SPN 4.18

[silveraspen]

Thanks to a botched recording, I came late to the viewing this week.

And you know what? For once, I'm fine with that.

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[silveraspen]

Wow, hello delayed response. But here I am, anyway!

I was gleeful about it at first, until I realized where they were going with it, and then how much of a self-insert type the author was, and when he was made out to be a prophet I sat up and started yelling at the screen.

I have no problem with the consent issues with this Ruby incarnation, because they were very very careful to address that back when she first took this form -- there is no other occupant, as it were. The body was an empty shell.

Sam has been getting less sympathetic, which I think is a natural progression along the downward spiral. "The road to hell is paved with good intentions," after all, and that's what we're seeing. I could wish for seeing MORE of Sam, rather than the Dean Show (although I do love Dean, don't get me wrong), but I can see how they're holding back there in order for certain things to be revealed and surprising. When it comes, it'll be worth the wait, or so I am telling myself.

But using the show itself as a heavy-handed meta-explanation for why the writers are making the decisions they are? NO. NO NO NO. That's lazy, that's bad writing, and it's all out of the FEEL of this show, which not only kicks suspension of disbelief in the face but also screws with the narrative and the story itself. Not okay. I don't like the kludgy "we don't have time to do it right so we'll use this to shoehorn in some unsubtle messages" approach, at all.