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

[azziria.livejournal.com]

I haven't actually watched it yet - I wanted to read what you and a couple of other on my flist thought of it before I dared to watch, because I hated last week's episode so much. (And how much do I hate having to say that?)

Dean has been a bit of an arrogant dickhead several times before over the seasons, but 9.22 was the first time that I've actually really, really hated him, to the point where I didn't want to watch any more. Now you could say that it's good writing and acting if it gets such a strong emotion out of a viewer, but personally I think it's counter-productive if you make a character who's supposed to be a hero so unsympathetic that it makes a viewer turn the show off.

Plus, Metatron is such a whiny bitch, and not even *interesting* as a character, just annoying.

And I am *so* over angels it's just not true. Even Castiel (and personally I've never seen the 'chemistry' between him and Dean). I just want the brothers back fighting together, because that partnership is what drew me to the show in the first place.

However, as I believe you've noted before, the ratings are excellent so clearly many viewers *adore* the 'new' Supernatural.

I'll be over here in the corner watching S3 again.

[ash48.livejournal.com]

*nods* and *nods*. All of that. I've really grown to dislike Dean over the season and that's so sad for me. In some ways it makes sense that this is where he's ended. It's has to be as bad as it gets for him. Maybe S10 will be able re-building Dean (and Sam's!) character from this dark place.

However, as I believe you've noted before, the ratings are excellent so clearly many viewers *adore* the 'new' Supernatural.

Sadly, yes. I think a lot has to do with the new move to Tuesday nights but general viewers are obviously liking the angel and demon stuff and like to see the brothers at odd. I suspect a lot more of it next season too.