I agree with the vast majority of the issues brought up so far, and I'm not a very patient man so I didn't read all of the longer posts so I apologize if this has already been brought up but, did Death's job seem a little too simple to anyone?
I mean, Death itself should be doing more than what Dean did. Death mentioned in Swan Song I believe it was that our galaxy was "barely out of its diapers" or something like that hinting to his job being much MUCH larger than tending to the deaths here on Earth.
Therefore, when Dean was doing Death's job, shouldn't he be "taking" like billions of lifeform's lives at every given second? This all depends on the size of the universe but you get my point. Plus, I'm sure more people died during the time Dean was doing his shift than we saw and that he took so WTF?
We can assume that Death didn't give ALL of his duties to Dean for that short bit of time but it was never addressed and that is what gets to me. It would have taken one line from Death to clear all of this up like, "Of course, I can't let you take over my job entirely, you'd most defiantly explode the insignificant lifeform that you are." or something like that and I'd be happy.
I speculated that perhaps the ring is what ties Death to Earth, kind of the embodiment (or en-ring-ment) of his Earthly form and duties. So when Dean put on the ring, thats all he obtained, and not the rest which would have made him at the very least kersplode. This is a very weak speculation but its all i could come up with that even remotely works without resorting to "Well it was like that 'cause Death wanted it to be like that."
One last little thing, that fact that Dean gained none of Death's knowledge while wearing the ring i.e. what happens after you die. You'd think that might be something you'd need to know to effectively be Death. Even if he only had said knowledge while wearing the ring, that wouldn't have been so bad would it? If he forgot all that super-knowhow after he took off the ring? But I assume thats why Tessa was there, because I doubt Death needs another Reaper there when he takes someone, after all as he said, he is Death.
I've always been a fan of Death's portrayal in SPN, I don't know how many times I've watched that part of Swan Song where Death pulls up in his white "horse" and totally brushes that guys life off his shoulder. And when he refers to a human as a bacterium compared to him, classic!
Anyway, great episode as a whole and I absolutely loved the return of Death, sorry to be nitpicky but thought I should mention the few things I noticed throughout. Thank you to those who actually read my entire post and SHAME on those who read the first paragraph and a half then skipped to the last one! I do it all the time.
I mean, Death itself should be doing more than what Dean did. Death mentioned in Swan Song I believe it was that our galaxy was "barely out of its diapers" or something like that hinting to his job being much MUCH larger than tending to the deaths here on Earth.
Therefore, when Dean was doing Death's job, shouldn't he be "taking" like billions of lifeform's lives at every given second? This all depends on the size of the universe but you get my point. Plus, I'm sure more people died during the time Dean was doing his shift than we saw and that he took so WTF?
We can assume that Death didn't give ALL of his duties to Dean for that short bit of time but it was never addressed and that is what gets to me. It would have taken one line from Death to clear all of this up like, "Of course, I can't let you take over my job entirely, you'd most defiantly explode the insignificant lifeform that you are." or something like that and I'd be happy.
I speculated that perhaps the ring is what ties Death to Earth, kind of the embodiment (or en-ring-ment) of his Earthly form and duties. So when Dean put on the ring, thats all he obtained, and not the rest which would have made him at the very least kersplode. This is a very weak speculation but its all i could come up with that even remotely works without resorting to "Well it was like that 'cause Death wanted it to be like that."
One last little thing, that fact that Dean gained none of Death's knowledge while wearing the ring i.e. what happens after you die. You'd think that might be something you'd need to know to effectively be Death. Even if he only had said knowledge while wearing the ring, that wouldn't have been so bad would it? If he forgot all that super-knowhow after he took off the ring? But I assume thats why Tessa was there, because I doubt Death needs another Reaper there when he takes someone, after all as he said, he is Death.
I've always been a fan of Death's portrayal in SPN, I don't know how many times I've watched that part of Swan Song where Death pulls up in his white "horse" and totally brushes that guys life off his shoulder. And when he refers to a human as a bacterium compared to him, classic!
Anyway, great episode as a whole and I absolutely loved the return of Death, sorry to be nitpicky but thought I should mention the few things I noticed throughout. Thank you to those who actually read my entire post and SHAME on those who read the first paragraph and a half then skipped to the last one! I do it all the time.
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