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... )

Comments

[gidgetgal9.livejournal.com]

I was left feeling like this was an okay episode but not finale worthy. Too much plot was too much pushed into the 45 minutes. We couldn't take in/grieve the loss of Dean with Sam- I mean AHBL was a two parter! So to cram it all in made me feel like we didn't get what we had been waiting for.

I started re-watching S4 when the comparison was made by fans and I can see some of it but then again it makes me ache for that show. I've started S5 and watched Abandon All Hope yesterday afternoon and cried over Ellen and Jo's deaths again, and hated watching Sam listening to Lucifer's plans for him, with all that emotion on Sam's face. I didn't cry when Dean died during the finale, it didn't hit me like the losses of previous seasons - probably because of the rush... we barely got the grieving of Sam over his brother. I would have loved a powers almost gone Castiel grieving with Sam or Sam begging Crowley to save Dean but... it didn't go there.

I liked the earlier comparison by Quickreaver to life before kids and after kids, I think that is true with this show. Different feels and I need to 'let it go' as the Frozen song says and enjoy the 'spinoff' for what it is.

I am looking forward to how they deal with Demon Dean. I have read some great fanfiction with Demon Dean trying to control Sam- an over extension of who Dean normally is... and those stories have been creepy good so...*fingers crossed*!

And the stuff they did give us last night should spawn some great fanfiction!

Thanks for sharing your thoughts all season, I may not have commented every time but you better believe I read them all and enjoyed your thoughts and your friends comments! :)

[ash48.livejournal.com]

We couldn't take in/grieve the loss of Dean with Sam- I mean AHBL was a two parter! So to cram it all in made me feel like we didn't get what we had been waiting for.

Yes! It felt like so much and yet strangely not enough.

I didn't cry when Dean died during the finale, it didn't hit me like the losses of previous seasons - probably because of the rush... we barely got the grieving of Sam over his brother.

That's because Sam's emotions don't really come into play. The end game was Dean turning into a demon so spending time over Sam's emotions wasn't important for them. Much like his emotions this season. Pretty much avoided.

I'm hoping to see some awesome fanfic too. I love controlling Dean in fanfic (kink!) but not so much in the actual show. we've seen a lot of controlling Dean lately and I'd love to see Sam re-claim some control. And importance in the overall writing of the show.

Thanks for sharing your thoughts all season, I may not have commented every time but you better believe I read them all and enjoyed your thoughts and your friends comments! :)

My pleasure! I have enjoyed it chatting with everyone. There's always such interesting comments made. :))