Rant (spoiler warning for 3X08)

[sams1ra]

I miss season 1.

I really do.

Season 2 had some good episodes, but... Just...

I hate stupid Dean. He doesn't know about Mary Poppins? Come on! Just like the fairy tales stuff. He didn't live in a cave for his entire childhood, the kid went to school, and there's no way he wouldn't know these things.
And about the Christmas lore. Pah-lease. I'm Jewish, and I know that it's based in Pagan mythology. I mean, the tree! It has Ashtoreth written all over it. *eyeroll*
And what were they thinking, using that kid from Something Wicked again? He sucked then, and he still sucks now. It made wee!Dean look like a jerk.
About the necklace. Yep. That's it. I gave up. Ridley was right. Sam gave it to Dean for Christmas. So no, Caleb didn't help him get it, "Uncle Bobby" did. But still. No longer obsessed with it, or with SN.
Which is kinda sad, I think, cuz I really liked it.
But they casted Ben, they couldn't find a kid with actual facial expressions to play wee!Dean? Wee!Sam was perfect (again)... *sigh*
Also, what happened to all their other connections? Season 1 had Caleb, Pastor Jim, and Joshua. Season 2 had Ellen. Why is it only Bobby now? Don't get me wrong, I love bobby (please don't kill him), but it's starting to feel like too much of a pattern. The boys get in trouble, they call Bobby, he calls them idiots, fixes the problem. Yay Bobby.
It's getting tired. Mix it up a little.
And talk about missed opportunities. Pagan gods taking Sam's (AntiChrist Jr.) blood, and nothing happens? They mix it with Dean's, and still nothing? Not even a flinch or a 'something's not right'? Dude.
So... I dunno.
I miss getting all excited about episodes. I just don't really get that lately, and it's kinda sad.
So here's yet another episode everyone else loved, and I just... didn't.
I'm beginning to like the fics better than the show, and that's just wrong. I used to get all jazzed up about Thursday. I used to wait till 4 AM to get to watch the episode. Now I have it, and I wait till I have time to watch it. I don't watch it the second I get it. It's kinda sad, for me.
Bring back the thrill. The SamnDean. I mean, season 1 had its bad episodes, I know, but every week was a rush. I miss that. I really do.
Also, I miss the cliffies, but since they don't really deliver lately... *shrug*
I did mention this was a rant, right?

Happy Christmas.

Comments

[tru-faith-lost.livejournal.com]

sawwy

[sams1ra.livejournal.com]

Hey, you deleted the comment, and I wanted to reply anyway.
First - GUH! Man, that icon! *melts into tiny puddles of goo*
Second, I admit that I'm a mythology buff. Has been for ages. But the Winchesters? They're not normal. Mythology to them is like Disney to normal. There's some stuff they should just know, and I'm tired of it being Sam explaining to Dean instead of, maybe, just reminding him and having Dean explain it. I hate Stupid!Dean, and I cannot say that enough.
Don't apologize, I like to hear what people think, or I wouldn't post things. You're entitled to your own opinions, and hey, sometimes people do point out things I didn't think about.
But.
Season 1, Asylum, I think, had Dean calling Joshua. He didn't die. And we never heard from him again. I don't remember who Dean called in Shadow, but it wasn't Bobby, and I don't think it was Caleb, either.
We had that guy in Sin City - someone who hunted with Dean. I squeed so hard at that. FINALLY! At least a couple of years, and yes, he has made connections.
About the family fluff: I think it was Carol Davis that said we finally had proof that John wasn't that bad a father. Yeah, yay for flashbacks, but did they have to use that kid again? *sniff*
Oh, and the blood - yeah, you're right. But they haven't mixed blood since Sam... err... fell on pie. So that would've been interesting.
I do hope you comment back. I'll even post a smilie for you ;)

[tru-faith-lost.livejournal.com]

Erm, now I don't remember which icon I used...I hate when that happens. I mostly deleted that other comment, cuz I was at work and feeling guilty and didn't have enough time to edit out the parts I didn't want to be quoted on, but I meant all of it.

We know Sam does the research. It's his thing, and he was working out as they went, here, too. He had books and laptop open throughout the epi, was doing the thumbnail bite, so it wasn't the type of thing that either of them just knew. And it shouldn't have surprised anyone that he was the one willing to buckle down and do the research. That's what he does.

Dean didn't look dumb at all. He just wasn't reading the books. Reading over little brothers' shoulders is rude. LOL. He pulls plenty of stuff out of his ear over the course of hunts, has a more peripheral intelligence, and it would be awkward to have him showing up Sam on mythology unless it pertained to something he'd hunted and Sam hadn't.

And I don't mind if they only ever call Bobby. They still have that whole stigma attached to them, because John gave YED the key to open the gate. They don't know who their friends are, but they know some people blame them for the gate opening and some still think Sam is one of the things they need to be hunting. I think it's wise to call on old faithful and let him help them out.

The whole idea that they have this huge support system in place has always felt and read like crap to me. Their isolation is what makes them so in tuned to each other. If they had so many other people to rely on, then their relationship wouldn't be as strong as it is. I like them going to each other, not calling up one of a bunch of other people who supposedly "get" them.

