Hey, hon! We really need to have that chat session, soon. We haven't talked in ages. *hug*
I feel really bad for you because you still care and I want a good season for your sake! Aww, thanks. I still care about the characters and always will. The show as a whole, though? Not so much. Apart from the brothers, they've stripped everything away from the show that I loved. Okay, I care for Charlie and Garth, but still. I've become a lot more detached this last season than I ever thought possible. I never thought I could let go of the show while it is still on the air, but I feel I've reached that point now. The current show has little to do with the show I fell in love with. Maybe the best I can do is quit and just be happy that I have 7 seasons that I genuinely love, warts and all.
So instead it goes around the same stagnant circles, grinding the characters into dust. Exactly! I think what I hate most is that these narrative circles make a mockery of past development for the brothers. I was so proud when Sam and Dean grew into mature and wisened men in S5-7. Not without setbacks, mind you, but well on the way of truly growing out of their issues. But by pushing them into the old patterns over and over again the writers take all that development away. I resent that so much, you have no idea. :(
When I think what it once was...but we'll never have that back now. Sadly not, no. When I go back and watch older episodes, I am always shocked by how different the show was in the earlier seasons. The quality of writing and acting was just outstanding.
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I feel really bad for you because you still care and I want a good season for your sake!
Aww, thanks. I still care about the characters and always will. The show as a whole, though? Not so much. Apart from the brothers, they've stripped everything away from the show that I loved. Okay, I care for Charlie and Garth, but still. I've become a lot more detached this last season than I ever thought possible. I never thought I could let go of the show while it is still on the air, but I feel I've reached that point now. The current show has little to do with the show I fell in love with. Maybe the best I can do is quit and just be happy that I have 7 seasons that I genuinely love, warts and all.
So instead it goes around the same stagnant circles, grinding the characters into dust.
Exactly! I think what I hate most is that these narrative circles make a mockery of past development for the brothers. I was so proud when Sam and Dean grew into mature and wisened men in S5-7. Not without setbacks, mind you, but well on the way of truly growing out of their issues. But by pushing them into the old patterns over and over again the writers take all that development away. I resent that so much, you have no idea. :(
When I think what it once was...but we'll never have that back now.
Sadly not, no. When I go back and watch older episodes, I am always shocked by how different the show was in the earlier seasons. The quality of writing and acting was just outstanding.