SPN 13×22 Exodus
Dean’s right
in not wanting Lucifer talk to Jack. Lucifer’s good
at mind games and messing with people. Just last episode, he managed to rile up
Rowena so much that it eventually led to him getting free. Not to mention that
the entire AU!world mess following Jack’s birth wouldn’t have even happened in
the first place if Lucifer hadn’t managed to trick Sam into going the Cage to
talk to him, and then convince Cas to say yes and release him.Sam and
Cas, who know very well who Lucifer is and what he’s capable
of, were tricked by him. Because Lucifer knows how to get
under people’s skin. He played into Sam’s hubris by making him believe he’s
receiving visions from God, and he fooled Cas by giving him a chance to feel
like he’s doing something important. In this episode, right in front of Sam, he
showed his perceptiveness and ability to understand how to get people to do
what he wants when he convinced Jack to leave by appealing to his
protectiveness of the group.So when
Mary smiles in amusement because “Jack isn’t going to the dark side” as if Dean was fussing over nothing, and when she seems so sure that “He’ll
see Lucifer’s true nature”, there’s no wonder Dean doesn’t seem comforted at
all.Because
Lucifer doesn’t convince people to go to the dark side. He convinces them that
they’re doing the right thing, the only
right thing. And by the time that turns out not to be true, it’s too late.#yes#this#they were all talking abt lucifer#as if he was the black sheep of the family#who was slightly embarassing#not the one who corrupted humans#made demons#killed tortured#and we see that what dean was fearing#happened exactly like he’d predicted#with jack falling for it#and then being sad at the end#in other words listen to dean#will ppl ever learn?
Reblogging for @veneredirimmel‘s additional comment
I found it kind of amazing that in an episode where Lucifer was surrounded by people who’d seen the worst of him, Lucifer calmly managed to spin his woeful tale of how he was abandoned by his father with no one being able to give Jack one good reason not to listen to him beyond “He’s evil, don’t trust him.” It’s no wonder Tumblr is full of Lucifer fans who think he’s just *misunderstood* and whine about how they just want their sweet, precious son to be happy…
Mary’s reaction shows how little she understands about parenting and the complicated ties that exist between children and their parents. (Or well, human relationships in general, if we’re honest.) Dean knows only too well that no matter how critically you may view your father’s actions, stepping away is easier said than done.
Mary’s response to Dean was so condescending and just rubbed me the wrong way so intensely. She has next to no experience with Lucifer in comparison to Dean, Cas, or Sam. Though, she probably doesn’t know that because she’s spent so little time trying to actually get to know her children as people. I’m incredibly tired of Mary thinking she knows best and just belittling her children by acting like she doesn’t need to listen to them.
Same, like it or not she’s far less experienced a hunter than her children are at this point. I mean seriously, they got like ten years experience on her at this point. And they’ve known Lucifer longer and through more “incarnations”.
She acts like a know it all yet she’s been wrong far more often than she’s been right.
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