Hunters' Journals: discuss

[ratherastory]

Okay, so I have a random thought about hunters' journals which has been rattling around in my head ever since Season 1, especially after "Dead Man's Blood" aired.

John has kept a journal for the past twenty-two years when the show starts. Daniel Elkins has a similar journal (and we are given to understand that he was John's mentor, which would explain the similarities), but much older, dating back to the sixties, if memory serves.

Given the amount of lore out there, and the fact that John himself appears to have not only documented his hunts but also at least occasionally used it as a personal journal, how the heck does it all fit into that teeny-tiny book?

Hell, when I'm doing research for a story, I can easily fill a 100-page notebook with my scribblings, and they're not all that extensive.

I would have thought that a hunter would end up with a string of journals, each filled to the brim with clippings, notes, photographs, and scraps of lore.

Can anyone explain this to me in a satisfactory manner? Please?

Or, y'know, feel free to have a debate in the comments.

Comments

[crayola-fics.livejournal.com]

It's a quantum journal. And most of John's hunts were stupid ghosts that he didn't need to document other than "yup, salt and fire still works!" Haha

[ratherastory.livejournal.com]

True. I keep overlooking that, until the Show begins, most of the hunts were straightforward: mostly spirits and poltergeists, and some of the "staples": werewolf, skinwalker, black dog, and of course the infamous striga who got away.

There needs to be a meta on why all the supernatural critters started coming out of the woodwork at the beginning of the series. That was when all the demon signs started multiplying (just about when the YED had Jess killed) and all sorts of other supernatural fuglies got all excited and made themselves known.