SPN 8.01 - We Need to Talk About Kevin

[xwacky]

WOW! Time flies. It's been so long since I've posted anything regarding Supernatural. Last Wednesday night, I caught the show's season premier. I was very excited about where the story is going this time and wanted to jot down my thoughts right away. Alas, my best laid plan was interrupted by RL. Nonetheless, here's what made me so happy:

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[i_o_r_h_a_e_l]

Your opinion about Sam not looking for Dean is exactly the same as mine. Though I don't know if I'm going to get the answer for that or no, knowing SPN writers. Heh.

Talking about Dean's chemistry with anyone/anything, I have to say that he never has chemistry with any girls that are supposed to have romantic relationship with him. But once it's just a girl/woman, everything is okaaay. Heheh. You can have different opinion about this, though. :)

Btw, I have to confess something about Sam. I think I'm totally like you meaning that we're only interested in Dean, who cares about others. Is that right? I couldn't care less about Sam and however his character is written. In the beginning of the series I found it terribly boring every time an ep is a Sam-centric one, so I really didn't like AHBL 1 at that time. But now since Castiel showed up, I guess Sam is such a lesser evil. Now I want Dean 'and' Sam, and I will hate episodes that have Castiel in them. Therefore I don't really like 8-02 or perhaps I just skip Castiel's part. Huh. Who does he think he is? When will he realize in Dean's life there is no one but Sam. :P

By the way, you're not Castiel lover, right? :)

[xwacky]

Mmmm, I do beg to differ in regard to Jensen's chemistry with female actors. In Supernatural alone, I think Dean had great chemistry with Bella. He also had loads of chemistry with Lisa. Not that I ship the pair, but I recognize that pair was set up for failure, and in that framework, the chemistry between them was the only thing that made me sad when Dean had to let her go. Dean had an unique relationship with Jo too. But IMO Alona Tal being a young actress, lacked gravitas next to Jensen, so to that end, Jo's relationship with Dean was too much of a one-sided little girl hero worshiping/crushing on Dean. I should also mention that (the "Titanic Hand" at the end of the scene notwithstanding) Dean's sex scene with Anna at the back of the Impala was my all time favorite sex scenes on the show so far! ;p

I do not ship Dean and Castiel, and I abhor the moniker "Destiel" -- it's too much like "Diestel", which is a brand of turkey we have here in California. Sam and Dean are still and always will be my OTP, despite me not really care for Sam right now.

With that being said, relationships on a show always take second place after individual characters in my regard. In other words, what matters to me are always going to be the characters' development that have me glued to the show. In the case of Supernatural, it's solely Dean Winchester at the moment. I liked Castiel fine when he didn't take the center stage of a story. I don't find the character himself too interesting. But I like the angst Castiel, or rather his fate wrought on Dean's conscience (shown in 8.02).