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Wednesday, 2 December 2015

Supernatural: "Just My Imagination" Review

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Warning: Full spoilers for the episode below.

Supernatural's mythology has expanded over the last 11 seasons. We started with ghosts and demons, and then at some point dragons and fairies came into the lore, and now? We can add imaginary friends to the list. On the surface, "Just My Imagination" sounded goofy. It's a concept that could go wildly wrong, but it soared. What could have easily fallen into caricature territory was instead a mix of humor and heart with a side of glittery blood. Oh man, I bet effects had fun making the unicorn blood.

Gore and blood are as much a part of Supernatural as the Winchesters, but there was something especially macabre about the brutal murders of the imaginary friends. Sparkle's murder was sad when it happened but became more awful once you got to know Sully and see other Zana -- they exist to make kids cheerful, plain and simple. The thought of someone killing such pure expressions of joy was chilling. And how screwed up is the poor kid who found Sparkles going to be? It's the very definition of traumatizing.

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