more venting about spn 6×14

[rusty_halo]

All the meta about how that episode was awesome because Dean chose Sam over Lisa and Ben is making me hate Sam/&Dean. :(

I already think Sam is the weakness of the show--a boring character played by a poor actor--but I liked having him around because his relationship with Dean was interesting. But the show's endless retreading of their twisted relationship grows increasingly dull, and cheapens what was a deeply moving story the first few times around.

It's not just that I think it would be healthier for Dean to have intense emotional relationships with people other than Sam. It's that I as a viewer am bored and would much rather see Dean having new and exciting interactions with characters like Castiel and Lisa than treading the same old ground with Sam. :P

(Yes, I know, this is blasphemy in SPN fandom. Don't kill me.)

*sigh*

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[netweight]

(You keep making more posts! I am not fast enough in my replies!)

All the meta about how that episode was awesome because Dean chose Sam over Lisa and Ben

But it was not awesome? The episode is about two sisters who end up DEAD because they are literally living inside each other's skin. This is the situation with Sam and Dean now. This is what the episode told us. It is not good, it is bad.

[alcibiades]

I already think Sam is the weakness of the show--a boring character played by a poor actor--but I liked having him around because his relationship with Dean was interesting.

I actually liked Robo Sam a lot. But I've been feeling Sam has been rather flat since he got his soul back.

I guess I prefer the show when there is bad tension between the brothers. I loved Season 4 and the tension between them that dominated from start to finish. I never got enough of that. That's my favorite season.

Eliding that tension does make the show seem flatter and far less dramatic to me. Also, at the moment, Jared seems like he needs a larger range of facial expressions.

And they seem to have forgotten a lot of his characteristics from season 4 and 5.

I agree that JP is not as talented as JA but I do think he has gotten much better. Just the last few episodes he's seemed lackluster. In contrast to JA, who was anything but on his return from hell.