Salt Circle ★ A Supernatural / MBMBAM Animatic
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- Original audio from My Brother, My Brother and Me, Episode 562, "It Helps to Have a Cube"
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With this logic, could the boys have filled a hula hoop with salt and used it like a ghost banishing beam.
That’s genius! Even if it doesn’t make a beam, it’s still portable protection! I desperately want to see a scene in the next “The Conjuring” movie where the Warrens are fighting demons while carrying around a big plastic hula hoop 😂
So is THAT what they were doing in the Filmation Ghostbusters series with those hula hoop things?
I too saw that tumblr post back in the day :P
I dunno, I think it has to be out in the open. They thought salt was holy magic because if you rubbed salt on raw meat it *miraculously* didn't rot!
Having salt in a hula hoop would probably have the same nothing-effect as putting salt in a plastic bag and covering the meat with the bag.
Salty holy water hula hoop, best protection in the West.
The unironic answer is that the ring denotes a sphere that also goes underneath. I guess that would mean that if you drew a salt circle on the 2nd floor of a building, you could potentially trap a ghost on the ceiling of the 1st floor
You beautifully minded person, thank you
You’re so right. There is also def an episode of SPN where they drew the circle on the ceiling and the demon was trapped underneath it 😂
?? say what? is this spn lore??
Gotcha, so the salt in seawater is protecting the entire Earth.
I should mention this based on what little knowledge of pagan theology I have, but a ton of stuff from Supernatural is losely based on pagan/wicca. The above is how magic circles/pentacles are believed to behave, but those are what they use to trap demons, not ghosts(my mistake).
Honestly how salt works in the series is hella inconsistent iirc. Poured across a doorway? Yeah cuz ghosts cant go in thru windows or even walls. I seem to remember an episode with hellhounds that did this exactly.
I'm surprised none of the boys pointed out that if you fly up in a helicopter, that's just going to blow all the salt away and destroy your protective circle.
Not if you’re like, 100 miles up.
@@voilet-the-non-violet-vulpix A helicopter can't go anywhere _near_ that high. They max out at about four and a half miles.
But you're saying they should make the salt circle far away, then fly _into_ it with the helicopter? That's going to be pretty hard to spot unless you've got some thick-ass lines of salt.
surly in their predictive model they start the helicopter somewhere else and hover above the salt
@@voilet-the-non-violet-vulpix If you were 100 miles up, that would literally be in space.
The folklore, iirc, is that "walking corpse monsters" (which have been called various things like vampires, revenants, draugr, etc.) are often psychologically compelled to count things obsessively. It doesn't have to be salt; it can be sand, or grains of rice, anything tiny. Before a deadboi can cross it, they'd have to count every grain, and the hope is that they spend so long counting, the sun comes up.
So, just use Ouiji boards on the beach and you're gravy?
nah bro it’s cool watch the ghosts can’t get us if we’re in the desert boom problem solved
So you're telling me that The Count from fucking Sesame Street is an accurate depiction of Vampires???
@@SamMaddie2 Yes. That is exactly what they are telling you.
I suspect that the salt in particular comes from borrowing the Asian belief in salt as purifying and able to dispel evil if used in an affected area. A circle of something around you or line drawn is maybe very universal, but idk. The occult likes to borrow bits and pieces from all over and writers of that sort of thing do that yet again from the occult and borrow from other writers who did the same and occultists borrow from fiction etc etc so stuff gets mashed together a lot.
HAHA That's funny, I can totally imagine them being like this after like 10 beers and being fed up ghosthunting LMAO.
10 beers and a liquor store
This is so good. Justin really does bring that indignant, burdened eldest sibling energy that fits Dean
@1:34 they actually did do that on the show once. Lured a ghost into a room in an abandoned sewer, dropped a line of salt to keep it from escaping and sealed the whole thing in cement :p
I’m glad I wasn’t misremembering that one
And it wasn’t just any old ghost, it was the ghost of HH Holmes. He was America’s first serial killer. Also, that episode was Jo’s first hunt.
