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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Yay squee!

I agree about learning all that stuff about the brothers. I suppose I just felt like we pretty much already know all that so it would have been interesting to look at the deeper issues. One being the lines they are prepared to cross for each other. That would have been a great examination, instead it ended up just being about the fact that they love each other and would do anything - which, don't get me wrong, is awesome - but we've known that since the very beginning. Carver seems to like just having them at odds for the drama of it, not for any real character growth.

Also, it's kinda interesting how nobody thought that Sam might be lying out of hurt when he said that he wouldn't bring Dean back, but I think that's stuff for a meta. :)

I remember by ep response to that episode and I said "Sam didn't say he wouldn't save Dean, just he wouldn't save him in the same way Dean saved him".

Unfortunately that has been completely removed now from the story. It's only become about Sam saying he wouldn't save Dean (JP's even confirmed it). So yeah. That's where most of my disappointment lies.

The near apologies were fine. That's exactly how they talk to each other. I did want more from Dean - not just an apology and real understanding of what he did - but again, that's not on the table. Though I read an interesting meta on how Dean is now paying the real price for what he's done over the season. It's an interesting take on it and one I'm finding I can accept fairly well.

And yes re Cas. Though I felt like he had a solid character arc. From human to leader - back to angel and no losing power again. Which, yep, they have to always find some way to reduce his powers, otherwise far too easy. I can't even imagine what they have in store for him next season. Surely they've done all they can with him? He has to find his grace so there's that I suppose.

Thanks for your happy thoughts. I truly wish I had been able to squee etc (in fact, I would love to have felt something after watching it. I'm feeling much more now that it's a few days later. :)