dean to choose whether he will side with Sam or Gordon.
Not Just Dead, But Gay! Queerness and the Vampire, the thesis by Brigdewater State University student William Tringali: https://vc.bridgew.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1172&context=honors_proj
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Meredith (tiktok, instagram and Tumblr): shaedsofdeianeira
Vail (tumblr and AO3): mishamccarthy
Jenn: Tiktok- jenn_ayye, Ao3- schmuzz, Tumblr- schmuzzz