Some thinky thoughts about Supernatural
This season of Supernatural has got me thinking a lot. I've enjoyed Supernatural since the beginning but the show has never had me think about it so much as it did this year. Starting with last year's last few episodes and a season ending that haunted me all summer long.
One subject that keeps coming up for me is one that has been on that has been on the forefront since episode one which is the boys relationship with their father. The first season dealt a lot with Sam and John’s relationship but I’ve notice in respect to Dean there’s been a lot of little comments from Dean and I really started to notice them after Dream A Little Dream last season. I may be wrong but during that time was the first time I noticed Dean openly criticizing John. And I’m not just talking about Demon! Dean I’m talking about Dean himself. This is so different from Dean in the first season. That Dean regardless of his father’s faults had blind faith in him and would could argue that of course that was different and even if one could argue that Dean was never innocent I do think Dean has changed maybe grown up a teeny tiny bit. I don’t think Dean resents his father the way a teenager does but I do think that to Dean, John has become very human. In a way before Dean somewhat exalted John that’s not the case anymore. I don’t doubt that Dean loves John but I do think he recognizes John’s faults and isn’t blind to them. IMO this is part of growing up, the blind faith of a child, the resentment of an adolescent, and the acceptance as an adult. I do think Dean had to grow up very fast. Dean was frankly Sam’s parent for a lot of the time but I don’t think Dean had a lot of time to dwell on this relationship with his father he had Sam to take care of and he had to play peacemaker in the family. Now without having to play peacemaker Dean has time to think about his relationship though I don’t think Dean is too much the looking back type. But I am which leads me to what I’m doing during the hiatus I already sat through Season Six of Smallville and now I’m going to watch Season One of SPN. I very thankfully have a friend who has loaned me the season since I don’t own it. Well any way I’m not going to be doing a post per eppy I may if I stop being lazy do one post about the season but who knows. I'm really curious in seeing the season again. How the boys have changed and how they haven't. I'm already thinking of certain things like how Dean coveted a "normal" life with a wife and child last season but rejected that thing during S1 and how Sam has come to accept his life as a hunter when he wanted nothing more than to leave. How Sam is still motivated by vengeance, while Dean is a protector which is what makes the revelations of the last episode doubly heartbreaking but I'm getting ahead of myself end of thinky thoughts. For now.
One subject that keeps coming up for me is one that has been on that has been on the forefront since episode one which is the boys relationship with their father. The first season dealt a lot with Sam and John’s relationship but I’ve notice in respect to Dean there’s been a lot of little comments from Dean and I really started to notice them after Dream A Little Dream last season. I may be wrong but during that time was the first time I noticed Dean openly criticizing John. And I’m not just talking about Demon! Dean I’m talking about Dean himself. This is so different from Dean in the first season. That Dean regardless of his father’s faults had blind faith in him and would could argue that of course that was different and even if one could argue that Dean was never innocent I do think Dean has changed maybe grown up a teeny tiny bit. I don’t think Dean resents his father the way a teenager does but I do think that to Dean, John has become very human. In a way before Dean somewhat exalted John that’s not the case anymore. I don’t doubt that Dean loves John but I do think he recognizes John’s faults and isn’t blind to them. IMO this is part of growing up, the blind faith of a child, the resentment of an adolescent, and the acceptance as an adult. I do think Dean had to grow up very fast. Dean was frankly Sam’s parent for a lot of the time but I don’t think Dean had a lot of time to dwell on this relationship with his father he had Sam to take care of and he had to play peacemaker in the family. Now without having to play peacemaker Dean has time to think about his relationship though I don’t think Dean is too much the looking back type. But I am which leads me to what I’m doing during the hiatus I already sat through Season Six of Smallville and now I’m going to watch Season One of SPN. I very thankfully have a friend who has loaned me the season since I don’t own it. Well any way I’m not going to be doing a post per eppy I may if I stop being lazy do one post about the season but who knows. I'm really curious in seeing the season again. How the boys have changed and how they haven't. I'm already thinking of certain things like how Dean coveted a "normal" life with a wife and child last season but rejected that thing during S1 and how Sam has come to accept his life as a hunter when he wanted nothing more than to leave. How Sam is still motivated by vengeance, while Dean is a protector which is what makes the revelations of the last episode doubly heartbreaking but I'm getting ahead of myself end of thinky thoughts. For now.