Have we ever had the 'what would your ideal ending have been?' discussion here? I feel like we must have, but maybe it's time for a jumping_off refresher.
I should really get back to uni stuff, but... ;-)hmpfJanuary 10 2008, 14:36:21 UTC
>I would have been happy with an ambiguous ending, really...
Yes, I would have liked that, too. That would have been a third good way of ending it.
>I'd have rather seen him go crazy in 2006 and start having Gene et al as his invisible friends or something. heh.
And that would have been a fourth good way of ending it. Sheesh, how is it that we can think up four better resolutions in a couple of hours than a whole team of writers could in weeks??
>Tragic, yes, but a more holistically pleasing resolution.
Yup. Could actually be played as a real, proper happy ending, if done right.
>And, quite frankly, I *could* accept Sam committing suicide, under the right circumstances.
Yes, me too. It's not suicide per se (in stories) that I have a problem with. I think the ending of Thelma and Louise makes sense, for example. (On the other hand, I've always just wanted to shout at Romeo and Juliet. *g*) In some situations, for some characters, it makes sense. Depending on the circumstances it could have made sense for Sam.
>Some fanfic has explored this: Sam being haunted by ghosts, Sam slowly going insane in 2006, etc. It would have taken nearly a whole third season to work up to that, though, IMHO, and shoving it into one final episode "because we say so" just raped the character.
Also, in none of the cited cases it would have been a happy ending.
>That's what makes me the most angry about it: the ending was untrue to what we knew of Sam. Well, again: IMHO.
Yes, I would have liked that, too. That would have been a third good way of ending it.
>I'd have rather seen him go crazy in 2006 and start having Gene et al as his invisible friends or something. heh.
And that would have been a fourth good way of ending it. Sheesh, how is it that we can think up four better resolutions in a couple of hours than a whole team of writers could in weeks??
>Tragic, yes, but a more holistically pleasing resolution.
Yup. Could actually be played as a real, proper happy ending, if done right.
>And, quite frankly, I *could* accept Sam committing suicide, under the right circumstances.
Yes, me too. It's not suicide per se (in stories) that I have a problem with. I think the ending of Thelma and Louise makes sense, for example. (On the other hand, I've always just wanted to shout at Romeo and Juliet. *g*) In some situations, for some characters, it makes sense. Depending on the circumstances it could have made sense for Sam.
>Some fanfic has explored this: Sam being haunted by ghosts, Sam slowly going insane in 2006, etc. It would have taken nearly a whole third season to work up to that, though, IMHO, and shoving it into one final episode "because we say so" just raped the character.
Also, in none of the cited cases it would have been a happy ending.
>That's what makes me the most angry about it: the ending was untrue to what we knew of Sam. Well, again: IMHO.
I agree.
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