6.22
OK. I've had some time to think on this, and have also read a lot of other reactions, so I think I've been able to solidify what I'm really feeling about the finale at this point:
I just had so many conflicting feelings right after the finale that I couldn't make up my mind on whether to be OMG LIVID RAGE EVERYWHERE or to think it was actually interesting what they did. I think in the end I fall more on the side of being angry at the writers for going that way in the first place. But at least I'm getting to the point where I'm able to understand Cas a little bit better at the very end based on the direction the writers took. And according to the reactions I've read, it seems like there are at least a few other people who have the same mind set.
I, like many others, was shocked and kind-of appalled when Cas killed Balthazar. It seemed unnecessary and really unlike Cas, simply because it seemed easy for him to do, and he didn't seem at all remorseful about it. But the more I think about it afterward, even though Balthazar turning against Cas made sense to us viewers (what I was thinking [very optimistically, I might add] was that maybe Balthazar, his last real ally, turning against him would be the slap in the face that made him realize what he was doing was wrong), for Cas that betrayal of the last person who seemed to really be on his side was the thing that made him snap. It seems to me that Cas got to the point where his mindset was, 'No one cares about me enough to trust me, so it doesn't matter what I do at this point.' Which, although I'm mad at the writers for creating that situation in the first place, certainly makes it a lot easier for me to see why Cas could get to the point of becoming the new "big bad".
And actually, a lot of my real rage after the finale came from the fact that the main premise for my Big Bang is now completely fucked. I really wanted to create something that leap-frogged off of canon, and immediately after the finale I didn't know how I would still be able to do that and stick with the original idea I had. However, after thinking on it a while, I have a lot of new ideas that I actually think might be kind-of fun to play with in regards to the canon finale that can still at least fit within some of the basic outline of my original premise. So that has cooled my rage a bit also.
Even the news that Misha is not going to be a regular on season 7 doesn't exactly disappoint me either. Because technically he was a regular this season, and we really didn't get much of him at all until the last few episodes, so I don't know that him not being a regular next season will really have that much of an effect on his screen time. HOWEVER, this quote from Sera Gamble does fill me with the fiery rage of a thousand burning suns: “We love Misha. We love and adore the character of Castiel. His character developed to this extent and went in this unexpected direction because we were so inspired by him.”
Inspired. Riiiiight. :/
I just had so many conflicting feelings right after the finale that I couldn't make up my mind on whether to be OMG LIVID RAGE EVERYWHERE or to think it was actually interesting what they did. I think in the end I fall more on the side of being angry at the writers for going that way in the first place. But at least I'm getting to the point where I'm able to understand Cas a little bit better at the very end based on the direction the writers took. And according to the reactions I've read, it seems like there are at least a few other people who have the same mind set.
I, like many others, was shocked and kind-of appalled when Cas killed Balthazar. It seemed unnecessary and really unlike Cas, simply because it seemed easy for him to do, and he didn't seem at all remorseful about it. But the more I think about it afterward, even though Balthazar turning against Cas made sense to us viewers (what I was thinking [very optimistically, I might add] was that maybe Balthazar, his last real ally, turning against him would be the slap in the face that made him realize what he was doing was wrong), for Cas that betrayal of the last person who seemed to really be on his side was the thing that made him snap. It seems to me that Cas got to the point where his mindset was, 'No one cares about me enough to trust me, so it doesn't matter what I do at this point.' Which, although I'm mad at the writers for creating that situation in the first place, certainly makes it a lot easier for me to see why Cas could get to the point of becoming the new "big bad".
And actually, a lot of my real rage after the finale came from the fact that the main premise for my Big Bang is now completely fucked. I really wanted to create something that leap-frogged off of canon, and immediately after the finale I didn't know how I would still be able to do that and stick with the original idea I had. However, after thinking on it a while, I have a lot of new ideas that I actually think might be kind-of fun to play with in regards to the canon finale that can still at least fit within some of the basic outline of my original premise. So that has cooled my rage a bit also.
Even the news that Misha is not going to be a regular on season 7 doesn't exactly disappoint me either. Because technically he was a regular this season, and we really didn't get much of him at all until the last few episodes, so I don't know that him not being a regular next season will really have that much of an effect on his screen time. HOWEVER, this quote from Sera Gamble does fill me with the fiery rage of a thousand burning suns: “We love Misha. We love and adore the character of Castiel. His character developed to this extent and went in this unexpected direction because we were so inspired by him.”
Inspired. Riiiiight. :/