I just watched this episode like two days ago, I am re-watching the entire series with my boyfriend 😁
I went back and restarted the first season, and it's crazy how good the episodes used to be compared to how the last few seasons were
I am tired and I am so used to mbmbam animatics that my brain somehow forgot it was supposed to be a Supernatural animation. I got half way through and thought "This animatic is so nicely styled, but the boys look weird today? I don't think any of them have flowing shoulder-length lockes to my knowledge... wait... that coat looks familiar..."
Same here!
One of the reasons of "why salt" is that for thousands of years salt has been used to preserve, cure, and keep away bad things from getting into foods. It's also an incredibly important element that living things need to survive. With this in mind, it was believed that the purifying power of salt was able to keep impure spirits away from our very souls. Ghosts, demons, poltergeists and the lot couldn't cross the boundary because it was sacred. At least that's what I remember from my long ago youth. ^w^
"That will bring ants."
Thanks, Castiel.
As hyped as I was to see the title of this video, my joy is paled in comparison to the joy I know it will instill in Travis McElroy, and I think that’s beautiful
It makes me wonder if it's more of a demense effect. As in, you can use salt to protect a *space*, but it's relegated to that space. Because they didn't just use rings of salt, they used salt across doorframes and windowsills, and if they did that then the ghost couldn't go through the wall and avoid the windows or doors completely. If you shut out all the potential "entrances" of a space, then that seems to be enough to ward the area.
Which is why you need a circle of salt if you don't have the time or ability to ward all the entrances and exits. To that end, you've created an "inside the circle" demense that the spirit can't enter into.
Wiccan witches do it without salt *all the time*. ;-)
Man, "Supernatural" missed a great opportunity to showcase this during one of their Prank episodes, when Sam gives Dean a bag for the circle, he pours it out, and then looks at it, tastes it, and yells "This is sugar!!" Cut to Sam laughing, Cut to ghost looking confused.
Castiel as Travis seemed weird at first but was actually a great choice. I love this very much
Seeing Sam, Dean and Castiel in any form whatsoever is a nostalgia
i love that the sound for the ghost circle force field was just straight up lightsaber noises. Perfection
Now the circle is more of a symbolic thing I think. In folklore, symbols and ideas hold power over the supernatural, so by arranging the salt in a circle, you imbue it with the idea of a barrier, in addition to other connotations associated with circles.
It’s the same logic behind summoning circles and sigils
Doesn't the salt thing come from vampires needing to count the salt grains? So you could be outside the circle, and the ghost just needs to be near enough for its OCD to kick in and be all "MUST. KNOW. HOW. MANY. GRAINS!"
The salt part comes from Asia where it's used as a purifier. The occult, especially when writers use it, is a giant mashup of stuff borrowed from all over.
The way you animated the sign is EXACTLY how I was picturing it when I listened to the episode, it was so satisfying thank you
@1:19 Justin accidentally spoils the finale of the Adventure Zone Balance
Its funny how Dean sounds kinda drunk
Salt is often used in particular, because it was believed to have purification properties (probably coming from salting food, and how it prevents spoiling).
In that regard, as far as the affective 3 dimensional range, it's typically thought of as a cylinder approximately as high as the person in the circle... It's more of a proximity thing, rather than a radiant thing like the spotlight effect in the clip.
And while, in principle, any shape boundary could be used, the circle is the most common choice for its association with the infinite, unity, and perfection... For those concerned about the geometry.
There are also creatures that are claimed to have compulsions that would require it to count the grains (of salt, rice, etc) to allow for escape or prevent the creature from being able to move until the sun came up.
A electrical charge thing
You don't need to make a circle either
Just make a perimeter of salt around where you want to protect
My family does this with every house we move in too
Don't even really need salt either.
sam and griffin both have huge nerdy youngest brother vibes. a perfect animatic
Seeing the Supernatural boys in my CZcams recommended really is a blast from the past.
the funny part is, if youre able, you could totally trap a ghost in a ring of salt, its just really hard to do
God, this is brilliant! 😂 Something they definitely should have discussed at some point on SPN 👏
One of the Supernatural tie-in novels did address this. Ghost worrms were able to burrow in the earth under a salt ring and then pop up inside.
