let me make a GREAT impression on my new f-listers!
(I actually assume we've all done our due diligence and nobody will be particularly surprised by my, um, opinionated tone! But I do usually put a little more thought into posts than this, ftr. And also, this is an SPN post but HI to all new people! *tackle-glomps*)
I was going to write a thoughtful response to a set of complaints I saw tonight* ( Read more... )
I was going to write a thoughtful response to a set of complaints I saw tonight* ( Read more... )
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My issues with the show this season stem more from everyone's characterization, and not really just Sam? I just... I finish every episode I've actually watched with a bad taste in my mouth, like something isn't quite right, which may be the point but... I don't know. Maybe marathoning the whole thing come summer will make it better?
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right?! SOME PEOPLE JUGGLE GEESE. I suppose.
I can see how that...unsettling vibe to the season is a matter of taste? And this is a show that seems to work much better all at once, even aside from not having the full picture on the season arc yet. I like it because I find it easier when I know it's supposed to be unsettling; I know not everyone does. But I think that's distinct from whether or not it's good writing, and I think it's been very strong so far.
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I have a pretty good idea of the post you're referring to here. I think. BUT ANYWAY.
SAM. YES.
I do admit to being frustrated with show at how it treats Sam sometimes? It's a very selfish sort of frustration, and I think it's deeply rooted in the amount of time I've spent in fandom writing about Sam, thinking about Sam, reading about Sam. While objectively I can admire Sam's arc (and it is a magnificent arc), I did hate that moment in 7.17 when Castiel took away the worst of Sam's breakdown--I was really enjoying having Hallucifer as an excuse to be able to get into Sam's head.
I'm ~trying to stop myself from being so emotionally entangled in the show that I can't even enjoy it like I used to.
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I have a pretty good idea of the post you're referring to here. I think. BUT ANYWAY.
hahaha, that puts you ahead of me, I had to go looking through PMs to figure out what post I meant. I've seen so much bullshit in the last couple of months it's all started blurring together.
While objectively I can admire Sam's arc (and it is a magnificent arc), I did hate that moment in 7.17 when Castiel took away the worst of Sam's breakdown--I was really enjoying having Hallucifer as an excuse to be able to get into Sam's head.
I mean, that's fair, I'm not saying the story has to work for everyone the way it works for me. But I just am so tired of trying to avoid the whining from the enormous segment of fandom that can talk about nothing but how it feels personally victimized by Regina George THE WRITURRRRZZZZ and how they write Sam "wrong" - ie, refuse to turn every episode of this show into goddamn Sesame Street, complete with little words explaining uncomplicated relationships between ( ... )
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