I've officially stopped watching. I sort of half-watched the first 20 minutes, then said to myself, "I SO don't care any more," and turned it off so I could read for a while. I think Kevin's death was the last straw, particularly coming after Sarah's death.
This isn't the show I loved, AT ALL. It's ridiculously repetitive, tramples all over its own canon, is completely dismissive of good supporting characters... it's just crap. So I'm out, and I'm going to pretend it was cancelled at the end of last season - when really, it should have been cancelled at the end of S5.
It isn't the show it was. I miss the show that it was. But I still enjoy watching it (though I don't re-watch stuff like I used to). I still enjoy Jensen's work, I still want to know what's going to happen with Dean and Sam. I'm much less invested than I was (fic-wise, discussion-wise, etc.), so I don't track the canon errors anymore, not like I probably would have, anyway. The repetitiveness gets annoying, but I still like watching the show.
The end-of-episode cliffhanger was such that if I had the next episode available, I would have watched it. For me, that's a good thing.
I figure I can find out what happened, just by checking in on my Friends page. That eliminates the frustration of actually spending an hour wading through an episode. I enjoy Jensen's work too, but it's gotten to the point where there's nothing new (in a positive sense) to be added to my headcanon for Dean Winchester, and I can't see spending an hour of my time watching somebody suffer. The show doesn't seem to have any sense that Dean will eventually WIN, and with a complete lack of hope... what's the point? Each episode feels like punishment, instead of something I can relax with and/or learn from.
But, hey, if you can still get something out of it, rock on!
Actually, some of the negativity with the show/character and my own identification with the character has gotten me to thinking about stuff that's been going on with me, and where I might need to make changes.
I've been going to a very difficult time the past few/several months, and while to someone else it might be "oh, you totally don't have it that bad" (and in a lot of ways I don't), the dissatisfaction and paranoia and fear have put me in a not fun headspace.
Being able to watch the show without any real "expectation" or the intense investment that I used to feel, while at the same time watching Dean's issues and saying hey, I need to let this go/move on/re-evaluate . . . I don't know, it's just weirdly helpful.
I went over to WFB last month (to read the Jensen praise that Alice Jester wrote), and I've kind of stuck around, just to see what the vibe is. And there have been some interesting comments regarding that final scene. The place does strongly favor Sam, but the comments I've read were kind of insightful, considering that my default is to watch the show from Dean's POV
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the majority of what I'm seeing out there is Dean f-ing deserved everything he got in the cliffhanger.I'm not seeing it stated quite so militantly, but yeah, I'm seeing much more "yay, Sam" and validation of his reaction (which is fine), but pretty much zero encouragement for Dean. I'm seeing a lot of "Dean needs some alone time" and "Dean needs to figure it out on his own" and "Dean needs to let Sam go" and the like. But I'm seeing very little or nothing of what I saw, which was that Dean didn't leave to "have some alone time" and "figure it out." He left to go hunt down an angel. He continues to think he's no good (which, yes, he needs to re-evaluate his thinking there and get some self-worth) and heading off to kill an angel. I heard no indication that he thought he'd be coming back. Quite the opposite, actually, even if he does come of it alive. And no invitation to return from Sam. (Sam won't kick Dean to the curb if he does come back, but I didn't hear anything to indicate that Sam expects Dean to come back
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I don't adore it like I used to, but there's been some really cool stuff in this season so far. And this was a solid mythology ep, I though. I'm bored with the brothers leaving each other, but... this made more sense to me than some of the previous ones.
(Re: your conversation with someone above: Dean has been super theraputic for me, in terms of showing me all my issues in a mirror. That's why I still love the final few eps of season 5 more than they really deserve, and here... we're back to it. I was SO pleased that Sam could say to Dean what he's actually feeling--I think it will help when Dean comes back off this ledge. Honesty both ways is the best sign; both were being pretty bare-faced in that scene.)
If you've seen the most recent eps ("The Purge" prior to hiatus), you might understand when I say . . . Dean isn't coming back off this ledge. If anything, Sam has pushed him closer to the edge with the manner in which he's framed his recent honesty. :-(
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This isn't the show I loved, AT ALL. It's ridiculously repetitive, tramples all over its own canon, is completely dismissive of good supporting characters... it's just crap. So I'm out, and I'm going to pretend it was cancelled at the end of last season - when really, it should have been cancelled at the end of S5.
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The end-of-episode cliffhanger was such that if I had the next episode available, I would have watched it. For me, that's a good thing.
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But, hey, if you can still get something out of it, rock on!
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I've been going to a very difficult time the past few/several months, and while to someone else it might be "oh, you totally don't have it that bad" (and in a lot of ways I don't), the dissatisfaction and paranoia and fear have put me in a not fun headspace.
Being able to watch the show without any real "expectation" or the intense investment that I used to feel, while at the same time watching Dean's issues and saying hey, I need to let this go/move on/re-evaluate . . . I don't know, it's just weirdly helpful.
Maybe.
I'm not expressing myself well.
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I don't adore it like I used to, but there's been some really cool stuff in this season so far. And this was a solid mythology ep, I though. I'm bored with the brothers leaving each other, but... this made more sense to me than some of the previous ones.
(Re: your conversation with someone above: Dean has been super theraputic for me, in terms of showing me all my issues in a mirror. That's why I still love the final few eps of season 5 more than they really deserve, and here... we're back to it. I was SO pleased that Sam could say to Dean what he's actually feeling--I think it will help when Dean comes back off this ledge. Honesty both ways is the best sign; both were being pretty bare-faced in that scene.)
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