LARP and the Real Girl (8x11)

Welcome back to another episode of Denim Wrapped Nightmares, where Berly and LA dive into Supernatural Season 8, Episode 11: "LARP and the Real Girl" - and yes, it's exactly as nerdy as it sounds!

What Went Down:

Our episode kicks off with poor Ed the accountant getting literally torn apart by invisible horses (talk about a rough night!), followed by Lance projectile vomiting blood all over an interrogation room mirror. The Winchesters investigate and discover both deaths are connected to a LARPing group called Moondoor, where everyone dresses up as elves and orcs and takes their foam sword battles very seriously.

The Good Stuff:

• Charlie's back! Our favorite hacker queen is now ruling over a bunch of LARPers and looking fabulous doing it
• Dean gets fully costumed up and is way into it (that Braveheart speech though!)
• Sam meets a flirty elf in the tech tent (and maybe visits her tent later, according to Berly's headcanon)
• The mustache-sporting sheriff who's just happy to let the FBI handle the weird stuff

The Monster:

Turns out the real villain is Boltar the Furious (and boy, is he ever furious), who's been using a captive fairy named Gilda to murder anyone who gets too close to his beloved Queen Charlie. His evil plan? Kill everyone, wipe Charlie's memory, and force her to make him king. Therapy would've been cheaper, buddy.

The Resolution:

Charlie saves the day by destroying the spell book, freeing Gilda and turning Boltar's real sword back into harmless foam. Dean promptly punches the creep's lights out because he was SO done with this whole situation. The fairy tribunal takes Boltar away (and honestly, we'd watch that episode), and our heroes join an epic LARPing battle because sometimes you just need to have a little fun.

Gore Counter:

• 2 blood splooges 
• One extremely disturbing quartering scene
• Lance's face literally bleeding from every orifice (yikes!)

The hosts loved the Dean-Charlie friendship, the surprisingly impressive Moondoor setup, and Dean's complete transformation from LARP-mocker to enthusiastic participant. A fun, lighter episode that proves even monster hunters need to let loose sometimes!

"What I can't shut this down, it's good to be queen!" - Queen Charlie

Sources:

• https://supernatural.fandom.com/wiki/LARP_and_the_Real_Girl 
• https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2022/12/19/are-fairies-real-origin/8121470001/
• https://www.awaywiththefairies.ie/how-do-you-attract-fairies-to-your-house/

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