9.23 reaction

[ash48]

I had a huge reaction post written out but decided it was far too negative and started to make me cry so I decided not to post it.

I will say that I didn't mind watching the episode (made all the better because I had zebra363 with me) but in all honesty it left me feeling pretty much nothing. Empty. Blank. Perhaps a bit annoyed, frustrated and sad.

I love these characters too much to see them wasted like this. To have them at odds all season just so we can have "near" apology scenes and confessions of "I lied". :(

For a whole season to mean absolutely nothing. To have gone absolutely no where. *sobs* (and not the good *sobs* - only S8 and S9 have reduced me to tears over loss of the show I fell in love with).

I need more time to process. I'm sure I will shake these blues away and find something salvageable here.

Though I'm thinking until Carver leaves I'll never see the Sam and Dean I grew to love.

I'd say they've already created their spin off. We watched it this season.

(PS: please, if you loved it and want to squee please feel free. I need to know it's worth hanging on to. I need to know that this is just all part of a plan to build this show back to something we recognise. I need to know that they didn't make Sam say important stuff only to have it completely and utterly ignored for a reason. I need to know that this hasn't just become the worst, predictable, most boring, fan servicing pile of... )

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[ash48.livejournal.com]

This new one is...something else. It's kinda like comparing my life before kids and my life after; it's still my life, but a whole different animal.

I like this comparison. :) I haven't been one to complain about the difference too much because I've always felt like it was actually on track to somewhere. I mean, the show has to change and I totally accept that. What hurts is that I enjoy trying to see the connections and the threads. I like to see how the characters are developing and how an overall story arc works. But it feels like there's no point trying to connect the dots because they clearly don't join up. Nothing that Sam and Dean went through in the first half of the season meant anything to the last half. I wouldn't have minded that if the first half had been resolved - so I've been hanging on and hanging on. And it's only now that i can look back and see the whole season and think...what the hell was that all about?

But isn't that the way with heroes? Feet of clay and all.

Yes, I suppose so. And actually if the story was one about the nature of heroism then I could accept that. But I have a feeling it isn't. Or maybe I'm wrong - perhaps I'm just not seeing that at the moment.

I didn't buy the addiction either. I was pleasantly surprised when Dean started coughing up blood (twist!), but leaving the full on addiction so late in the season is puzzling - it would have been great to see that build up earlier.

Also - I wonder why Sam was never seen to be trying to work out how to get rid of the Mark. He seemed fine with him having it (maybe knowing he made a good weapon?). The Sam we know would have been doing all the research as soon as he knew Dean had it.

I am relieved as well I have to say. I'm also glad for the break. I am hoping to rekindle my love over the hiatus. And perhaps go into the next season not so invested. Or at least remember its a different animal. :)

[quickreaver.livejournal.com]

I like to see how the characters are developing and how an overall story arc works...

ME TOO. And I do think this is a real shortcoming of Carver's show running. Or it could be that he shows development soooooo slowly, we have a hard time seeing it.

Re. Sam not looking to get rid of the Mark, there's no excuse. He would've been doing that. A simple line, proving Sam was looking but coming up empty, would've done the trick. Either it got cut for time, or once again, the writers were dumbing Sam down to cause drama. Precedence says the latter.

[ash48.livejournal.com]

simple line, proving Sam was looking but coming up empty, would've done the trick. Either it got cut for time, or once again, the writers were dumbing Sam down to cause drama. Precedence says the latter.

Yeah, they really don't think about it. And actually it surprises me because the final scene in the last season was so Sam strong and revealed his inner most concerns. But they seem to lack the understanding of what Dean means to him. It's probably only for the drama of it all, but it's so frustrating.