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

[elsewhere91.livejournal.com]

It's so weird i was thinking about this question on my long bus ride to college a few days ago about why i still love show. I love show, i do, but it's not perfect, it's very flawed. And sometimes i do become extremely pissed off at it in terms of character or plot development and sometimes the writing can be a bit sloppy but i still love it. There are episodes that are my favourite and that can make me cry, laugh or both and there are episodes that i hate, that piss me off, but i still love show.

So i was wondering why i still love show and i realised that i do love that ALL the characters, but especially Sam and Dean are really flawed, I love that they are so human, and that sometimes there are times in show when you just want to slap them or hug them or whatever but i love how just..human they are. That they make mistakes, that they argue, that they repeat their mistakes and actions, that they act like brothers and they can and have hurt each other. Also i like that they don't hug a lot or cry on each others shoulders a lot, that what's not said is just as important as what is said. I love how the characters have evolved and grown and changed yet still kept that same central core that makes Sam Sam and Dean Dean

I love how depressing this show can be but it still has hope, like life. That this show can make the two leads so dark and ambiguous with their actions and that they aren't so black and white and clear cut is so great.

I love how this show can still surprise me years later, can still make me cry and i love how i can still watch a season 1 episode and still notice things that i haven't noticed before.

i love how many things in this show aren't always shown and answered and that things are always up to interpretation and are ambiguous. Not everything is wrapped up or resolved at all and even if it is resolved it's not in a clean neat bow. I also love that there's these different layers to the show that i'm just starting to see.

Plus the acting is great, and of course Jared and Jensen are gorgeous, so you know that doesn't hurt :)

Wow, sorry this is really long. Oh and by the way can i friend you? I just love your episode reviews and posts.

[ash48.livejournal.com]

Wow. I just want to say YES YES to everything here. I love it and get pissed off with it for all of those reasons. Well put!! :D

And of course I don't mind the friend. Thank you. And will friend back. I love hearing what others have to say - whether it's to agree, disagree or to share the love. :DD