And continued because LJ didn't allow me to post it all at once ...
Heaven isn't safe. Except now, suddenly, it is. Well, let's face it, in the Supernatural universe the only real option for a soul to be at peace is complete obliteration. The ghostly realm, hell and heaven are just three different degrees of awful. Although I would argue that, if heaven were to be purged of its corrupt elements and if Sam and Dean's souls were to be left in peace in 'Winchesterland', heaven would at least present a viable option for the brothers' afterlife. Still, I agree that Carver & Co didn't really think this through in the context of the mythology. But well, what else is new. It's not like they did think many of the plots in S8 through with regards to past mythology.
But here - they don't say Sam knows Dean is in purgatory and has to decide what to do about it. They don't say Sam doesn't know where Dean is and has to decide what to do about that. They just treat 'dead' as a simple category, and Sam's 'failure' is in not realising Dean isn't dead. I completely agree. As I said before, this is the worst possible narrative option the writers could have chosen, and it vexes me that this option was apparently chosen just to create some stupid conflict. The lack of creativity, the lack of in-depth examination of what this particular situation means for the characters is frustrating, and the extent of it, as well as the writers' obliviousness to it, tells me that the show as I knew it ended with Survival of the Fittest. I have no hope for S9 whatsoever. /sigh
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Heaven isn't safe. Except now, suddenly, it is.
Well, let's face it, in the Supernatural universe the only real option for a soul to be at peace is complete obliteration. The ghostly realm, hell and heaven are just three different degrees of awful. Although I would argue that, if heaven were to be purged of its corrupt elements and if Sam and Dean's souls were to be left in peace in 'Winchesterland', heaven would at least present a viable option for the brothers' afterlife. Still, I agree that Carver & Co didn't really think this through in the context of the mythology. But well, what else is new. It's not like they did think many of the plots in S8 through with regards to past mythology.
But here - they don't say Sam knows Dean is in purgatory and has to decide what to do about it. They don't say Sam doesn't know where Dean is and has to decide what to do about that. They just treat 'dead' as a simple category, and Sam's 'failure' is in not realising Dean isn't dead.
I completely agree. As I said before, this is the worst possible narrative option the writers could have chosen, and it vexes me that this option was apparently chosen just to create some stupid conflict. The lack of creativity, the lack of in-depth examination of what this particular situation means for the characters is frustrating, and the extent of it, as well as the writers' obliviousness to it, tells me that the show as I knew it ended with Survival of the Fittest. I have no hope for S9 whatsoever. /sigh