I think that even if they only have the broad strokes down for season 6, I would think that "how Sam got out of hell and what's his deal" would be the biggest one that would colour the whole season.

Regarding his behaviour, I'm actually relieved that it maps with the glimpse we had of him at the end of Swan Song.

They say they're plotting season seven. I would hope they'd given thought by now to what happened to Sam over the summer.

Oh, I'm sure they know what happened to Sam! But I would be a little surprised if they were plotting more long-term than the end of the season, with either a way to end it or a door to leave open.

But I don't know Sera, so maybe she has her own five-year plan. I think the difference now is how long the guys are going to want to do the show.

Well, they've said they're thinking through two more seasons, so I will take their word for it. I'm sure they have an out in case they're not renewed, but the Js did day they were signed, IIRC.

I kept thinking they would want out as badly as Kripke, but they surprised the heck out of me. Then again, they do have the Tom Welling influence and what is Smallville, in it's twenty-sixth season, so maybe as long as the show is willing to go, they are willing to play the characters.

Kripke didn't want out that badly. He's still on staff.

Maybe after their various movie deals, they decided a sure thing was better while it lasted than trying their luck at the fickle bitch that is movies. I know I'd rather see JA as Dean than in another silly horror movie where his subtelty is absolutely wasted. It's not like it's all going to be 10 Inch Heroes for him. And I think that's smart. It's good, what they've got, and they're still growing and improving. And I'm selfish and don't want them out in the ether waiting for that perfect role that will only last two hours of my life.

Anything to save us from another Christmas Cottage.

I tried to tell Hollywood that these two needed to do westerns, but so far, it's not listening. I don't think it's getting the signals from my brain. It might also have me on ignore.

I still can't believe that there isn't decent western fic out there. Or if there is, that I haven't found it yet. I think SPN would translate so incredibly well to western. And I might just die if I got to see JA astride a horse in an actual movie.

I finally finished an epic fic about . . . well, not much more than Cas being tortured, and while I like my whump, it was a bit much. But what kept me from enjoying it for what it was, was how bitchy, cold and mean they made Sam. And whiny. I'm not a Sam girl by any means. I have a hard time identifying with or empathizing with him in canon, let alone fic, but this was so OOC as to be slander, and so not worth the whumpy goodness.

And he turned down our girl!!!!

I understand this, but I'm still a little ticked at Sam about this.

I was thinking that when Dean came back from forty years in hell, the first place he went was to Bobby. Then, how long before he made it to Sam? I was thinking it was as soon as he could get things together to get to him or find him.

It's probably confusing to Dean that his instinct was to go to Sam, but Sam's wasn't to go to him. But then again, in Sam's defense, we know he was watching Dean, even if Dean doesn't know. Maybe that's a call back to when John watched Sam at Stanford without Sam knowing?

And I might just die if I got to see JA astride a horse in an actual movie.

So very much THIS.