
Wee!Bobby in At Death's Door (7.10)
Devil's Trap (1.22)
Dean: Bobby, thanks. Thanks for everything. To tell you the truth, I wasn’t sure we should come.
Bobby: Nonsense, your Daddy needs help.
Dean: Well, yeah, but last time we saw you, I mean, you did threaten to blast him full of buckshot. Cocked the shotgun and everything. You can tell I'm itching for the next ep yeah? I've been thinking about Show and the above lines of dialogue popped into my brain. It made me beam a little when I then considered wee!Bobby's actions in that last episode.
There is no way Bobby had the elaborate back story he has now when he first appeared here. In fact, it's my understanding that he was going to be around that much. What I do love is that they ended up giving Bobby a backstory that directly linked and a past action (shooting his father) to one of the very first bits of information we were given about him (cocking a shotgun at John).
It makes sense that this is how Bobby solves problems. It solved his first, childhood problem after all.
I also like that we saw Bobby use a shot gun in episode 7.09. And use it expertly.

I would like to think this was a deliberate set up. The audience has it fresh in their minds that Bobby is
very familiar with shotguns. It means that when he picks it up to shoot his father it rings true. This is something Bobby
could have done.
Other parallels that I liked:
Bobby being shot in the same place he shot his dad. (very cool)
The glass of milk shattering on the floor, similar to the way the coffee cup was dropped when John died. Not identical, but I'd like to think it was a call back.
The sliding doors opening up to reveal the childhood scene, similar to them opening in Dream a Little Dream, when we discover that Bobby's wife was possessed by a demon.
Is it January 6th yet?
I so agree about the backstory they've given Bobby. I need to rewatch the last ep (sob) before next week's episode, but I've been thinking about it a lot over the past month. You know it's good television when it haunts you.
I did a re-watch recently and it made me cry again. :( Such a good episode though. I CAN'T WAIT to see where they go next.
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I adore how Bobby's character was slowly fleshed out over the seasons, although his love for Sam and Dean was evident write from the first.
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I admit to not being gun savvy at all, so thanks for the links. :)
I'm also (just now) wondering if John actually pointed the shotgun at John because of they way he treated the boys. Which would also link back to his childhood memories.
And if both wee!Bobby and ClosedEyesShooter!Bobby are both using bolt-action rifles then that kind of makes me more excited. It means they've definitely made the link between now Bobby and then Bobby. :DD
Show is certainly weird like that. They can forget plot and character points that seem vital and yet remember (and use) something as simple as this. I would like to think this one is deliberate - it's hard to tell. I definitely think it was no accident that we saw Bobby hunting in the previous episode. They knew where they were going with this story line. (yay!)
I think you're right about the set up in the previous episode - and well, I don't know for sure whether the long-term stuff is deliberate either, but I think there's at least a strong possibility. Calling back to previous episodes to create iconic images is something they've done before.
And I hope Bobby will continue to use his gun to protect the boys even from heaven...*sniff*
(is there such a thing as a heavenly gun? :P)
And I'm SURE Bobby will have a chance to use his gun again. I think Bobby will be too grouchy for heaven so they'll probably kick him out and send him back to look over the boys. :DD
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However, as much as I want NEW SHOW NOW PLEASE - I'm still not ready, everything's gone - *weeps* - maybe it's best Dean's not driving his baby any longer, I'm sure he wouldn't pack his beautiful mind brother into ANY old car and drive it off the pier, would he?
I've always thought about that line and wondered what it would take to drive the normally calm and collected Bobby Singer to not only point a gun at John but actually cock it too, that's something those familiar with guns just don't do on a whim.
I do have to watch the last episode once more, there were so many call outs to things that have been hinted at before and as usual the parallels were flying thick and fast - but honestly I just don't have the heart right now, I'm still here in denial I think.
I like that we don't know why Bobby cocked his gun - though, I can imagine it might have been something to do with the boys. There's been some hints, but nothing outright said,
I watched the last ep again recently and had another tear. It's a very moving episode and one worthy of Bobby dying. He'll be back no doubt. Just like the boys - I just hope it's not instant otherwise it'll lessen the power of that ep.
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