I don`t watch for the plots
Dec. 10th, 2006 04:05 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
astri13So, I read something that the second week of January will have a new episode? Wouldn`t be too bad a hiatus then. We`ll see.
Oh and apropos hiatus, I`ve now seen this summer referenced as the "summer of hell" or "summer of crazy" multiple times. And I don`t see what was so bad. So a few horses were beaten to death - cruelty to animals :) - and some Dean-, Sam- and John-feathers were ruffled. Well, that`s to be expected. Most people pick and argue for their favorites. As long as everybody is grown-up about it, it can be great. Or was it the Jo-thing? Sorry but blind aliens four galaxies away could have seen how that was gonna end with the "luw interest" annoucement. Come on.
And considering what I read about wanks in other fandoms: this is peanuts. Heck, the Spiiiiiiike-thing was more wanky than that. I honestly believe our little fandom is downright tame and peaceful. Incest seems to be relaxing. ;)
Heck not everybody gets along all the time. What do you know, it`s just like life. :-p
And while we`re at it, a little mini-meta about why I think Season 2 so far as a whole rocks because I read - and respect - the view that the show lost its sparkle.
I never have and never will watch for the plots. I`m not really a fan of horror movies and I hate road movies with a passion. If the show were either I`d...still watch it for Jensen but I`d watch it like I did Smallville Season 4. :)
From day one the relationship between the brothers drew me in and kept me hooked. Despite protestations to the contrary they had one chick flick after another and I love it. Sure it was painful sometimes with them stumbling around and over each other - Dean setting himself up for a fall with too much self-sacrifice and Sam projecting all over the map and occasionally being a bull in a china shop about it. It`s always painful to see people hurting each other not because lack of love or intent, then you could just say "jerk" and leave it, but because of misunderstanding and miscommunication.
But anyway I love the rich emotions, the psychological issues that would be any shrink`s wet dream. :)
And Season 2 brought that two-fold. Like Sera Gamble said: it IS a beautiful love story. Now the hurt is more external and we see one brother breaking and the other trying to fx him and just not knowing how. LOVE.
Yes, I can understand people being unhappy with all the focus on Dean`s grief, I myself wouldn`t mind a couple more "how Sam deals with Dad" scenes at all. I can even understand not liking the overabundance of angst. Though I can`t understand dismissing it with a pat "god, why doesn`t he get over it and becomes Season 1 Dean once more."
Uhm, because the human psyche is complicated and he has been in various stages of breaking all his life? Trauma, burn-out, hello? I don`t think most people with the "hardships" they suffered can even compete with the Winchesters. Lets be honest here. It sure is easy to think of oneself as so strong and "I would totally deal with it better than that". Maybe but I`m willing to bet lots of egos writes checks here that they couldn`t cash. Most of us live a relatively sheltered and comfortable life and still we whine and complain like crazy. Not to mention crash and burn under emotional distress.
Anyway I`m an only child. I never had the responsibility for a younger sibling, I never put my life on the line in the service of others and while I lost some family members at a young age, I didn`t lose them in circumstances Dean and Sam did. Yet I can heavily emphasize with them, with the context of their lifes. Yelling at them from the sidelines to "get over it" will not help. Coddling most probably wouldn`t either but understanding is vital.
I applaud the writers for portraying the ugliness of grief and heartbreak and flat-out tiredness of life in a realistic manner. Context is everything and the show has given me enough context to make it a believable reaction on both Dean`s and Sam`s part. Does anyone want to turn this into SV where the only constant emotion seems to be the Lana-worship?
It`s pretty much like Season 6 of Buffy where yes towards the end even I was drowning in the darkness of "too much" but for a good part of the Season it made sense to have Buffy such a former shell of herself seeing at what she went through. Dito here.
So for me Season 2 absolutely brings it at the core of things. Doesn`t mean I`m not annoyed of some of the heavier anvils they keep dropping on me. *g* Or characters that I see no use in whatsoever and who annoy me.
And well, better days will come and the boys will be so much sparklier and prettier when we finally get to see a (more)healed Dean snark and flirt out of the joy of his heart. Or when we see Sam happily geeking without a care in the world.
