Some SPN S7 Thoughts

[samibee]

Well I've been epically busy with things, and whenever I'm stressed and have things to do, I putz around online :D. Having been a little obsessed with X-men fandom lately, I haven't been paying much attention to season 7 spoilers for supernatural. BUT, today I saw the little trailer thingie and the sneak peak of 7x01.

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[smallearthcat]

You know, it seems so difficult to even remember properly now, but I think a lot of what I hated was that people seemed to make such a big deal over him all the time when he just seemed so flat and boring to me. It wasn't so much instant hate as more exposure to the character without any kind of growth caused me to dislike him progressively more.

Which, of course, is probably why I actually really like him now; he's proven to be a much more complex and interesting character since his first season. The more interested in his character I became, the more I started to like him.

Yeah, Quantum Leap had some ongoing things, but things moved so gradually character-wise that they would have spent forever working through the kind of character arcs we've seen in Supernatural. So yeah, for a show like Supernatural, it definitely makes sense to introduce new semi-regular characters where it might not in a show like Quantum Leap.

I really hope it is; I can't help thinking of how poorly they handled Sam coming off his addiction to demon blood as a plot point, and I'm afraid they're gonna pull something like that again. Not that it needs to be all huge doom and gloom or anything, but having Sam actually have to work through it over time would be welcome.

[samibee]

Hmmm, I can understand that. Season 5 in particular had zero development for Cas, aside from the like one episode he was human, though I think season 4 had a very thorough arc. I suppose its the indie band hipster syndrome, haha, you feel indifferent about a band until everybody falls all over themselves for it. I'm guilty of that A LOT :P

I suppose it didn't bother me as much since there was all (as always) this Dean/Sam angst going on, it sorta distracted me, lol :D

You make a good point, they didn't really deal with the demon blood detox at all in season 5, except maybe during the famine episode. They just seem to be touting Sam's wall as a huge thing for season 7, but you never know. Guess we'll all find out together ;)

[smallearthcat]

It really didn't. Strangely, I actually did start liking him near the end of season 5, though I doubt it was because he got so much more interesting. His season 4 arc was pretty decent; I think the character was just starting from a place that I didn't like so much that even that amount of change didn't manage to make me like him better.

The funny thing is that I'm quite sad they're probably going to be getting rid of him now, just when he's got something really awesome to work through. I mean, how epic would it be if Cas was sort of the ongoing bad guy for the season while Sam and Dean tried to reason with him and talk him out of trying to play God?

Yeah, I'm pretty guilty of the indie band hipter thing, too, and amusingly enough, I tend not to realize it until I've somehow already managed to get over myself and admit I really do like whatever it is I've been hating on.

Heh, I think my problem there is that I've been increasingly disenchanted with Dean as time went on, so all I kept seeing was Dean was whining about being Michael's vessel and how he couldn't trust Sam, blah blah blah, I am so emo about my life and destiny. I would have been very interested to see some of Sam's detox, and how he had to deal with it, especially given that Dean was very wrapped up in the whole destiny thing.

I almost can't believe it, but season 5 totally turned me into a Sam girl, which is, consequently, why I'm really keen on seeing him deal with the wall this season. Still excited to find out, in any case.