“Supernatural”: Angel or Monster?

The TV show “Supernatural” has 7 seasons up now. The show is about two brothers Sam Winchester and Dean Winchester hunt ghosts, demons and other figures of the supernatural. There are several story lines in the show, first of all, the brother hunters hunting demons to save the human world, and then the conflict between hell and heaven, moreover, the civil war in the heaven!

“It’s a civil war up there”, isn’t heaven supposed to be the place full of love, trust, hope and forgiveness? Apparently it is not in the “Supernatural” show, angels collect “weapons”, “forces” to against each other. Raphael is the evil archangel figure while Castiel was the good angel figure, who turned to a “monster” and declared himself the new God in season 7. He turns to monster on his way searching for redemption. The heaven is more like another human world in the TV series, evil and humanity are shown everywhere. 

There is a lot of themes in the show could fit in the topic for this week. Episode 11, season 6 is talking about death, and the fear of death. It also brings deeper question about who deserve to die, and who shouldn’t die? Everyone has the fear of death, but just as Professor Harris said, death teaches us how to live!

In this Week’s Lecture, we talked about that monsters which are hybrid of human and non-human, after watching “Supernatural”, I think there is another kind of monster, which is the hybrid of Good and Evil. The topic of monster for this week also reminds me of Lady Gaga, she call her fans “Her little Monsters”, because she said “monsters” are the origin sin inside everybody, we face it, we fight it, and we could be saved.

When I think about the characters, the story in Supernatural Season 7, I kinda question myself if the Angel doesn’t become a monster, do I still want to watch it? Or like it? Maybe not, and I guess that’s the little monster inside me!