Yeah, they are in this emotional limbo, where they have nothing to hold on to. So I guess that would come to explain part of Dean’s irrationality when it comes to Sam’s possible future. Because I think it is somewhat irrational, and yet oddly consistent with Dean’s character. It may be just a way to stress out this new status of their lives. This place where they are right now, no John, no clue to where the demon is (the demon that caused all of this, and who’s hunting had been the major goal for the Winchesters), and adding the Sam-might-be-evil situation, I think is a lot to cope with for both boys, and then we get the goodness of Dean trying to get them to take a vacation or some such, because it is consistent with what Dean would do, he would want to regroup and strategize before getting back in the field, and Sam refusing because Sam likes to solve his own problems when they present themselves, it also has symmetry with what we know about him from S1.
Having seen things under that light, I’m reminded of how much I just LOVE SPN. Yet I’m still annoyed by the fact that the plots are kinda forcing this feelings out, and not in a good way, like we had with Bloodlust, and CSPWDT (Man, is that a title!), and Simon Said, instead we see Sam getting drunk? That is not the way he’d handle a chik-flick moment need. But then again, kid’s adjusting, I guess. And yes, Sam did have his grieving period after Jessica’s death, and then it was anger and urgency to find Dad and fix things, but back then he wasn’t left so empty-handed, then he had a purpose and what we may call a plan, but now, he doesn’t even know how to track the demon anymore, he has no idea how to identify possible fellow psychics, and also he could be the next addition in Dean’s and a whole lot of hunters to kill list. So I would agree that in the light of these events, his grieving process might take a turn to desperation. And then there’s Dean; when Jessica died, Dean was a strong pillar Sam leaned on, now on the other hand, Dean is as broken as him, maybe even more considering John’s significance in Dean’s life, and the fact that the reason why John is gone is because Dean is alive. And all these tidbits I like, I enjoy immensely the humanity of these characters and I think I commented that to you before, its one of the main reasons I became a hardcore fan, what I don’t like is the way that emotional evolution is being written, like a said earlier I feel it forced and that bugs the hell out of me.
"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."
That right there? Purest Dean. Hopefully writing will improve some, and we’ll get eps that rise to the emotional weather front coming forth. S’all I’m saying.
It does feel good to share all this stuff, get it out of my chest. I think I lost three pounds just because of that.
And also about the intensity loss a lot of shows suffer, product of plot extension, I agree completely, I’d rather have a fast fire, short lived but devastating, instead of an explosion evolving into a slow combustion that is not a half of what it was when it started. I’m just sad, because then we get stories that I don’t even know what are about, and can’t help but to miss greatly the ones I actually got. Another reason SPN is cult for me. Also SPN continues to rock because of all the meta I’m allowed, it’s a fest!
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Date: 2007-01-22 02:11 am (UTC)It may be just a way to stress out this new status of their lives. This place where they are right now, no John, no clue to where the demon is (the demon that caused all of this, and who’s hunting had been the major goal for the Winchesters), and adding the Sam-might-be-evil situation, I think is a lot to cope with for both boys, and then we get the goodness of Dean trying to get them to take a vacation or some such, because it is consistent with what Dean would do, he would want to regroup and strategize before getting back in the field, and Sam refusing because Sam likes to solve his own problems when they present themselves, it also has symmetry with what we know about him from S1.
Having seen things under that light, I’m reminded of how much I just LOVE SPN. Yet I’m still annoyed by the fact that the plots are kinda forcing this feelings out, and not in a good way, like we had with Bloodlust, and CSPWDT (Man, is that a title!), and Simon Said, instead we see Sam getting drunk? That is not the way he’d handle a chik-flick moment need. But then again, kid’s adjusting, I guess.
And yes, Sam did have his grieving period after Jessica’s death, and then it was anger and urgency to find Dad and fix things, but back then he wasn’t left so empty-handed, then he had a purpose and what we may call a plan, but now, he doesn’t even know how to track the demon anymore, he has no idea how to identify possible fellow psychics, and also he could be the next addition in Dean’s and a whole lot of hunters to kill list. So I would agree that in the light of these events, his grieving process might take a turn to desperation. And then there’s Dean; when Jessica died, Dean was a strong pillar Sam leaned on, now on the other hand, Dean is as broken as him, maybe even more considering John’s significance in Dean’s life, and the fact that the reason why John is gone is because Dean is alive. And all these tidbits I like, I enjoy immensely the humanity of these characters and I think I commented that to you before, its one of the main reasons I became a hardcore fan, what I don’t like is the way that emotional evolution is being written, like a said earlier I feel it forced and that bugs the hell out of me.
"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."
That right there? Purest Dean. Hopefully writing will improve some, and we’ll get eps that rise to the emotional weather front coming forth. S’all I’m saying.
It does feel good to share all this stuff, get it out of my chest. I think I lost three pounds just because of that.
And also about the intensity loss a lot of shows suffer, product of plot extension, I agree completely, I’d rather have a fast fire, short lived but devastating, instead of an explosion evolving into a slow combustion that is not a half of what it was when it started. I’m just sad, because then we get stories that I don’t even know what are about, and can’t help but to miss greatly the ones I actually got. Another reason SPN is cult for me. Also SPN continues to rock because of all the meta I’m allowed, it’s a fest!