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

[missyjack.livejournal.com]

I am just really sad that you've fallen out of love with Show. I wonder all the time if/when this will happen for me - i've been there with other fannish obsessions before - and I can hardly believe i am here at the Season 9 finale full of feels and bursting with meta thoughts.

I hope this ending isnt too hard for you.

[ash48.livejournal.com]

Hey MJ!

There's no doubt I've been disappointed with the way the season has ended. I think because I had anticipated something different. It's now been a few days since the finale and I've chatted a lot and listened to different interpretations and I'm in a better place.

For me it's understanding that there may be a reason for the direction they've taken the characters we love so much. And I totally accept that Sam and Dean had to change and evolve as the years have progressed. I would like to think that this complete tearing down and exposing the inner darkness in them both is a deliberate move. One that will see them grow and become the heroes they once were.

I think by S10 my love will have returned and I will be looking forward to the new season as much as everyone else. In the mean time, I need the hiatus to recover. ;)

Thanks for dropping in.