I could not agree more with your little rant about the writers' stubborn refusal to expand Sam and Dean's world with a steady set of recurring characters. I mean, I understand that in the first five seasons the brothers' social isolation has been a narrative necessity, because it facilitated their co-dependency, which in turn allowed heaven and hell to manipulate them into breaking the first and the last seal to Lucifer's cage. So at the time it made sense. But in these past two and a half seaons it was no longer necessary to isolate Sam and Dean and I cannot understand why the writers didn't take the opportunity to expand the roles of the wonderful characters we already had, like Rufus and Frank and Bobby and Jody etc. The death of a recurring character doesn't even have a real emotional impact anymore; it has just become so tiresome to see them all die. /sigh
Yeah, I am cautiously optimistic that the season might have turned a corner. *crosses fingers, too*
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Date: 2013-02-06 03:50 pm (UTC)I could not agree more with your little rant about the writers' stubborn refusal to expand Sam and Dean's world with a steady set of recurring characters. I mean, I understand that in the first five seasons the brothers' social isolation has been a narrative necessity, because it facilitated their co-dependency, which in turn allowed heaven and hell to manipulate them into breaking the first and the last seal to Lucifer's cage. So at the time it made sense. But in these past two and a half seaons it was no longer necessary to isolate Sam and Dean and I cannot understand why the writers didn't take the opportunity to expand the roles of the wonderful characters we already had, like Rufus and Frank and Bobby and Jody etc. The death of a recurring character doesn't even have a real emotional impact anymore; it has just become so tiresome to see them all die. /sigh
Yeah, I am cautiously optimistic that the season might have turned a corner. *crosses fingers, too*