SPN rambling
So yes, as I said before, the season has been problematic for me. If the intent was to make Sam fall apart and not look for his brother because he was basically broken, they didn't bring that. I'll tell you, after the crap Sam's been through mentally, Lucy in his noggin for an extended period of time, etc., yes, I can buy that Sam was unhinged. But when he's unhinged he's mostly tuned into the All Dean, All the Time frequency, to judge by his past (Mystery Spot, Dean going to hell, etc). If they meant him to fall apart so hard as to be non-functioning, well, it wasn't written that way, so it was a disappointing failure to me. I have to question a show runner that comes on board with the idea of him not having looked for Dean. IT DOES NOT COMPUTE ON ANY LEVEL.
I like that Sam's tipping point for darkness was always Dean - something happened to Dean, he has to save Dean, he can't accept what happened to Dean. Love it. And then this season for the first 2/3 of it, Sam was barely in it, his emotional state was so flat, non-existent.
Then you see JP tear his heart out and present it to us the way he did in the last episode and you realize he and JA both might phone it in too much, but how much of that is response to the writing? Because I was so delighted with what happened between them, and I was so happy to see Dean as DEAN, badassery itself, punching Crowley, I can do this all day, and even at the end when you might hope his facial expression in response to Sam was a little more openly emotional and less strained, well, no, he had a job to do. Several jobs. I kind of wanted a more devastated look on his face, I did, but he's Dean, he's been to Purgatory, the world is falling apart and Cas is in trouble and his brother is half-dead in front of his eyes, he's got to stop his brother (more than brother - he raised him practically) from destroying himself again (and why is Sam destroying himself? BECAUSE OF HOW HE THINKS DEAN FEELS ABOUT HIM, BUT DEAN. IT'S ALWAYS DEAN, his catalyst for burning himself up, oh how I love that craziness).
I think it's good characterization for Sam over the years to value independence as a Holy Grail, to want it and struggle for it, yet there's this one person in the world whose opinion means EVERYTHING, to whom he is hopelessly entangled and tied to and loves, to the point of throwing his life away rather than disappoint him again. It's kind of heart breaking.
Dean's supposed adjustment to being topside again after Purgatory this year was glanced over, which I didn't like, but wasn't surprised about. The show does that. Doesn't mean I like it. But Dean connected fully to people this year, which was wonderful, and aside from a few callbacks, his depression seemed to lift. I love how he can embody being a big brother, how warm he can be.
No doubt about it, I am tired of Dean throwing all that shit in Sam's face, all the things Sam didn't do right. I also think it is good characterization, but I do dislike self-righteousness, however much it camouflages emotional hurt. Me, I don't think Sam needed to apologize for letting Dean down so much. People you love make their own decisions, bad and good, and they don't owe it to you to make the decision you feel is right.
Some basic continuity fuck-ups irritated me to death this year, not because I'm a stickler or even remember as much as I think I should (but my memory kind of sucks), But it reflects a certain lack of respect to the story they're telling, and to us. Hell, don't they have a Show Bible? Follow that fucker.
Taxi Driver was so not good. And why cram all that into one episode? Why not spread the annual story arc over the season and through the monster eps? And while I'm at it, how about some good old-fashioned horror, darkness and creepy music and things that jump out at your ass? Remember those, rather than Things Intended to Disgust or the Angels are Dicks (man, that is old by now, though I have to admit Naomi's split personality was intriguing). It's like watching Charmed go bad towards the end. Okay, not that bad.
Last episode again: if all those angels fell from heaven and were stripped of grace, will they remember things? Will they be reborn as babies? Wasn't Anna, or do I have that wrong? Is this a different enough situation they can get away with it?
But. This last episode. I loved it so hard. LIke I said before, give me Sam and Dean, deliver their intensity, let the Js show what they can do together, and I'll watch always, even with all this heaven and hell shit. I don't like the angels. I said that, right? And again. The joke is old and tired. Yes, angels are dicks, and oh yes, I'm tired of Cas. Still he's watchable, because Misha does an engaging character.
