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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.
Theresa, my brains aren't very spicy, I'm afraid.
I'm staying at a remove from show this season. I don't know what to think about it, much less how to feel about it. I'm still invested in Winchesters and to a lesser degree in Mr. Singer. I haven't really recognized either brother this season so far, other than Dean in 6.1.
I'm waiting for the payoff when Sam wakes up with his soul. I hope we get our delayed reunion scene, just a little one. I hope Sam's grateful to be out of hell. I don't have any faith at all he's going to avoid scratching at that wall, but by the same token, I don't think we'll see what happens to him onscreen when the wall comes down--I think we'll see Dean's reaction to it.
On a meta level, I'm tired of Jensen carrying the emotional weight of the series. I think it's high time--past time--they gave Jared a pivotal, relevant, cathartic emotional scene. I want to see what he does with it. Jensen's a really good actor; I think Jared's good and getting better all the time, but he needs opportunities to stretch.
I dislike Samuel intensely. I am captivated by the idea introduced here lately that JDM-John should come back and give his father-in-law whatfor over dicking over his grandsons. If Samantha-Mary comes with him and rips a strip off her dad's hide for the same reasons, that would be icing on my cake, I could probably coast a long while on that happy. Not gonna happen, but it's nice to dream.
I have no idea and not much interest what happens to or with Meg. I'm over her. To be frank, I really would like it a lot if the demon identified itself so we could stop calling it the name of the blonde college girl it possessed in S1. I think Miner(Minor?) has done an excellent job with the character, but she doesn't have Aycox's onscreen presence, and thus is less than interesting for me.
I think we've wandered far afield from show's roots and original purpose. I maintain interest and some investment in the course of the Winchesters, but there's some distance there now, too. I'm waiting till I see how the season ends before I come to any final judgement on it.
he needs opportunities to stretch.
Interesting. I think he's gotten much more chances to do different things than usual this season, and I've been hoping it's fun for him. I've certainly enjoyed RoboSam, both his funniness and his scariness and just the sheer emptiness of him.
I'm tired of Jensen carrying the emotional weight of the series. I think it's high time--past time--they gave Jared a pivotal, relevant, cathartic emotional scene.
I don't think S1 or S2 JP would have been capable of RoboSam, acting ability-wise; the fact that he really has improved is what makes RoboSam possible. I also think the non-con resouling was pretty darn relevant and emotional, even without a soul.
I just watched the MTV 10 on Top, and I have no idea what context to place that in in general pop culture, but Show basically earned its mention there with the TV Guide cover. It was a short interview with JA, and he mostly talked about JP and killing the characters on True Blood and Vampire Diaries.
Which makes me realise, I haven't seen as many crossovers with either of those fandoms as I might have expected.
Theresa, my brains aren't very spicy, I'm afraid.
Your brains are seasoned just right, thank you very much.
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.
Oh, I don't think I could take the Angel ending again. It left me bereft for months. I've heard it rationalized a thousand times as a non ending but all I saw was Butch and Sundance. I just don't think I could handle going through that again with Sam and Dean. I'm sorry if it is trite or unimaginitive, but I really need these boys to have a happy ending. It would be sweeter if Bobby and Cas could be happy as well.
-signed overinvested and knows it.
I would have loved a proper unhappy ending for S5. It seems less urgent now that one or both of them die, but I'm not looking forward to curtainfic after. I want them, at best, two or three together on the road, worst one dead. Properly dead, other brother doesn't fuck with things.
I could handle that scenario, I think. I was all for the unhappy ending in S5. That window closed for me though I think.
I don't think S1 or S2 JP would have been capable of RoboSam, acting ability-wise; the fact that he really has improved is what makes RoboSam possible. I also think the non-con resouling was pretty darn relevant and emotional, even without a soul.
This is all very true. And, you know, yay! But I'm always afraid the writers will fall back on the usual of filtering Sam's experience through Dean. I hope they don't.
I'm with Theresa on not wanting the Butch and Sundance ending--not another Angel ending. But rather that than one brother dying and one left to soldier on. Alive together, or dead together, I don't think my heart could stand another 5.22.