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growyourwingsAlso don't read if you don't want to read negative reaction. SERIOUSLY, there are not just spoilers below but major league RANTING. And I truly do not want to harsh anyone, so please you are warned.
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I'm sorry. I just cannot like soulless Sam. Yes he's hot. Yes he had funny lines. But honestly? I didn't laugh once. It's just not funny to me.
And yes I GET that I'm not SUPPOSED to like Robo!Sam. But I don't think I'm supposed to so not like him that I don't even want to watch him. As I've read elsewhere, Jared is doing an outstanding job playing this. But that doesn't mean I like it. (Please, do not get me wrong I LOVE Jared and I LOVE Sam.)
I HATE to be such a sourpuss about the show. Truly hate being this way. I hate not liking a Ben Edlund episode. I hate that I'm starting to be very leery of Sera Gamble's showrunner-ship.
Like I've said before, without the brother relationship, this show is just "another show" with hot guys. And no, Sera honestly, a "new and interesting" (or whatever words she used) brother relationship does NOT work for me. Sorry. Does not work.
Plus why would Dean walk away from the creepy guy following him? Like scared!Dean from Yellow Fever? Honestly? To me that was extremely OOC for Dean. Yeah, I get that we are supposed to have Sam and Dean "switched" in personalities (or something) where we have a Sam acting like S1/S2 Dean and a Dean acting like emo!Sam. But seriously? That SO does NOT work.
Plus who was that creepy guy anyway? I assume it's some kind of faerie since only Dean could see him. A troll? But honestly? I didn't really even care that much. (Like I said, I'm disgruntled.) Plus the weird shakey cam shot of Dean walking away from troll!Creeper was just ... weird. But not in a good way weird. I actually was taken (even more) out of the story by that shot and had the thought, "wow, that's really a bad choice."
Plus I get that Dean was supposed to be trying to be all considerate and sympathetic to the crazy!FaerieLady while they were drinking tea. But that did not work either. It seems to me that there was a S2'ish episode where Dean was trying to act sympathetic to some lady that was crying. I remember him handing her a tissue at some point. Now THAT was the way Dean would act when he was trying to console someone he was interviewing. Yeah tea drinking!Dean was uncomfortable...but it was just so...OFF. IDEK how to explain it.
(Although I did smile at the image of Gigantor!Robo!Sam with the tiny, delicate tea cup asking for a bigger cup.)
And there were SO many plot holes that I can't even. First the book in the safe was impossible to get to according to the watchmaker. Then since cream is like tequila to Faeries, Sam and Watchmaker just step over the passed out faeries and ... get the book. Easy Peasy. (Except of course the leprechaun!TNGVoyager.Doc killed Watchmaker.) (Update: ACK! Star Trek fandom!fail! *headdesk* You SEE how upset I am??? Voyager Doc is one of my favorite ST characters and I placed him on the wrong ship and the wrong series. *headdesk*)
And why did the Fae take Dean? And why did they return him? And it was very odd that they showed a spaceship like shape that Dean saw just before he was taken? Talk about blatant and totally untrue misdirection, I don't think the reveal by Robo!Sam that Fae close encounters in the past might explain ET close encounters. And why would Dean remember a (probe) table from his encounter? Why would the faeries need a table?
I also did not particularly enjoy the (attempt) at a Sam n' Dean beer-and-emo convo sitting on the hood of the Impala scene at the end. I KNOW the point is that Sam DOES NOT HAVE A SOUL. I GET it! And I don't even care that perhaps they want me to feel angry about that scene.
Both of the boys' performances were great. I recognized all the great humor as it was happening. I just didn't FEEL it. The episode just felt weird to me.
(Alhtough I did appreciate the gremlin-like ending of tinkerbell by Dean in the microwave. I did smile at that.)
I'm now at the point where I can admit.... I don't GET (or care much about) the Alpha storyline. I don't GET (and care even less about) the Campbells. And, frankly, I HATE the Robo!Sam storyline.
Sorry.
I read the Sera Gamble interview.
I was not amused.
I read the 6x11 episode description.
And was even more not amused.
So in an attempt to re-assure myself that the show will ... eventually ... return to some semblance of the show I love, I've completely given up on staying spoiler-free.
PLEASE. I'm begging.