Also I don't see why people are mad, that Cas is still fucking up, following Metatron. He followed orders for centuries without free will, he shouldn't have to get it right the 1st, 2nd, 3rd or whenever we decide he should get it right. He's blundering, sure, but he's trying. He may never get it right. I know people like that.
In conclusion: rambling.
I like that Sam's tipping point for darkness was always Dean - something happened to Dean, he has to save Dean, he can't accept what happened to Dean. Love it. And then this season for the first 2/3 of it, Sam was barely in it, his emotional state was so flat, non-existent.
Then you see JP tear his heart out and present it to us the way he did in the last episode and you realize he and JA both might phone it in too much, but how much of that is response to the writing? Because I was so delighted with what happened between them, and I was so happy to see Dean as DEAN, badassery itself, punching Crowley, I can do this all day, and even at the end when you might hope his facial expression in response to Sam was a little more openly emotional and less strained, well, no, he had a job to do. Several jobs. I kind of wanted a more devastated look on his face, I did, but he's Dean, he's been to Purgatory, the world is falling apart and Cas is in trouble and his brother is half-dead in front of his eyes, he's got to stop his brother (more than brother - he raised him practically) from destroying himself again (and why is Sam destroying himself? BECAUSE OF HOW HE THINKS DEAN FEELS ABOUT HIM, BUT DEAN. IT'S ALWAYS DEAN, his catalyst for burning himself up, oh how I love that craziness).
I think it's good characterization for Sam over the years to value independence as a Holy Grail, to want it and struggle for it, yet there's this one person in the world whose opinion means EVERYTHING, to whom he is hopelessly entangled and tied to and loves, to the point of throwing his life away rather than disappoint him again. It's kind of heart breaking.
Dean's supposed adjustment to being topside again after Purgatory this year was glanced over, which I didn't like, but wasn't surprised about. The show does that. Doesn't mean I like it. But Dean connected fully to people this year, which was wonderful, and aside from a few callbacks, his depression seemed to lift. I love how he can embody being a big brother, how warm he can be.
No doubt about it, I am tired of Dean throwing all that shit in Sam's face, all the things Sam didn't do right. I also think it is good characterization, but I do dislike self-righteousness, however much it camouflages emotional hurt. Me, I don't think Sam needed to apologize for letting Dean down so much. People you love make their own decisions, bad and good, and they don't owe it to you to make the decision you feel is right.
Some basic continuity fuck-ups irritated me to death this year, not because I'm a stickler or even remember as much as I think I should (but my memory kind of sucks), But it reflects a certain lack of respect to the story they're telling, and to us. Hell, don't they have a Show Bible? Follow that fucker.
Taxi Driver was so not good. And why cram all that into one episode? Why not spread the annual story arc over the season and through the monster eps? And while I'm at it, how about some good old-fashioned horror, darkness and creepy music and things that jump out at your ass? Remember those, rather than Things Intended to Disgust or the Angels are Dicks (man, that is old by now, though I have to admit Naomi's split personality was intriguing). It's like watching Charmed go bad towards the end. Okay, not that bad.
Last episode again: if all those angels fell from heaven and were stripped of grace, will they remember things? Will they be reborn as babies? Wasn't Anna, or do I have that wrong? Is this a different enough situation they can get away with it?
But. This last episode. I loved it so hard. LIke I said before, give me Sam and Dean, deliver their intensity, let the Js show what they can do together, and I'll watch always, even with all this heaven and hell shit. I don't like the angels. I said that, right? And again. The joke is old and tired. Yes, angels are dicks, and oh yes, I'm tired of Cas. Still he's watchable, because Misha does an engaging character.
Also I don't see why people are mad, that Cas is still fucking up, following Metatron. He followed orders for centuries without free will, he shouldn't have to get it right the 1st, 2nd, 3rd or whenever we decide he should get it right. He's blundering, sure, but he's trying. He may never get it right. I know people like that.
In conclusion: rambling.