My wild speculation...
Dean will be given the choice to go back to "All Hell Breaks Loose" and not make the crossroads deal .
Anya: It's lovely! I wish it was mine! Oh like you weren't all thinking the same thing. Giles: I'm fairly certain I wasn't.
'The Killer In Me'
Supernatural 2: Why is it our job to save everybody?
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Laga - Dec 11, 2010 2:14:27 pm PST #16516 of 30002
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
§ ita § - Dec 11, 2010 2:19:31 pm PST #16517 of 30002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
By who?
ehab - Dec 11, 2010 2:23:57 pm PST #16518 of 30002
...all my words have been taken by my work. - Mala
Laga, I can just see it now:
Dean doesn't bring Sam back from the dead and goes back to Lisa and Ben. The interwebs explode in a horrifying mass vitriolic venom directed at show creators. Fan outrage aside, from a narrative perspective, I can see how that might be satisfying. Then again, why not Mary who opts not to save John? I can see it now, the boys just disappear "poof".
Laga - Dec 11, 2010 2:24:08 pm PST #16519 of 30002
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I haven't thought that far ahead yet. But there was so much stress on The Natural Order of Things. On the other hand, that kind of meddling with fate ges back to Mary at least.
§ ita § - Dec 11, 2010 2:26:34 pm PST #16520 of 30002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Somehow, for a million reasons, I can't see that happening. But I don't find it narratively satisfying either.
Amy - Dec 11, 2010 2:26:50 pm PST #16521 of 30002
Because books.
It also goes back to Faith. I don't think there's an easy reset button in this universe, and I don't think for a minute the writers want to get rid of Castiel or other newer characters, either.
ehab - Dec 11, 2010 2:31:24 pm PST #16522 of 30002
...all my words have been taken by my work. - Mala
But I don't find it narratively satisfying either.
I personally wouldn't either. It just read to me as tying a neat narrative bow on their theme this year.
For the most part, I do agree, I see it as a very unlikely scenario.
Morgana - Dec 11, 2010 2:40:20 pm PST #16523 of 30002
"I make mistakes, but I am on the side of Good," the Golux said, "by accident and happenchance.” – The 13 Clocks, James Thurber
I would stomp my foot and pout, I assure you.
§ ita § - Dec 11, 2010 2:45:09 pm PST #16524 of 30002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Well, since they're not planning on ending with this season, currently, I can't see how they could make that choice.
ehab - Dec 11, 2010 2:48:30 pm PST #16525 of 30002
...all my words have been taken by my work. - Mala
I know there has been speculation here before about how the show should end and I can honestly say at this point, I don't know what would be a satisfying end for me.
In some ways, the way Angel didn't end seems right for a show like this. In other ways, these boys have been fighting for so long, seeing them freed from that would be such a joy. And yet, I don't see how it can happen in the world they're in.