Sadism (a.k.a. “Upping the Stakes”): The Heart of Every Drama
I’ve had a primitive incarnation of this meta, which was supposed to be the twin of this meta, festering on my hard drive for years. Because we’re encroaching on the end of yet another season, I thought it would be fun to dust it off and finish it. The original premise (from early S3 … doh!) was about upping the stakes in fiction and how SPN does
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It's nice to have a thinky thought again. Seriously, I think all the brain deadness/lack of concentration had a lot to do with hormones. Now 1.5 years later when my body is returning to normal it seems like my meta-fu is as well. \o/
I was actually glad to see Lucifer ripping all those gods apart the other week
Me, too! XD Besides the fact I love how MS plays Lucifer and whenever he's in an episode I look forward to his scenes, Lucifer FINALLY doing something nasty was good confirmation that he is not all hot air. We did see a bunch of demons fall down and Death rise because of him in 5x10, but it's not the same as him actually being intimately associated with killing gods and their vessels (and his own brother). I think he, out of all the season villains, has been the most "inactive" as far as demonstrating his nastiness. Perhaps that has to do with Kripke wanting him to be more sympathetic? *points to 5x01's title*
Raphael is Chuck's guardian angel, yes
Thanks for clearing that up. :)
how his taking a human vessel jibes with doing his job and monitoring Chuck every second in case of danger
I wonder how he got out of his holy-oil fire if he did at all. I'd think he'd get a big, fat FAIL from God abandoning Chuck even momentarily. Which makes me wonder if the other Archangels have prophets they're also not watching.
This season has driven me mad - the plotting and pacing and narrative structure have been frankly lousy at times.
Tell me about it! Don't get me started on the pacing. It's too bad really because I think there was so much potential with the 4 Horsemen. Show could've really introduced the quest for the rings earlier (mid-season cliff hanger?) and then it would've provided more purpose to half the season. Instead we got Sam and Dean floating around, looking largely ineffectual and then a couple of mytharc-heavy episodes at the end where things were raced through (*coughPestilencecough*) when they could've been milked for more action/drama.
I'm pretty sure that the writers have done at least one abrupt about-face
Are you referring to the ridiculousness that is the Antichrist episode?
which may mean that many of the clues planted along the way may never be referred to again
This, more than most things, really drives me crazy. So disappointing, esp. for people like me who love detail and prefer clean story telling. :(
I daresay in a few more days we'll all find out!
!!! TONIGHT! I can't believe we're at the end of the 5-year story arc! I'm so glad we have another season to go, otherwise I think I'd be even more worried about getting a satisfying ending to cap off my SPN experience. *crosses fingers for an awesome episode* I'll see you on the flip side! *hugs*
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