Thanks for responding - I'm interested in this topic, just don't want to cause/further any wankage, so I appreciate the answer and the explanation.

I did check the post that you mentioned. I didn't see the bit about Sam and Dean being called "those assholes from Texas" in Ghostfacers, but other than that, it's an interesting distillation.

Regarding Lilith... Honestly, I don't think that she is "the" Lilith, which might color my viewpoint on the whole matter. I didn't get the same message that you did from the Ruby/Bela/Lilith thing, but I respect your views on it. In my opinion, the writing this season has been inconsistent at best, and I think that the adversaries and their actions were inconsistent and somtimes downright confusing because of it.