But watching shows and loving the characters is a bit like marriage: you have to stand with them in good days and in bad days. :-P And I do.
Oh and apropos hiatus, I`ve now seen this summer referenced as the "summer of hell" or "summer of crazy" multiple times. And I don`t see what was so bad. So a few horses were beaten to death - cruelty to animals :) - and some Dean-, Sam- and John-feathers were ruffled. Well, that`s to be expected. Most people pick and argue for their favorites. As long as everybody is grown-up about it, it can be great. Or was it the Jo-thing? Sorry but blind aliens four galaxies away could have seen how that was gonna end with the "luw interest" annoucement. Come on.
And considering what I read about wanks in other fandoms: this is peanuts. Heck, the Spiiiiiiike-thing was more wanky than that. I honestly believe our little fandom is downright tame and peaceful. Incest seems to be relaxing. ;)
Heck not everybody gets along all the time. What do you know, it`s just like life. :-p
And while we`re at it, a little mini-meta about why I think Season 2 so far as a whole rocks because I read - and respect - the view that the show lost its sparkle.
I never have and never will watch for the plots. I`m not really a fan of horror movies and I hate road movies with a passion. If the show were either I`d...still watch it for Jensen but I`d watch it like I did Smallville Season 4. :)
From day one the relationship between the brothers drew me in and kept me hooked. Despite protestations to the contrary they had one chick flick after another and I love it. Sure it was painful sometimes with them stumbling around and over each other - Dean setting himself up for a fall with too much self-sacrifice and Sam projecting all over the map and occasionally being a bull in a china shop about it. It`s always painful to see people hurting each other not because lack of love or intent, then you could just say "jerk" and leave it, but because of misunderstanding and miscommunication.
But anyway I love the rich emotions, the psychological issues that would be any shrink`s wet dream. :)
And Season 2 brought that two-fold. Like Sera Gamble said: it IS a beautiful love story. Now the hurt is more external and we see one brother breaking and the other trying to fx him and just not knowing how. LOVE.
Yes, I can understand people being unhappy with all the focus on Dean`s grief, I myself wouldn`t mind a couple more "how Sam deals with Dad" scenes at all. I can even understand not liking the overabundance of angst. Though I can`t understand dismissing it with a pat "god, why doesn`t he get over it and becomes Season 1 Dean once more."
Uhm, because the human psyche is complicated and he has been in various stages of breaking all his life? Trauma, burn-out, hello? I don`t think most people with the "hardships" they suffered can even compete with the Winchesters. Lets be honest here. It sure is easy to think of oneself as so strong and "I would totally deal with it better than that". Maybe but I`m willing to bet lots of egos writes checks here that they couldn`t cash. Most of us live a relatively sheltered and comfortable life and still we whine and complain like crazy. Not to mention crash and burn under emotional distress.
Anyway I`m an only child. I never had the responsibility for a younger sibling, I never put my life on the line in the service of others and while I lost some family members at a young age, I didn`t lose them in circumstances Dean and Sam did. Yet I can heavily emphasize with them, with the context of their lifes. Yelling at them from the sidelines to "get over it" will not help. Coddling most probably wouldn`t either but understanding is vital.
I applaud the writers for portraying the ugliness of grief and heartbreak and flat-out tiredness of life in a realistic manner. Context is everything and the show has given me enough context to make it a believable reaction on both Dean`s and Sam`s part. Does anyone want to turn this into SV where the only constant emotion seems to be the Lana-worship?
It`s pretty much like Season 6 of Buffy where yes towards the end even I was drowning in the darkness of "too much" but for a good part of the Season it made sense to have Buffy such a former shell of herself seeing at what she went through. Dito here.
So for me Season 2 absolutely brings it at the core of things. Doesn`t mean I`m not annoyed of some of the heavier anvils they keep dropping on me. *g* Or characters that I see no use in whatsoever and who annoy me.
And well, better days will come and the boys will be so much sparklier and prettier when we finally get to see a (more)healed Dean snark and flirt out of the joy of his heart. Or when we see Sam happily geeking without a care in the world.
But watching shows and loving the characters is a bit like marriage: you have to stand with them in good days and in bad days. :-P And I do.
