Unh, need to vent.

[maychorian]

In the spirit of dotfic's recent PSA, I feel the need to get something off my chest.

I'm starting to get annoyed by people calling Dean "emo."

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[superbadgirl]

For me it's not any doubt that Dean doesn't have a right to be totally PTSD - it's the story that is dragging for me*. We've established his brokenness, a long time ago, and a certain amount of lag time is to be expected post-Hell. But it's fiction, and people are going to be frustrated by what is perceived as inaction. Wheel spinning. We know Dean's broken. It would go a long way if the show started giving the guy hope instead of heaping more darkness on him, and through him, us.

*Though I don't think I've ever been particularly unfair to Dean...

Also, posts like this always make me want to mention the absolute shitstorm Sam has been facing this year. ALL year. But I won't. ;)

[tahirire]

*whispers*

I won't either.

*holds hands*

[maychorian]

::sigh:: Okay, I can understand people being frustrated by the narrative pace, even while sympathizing with Dean's pain. We hate seeing Dean hurt and we want him to be fixed NOW NOW NOW. But life doesn't work like that. Sometimes realizing how wounded you are in one way just leads to more revelations that you are hurt in other ways, too, and you just keep digging and digging and finding more broken glass where there used to be windows, and there doesn't seem to ever be an end to it. I find it utterly realistic and heartbreaking, though obviously a lot of people are getting varying mileage from it, and that's fine, that's their right, and I'm sorry that Show isn't working for them right now. (YOU, I mean, I'm sorry it's not quite working for you, and gah, did I sound horrifically condescending in that paragraph? I didn't mean to.)

Honestly, though, I do hope that this last episode is the lowest point, and that we're going to start climbing upward now. ::hopes and hopes::

See my response to Tahirire below re: Sam.

[superbadgirl]

Oh, it's not not working for me. I do feel like I've become a bit desensitized to it, whether it's because everywhere I turn it's All About Dean (and that's not just this year - goodness knows I think JA is the bee's knees, but it's a bit lopsided, this fandom of ours. Easier to see if you're bi-brother or a Sam girl...) or that there doesn't seem to be much forward movement for this storyline. Everything we already knew simply gets incrementally worse. ;)

And I do know that moving on doesn't work like magic in RL. I might not have had major traumas in my life compared to some, but I'm not exactly scar-free. My point is that for once I want them to employ TV time. Because they're on TV. Hehe.

[maychorian]

It's amazing how the writers, actors and everyone else involved with SPN have made Dean and Sam not just characters, but human.

Oh, yes. It truly is amazing. They have something extraordinary here, and I just want them to do it justice. ♥

[applepie_x0]

*nods* I agree 100% with everything you said. I really don't understand how people can not like Dean this season -- just because he's broken.

But I didn't like Sam saying it. Especially to Ruby, whose allegiances are ambiguous at best.

YEEEEEEES x100! rawr. I reallyreally dislike Ruby.

[maychorian]

Heh, I'm still more intrigued by Ruby than anything else. I think her story is very interesting, and I want to see what happens to her, whether she turns out to be good, bad, or something in between.

[maychorian]

Aw, I miss the old Dean, too. I hope that we'll see him again. Thanks for your thoughts!

[kimmer1227]

I relate to Dean a bit too much at times, to the point of making myself crazy. For my own survival, I have to sometimes make light of Dean and Sam and their misery, and watch a silly video here or there. It's my own coping mechanism. But to really say he's emo and whiny? I don't get that. At all!

Sam's words to Dean were generally hurtful, but the most jarring for me was throwing in his face his confessions and tears. Don't consistently ask the guy to open up with the caring and sharing, then slam him for doing it. I try really hard to get in Sam's head, and I do understand he's just as broken as Dean, but I just wanna slap him upside his noggin', which is probably the reaction Kripke wants. And now fandom is jumping on the bandwagon. How about some honest to goodness empathy, people. Jeez!

[maychorian]

Ah, silly videos are good. :) They've given me a lot of joy.

Sam's words to Dean were generally hurtful, but the most jarring for me was throwing in his face his confessions and tears. Don't consistently ask the guy to open up with the caring and sharing, then slam him for doing it.

Yeah, for real. And it's just one thing after another, it seems, driving the boys farther and farther apart. And Sam is nearly always being cast in a bad light, so I suppose it must be deliberate. :( I'm scared of where this season is going.