I miss "Supernatural Classic". Please help!
For some reason today, I'm feeling wibbly about Supernatural.
I haven't watched Supernatural in years. I miss it. Rather, I miss what I call "Supernatural Classic".
I miss this:
I miss this:
I stopped watching the show because I got annoyed by the increasing number of "meta" episodes and "joke" episodes and how much the show was winking at the fandom. I also got annoyed by Castiel.
I admit I'm not fond of Castiel. Rather, I'm not fond of how front-and-center he became to the show. I'm seriously not fond about how the show became -- to me, in my personal view, your mileage may vary -- about Dean and Castiel (and possibly some guy named Sam).
I, like almost everyone these days, have a Tumblr account. I scroll my dashboard and all I get is Dean-n-Cas, Dean-n-Cas. Yeah, I put a Tumblr Savior filter, but even so, it can't filter everything. Even if I see a post about Sam, it's about his hair, or his bitchface, or he's a person you see at the edge of the screenshot about Dean and Castiel. It's like he's become a secondary character on the Dean-n-Cas show.
I miss Dean-n-Sam, alone together against the world. Saving people, hunting things, the family business. Emphasis on family.
I miss the original dynamic. I don't like how the backstory seemed to be twisted away from John's influence and toward Bobby's "adoption" of the boys. I don't like how suddenly Mary Winchester comes from a family of hunters and John Winchester is from a long line of Supernatural's equivalent of Watchers (a la Highlander).
(If I don't watch the show anymore, how do I know all this? Tumblr, duh. Impossible to avoid.)
Most of all, I miss Wincest. I miss the codependency of two brothers so isolated and alienated and just plain fucked-up that all they have is each other. I was really pissed off that the show all but admitted in so many words that they introduced Castiel to provide slash fodder that turns outward instead of inward. I understand why, though.
I also understand that the show can't stay the same forever. I know that character development and arc development are vital, so Sam and Dean can't stay the same forever either.
From what I've seen on Tumblr (sigh) the last season seems to be very good indeed. It makes me want to catch up on the show, but, to my shame, I confess I'm scared and sad at what I'll find.
If you know Torchwood and my participation in that fandom, you know that as far as I'm concerned, RTD's fuck-you to the fandom that was "Children of Earth" and the travesty of the American attempt were nothing but a bad dream. Is that what will have to remain of my memories of Supernatural too?
Can somebody please help me? I'll do the work of catching up on plot arcs; I just need someone to comfort my fears. Point me toward things that show that Sam is still central to the show. Point me to things that show that Sam is still the most important person in Dean's life. It would be awesome if someone could point me toward parts of the later seasons that show Wincest subtext, but I fear that's hoping against hope.
I just want to love Supernatural again. Is that possible?
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comments over there. I've disabled LJ's Facebook and Twitter cross-posting idiocy as much as I can, but if you're especially concerned, feel free to comment there.
I haven't watched Supernatural in years. I miss it. Rather, I miss what I call "Supernatural Classic".
I miss this:
I miss this:
I stopped watching the show because I got annoyed by the increasing number of "meta" episodes and "joke" episodes and how much the show was winking at the fandom. I also got annoyed by Castiel.
I admit I'm not fond of Castiel. Rather, I'm not fond of how front-and-center he became to the show. I'm seriously not fond about how the show became -- to me, in my personal view, your mileage may vary -- about Dean and Castiel (and possibly some guy named Sam).
I, like almost everyone these days, have a Tumblr account. I scroll my dashboard and all I get is Dean-n-Cas, Dean-n-Cas. Yeah, I put a Tumblr Savior filter, but even so, it can't filter everything. Even if I see a post about Sam, it's about his hair, or his bitchface, or he's a person you see at the edge of the screenshot about Dean and Castiel. It's like he's become a secondary character on the Dean-n-Cas show.
I miss Dean-n-Sam, alone together against the world. Saving people, hunting things, the family business. Emphasis on family.
I miss the original dynamic. I don't like how the backstory seemed to be twisted away from John's influence and toward Bobby's "adoption" of the boys. I don't like how suddenly Mary Winchester comes from a family of hunters and John Winchester is from a long line of Supernatural's equivalent of Watchers (a la Highlander).
(If I don't watch the show anymore, how do I know all this? Tumblr, duh. Impossible to avoid.)
Most of all, I miss Wincest. I miss the codependency of two brothers so isolated and alienated and just plain fucked-up that all they have is each other. I was really pissed off that the show all but admitted in so many words that they introduced Castiel to provide slash fodder that turns outward instead of inward. I understand why, though.
I also understand that the show can't stay the same forever. I know that character development and arc development are vital, so Sam and Dean can't stay the same forever either.
From what I've seen on Tumblr (sigh) the last season seems to be very good indeed. It makes me want to catch up on the show, but, to my shame, I confess I'm scared and sad at what I'll find.
If you know Torchwood and my participation in that fandom, you know that as far as I'm concerned, RTD's fuck-you to the fandom that was "Children of Earth" and the travesty of the American attempt were nothing but a bad dream. Is that what will have to remain of my memories of Supernatural too?
Can somebody please help me? I'll do the work of catching up on plot arcs; I just need someone to comfort my fears. Point me toward things that show that Sam is still central to the show. Point me to things that show that Sam is still the most important person in Dean's life. It would be awesome if someone could point me toward parts of the later seasons that show Wincest subtext, but I fear that's hoping against hope.
I just want to love Supernatural again. Is that possible?
This entry was originally posted at http://spiderine.dreamwidth.org/560699.html. There are
comments over there. I've disabled LJ's Facebook and Twitter cross-posting idiocy as much as I can, but if you're especially concerned, feel free to comment there.