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[ash48]

I hated that beyond words.

I am literally sobbing as I type because this actually feels like the end.

What happened to my beautiful, bromancy, interesting, scary, intriguing show? My show that had "something up its sleeve", my show that only ever had brothers at odds with each other FOR A REAL REASON! My show that had brothers who loved each other. My show that knew it's history. My show that WAS NEVER a soap opera. My show.... *sobs*

My heart is breaking so much and it fucking hurts.

I trust that I missed something. To be honest I don't even have the energy to rant. I am so disappointed and hurt. The season cliffhanger is Amelia walking back into Sam's life... just. No words.

I have never witnessed so much distrust, disloyalty, dis-LOVE between the brothers....EVER. Even when they were fighting at the end of S4 there was at least passion. This was just...nothing. All those things without any reason. They were hardly even on the screen together. I think I even detected real hate between them. And if that's supposed to make me tune in to see how they resolve it?...well...yeah. Not so much.

The show has changed. I suppose it had to. So many of you already saw it. I glimpsed it and clawed myself back. But this is what the show has become and that saddens me so, so much.

I know I shouldn't post. I know you want positive stuff. But in one episode it cemented everything I feared this season would turn into. A boring soap opera.

(I will say that it was beautifully filmed. And if it was a soap opera then I am sure it was beautifully written).

Comments

[ash48.livejournal.com]

I still think there's the potential that something else is going on in Sam's story.

Oh really? Man, I wish I could hold that hope. I also wish Sam having a relationship was enough for me. It should be. But I just didn't sign up for this show to give me relationship dramas. A bit sure - but half a seasons worth?

And yeah. I gave myself 3 eps to really throw in the towel (she says thinking she could actually do that). If the next ep was meant to be the mid-season finale then there's something to tide me over to the next one.

But. I just can't get over how damn messy this season is. One minute they seem so comfortable together and the next they are...well...this. Even saying it's jealousy doesn't help any more. I thought they were supposed to be more mature this season.

[maenad.livejournal.com]

Oh really? Man, I wish I could hold that hope. I also wish Sam having a relationship was enough for me. It should be. But I just didn't sign up for this show to give me relationship dramas. A bit sure - but half a seasons worth?

*shrugs* The fact remains that Sam's story is deeply weird. It begins months after Dean's disappearance with no attempt to explain what Sam did during this time. He met Amelia, bonded with her in a ridiculously short time and apparently moved in with her pretty much immediately. And before they'd even finished moving in, Amelia discovered her husband was alive and Sam left again. We've covered - what - maybe a couple of months in Sam's year? And that's the only part he's willing to discuss at all.

There are two possibilities here: either this is very bad writing, or something's up. They get one more shot at convincing me that it's the latter rather than the former. I want there to be a reason for all this.

Edit: Oh, and yes. I can be very childish sometimes. Sometimes I watch Sam and Amelia's scenes and mutter 'And then ZOMBIES invaded!' Or 'And then LUCIFER appeared and promised Sam he could find Dean!' Relationships are fine. But they should be connected to the plot. :)

But. I just can't get over how damn messy this season is. One minute they seem so comfortable together and the next they are...well...this. Even saying it's jealousy doesn't help any more. I thought they were supposed to be more mature this season.

Yeah. That's a problem that I can't rationalise away no matter how hard I try. To a certain extent I can deal with variation. I know some of their writers are better than others, and the occasional ball will get dropped.

I do believe that Sam and Dean still love each other, and a lot of their bad behaviour can be ascribed to jealousy. But it is not adult behaviour. It's not, as they keep insisting in interviews, the behaviour of two adults who have to frame their discussions slightly differently because they're not 22 anymore. It's the behaviour of babies who have never faced a challenge in their relationship before. And since I have watched all previous seven seasons, I have trouble believing that.