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themonkeytwin

SPN 6: Both good and original....

May 21, 2011 17:46

... but the part that is good is not original and the part that is original is not good.
- Samuel Johnson (attributed)

Hooookay. Season 6.

Lemme say a few things upfront: I didn't hate it. And as far as hand-over wobbles go, both story-arc- and management-wise, it could have been worse. A lot worse. It's still Show, individual episodes were still ( Read more... )

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bitterlimetwist May 22 2011, 02:20:27 UTC

Tomorrow, comments about Show. Tonight, just hearty congratulations. &Hearts

themonkeytwin May 22 2011, 20:07:20 UTC

Thank you. ❤

*anticipates comments about Show*

:)

bitterlimetwist May 22 2011, 21:17:08 UTC

YES to your entire post. So much Yes ( ... )

themonkeytwin May 23 2011, 02:05:02 UTC

They just used him as a prop for Dean and Cas.
... And to think, there was so much moaning in fandom that she would turn the show into a Sam-fest. No really, WTF happened?

I know! Omigosh. WHAT HAPPENED???? I just ... this is why so much hinges on how they deal with Sam next season. I keep circling around this, because the ONLY explanation for it that I can think of is that they thought the soulless thing was a BRILLIANT plot for Sam - like they (*cough*SERA*cough*) were still lusting for all the "wasted" opportunity for darkside!Sam from the previous arc, and this was their way of going back and wallowing in that without negating everything he'd achieved and overcome as a character. BUT THAT'S THE PROBLEM - WITHOUT HIS SOUL IT'S NOT SAM (darkside or otherwise) AND NONE OF IT MATTERS. (Sorry, got carried away there for a moment.) ALSO DID I MENTION IT'S NOT SAM ( ... )

bitterlimetwist May 23 2011, 16:26:00 UTC

"the ONLY explanation for it that I can think of is that they thought the soulless thing was a BRILLIANT plot for Sam ( ... )

themonkeytwin May 25 2011, 16:46:34 UTC

And for the life of me I can't imagine what they'll do with it next season.

Heh. I cordially invite you to join me on the Sit&Wait Bus, if you feel you have the equanimity. It's not terribly comfortable or fast moving, but at least it's not crowded.

It was always so much about the two of them. And okay, the characters have grown past that

Right. They have - and maybe part of this is us still wanting that dynamic. It's not wrong to have them move on, not be so codependent, but it is pretty poor to not have anything going on at all between them.

SamnDean were being all SamnDean-y, and I enjoyed the angst-free time I spent with them, but it felt like they were just being moved around to service some story other than their own.

I agree, although as I think about it more, that might have been bound to happen too. Not that I think they handled it well, because they didn't really, but the past five years it HAS been the SamnDean story in universe. Now that story is over and they are de facto not the center of the universe's story ( ... )

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