I think it's completely valid. I don't think you're reading too much into it and I don't think you should have to feel guilty for noticing a trend you don't like and commenting on it.
That said, while I am a fan of short-run things that aren't given the chance to veer from their original mission statement, kind of visual short stories that develop their world, their characters, make their statement and disappear - while I love that kind of compounded intensity - Dark Angel, for one, had moments that I don't think I'd love as much if the seasons continued and diluted their impact.
All that said, I think that I'm invested in SPN sufficiently that I want more. And I think in a roundabout way, they're giving it to us with the grief arc. I love, LOVE, LOVE the grief arc because I think it's one of the ways that SPN binds itself to reality, how it maintains its impact. I honestly believe that Sam and Dean have been blown apart and changed and broken by their father's death. And they aren't acting right because I think everything before the scene in Devil's Trap is almost unrecognizable in the face of their loss.
I do think Dean has been trying, lightened after telling Sam the secret, to come back to center in the past few episodes. But I think Dean has been confronted with a jarring and powerful loss of self-identity and his wheels are spinning and now, what he's been keeping from Sam has been shared and Sam is coming to him while he's still in a haze and asking the worst. I believe he doesn't trust anything that's happening to them, he doesn't buy into the fate, the destiny, but he doesn't have any way to push back. And Sam's terror, and the psychics they've been confonted with is just making it harder.
And I don't think Sam's fears, bases on this whole fate/destiny thing are so out of left field. I think is part of his grief, part of that sense that their father who knew everything (even if he wouldn't tell it) is gone and they're just kids. They can't be trusted to hunt alone. I think a lot of that analysis and pragmatism got lost in the mess with the information that he is going to lose control and need to be put down. He's tried to be strong for Dean and now I think Dean will have the emotional lattice - as Sam breaks down - to find his way again. I kinda love that.
I don't want it to go on forever, but I think that honoring the full mire here and now, will make Dean's return to form much more nuanced, full and well, interesting! If this is a five season show, for example, I would much prefer that this loss happen now and give the rest of the show over to Sam and Dean maturing as hunters and hunting because they WANT to hunt - because they've lost, learned, and grown and they finally get to the lean place, the sharp edge of the knife where they have the advantage of having dealt with all of this together.
, because I still have hopes for it to get back on its feet and return to the part were they were two brothers on a road trip, only now they’re not trying to find their dad, they’re trying to find themselves
I seriously think that this is the road they're on, it's just taken a sharp curve.
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Date: 2007-01-21 07:38 pm (UTC)That said, while I am a fan of short-run things that aren't given the chance to veer from their original mission statement, kind of visual short stories that develop their world, their characters, make their statement and disappear - while I love that kind of compounded intensity - Dark Angel, for one, had moments that I don't think I'd love as much if the seasons continued and diluted their impact.
All that said, I think that I'm invested in SPN sufficiently that I want more. And I think in a roundabout way, they're giving it to us with the grief arc. I love, LOVE, LOVE the grief arc because I think it's one of the ways that SPN binds itself to reality, how it maintains its impact. I honestly believe that Sam and Dean have been blown apart and changed and broken by their father's death. And they aren't acting right because I think everything before the scene in Devil's Trap is almost unrecognizable in the face of their loss.
I do think Dean has been trying, lightened after telling Sam the secret, to come back to center in the past few episodes. But I think Dean has been confronted with a jarring and powerful loss of self-identity and his wheels are spinning and now, what he's been keeping from Sam has been shared and Sam is coming to him while he's still in a haze and asking the worst. I believe he doesn't trust anything that's happening to them, he doesn't buy into the fate, the destiny, but he doesn't have any way to push back. And Sam's terror, and the psychics they've been confonted with is just making it harder.
And I don't think Sam's fears, bases on this whole fate/destiny thing are so out of left field. I think is part of his grief, part of that sense that their father who knew everything (even if he wouldn't tell it) is gone and they're just kids. They can't be trusted to hunt alone. I think a lot of that analysis and pragmatism got lost in the mess with the information that he is going to lose control and need to be put down. He's tried to be strong for Dean and now I think Dean will have the emotional lattice - as Sam breaks down - to find his way again. I kinda love that.
I don't want it to go on forever, but I think that honoring the full mire here and now, will make Dean's return to form much more nuanced, full and well, interesting! If this is a five season show, for example, I would much prefer that this loss happen now and give the rest of the show over to Sam and Dean maturing as hunters and hunting because they WANT to hunt - because they've lost, learned, and grown and they finally get to the lean place, the sharp edge of the knife where they have the advantage of having dealt with all of this together.
, because I still have hopes for it to get back on its feet and return to the part were they were two brothers on a road trip, only now they’re not trying to find their dad, they’re trying to find themselves
I seriously think that this is the road they're on, it's just taken a sharp curve.