Road to hell paved with "Good Intentions"... (thoughts on SPN and episode 13.14)

[quickreaver]

I've had some time to chew on my response to this past episode, and I still haven't watched it again. Don't think I will, either. It's not that it was gaudy awful; it just, hmmm … okay, I'm just not invested in this ensemble cast that the show is pushing at us.

cassiopeia7 and caranfindel have both written wonderful, entertaining recaps/reviews of “Good Intentions”,

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[caranfindel]

Yeah, so many good points here. Every once in a while The Husband says "I understand why you love that show" and I'm like NO, YOU DON'T. Unless you watched it from the beginning, you couldn't possibly understand. Right now, it's a show I'm nostalgic about. The earlier seasons are WHY I'm nostalgic. We get so thrilled about little dribs and drabs (Sam's talking about why he's unhappy! We have an interesting MotW!) of what we used to get in spades. I'm in it for the long haul, but... Yeah. {sigh}

[quickreaver]

I stumbled on a podcast today, hosted by four SPN fans (all Destiel shippers) and one of them started watching the show TWO YEARS AGO, and due to tumblr, was chagrined that Cas wasn't in all the episodes. THIS is the fan the show is writing for, now. The fan that doesn't know why Sam and Dean are the leads. The one that believes the show demands a cast of a zillion to cover every base it can cover. The one that doesn't know why Cas and Dean can't be lovers and Sam can't go off and find himself a dog and a pretty wife because "won't that make him happy?"

God, I'm bitter ... sorry! (Life's been a little rocky and I want my damned show to make me happy!)

PS ... in a nutshell, I'm so tired of crumbs.

[amberdreams]

I think you're right but WHY are they writing for those *expletive deleted* twats? They aren't the majority of the viewing population, surely, just the noisiest and whiniest. Maybe we should just shout more on Twitter too - make our voices heard.

[quickreaver]

Maybe we should just shout more on Twitter too - make our voices heard.Because then we just get labeled as "bronlies" and it becomes nothing but fan vs. fan wankery

[amberdreams]

I enjoy other characters too - and always have enjoyed the good, well written ones who had their own stories that resonated but intercepted with the Winchesters in meaningful ways. Look at Bobby, and how Rufus became important not only because of how he interacted with the Winchesters but because he was Bobby's old friend, mentor, pain in the ass. There are ways to weave other stories into our story without losing the focus of the tale along the way, and we know this because they've done it really successfully in the past. In fact, we wouldn't have Wayward Sisters if they hadn't managed to insert interesting side characters. But that doesn't mean they should drop Sam and Dean from their own damn story.

[cassiopeia7]

There are ways to weave other stories into our story without losing the focus of the tale along the way, and we know this because they've done it really successfully in the past.

There are ways to do it, sure, but said ways would require a bit of effort. The current showrunners don't want to expend that effort.

[amberdreams]

It would certainly appear to be the case. Sadly.