I am confused....

[ash48]

I am reading that there's a lot of Sam character bashing today. (Luckily, I haven't read it just heard about it..)

Why? What has he done wrong now? I mean seriously? WTF??



Oh. Is it because he's been lying to Dean? Manipulating Dean? Using Dean as bait since the get go? Not caring about victims? Unsympathetic? Unheroic? Didn't accept the keys to the Impala? Smirked when Dean was turned? Paid for sex? Smirked when he first saw Dean after a year? Didn't tell Dean he was back from the dead? Sided with the Campbells? Continually gave lip service in just about everything he said in that last episode? (and each episode proceeding it)..

Yeah.. because that makes sense. That all sounds EXACTLY like Sam.

HELLO??!! Clearly NOT SAM... Jeez.... how many more friggin' clues (and anvils) do they need to drop?!

This is the whole POINT! If anyone thinks Sam is in any way capable of the above actions then the Sam they know is not the Sam I know. Wow... after 5 seasons I think it would be pretty darn clear what kind of person Sam is.

Oh ...oops, that's right. He left Dean for college. He wanted out of the hunting life. Damn I forgot. Sam is totally all of those things. Silly me.

*sheesh* Ok. I got worked up... needed to rant and I figure my own journal is the best place to do it.

At least that way you can ignore it.



This is why I don't go anywhere else other than LJ when reading discussion posts. I think I'd probably BURST something if I actually read it. I like my little safe, sane haven and awesome, sensible flist. And I am totally up for someone telling me (in a non bashing way of course) if there's a Sam they are seeing that I've totally missed here. Totally fascinated by that...

*breathe Sarah, stay calm...*g**

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[stormcloude]

I'm still downloading to watch at some point. Maybe. If I hear things get better. But I just couldn't stand another year of everything being Sam's fault.

I will admit that I was totally generalizing, but I do think that there's a germ of truth to what I said. The writer's have been doing Sam a disservice since season four, making him unsympathetic and unknowable. Sounds like they're still at it even now. All of which is not a slam against Dean at all, but I do think some of Dean's most ardent fans see Sam in the worst possible light.

[ash48.livejournal.com]

The writer's have been doing Sam a disservice since season four, making him unsympathetic and unknowable.

Yeah - I have struggled with that at times and I will totally bummed if they don't give Sam some sort of emotional story arc after this "other" Sam has been resolved.

For me, I see it as completely playing into the hands of what everyone has been saying about Sam. It's as though it's.. "Oh, you think Sam was evil before... well, you ain't seen nothing yet. THIS is as bad as it can get" and by doing that they will (OH GOD PLEASE!!!) start to rebuild the very heart of Sam soon.

I was worried this was going to be a very Deancentric season... but I am now feeling there's more of a balance. I know many fans are unhappy with what they are doing with Sam and I can appreciate that, but I am also seeing an interesting exploration of Sam's character.

Well... that's the optimist in me talking. I still hold out a lot of hope for the future..:D

[stormcloude]

And if they ever do give Sam an emotional human arc again I'll probably start watching again. But after two years of almost weekly disappointments, I couldn't do it again for another year.

Fool me once...