And we don't know they haven't mixed blood since then. I mean, they were both bleeding at the end of Fresh Blood, and I can't imagine they didn't get any on each other. I think if TPTB wrote it into an episode that they accidentally mixed blood and then something whammy happened, they'd be eating a lot of crow trying to explain how it is the get bloodied up all the time and never did it before.

And yeah, I didn't like that kid the first time either, and not much better this time, but he did have some of the mannerisms. Hard for a kid that age who has no real connection to the character. My biggest qualm with him is his looks, and apieceofcake posted a header that had both Dean and the kid on it, and it was kinda scary how much alike they looked. Hmmm...

I've had issues with lots of things this season, but it's things here and there, not the whole show or a whole epi, though Sin City was pretty pointless as far as I'm concerned. LOL.

Anyway, show is made of win. *pets my broken boys*

[sams1ra.livejournal.com]

*stares*
*stares*
Oh. Eh, this is the icon you used. *stares some more*
Not gonna argue on the most part. You liked the epi, and I'm glad you did. I enjoyed an episode or two that people hated. We're all entitled to our own opinions.
I did feel like they're back on to stupid!Dean, and I really can't stand the kid, but wee!sammy? was awesome.
"Their isolation is what makes them so in tuned to each other. If they had so many other people to rely on, then their relationship wouldn't be as strong as it is."
You know? I think that's what I'm missing. Season 1 had more of that, I think. Just SamnDean looking for Dad, killing baddies on the way. But it was SamnDean getting to know each other again. I think that's what I'm missing.
So far this season, we've had quite a few "discoveries", but nothing deeper than 'yeah, I did that while you were in school' or 'remember that time when...'
I guess it leaves me wanting more. But that necklace? Yeah...
Totally a letdown. You might not think so, and others may agree, and that's ok. But we've been sorta kept guessing for 2.5 seasons, and now this? It's sorta like 'Dean, what did Dad say?' at the end of Croatoan. At least that's how I feel. Should have left it at shiny. *shrugs*
Anyway, I promised smilies!



Hope you can see those ;)

[tru-faith-lost.livejournal.com]

NOpe, but I do see the hole in the page where they're supposed to be. LOL.

And yeah, I was spoiled on the necklace. I told you Tracer sends me the sides, so I knew about that months ago. But I seized on that little bit of info about Bobby getting it to give to John. That means it's important and doesn't necessarily mean it wasn't intended for Dean.

And you're right to a degree that they're not getting to know each other the same way as they did in the first season. I was gonna say something about this earlier, but I didn't. But I think it was Raelle Tucker who said that Supernatural is the Epic Love story of Sam and Dean. They're at that point in the love story where they're well and truly together on most things, the boy meets girl, hot and heavy part of the relationship where they finish each other's sentences and are smishably cute when they do.

The next part of any good love story, though, is the boy loses girl part. Between the threat of evil!Sammy putting in an appearance and Dean heading for Hell, they're definitely heading for a time when they're NOT together and not in tune to each other. That leaves us with the nummy Boy gets girl back part of the story, where everything we got in season one is rebuilt better and stronger than ever. But we have to make it that far, ya know?

I gotta keep my fingers crossed. *nods*

[sams1ra.livejournal.com]

lol
I know, that's why I e-mailed them to you, too. =D
About the necklace, I really have given up on that. It has no deeper meaning, as far as I'm concerened. Just a brotherly thing. It would have made me go 'awwww' and quish wee!sam if I hadn't been waiting for 2.5 seasons to know what it is.
I get what you're saying about the love story thing.
I really think the reason for my bitchiness isn't Show at all. And, man, this post has gotten more comments than anything else I've ever posted. But what can I say? I was expecting more of Show.
It just shows how much I trusted Show.
I'm not expecting more anymore. (huh. weird sentence) Maybe that'll help me enjoy Show more, ya know? No more hidden meanings and overtones. Just an hour of pretty and snark.
Or maybe the universe will decide I've suffered enough, and RL will finally start to get better and make me less bitchy. *sigh*
Who knows?

[tru-faith-lost.livejournal.com]

I think there are plenty of hidden meanings and undertones, we're just looking for them with our same old eyes and not looking in the right places. Also, we're looking for what we want to see, when what we get might actually be way better.

*kicks your shins and runs away*

[sams1ra.livejournal.com]

OW!
I'm telling Kripke!
*sticks out tongue*

[tru-faith-lost.livejournal.com]

Haha, run and tell him. He's on my side. I have his autograph right here...course it kinda looks like Cici???

[sams1ra.livejournal.com]

dude, he's totally spazz he has a fan from Israel, he'll automatically be on my side.
Plus, J2 will probably be there too, and I'll snag Jensen and sneak him over to my place. HA!

[tru-faith-lost.livejournal.com]

Haha, you're too late. The Js are in my underwear drawer... It's like the Lion, the Witch, and the Underwear drawer. It's the Sasquatch, the Hot Boy, and the Underwear drawer, whole other fantasy world in there...yup. *nods*

[sams1ra.livejournal.com]

So, basically, you're just asking for a panty-raid, aren't you?
*is evol*
*and a geek*

[tru-faith-lost.livejournal.com]

Haha, no raiding is necessary. I think there's an altar with my panties flung over it and a shrine of leather and gun oil...ooooh yeah.

Okay, so I have no idea which icon I'm using. I'll edit it out if it's a nasty one, LOL.

ETA: I edited it anyways, because I spelled altar wrong. *facepalm*