Something I'm curious about…(S11)
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ash48I was going to tweet this, but then remembered twitter is awful for conversations. Or even just making a potentially controversial statement.
So I'll put it in my fave place to post stuff. :)
I'm seeing a lot comments around the place that having Lucifer out of the cage disregards (whitewashes, demeans, trivialises etc) Sam's story line in S5. That the current storyline means that everything Sam did back then was for nothing.
I'm not clear why this is the sentiment? Nothing changes about what happened in the past. That will always be part of his storyline - and he'll always be the character that did that.
Lucifer being out now is merely a current storyline for the show. I totally accept that people are not liking it (for many various reasons), but what's happening now seems to be in conjunction to what happened back then - not totally aside from it (?).
I'm not asking whether it's a "good" storyline (I know there will be a heap of different reactions to that kind of question *g*) but simply asking why Sam's past storyline has diminished because of the current one?
(Note: This shouldn't need to be stated - because I think you guys know me well enough by now - but I'm not asking this to pick a fight. I am genuinely curious. Perhaps I am missing something that many others are seeing?).
So I'll put it in my fave place to post stuff. :)
I'm seeing a lot comments around the place that having Lucifer out of the cage disregards (whitewashes, demeans, trivialises etc) Sam's story line in S5. That the current storyline means that everything Sam did back then was for nothing.
I'm not clear why this is the sentiment? Nothing changes about what happened in the past. That will always be part of his storyline - and he'll always be the character that did that.
Lucifer being out now is merely a current storyline for the show. I totally accept that people are not liking it (for many various reasons), but what's happening now seems to be in conjunction to what happened back then - not totally aside from it (?).
I'm not asking whether it's a "good" storyline (I know there will be a heap of different reactions to that kind of question *g*) but simply asking why Sam's past storyline has diminished because of the current one?
(Note: This shouldn't need to be stated - because I think you guys know me well enough by now - but I'm not asking this to pick a fight. I am genuinely curious. Perhaps I am missing something that many others are seeing?).
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Date: 2016-02-21 11:13 am (UTC)I'm in agreement with all of this in fact.
I have no issue with Cas being able to take on Lucifer. He's not "human" so it makes sense. The only issue I have had with the storyline is them not building up to him saying yes. It seemed to come out of the blue. But, as you say, it was the stress of the moment and he had been made to feel like he's useless. In fact, he's becoming more of a Winchester - making snap decisions, thinking they are doing the right thing, but it turns out to make things worse. He's getting closer to being fully human. Hmmmm, I wonder if that's their intention...