You are a rockstar for keeping your toe dipped in fandom when so swamped. I'm glad the play is going so well!
I mostly liked the episode, but was pretty sure that looking for fandom opinions was going to rock my boat in an unhappy way, so I have stayed away. Suffice it to say, I came away with a conviction that it's not A or B, but both. Dean saves Sam because he's selfish and doesn't want to live without him AND because he was given an impossible responsibility since the age of 4 to save his little brother, which he has done admirably, and he can't help it.
I've been visiting my sister and her husband all week and they are fans but not Fans. Right now we are marathoning season 9 together (they're up to 9.05) to get them current. And yet... they aren't *fans* who are so emotionally invested in the show that they angst and wring their hands and yell. I suspect that they represent the majority of viewers, really, who watch the show more superficially. It's been a bit of an eye-opener to see the show through their eyes.
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Date: 2014-02-07 01:34 pm (UTC)I mostly liked the episode, but was pretty sure that looking for fandom opinions was going to rock my boat in an unhappy way, so I have stayed away. Suffice it to say, I came away with a conviction that it's not A or B, but both. Dean saves Sam because he's selfish and doesn't want to live without him AND because he was given an impossible responsibility since the age of 4 to save his little brother, which he has done admirably, and he can't help it.
I've been visiting my sister and her husband all week and they are fans but not Fans. Right now we are marathoning season 9 together (they're up to 9.05) to get them current. And yet... they aren't *fans* who are so emotionally invested in the show that they angst and wring their hands and yell. I suspect that they represent the majority of viewers, really, who watch the show more superficially. It's been a bit of an eye-opener to see the show through their eyes.