Something I'm curious about…(S11)

[ash48]

I 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?).

Comments

[percysowner.livejournal.com]

Oh, I know Dean took the Mark before Sam had reacted much at all. They just kept focusing on poor, poor Dean and how bad he was feeling about Sam being "mean" while giving us bupkis about how Sam felt about being violated. I'm just afraid that pattern is about to repeat.

[ash48.livejournal.com]

*nods* and it breaks my heart. :((

And PLEASE PLEASE don't repeat. I WILL CRY. I thought Show had turned a corner when it comes to Sam. *sobs*