Recs!

[ash48]

I haven't had a chance to check much out lately, but here's some wonderful things I have come across:

Gorgeous J2 vid:

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from HERE (thanks to redteekal for the heads up on this vid).

Comments

[amberdreams]

Just reading that meta and had to pop back over to say - YES! Flattening - and deleting and/or ignoring of character-forming history - is exactly what I'm perceiving. PLUS this article captures very nicely exactly WHY I have been having problems and saying Sam was missing since Season freaking SIX.

*rushes back to finish the article*

[ash48]

It's good isn't it. Kind of nails it. I would interested to know what he (she?) said about Dean. I don't think Dean has faded into the background like Sam has, but he's definitely had character inconstancies under Carver. Plus he's really made him do some stuff that's highly questionable…(stuff I know even Dean would back away from…). So yeah, it's sad reading but interesting.

[amberdreams]

Yes, the Dean characterisation assassination has been of a different order, and not so much about fading him but more about erasing parts of his personality and turning him into something of a caricature of his former self. Both boys have suffered greatly, I think, but Sam's fading has been most sad. I wonder how Jared perceives it - I'd be really interested to know.

[ash48]

I actually don't think he knows. I think the filming is so disjointed that he probably has no idea how it's coming across. He's admitted to not watching it much, so I figure he has no idea about his fading character. I don't though. He's still very passionate and the feeling I get is that he's much happier this season. I think they both prefer the brothers on the same page - or at least in character and not being out and out horrid to each other. I do wonder if he's got a little bit of an idea because of the fan feedback - maybe articles like this might get back to him. Though, very hard to know. What could he do any way? He has to trust the writers. As an actor it's not his job to worry about the overall character arcs or journey (though I suspect he would be hurt if he really did see what was going on…)

[amberdreams]

Yes I'm sure their view of their character is much more immediate than ours, and though they do remember quite a lot of the history (probably going to conventions helps keep it fresh for them) I don't think the actors live it in the same way we do!