Aha!

[neotoma]

I rather liked the most recent episode of Supernatural! It ended on a fairly happy note -- no one they were working with died, and they killed the monsters -- and they seem to have finally gotten a break. Also, Sam is in nerd heaven in his library, and Dean also seems happy with their new base of operations.

I'm suspect that the golem lore was handled no better than SPN handles any religious lore they use, but I really liked the golem and how it was all grumpy that Aaron wasn't religiously observant. Nothing like a magical construct bitching you out about how you don't keep the Sabbath and break the commandments for really awkward moments.

I'm just going to assume there is some sort of magical upkeep spell on the library of the Men of Letters, considering that there should be 50 years of dust and deterioration at the very least. Since the leather chairs are in pristine condition, the swords aren't rusted, and there is no mold eating the library, it must be magic.

Sam really should have been a Man of Letters, and I loved his 'research assistant' outfit. Because apparently Sam decided the way to making himself look harmless and nerdy was a blazer and sweater vest. Bless him.

I think I can use this new canon in the Big Bang I'm writing. I was having trouble with Sam as a lawyer, but Sam as a researcher for the Men of Letters might actually work better for my story...

Comments

[hannah]

If he lived in a world where hunting was known among general society and a profession people could talk about openly, if not on school career day, he might not have gone in for law - something about as far removed from hunting as would be possible for him to conceive of at sixteen. So yes, researcher for the Men of Letters, or paralegal for a firm, or even professional reference librarian, would all suit his temperament and allow for a more pragmatic way to adapt the family trade to the modern world. Hunting people and saving things.

[neotoma]

Professional reference librarian for the Men of Letters? Or possibly field researcher -- 'what *is* the most efficient way to kill a wendigo? stake and burn? or death by flare gun? Let's experiment!'. He could be the hunter equivalent to the research witch of the Discworld.

That would allow him to having hunting trips with Dean, but still come home to Jess on the weekends. It'd be kind of like being married to a traveling salesman, except with more bloodstains.

[hannah]

I vote for professional reference librarian. That way, when Jess moves to the Appalachian center from Palo Alto, she can make an argument to bring him along and get a job working with the on-site archives. Or at least assisting with them.

[madripoor_rose]

loved the possibilities the men of letters backstory opened up. and the golem was fun.

[neotoma]

I am pleased with the possibilities of the Men of Letters, because I really thought it was going to be a one-off episode where Sam and Dean lose yet another person close to them to death...