Hey! *hugs* Yeah had a good weekend! Just not much time for writing, so this one is shorter than I think it should be. Feels like I left a lot out. But well ...
But on the other hand, Samuel was already hunting the YED (without knowing it), and Mary was a friend of Liddy. The problem is, that Dean could exactly tell when and where the demon would attack next and I doubt that Samuel would have put that information together in time to show up there to save Libby. So, as I said, it's possible that the YED would have targeted Mary anyway, but still in this plot it was Dean who put them on that track. :)
I really can't decide if I think this was genuine time travel or not. Indeed, it's difficult to tell. The easiest explanation would be if it was an alternative reality, but I think the option that Dean has always been part of his own history is valid as well. The only difference we know happened is that Samuel and Mary interrupted the YED at Libby's and since possessed!Samuel was alone with her later, it is still possible, if not likely, that he killed her without Dean and Mary knowing.
Whether or not he ever knew their true significance we can't know, just that he considered them noteworthy. Hm, but Dean knew exactly what that list meant and how did he know that if not from John? It's all a bit fuzzy. We can't even be sure how long John knew at all that it was a demon who killed Mary. /sigh
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Date: 2008-10-05 07:51 pm (UTC)But on the other hand, Samuel was already hunting the YED (without knowing it), and Mary was a friend of Liddy. The problem is, that Dean could exactly tell when and where the demon would attack next and I doubt that Samuel would have put that information together in time to show up there to save Libby. So, as I said, it's possible that the YED would have targeted Mary anyway, but still in this plot it was Dean who put them on that track. :)
I really can't decide if I think this was genuine time travel or not. Indeed, it's difficult to tell. The easiest explanation would be if it was an alternative reality, but I think the option that Dean has always been part of his own history is valid as well. The only difference we know happened is that Samuel and Mary interrupted the YED at Libby's and since possessed!Samuel was alone with her later, it is still possible, if not likely, that he killed her without Dean and Mary knowing.
Whether or not he ever knew their true significance we can't know, just that he considered them noteworthy. Hm, but Dean knew exactly what that list meant and how did he know that if not from John? It's all a bit fuzzy. We can't even be sure how long John knew at all that it was a demon who killed Mary. /sigh