SPOIL me. If anyone knows anything about future episodes. I WANT to know. Good, bad or indifferent. Doesn't matter. Even if the spoilers are about how we will get more Robo!Sam.
I'm seriously depressed here guys. I always knew the show would end some day and I was prepared (somewhat) for that eventuality.
I was not prepared to end up wondering if I would either stop watching or wait save up to watch several eps at once like I did with LOST where I waited until 2 whole seasons had passed so I could (force) myself to watch it all the way through just to find out how a show I once loved, but could no longer stand, ended.
I KNOW I'm being a major bummer here.
I do NOT want to turn into one of those fangirls who continues to watch a show just to complain about it.
I'm seriously worried about my ability to continue without complaining. So I need to either stop--and watch a bunch all at once. Or continue to watch, crossing my fingers, and try to not to bum out folks too much with negative reactions.
Although this does prove one thing to me. An answer to that question I always used to ask myself...what WAS it about this show that had me so addicted.
I now know the answer.
It was not (only) hot, pretty boys.
It was not (only) great and/or fun stories/myth-arc.
It was not (only) knowing the crew, writers, directors, actors, etc were great people in RL.
It was not (only) the creativity of the show.
It was not (only) the snarkiness of Dean.
It was not (only) the emo!ness of Sam.
Even with all of the above still (mostly) present.
WITHOUT one, key ingredient ... the show becomes ... just another show.
What was MAGIC about this show was the messed up, co-dependent, obsessive, "I'd do anything for you" relationship between the brothers.
And, yes, I know I'm being a MAJOR, whiney, complaining, bummer. And I will try to adopt the age-old adage from this point on, "If you don't have anything good to say, say nothing at all." But I had to get this out there once before I attempt to shut the fuck up about it.
So, please, SAVE me. SPOIL me please.
PLEASE!
(And it is possible that I might grow to like this episode in re-watch. But I don't know if I even want to re-watch.)
And, so help me, the pay off when Sam gets his soul back had better be EPIC. Seriously EPIC.
(reminder....please, please spoil me!)
Edit: I had to add that I felt major league uncomfortable about the whole Fight the Faeries cry by Dean as he was being pushed into the cop car. And whatever Dean was saying to the little guy as he was tackling him. I GET the joke, truly I do. But it seems so WRONG right now due to all the gay teenage suicides and the "It Gets Better" campaign. I don't like being uber-politically correct -- but it just felt so WRONG. I cringed.
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I'm sorry. I just cannot like soulless Sam. Yes he's hot. Yes he had funny lines. But honestly? I didn't laugh once. It's just not funny to me.
And yes I GET that I'm not SUPPOSED to like Robo!Sam. But I don't think I'm supposed to so not like him that I don't even want to watch him. As I've read elsewhere, Jared is doing an outstanding job playing this. But that doesn't mean I like it. (Please, do not get me wrong I LOVE Jared and I LOVE Sam.)
I HATE to be such a sourpuss about the show. Truly hate being this way. I hate not liking a Ben Edlund episode. I hate that I'm starting to be very leery of Sera Gamble's showrunner-ship.
Like I've said before, without the brother relationship, this show is just "another show" with hot guys. And no, Sera honestly, a "new and interesting" (or whatever words she used) brother relationship does NOT work for me. Sorry. Does not work.
Plus why would Dean walk away from the creepy guy following him? Like scared!Dean from Yellow Fever? Honestly? To me that was extremely OOC for Dean. Yeah, I get that we are supposed to have Sam and Dean "switched" in personalities (or something) where we have a Sam acting like S1/S2 Dean and a Dean acting like emo!Sam. But seriously? That SO does NOT work.
Plus who was that creepy guy anyway? I assume it's some kind of faerie since only Dean could see him. A troll? But honestly? I didn't really even care that much. (Like I said, I'm disgruntled.) Plus the weird shakey cam shot of Dean walking away from troll!Creeper was just ... weird. But not in a good way weird. I actually was taken (even more) out of the story by that shot and had the thought, "wow, that's really a bad choice."
Plus I get that Dean was supposed to be trying to be all considerate and sympathetic to the crazy!FaerieLady while they were drinking tea. But that did not work either. It seems to me that there was a S2'ish episode where Dean was trying to act sympathetic to some lady that was crying. I remember him handing her a tissue at some point. Now THAT was the way Dean would act when he was trying to console someone he was interviewing. Yeah tea drinking!Dean was uncomfortable...but it was just so...OFF. IDEK how to explain it.