I think about those ghost worms every time a salt ring comes up...
Questions I have GENUINELY thought abt, ty brothers
Words cannot describe how happy this made me. My three favorite boys, as my other three favorite boys. Perfection.
mbmbam audio can fit seamlessly with truly ANY fandom
I really love towards the end where you emulate the Morton's Salt label. Well done!
I've always thought of it as being like allergies. The ghost can't get near it because it makes their bedsheet break out in hives.
So it wouldn't work through the floor, and a little gap isn't going to make a difference, but a large one will.
Wowowow!! Really good representations of the SPN boys, and a lovely MBMBAM clip to combo them with! The signs with a new little addendum really tickled me. And I loved how you took the time to draw out the different scenarios rather than just show them talking about them. The extra work makes it all the better! And if Travis ever sees this I hope he appreciates being cast as Cas.
These are the sort of conversations they have in the bunker at like 3AM
I love My Angel, My Brother, and Me: An advice show for the modren supernatural era!!
Favorite crossover ever😊
Casting Travis as Castiel is just *chef’s kiss*
Ha! This is awesome!
This sounds like if Neil and Terry wrote Supernatural
IT'S A BLOOD PRESSURE THING
Ghosts have no blood
They did that in an episode to the ghost of H.H. Holmes. (They surrounded him with salt and cemented in the area)
THIS ANIMATIC IS SO GOOD???? ITS SO CLEAN AND THE DESIGNS ARE SO APPEALING AND EXPRESSIVE AUGH
Also made me cackle amazing job kendkdnjd
I love that the MBMBAM boys get to embody the Supernatural boys. Brilliant!
This is amazing and incredible and I love it so much. Two of my favourite fandoms!!! And you art style and animation skills are incredible!!!
Also, they do technically use this method twice on the show! Once in No Exit where they did it to H.H. Holmes' ghost (who didn't fly up after them so maybe it does go all the way up!) and again in Scoobynatural to the little boy's ghost!
I think that the salt thing comes from one of the original vampire weaknesses. Basically the idea was that if you left a line of salt (not necessarily a circle), a vampire would be compelled to count the salt grain by grain. You could use that distraction to flee or steak em.
salt fucks with the osmotic pressure in the ectoplasma of the ectovascular system.
I always thought it was Fey that you trapped with salt. Maybe that just kinda jumped myths and got attached to ghosts too
The planet earth spins at 1,000mph per hour,
Imagine getting smacked by a force field traveling at 1,000mph!
"Why don't they put salt in hoolahoop rings and wear them all the time?", was the best idea on that I've ever read. Don't remember where, but the idea is hilarious 😂 Just imagine them hoolahooping around to avoid ghosts 😂
Attach suspenders to the hulahoop and you've got mobile ghost protection thats hands free.
my two favorite things combined in a way that’s completely apropos for one another. thank you for this, your art style absolutely suits this so well. 🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤
This is so good! I haven't interacted with SPN in ages but I absolutely loved this!!
I didn't know I needed this in my life 🤣
I always thought that the salt was just to see if you had ghosts. They would disturb the salt
this brought me so much joy oml, great job!!!
This is so great. XD
I don’t even know what supernatural is but the visualization of this is so perfect
I feel the circle is more of a circumference of an invisible sphere, goes above and under the ground but only so much
YOU DID A WINCHESTER!
I could totally see them having this debate lmaoo
maybe I should finish supernatural… I stopped in season 12 I think
bestie, for your own protection, do not. it ain't worth it.
You should not
goddammit I love the concept of spn and its characters so so so much it hurts me so baaaad gdi
this is so brilliantly in character
Alright, so technically the reason is spirituality [heh] or whatever. It's why you can also draw a line of salt across entryways like doors and your, probably fine.
