I love talking about the ‘old days’ of hunting. I think it’s a credit to the show that the concept is even possible. Also, as I’m slightly older then probable average tumblr user, I do actually remember at least the 80s and what life was like pre-internet. I think that’s part of why I like writing stories about young sam and dean; I am Dean’s age. Of course I’m missing 5 seasons of the show but at least I have the bones.

dvancecinco:

YES!  I think that the good old days would be fascinating.  And the fact that we get to travel in time and see things like Mary and John in their younger years.  I mean, Mary was a kick-ass hunter when she was younger; John was a former Marine.  Had they combined their skills and knowledge and taught their kids how to hunt in a safe, kind environment, who knows what would have happened to the boys. 

I also adore thinking about things like, life before the Internet, cell phones, etc.  I think it might be interesting for younger viewers watching seasons where the boys have to hang out at the library for an entire afternoon researching a small town.  They had to actually travel to the town in order to access their resources and then decide, yes there is a case, no there isn’t.  I bet a lot of trips were made that ended up in frustration.  

And I think we get a taste of this in probably the first three seasons the most; where we see the boys following closer to what was written in John’s journal.  I mean, they boys also talked about being left behind in certain areas for extended amounts of time.  John’s gotta drive probably 8 or so hours, spend a day or two doing research, spend a day with the local authorities, spend a day or two hunting, and then drive back.  Like, a legit hunting trip would have taken a week, minimum.  While he’s out there, it would be so much easier for him to have just gone “oh, I’m only 4 hours away from what could potentially be this other lead on Yellow Eyes and there’s some suspicious something-or-other happening only 2 hours east of here, so I’ll just hang out around these parts for a few more days and see what I can find out.”  What John saw as research for vengeance, the boys would have seen as potential abandonment.

The boys, comparatively, have it easy.  They have smart phones; so many cities and towns have online archives of their newspapers; they have Sam’s magical wifi capabilities.  They have the bunker.  They had Bobby and now Garth.  They had Ash.  

I think this is a fascinating subject.  I would love to know more, especially comparing the Campbell family and the Winchester family, traditional hunters versus Men of Letters.  I want to see how their styles would be.  Can we just have like history books?