(Although I did smile at the image of Gigantor!Robo!Sam with the tiny, delicate tea cup asking for a bigger cup.)
And there were SO many plot holes that I can't even. First the book in the safe was impossible to get to according to the watchmaker. Then since cream is like tequila to Faeries, Sam and Watchmaker just step over the passed out faeries and ... get the book. Easy Peasy. (Except of course the leprechaun!
And why did the Fae take Dean? And why did they return him? And it was very odd that they showed a spaceship like shape that Dean saw just before he was taken? Talk about blatant and totally untrue misdirection, I don't think the reveal by Robo!Sam that Fae close encounters in the past might explain ET close encounters. And why would Dean remember a (probe) table from his encounter? Why would the faeries need a table?
I also did not particularly enjoy the (attempt) at a Sam n' Dean beer-and-emo convo sitting on the hood of the Impala scene at the end. I KNOW the point is that Sam DOES NOT HAVE A SOUL. I GET it! And I don't even care that perhaps they want me to feel angry about that scene.
Both of the boys' performances were great. I recognized all the great humor as it was happening. I just didn't FEEL it. The episode just felt weird to me.
(Alhtough I did appreciate the gremlin-like ending of tinkerbell by Dean in the microwave. I did smile at that.)
I'm now at the point where I can admit.... I don't GET (or care much about) the Alpha storyline. I don't GET (and care even less about) the Campbells. And, frankly, I HATE the Robo!Sam storyline.
Sorry.
I read the Sera Gamble interview.
I was not amused.
I read the 6x11 episode description.
And was even more not amused.
So in an attempt to re-assure myself that the show will ... eventually ... return to some semblance of the show I love, I've completely given up on staying spoiler-free.
PLEASE. I'm begging.
SPOIL me. If anyone knows anything about future episodes. I WANT to know. Good, bad or indifferent. Doesn't matter. Even if the spoilers are about how we will get more Robo!Sam.
I'm seriously depressed here guys. I always knew the show would end some day and I was prepared (somewhat) for that eventuality.
I was not prepared to end up wondering if I would either stop watching or wait save up to watch several eps at once like I did with LOST where I waited until 2 whole seasons had passed so I could (force) myself to watch it all the way through just to find out how a show I once loved, but could no longer stand, ended.
I KNOW I'm being a major bummer here.
I do NOT want to turn into one of those fangirls who continues to watch a show just to complain about it.
I'm seriously worried about my ability to continue without complaining. So I need to either stop--and watch a bunch all at once. Or continue to watch, crossing my fingers, and try to not to bum out folks too much with negative reactions.
Although this does prove one thing to me. An answer to that question I always used to ask myself...what WAS it about this show that had me so addicted.
I now know the answer.
It was not (only) hot, pretty boys.
It was not (only) great and/or fun stories/myth-arc.
It was not (only) knowing the crew, writers, directors, actors, etc were great people in RL.
It was not (only) the creativity of the show.
It was not (only) the snarkiness of Dean.
It was not (only) the emo!ness of Sam.
Even with all of the above still (mostly) present.
WITHOUT one, key ingredient ... the show becomes ... just another show.
What was MAGIC about this show was the messed up, co-dependent, obsessive, "I'd do anything for you" relationship between the brothers.
And, yes, I know I'm being a MAJOR, whiney, complaining, bummer. And I will try to adopt the age-old adage from this point on, "If you don't have anything good to say, say nothing at all." But I had to get this out there once before I attempt to shut the fuck up about it.
So, please, SAVE me. SPOIL me please.
PLEASE!
(And it is possible that I might grow to like this episode in re-watch. But I don't know if I even want to re-watch.)
And, so help me, the pay off when Sam gets his soul back had better be EPIC. Seriously EPIC.
(reminder....please, please spoil me!)
Edit: I had to add that I felt major league uncomfortable about the whole Fight the Faeries cry by Dean as he was being pushed into the cop car. And whatever Dean was saying to the little guy as he was tackling him. I GET the joke, truly I do. But it seems so WRONG right now due to all the gay teenage suicides and the "It Gets Better" campaign. I don't like being uber-politically correct -- but it just felt so WRONG. I cringed.
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