The exceptions being if the ghost died in this house before if there's been renovations, y'know if there used to be a door over -there- then they can still go through that door...Even if it technically no longer exists.
Ghosts respect floorplans more then they respect the living.
I usually never click on anybody stuff like this but it was playing in the background and honestly made me laugh while I was doing dishes so I had to like it.
I'm subscribing because of this
This is not only really fuckin funny, this is really really well drawn!!! Their character designs perfectly capture them. I'm looking forward to seeing them get up to more shenanigans
oh my god i havent seen spn content for a MILENNIA lmao. this is so cute tho!! i love cas just manifesting a giant sign but still putting whatever stupid gibberish theyre actively saying on it
this is a specific combination for a specific kind of person and i happen to be one of them. i absolutely love this and your art style is so cute
THis is exceptional
you made something i never know i needed
the earth is a sphere, so the salt circle can be a a small circle or a big circle including most of the planet, so you always end up making a circle around the ghost, its just so big it can go almost anywhere
Winnifred:”Salt! What a clever little white witch!”
Great work! Love the extending sign
Fawking gorgeous that’s what this is
This is awesome thanks so much for the video!
Beautiful
I've genuinely wondered this for so long 😭
Fun fact: the reason salt deters curses/evil spirits is because it is a blood substitute. If you are cursed etc, you stand in a salt circle (or a blood circle, but that's less ethical) and the curse or spirit is attracted to the salt, thinking it is getting into your blood, but because it is a circle, they can't escape. That's why proximity is important, and also why it is Very Important to not have any gaps in your salt circle.
It's just because salt is associated with purification and preservation
@@KrytenKoro that too. Both of our things are true. Salt water can be used as a blood substitute in medicine as well, which is weird to think about.
Another line of thinking is that salt is "pure" and keeps away bad stuff when preserving food for example. Why not other things?
I really hope Travis sees this
i love this
Dude, it’s magic, don’t question it
1:37 literally happened in the second Hocus pocus lolll
Seeing this discussion reminded of a really brutal comic series called Crossed. In it, survivors of a kind of post apocalyptic outbreak where infected lose all inhibitions and act on their darkest desires in order to spread the contagion, witness an infected reaction to a pallet of salt and tries to apply it later when an injury slows him down. It doesn’t work, and the man, woman and their young daughter meet an end worse than anything you could imagine.
Make the circle first, then summon the ghost. At best, they get vaporized upon appearing, and at worst, you get to enjoy a very pissed off ghost from the other side of a barrier. Like an undead aquarium!
I never really thought of the logic behind the ring of salt till now lol.
I saw this before on Tumblr, this is so amazing
Salt is considered a purifier. A circle is a perfect shape and denotes eternity.
This you create an eternally pure space within the circle that protects the ground within the circle up to the height requiring that protection. example being if you have a 7 foot man in one circle, the protection is going to be 7 feet high. If you have a second circle with a 4 foot human, the circle goes 4 feet up
Some myths do suggest just throwing salt directly on ghosts, and unclean things, and- (you’d never guess this) food!
The only reason it’s a ring shape is to purify things coming in from unexpected angles.
It's an orb of protection. In the middle it's as tall as the radius of the circle
This is how they dealt with H.H. Holmes ghost!
this is so delightful
This was great! Subbed
1:21 time stamp :> favorite part lol
the supernatural boys did trap a ghost in a salt ring
and then promptly filled the basement the salt ring was in with cement.
Lockwood and Co sort of addressed this, in that if the circle is too big there will be a weak spot in the middle
Actually the Circle is just a Part of a Protektiv bubble like a ball and the wider the Ring the more you can up and down.
I always think of those things as forming spheres
It defines the diameter of a protective sphere.
Salt is effective because it smells like the sea and ghosts get scared because they don't know how to swim
YEAH
And what good is salt in the doorway
THE GHOST CAN JUST… IDK…. GO AROUND
Love. This. So. Much!