It's Saturday night...

[ash48]

and there's been drinking.



I've had many thinky thoughts about the show lately. Not in the terms of will Dean experience a complete melt down before the end of the season or is Sam coping as well as he seems etc. But more...I know this show is flawed (there are problematic story arcs and character arcs and plot holes etc etc and yet I am STILL totally in love and invested in it.

I've just happened upon something transfixeddream stated, nearly a year ago:

Sam is stupid. Dean is stupid. They're both fucking stupid, but it's okay because they're pretty.

That's it in a goddamn nutshell.

Sam's flawed. Dean's flawed But they're so goddamn fucking gorgeous it doesn't matter. In fact, it's BECAUSE they are stupid, flawed and gorgeous that it matters. Always has. Probably always will.

I heard recently that Jensen answered the question "why did Dean kill Amy?" with "because he's an asshole" at a con. I really love that. They are not only stupid and flawed but they are also assholes. (Of course! How could they have survived without being all those things?!).

They are also heroes. Who happen to have beautiful eyes and freckles and pecs and hair and.. *thud*). They are also brothers who love and adore each other (which can be taken as gen or so freakin' easily as soooo much more).


Oh Show. What the hell is it about you that let's me forgive all your inconsistencies? (answer.. eps like Slash Fiction and Hello Cruel World maybe..)



Evidence of the pretty! :D

Comments

[amnisias.livejournal.com]

Who would ever want to watch a show with flawless characters? What is the point of that? Humans are flawed, do not always behave politically correct or in a logical manner. They are train wrecks waiting to happen. That's the kind of people I want to watch on my TV.

As to the pretty. That's not just SPN, actors on the whole are prettier than 'normal people'. Buffy, Angel & Spike were pretty, and the BSG crew weren't downright ugly either. Flight 734 on LOST was heavily biased to the pretty as well. If I had to chose between pretty and good acting, I'd always go for acting, but unfortunately there seem to be enough people around who are atractive as well good actors, so I don't have to chose - Phew!

[ash48.livejournal.com]

Flawless characters would be boring, I agree. And I think this is where (some) fans miss the point of the boys being flawed. The fact that they do the wrong thing sometimes is the whole point. And what makes them so interesting.

Ahhh... it's an interesting point about pretty v talent.

And I am in a conundrum over this. I adore good acting. I don't care what an actor looks like when I'm watching for the acting. But I don't watch SPN for the acting. I mean, the boys are good. They carry it off. There have been moments of top notching acting (for me Jensen breaking down describing hell and Jared showing us a completely different Sam when soulless). But I don't tune in for the acting. I take it as given that they can act. It's essentially that they are ridiculously hot, are brothers and are often in peril. The fact that there is so much more to get excited about - in terms of story arc - is an added bonus.

In many ways actors have to be good looking in order to attract an audience. Especially as leads in TV shows. It's not always the case, but yeah.... mostly.

Ack! I blabbed. It's an interesting discussion. Many really good actors don't make it because they just don't have the looks. And some make it purely on their looks. I think we are lucky that the boys are extremely good looking AND take their craft seriously.