Well, they talked about the YED arc as the mytharc and I think that's what he means and the demons escaping from hell; battle of good vs. evil stems from the first one so he thinks of that in the same way.

(Not reading the interview. For now. I may weaken later. Soon) For my personal preference, I enjoy the angst, too. I'd like to see more Sam whumpage, actually, since I think Pada-somebody has gained the chops to portray that. I'm not ruling out Dean whumpage, but he got whumped so frequently and so hard last season that I actually hope they'll lighten up on him a little.

When it's nothing but constant whumpage, I grow calloused and immured. I'd like there to be about half the season of merry merry whacking of demon ass, and, um, tapping of mortal ass too as Dean gives in to his hedonistic side in a frantic and frenetic attempt at distracting his attention from his ticking clock. I'd like there to be brotherly bonding and bickerage, and I'd like to see Sam trying to balance keeping things light and humorous with Dean and slowly sliding into despair as one theory after another proves useless. I want Sam to carry the weight. Mid-season, they can ramp the Dean whumpage. But I want a nice long break from it, so that when the Ackles brings it, it'll be all the sharper and more painful.

When it's nothing but constant whumpage, I grow calloused and immured.

This is why I spent the latter half of the second season mocking the Single Perfect Tear.

And, really, Dean being the focus of attention and rescue attempt is comedy gold, people. Squirmy and awkward FTW! Maybe, eventually, heartwearmingly squirmy, but before it can get to heartwarming, squirm must needs go through miles and miles of "Oh you did not just say that."

tapping of mortal ass too as Dean gives in to his hedonistic side in a frantic and frenetic attempt at distracting his attention from his ticking clock.

I, um, read this sentence wrong the first time.

I want Sam to carry the weight. Mid-season, they can ramp the Dean whumpage. But I want a nice long break from it, so that when the Ackles brings it, it'll be all the sharper and more painful.

Oh, I agree. I want them to set it up well, and I want the payoff to be worth it. I just don't want them to forget the issues underneath what they're facing to get forgotten when they're whumping demon ass.

Amyliz - bwhah!

Hee. Um, no.

And now I've just gone off in a cloud of reverie about that old-time game show, Beat the Clock, with the ticking and a merry tune in countdown. Or, you know, a round of Double Jeopardy.

nd, really, Dean being the focus of attention and rescue attempt is comedy gold, people. Squirmy and awkward FTW! Maybe, eventually, heartwearmingly squirmy, but before it can get to heartwarming, squirm must needs go through miles and miles of "Oh you did not just say that."

Comedy gold, yes, but I hope it's not too squirmy. I have watch from the hall squirmy issues.

And I think Dean graduated H.S. - I think that was still important enough to John (whether or not John realized it) for Dean to grit his way through.

And I think Dean graduated H.S. - I think that was still important enough to John (whether or not John realized it) for Dean to grit his way through.

There's speculation on the SPN wiki that John didn't graduate from high school. The badges in his journal indicate that he was a rifleman, and apparently high school graduates would have ended up on a different track. This makes me think that even if he didn't put much stock in higher education, he still would have wanted his boys to do a little bit better than their old man.

(I find that the Supernatural wiki is riddled with hooey and bias, so I would take that with a grain of salt. If you want a reason for John not to have finished highschool, you can work with the fact that he was born in 1954, and his Vietnam badges indicate he was there no later than 1971, when he was 17.)

How did he go to Vietnam at 17? Did that really happen to some guys?