Season 13 thoughts so far

[amberdreams]

With spoilers for episodes aired, none (hopefully) for future ones.

Firstly - I am enjoying what we've been given so far. I'll put that up front before I start, because the rest of my ramblings might give a contrary view.

The griping part - Things I Did Not Love:

• I did not enjoy that they killed Missouri. Not one little bit. I've been wanting her brought back since I first saw her back in Season 1, and then this bunch of wankers go and kill her off before she's had more than a couple of scenes. I'm not a happy bunny.


• I really, really wish I did not know about the spin off. I wish I didn't know that the CW favour pretty young things. Because it was like an anvil dropping on our toes to have Missiouri ( the middle aged, charismatic and kick ass character) killed off in order to preserve the obviously-to-be-spun-off, oh-so-pretty Patience. And if that actress is 18 I'll chew off my crushed toes and feed them to my non-existent cat.


• Castiel is back. Sigh. Surprise surprise - even without Jared's blurt at JIB, or all the promo posters having Cas on them, etc, etc, it was bloody obvious he'd be back. I had held out some hope for AU Cas which might have made him more interesting again, but from what we got here, it looks like he's just been resurrected. Again. By Jack, which is what I'd predicted/feared when the Season12 finale aired.


• Sigh - I accidentally saw the title of next week's episode. Way to kill off any speculation about where Castiel might be.

The more positive parts:

• The shallow stuff - Our boys, they are so pretty... Dean is looking older, tired and worn, Sam is being lit beautifully with deep shadows and stubble, and it's all gorgeous.


• I'm really liking how the Winchesters are interacting. They are being brutally frank with each other, but the knives aren’t out. They are listening.


• Sam is softer and more reminiscent (in the way he's speaking) of early Seasons Sam, but without that fierce undercurrent of rage that used to fuel him. That's been replaced by something steely and determined, and I've got to say, Jared's acting is just wonderful. He's conveying such compassion but combined with an inner strength that makes him suddenly imposing, and for more than his sheer physical presence.


• Dean is such a master of suppression by now I doubt he even knows he's doing it. I'm loving how weary this Dean is, even while I miss his childlike pleasure in things. The grief he carries is part of his very fabric, and I also loved that Missouri could see that so clearly.


• Jack could be a very interesting character - so far the actor playing him has been excellent, giving us nicely nuanced performances. This latest episode didn't give him quite as much to play with, but it was enough to keep me hopeful that the writers will do something that allows him to develop in unpredictable ways.


• I’m still hopeful!

The odd observations:

• I want to watch the show. I want to know what happens to our boys – but I’m not excited about it any more. I’m liable to forget it’s a show day, and I’m not waking up too early, eager to see each episode like I used to be. I’m happy to wait for the email from iTunes telling me the episode is ready to watch, instead of trawling the internet for downloads because I can’t wait that long.


• Fandom – fanfic, fanart and conventions – are what is keeping me attached and interested.


• I’ve started watching a few other tv shows – Man in the High Castle, restarted Arrow, trying to get into Preacher. I’m reading Marvel fanfic, I think I could get into the Red Hood and Nightwing.


• While I’m happy Wayward Sisters got the go ahead, I’m half dreading it.


• There is nothing else coming close to replacing SPN in my heart.

Comments

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

Aye, I'm with you there. I've never been so immersed in something before - not Lord of the Rings (which I read until my copy fell apart and then stuck it together read more times than I can count), not Alias Smith and Jones that I wrote fanfic for without knowing it was fanfic, nothing compares to this show.

Game of Thrones - ah indeed. I loved the first 4 books from when they were first published then he started annoying the hell out of me, and I haven't really forgiven him. That's rather impaired my getting into the show, though I watched and enjoyed Season 7.

[fanspired]

Oh, blimey, Alias Smith and Jones . . . another Sam and Dean prototype I'd forgotten :) But yes, Lord of the Rings is another of my great obsessions, and apparently there's no such thing as too much Harry Potter either - or at least not the last two movies . . . but Sam and Dean . . . they are ALL the stories, all the obsessions, come home.

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

So it would seem - until I became obsessed with SPN I never put together that the television I'd loved the most featured either brothers or buddies - now I look back and I can see I was always drawn to male pairings - never in a sexual way back then, but it was the dynamic that appealed to me the most. AS&J; Starsky & Hutch; the brothers in Lancer; Manolito and Buck in High Chaparral; Paul Newman and Robert Redford in the Sting, and Butch Cassidy... Added to which I was drawn to hurt heroes since I was in junior school - and yup, SPN has all that in spades!

[fanspired]

Ha! Read my profile on fanfic.net It's like the same story :)

https://www.fanfiction.net/u/3058959/fanspired

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

IKR? One more reason SPN fandom felt like coming home!

[quickreaver.livejournal.com]

If I'd been aware of fandom shenanigans for Alias Smith and Jones? I'd have SO been there.

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

My first love, I think. Hannibal Heyes. I was eleven years old and totally smitten. I'd walk to my granny's every Monday night to watch AS&J and Star Trek and write about it in my diary.