Tag: spn

crowleygal:

Its hard for me to sometimes put thoughts into words, so Im going to try. First yes, I admit to being a card carrying Dean gal and I won’t apologize for that. So yes, that plays into why I want Dean to be the one to dispatch Amara, but its more that that. More than anything I think Dean’s character needs a win. A win for Dean, not a win for Sam is the same as a win for Dean.

*I also want to say that some of the things I’m saying isn’t how I personally feel about Dean but am expressing frustration at the writers.

I love to watch Figure skating and one of my favorite skaters was Kristy Yamaguchi. After she won the worlds and the olympic gold, she retired. She was still at the top of her game and when asked why she said, I have nothing left to prove.

This is really where Sam is at. There really is no where left to take the character. He’s had multiple reluctant hero journeys, he’s got to prove his strength after hell and taking on Lucifer, and prove himself to Dean with the trials. He even got to confront Lucifer this season and a few other demons.

What’s left for Sam to really do? What’s the point of giving Sam another “look how he suffers isn’t he so strong storyline.” (if they are) The character has done it all.

This is the problem that makes it hard to root for Sam. He isnt’ the underdog anymore. When things like the trials comes up its automatically Sam (confirmed by the writers. Dean wasn’t considered). When this episode description came up many people I guessed that it would end up being Sam saving the day half dead. Its exactly what happened.

I have not been a fan of the way they are writing Dean this year. I find the character far too passive. May times he seems like he’s just there while Sam does the lions share of the lifting. He’s been the “witness” Its like Dean’s lost his spark. The writers reduced him for this complex, multilayered, 3-D character to one that only worries about Sam and that he’s crap and only Sam matters.

We even had an entire episode written this season that seemed to be written just to tell us how awesome Sam is and how great it is to take care of him and how only he can do things.

Things like this make it hard to see Sam as the underdog.

When I watch Dean, I feel like in some ways the character has given up. There is this real air of hopelessnes about him. It’s a lot like s7. When they did the depression story line. At first I was intrigued because Dean’s mental state was always interesting to me, but it progressed exactly like I thought it would. They dumped more grief and guilt on him and then told him to suck it up and stop being a nancy.

I keep hoping it might be storyline related that we’ll find out his apathy is because Amara messed with him, but it sounds like the writers have no clue what they’re doing with that storyline. It speaks volumes when a huge plot point, like Amara not being able to take Dean’s soul, or deciding not to, that they are perfectly happy to let Dean decide.

If you really look at Dean’s storyline’s most of them set him up to fail. Going to hell, he broke and opened the first seal. With the nature of the show Lisa/Ben could only end with Dean leaving them or them getting hurt, taking on the mark it was only a matter of time before he gave into it.

Whether the writers realize it or not they did Dean a huge disservice at the end of Love Hurts. While I can admit their intent was to show Sam being supportive he really wasn’t. When someone feels like they can’t do something, doing it for them is one of the worst things you can do because it just reinforces the person’s belief. All the writers did here was tell Dean he wasn’t good enough. Being truly supportive is “I have faith in you Dean. I know you can act when the time comes.”
Another lesson about letting Sam go, (if the writers go that route) is only going to end in another failure for the character. Because we know that Sam will come back next season, probably have something wrong with him, which only increases Dean’s guilt and worry and make him cling tight to Sam again. Which is why this can only end in more character regression.

Whats the point of making the character learn this lesson (again) when we know it won’t stick.

Dean needs to gain some self esteem. The show never gives Dean a chance to confront his demons. They never give him that big moment to show his strength. If they have Sam been the chosen one again while Dean is a witness, again its just lather, rinse and repeat.

I think the character needs to get out of the rut he’s been in and move forward and come to realize that he matters as much as Sam. He needs that opportunity to prove himself.

#which is exactly why dean has to have the heroic moment at the end of this season#amara is the one baddie is is supposedly defenceless against#which means she is his mountain to climb and overcome#if they give this to sam then where’s the drama?

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