Fandom is so stupid! And some writers too.
. Even if fandom was served it's weekly angst portions it still is not enough - now it's the writer's fault that Dean is not an indisputable hero or some. Boo hoo.
They can't see, or refuse to, that Dean's entire mytharc is a rehash of Sam's, brought on by fandom's cries for more Dean. And since fandom wants it to be all about Dean, the writers make everything about Dean OTT. Which ain't doing the character any good, but what do you do when you have no story left to tell? And K never had any story but the one involving Sam's mytharc and Dean's emotional narrator arc. That what he had and it wasn't enough for fandom. Dean had to get his own mytharc, just to please the loudest and the result is this: a painful mess and endless retconning which inevitably leads to character assassination. The story and the character is dependent on each other, always has been, always will be.
This story may have worked without fandom meddling and K bending over. It may even have been interesting with the characters evolving in their set places, with their unique POVs. Now story is grappling to find one true love for Dean just like Sam's Jess for motivation, it's grappling to make Dean the chosen one for drama and it fails. I didn't even remember who the supposed great love of his life was when her name was mentioned and Dean's actions as the chosen one directly contradicts his supposed low self-esteem. It makes the character look like a teenage Borderline-afflicted moron without any kind of perspective. And he's over 30! The internal logic is screaming in aghast pain. That's what happens when you tack on somebody else's arc to a character who is the original character's opposite.
This show needs to be a warning example for every aspiring producer and writer.
Bones
That ep could have gone either way with the retconning - but it worked for some odd reason. I didn't totally buy it but the ep still worked. Oh my sweet Lancelot ♥ I loved seeing them as they were back then and I do realize how much Booth and Brennan have rubbed off on each other. That was fabulous to see. And yes, you can tell that the producer of this show is a pro. Boreanaz knows what he's doing and seems to be able to keep his ego in shack and not pushing his own role to the absolute front, his own role even if he could. Kudos.
This scene just had me in stitches and I had to make icons.
Tony and McGee - I so could slash the hell outta those two. *g* 7 year's itch, huh? The case was rather predictable but the characters on this show are consistent and 7 year's in, I kind of bow to the writers' for that accomplishment. I'm not a big fan of the 'everybody falls for the boss' storyline but it's omnipresent so I guess there's some truth to the 'power is sexy' myth. It's just that I don't fit into that category. The Gibbs eps reminds me of a dozen other shows with middle age male bosses that everybody finds hot, except me obviously. I get bored.
And The beginning reminded me of so many earlier eps that I was kinda expecting the worst. The Nick scenes with the little girl had my effing little heart wibbling and then we came to Wonderman who throws punches and just gets a stern talking to from Brass. And the scene wasn't even funny like the one in Bones! The neuro-mumbo jumbo (phlueze!) and the endless Wonderman end scene. I stopped caring half-way though the ep and CSI should not do serial-murder arcs anymore. *facepalm* If that was the murderer we saw, I despair. That young and that sophisticated? Gimme a break!
At least I got some hot Nicky!
They can't see, or refuse to, that Dean's entire mytharc is a rehash of Sam's, brought on by fandom's cries for more Dean. And since fandom wants it to be all about Dean, the writers make everything about Dean OTT. Which ain't doing the character any good, but what do you do when you have no story left to tell? And K never had any story but the one involving Sam's mytharc and Dean's emotional narrator arc. That what he had and it wasn't enough for fandom. Dean had to get his own mytharc, just to please the loudest and the result is this: a painful mess and endless retconning which inevitably leads to character assassination. The story and the character is dependent on each other, always has been, always will be.
This story may have worked without fandom meddling and K bending over. It may even have been interesting with the characters evolving in their set places, with their unique POVs. Now story is grappling to find one true love for Dean just like Sam's Jess for motivation, it's grappling to make Dean the chosen one for drama and it fails. I didn't even remember who the supposed great love of his life was when her name was mentioned and Dean's actions as the chosen one directly contradicts his supposed low self-esteem. It makes the character look like a teenage Borderline-afflicted moron without any kind of perspective. And he's over 30! The internal logic is screaming in aghast pain. That's what happens when you tack on somebody else's arc to a character who is the original character's opposite.
This show needs to be a warning example for every aspiring producer and writer.
Bones
That ep could have gone either way with the retconning - but it worked for some odd reason. I didn't totally buy it but the ep still worked. Oh my sweet Lancelot ♥ I loved seeing them as they were back then and I do realize how much Booth and Brennan have rubbed off on each other. That was fabulous to see. And yes, you can tell that the producer of this show is a pro. Boreanaz knows what he's doing and seems to be able to keep his ego in shack and not pushing his own role to the absolute front, his own role even if he could. Kudos.
This scene just had me in stitches and I had to make icons.
Tony and McGee - I so could slash the hell outta those two. *g* 7 year's itch, huh? The case was rather predictable but the characters on this show are consistent and 7 year's in, I kind of bow to the writers' for that accomplishment. I'm not a big fan of the 'everybody falls for the boss' storyline but it's omnipresent so I guess there's some truth to the 'power is sexy' myth. It's just that I don't fit into that category. The Gibbs eps reminds me of a dozen other shows with middle age male bosses that everybody finds hot, except me obviously. I get bored.
And The beginning reminded me of so many earlier eps that I was kinda expecting the worst. The Nick scenes with the little girl had my effing little heart wibbling and then we came to Wonderman who throws punches and just gets a stern talking to from Brass. And the scene wasn't even funny like the one in Bones! The neuro-mumbo jumbo (phlueze!) and the endless Wonderman end scene. I stopped caring half-way though the ep and CSI should not do serial-murder arcs anymore. *facepalm* If that was the murderer we saw, I despair. That young and that sophisticated? Gimme a break!
At least I got some hot Nicky!