Assigning Elements of Supernatural to the 14 Fear Entities of the Magnus Archives
(inspired by a conversation with @rosalineandrosemary while i forced her to watch doctor who)
the buried:
- dean waking up in a coffin and crawling his way out of the dirt
- 1x03 - dead in the water (specifically them all dying via drowning)
- 4x21 - when the levee breaks (being contained in a small space over a period of time)
- also can fit into the spiral or the web since sam is essentially detoxing and facing the mental repercussions
- 3x06 - red sky at morning (more drowning)
the corruption:
- 1x08 - bugs (obviously)
- lucifer’s affect on vince vincente’s body
- pestilence
- the toll of the trials on sam
the dark:
- any instance of the empty
- pamela being blinded by castiel
- any instance of the darkness
- eyes being gouged out in 1x05
the desolation:
- mary and jessica’s deaths
- burning of bodies
- burning off sam’s tattoo
the end:
- the apocalypse(s) (duh)
- would also fit into extinction but i’m not including it
- any time anyone dies
- the entirety of s3, where sam is trying to save dean
- death and the reapers
the eye:
- the supernatural books
- 1x05 - bloody mary (the knowing of secrets)
- sam’s research - “so get this”
- men of letters library
- sam’s psychic visions
the flesh:
- cutting of hands for blood
- 4x04 - metamorphosis
- levithan-infected food
- 9x13 - the purge
- sam coughing up blood during the trials
the hunt:
- demon!dean
- soulless!sam
- mark of cain
- sam and dean are both followers but not necessarily avatars
- werewolves and vampires
the lonely:
- the empty again
- also heaven
- sam and dean’s long drives on empty roads
- any angel (“things that appear human but don’t have any personality to them”)
the slaughter:
- sam being hunted through the bunker by demon!dean
- end world
- apocalypse world
- 8x06 - southern comfort
- war
the spiral:
- mystery spot (that needs no explanation)
- sam’s hallucinations of lucifer
- any instance of time travel (?)
- jesse the antichrist (5x06)
- gabriel would absolutely be an avatar of the spiral
the stranger:
- any instance of possession (gadreel, lucifer, apocalypse!michael, etc.)
- anything with shapeshifters and leviathans
- anything with clowns
- 2x20 - what is and what should never be
- 4x02 - are you there, god? it’s me, dean winchester
- sirens
- 4x17 - it’s a terrible life
- 5x05 - fallen idols
- 5x12 - swap meat
- 5x15 - dead men don’t wear plaid
- also fits with the flesh when they go rabid at the end but more so the stranger
- 10x11 - there’s no place like home
- 12x05 - the one you’ve been waiting for
- all of the apocalypse world doppelgängers
- any instance of someone being without a soul
the vast:
- dean’s fear of flying
- the empty yet again
- 1x04 - phantom traveler
- 11x14 - the vessel
- adam and sam falling into the cage
the web:
- 2x05 - simon said
- 4x18 - the monster at the end of this book
- specifically chuck’s whole thing
feel free to reblog/reply and add your input or ideas
