One Step Forward, Two Steps Back

[gateslacker]

Wow, there's been a virtual explosion of "WTH" after "Citizen Fang." Strangely, I find myself in the apparent minority in that I'm not feeling one iota of kerfuffle. Nope, I really liked the episode and I CANNOT wait to see what happens next.  It reinforced once again why this show has taken over the top spot for me by making me think about it

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[pocochina]

I find myself in the apparent minority in that I'm not feeling one iota of kerfuffle. Nope, I really liked the episode and I CANNOT wait to see what happens next.

Right? RIGHT?! I am so into it! The one structural criticism I'll sort of buy is that it was definitely the setup and not the punch line, but that's how two-parters work, so I'm not about to call the wahmbulence.

Sam and Dean are never, ever going to be the type to hash things out logically and rationally or engage in a heart to heart that has no chance whatsoever of ever turning bloody.

I legitimately don't get why this is so bad. Who in the WORLD would sit around for eight seasons of "Superhuman Sharing and Caring Skills"?! NOT ME.

So, Dean, you are a total dick for sending that text to Sam.

You know, it's not the sending the text that I find truly awful? It's that he took it upon himself to cut Sam off from his ONLY support network by deleting her number. That is some goddamn Edward Cullen shit right there.

it's not gonna sit right if you kill Dean's BFF for no good

[gateslacker]

That is some goddamn Edward Cullen shit right there.LOL! Yes, I sometimes have to wonder just on what level Dean could ever think that was RIGHT. And while I don't quite see Dean the same way you do, that's some pretty controlling BS right there. What I waffle over (I'm always waffling-I LOVE YOU SHOW) is whether Dean is actually even aware of just how demeaning and controlling and wrong it really is because, let's face it, such behavior is pretty standard if you are following the Winchester Way. I'm not a John Winchester hater or anything but he was pretty obsessively crazy cakes and he really messed these boys up but good with regard to building healthy relationships

[gateslacker]

I have been doing alot of thinking about the Amy/Benny parallels. Now, I didn't want Dean to kill Amy because she did what she had to do to save her son and she tried so hard to make her way without killing. When she did, she allegedly chose thugs and unsavory characters. Even more, I wanted Dean to not kill her simply because he trusted Sam. For once, just trust your brother in that way you expect to be trusted. I can't even describe how my heart wants to see this and we dance around it and Dean talks a good talk every once in awhile but when the rubber meets the road, he just cannot or will not do this. I was so disappointed when he didn't

[pocochina]

I wanted Dean to not kill her simply because he trusted Sam. For once, just trust your brother in that way you expect to be trusted. I can't even describe how my heart wants to see this and we dance around it and Dean talks a good talk every once in awhile but when the rubber meets the road, he just cannot or will not do this. I was so disappointed when he didn't.

It scanned as being much darker to me. I think he went after her not in spite of Sam's wishes, but because Amy was good for Sam. If Amy chose Sam over her family, then Sam can trust her and has a safety net outside of Dean. Family being Always Most Important is the foundational thing to Dean, because then he doesn't have to examine his own life too closely - he can think that he doesn't have a choice in the awful stuff he's been through, and that there are actual standards for how he should be behaving toward Sam

[de23]

I'm reading all your reaction posts! Whee