The writers are in a somewhat difficult situation because they have to keep the boys going but somehow keep tapping into the past in a way that doesn't seem redundant for the fans or stagnant for Sam and Dean's character growth.
Unfortunately, I picture them gripping at their pens (in my mind, the best writing is still done with a pen and paper) with white knuckles and suddenly saying, "another filler episode?" because they don't know how to do it.
I do miss the earlier seasons when the boys cared - probably cared too much, but still, the desire and passion and hurt and anger and love really just slammed into your chest and made you feel for these two. But how do you keep that going? Something that popped into my head was them beginning to deal with a future for themselves. Yes, they have money now, a "home" where they both (at least temporarily) want to stay, and more stability then they ever had before. I'd like to see them dealing with wanderlust - maybe Dean starts to feel like his bedroom walls start caving in on him, or maybe it will be the opposite; Sam finds something he likes, maybe a little trinket or a picture or painting, so he hangs it up in his bedroom - and it hits him, wow, I have a bedroom, I have a home. And the real impact of never having a home or a family really hits him. Maybe it causes him to break down, maybe it doesn't.
Maybe Sam starts thinking about taking classes again, establishing a future for himself. He falls into a comfortable routine with Dean and Cas and Kevin, they start to have a life (even with the hunting) and then something happens to threaten it, but threatens it in a big way. Something they know they can't stop. Maybe that threat will take them all the way to the final episode. Because they death doesn't always mean death as someone above me pointed out (sidenote - a friend that watches an episode or two of Supernatural with me every now and again didn't understand why I was so upset when Bobby died because: "you know he'll just come back in an episode or three - who cares). And if fans are that compliant with death, yikes, think about how the boys feel.
I also feel like there is a lot of potential in Crowley (and man, he needs a bigger story arch in this season!), human!Cas to bring back emotions to Sam and Dean. Crowley's "I deserve to be loved" from the previous season needs to be tapped into. It was a great parallel to Dean's outburst in Dream a Little Dream: I didn't deserve what he put on me and I don't deserve to go to Hell! As much as I don't want Crowley humanized, it could be a great device to help Dean with some self-actualization. Maybe it can bring him back to that time and made him reflect on everything he's done, on the paths he's taken, on how he's lost touch with that young man that wanted to save everyone - instead of stabbing human vessels to get rid of demons.
I don't know - it's just sad to watch a show that I love struggle under the weight of - the weight of what? Pressure, direction, fan service? I almost feel like everyone needs to take a step back and breathe before they jump in. Go back and pick out things that haven't been touched upon (like Sam's heaven not including family, ect) and bringing those elements back in a way that compliments the story line and pushes our boys forward with a spark in their eyes.
I feel like I'm forgetting a lot of what I wanted to say.
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Unfortunately, I picture them gripping at their pens (in my mind, the best writing is still done with a pen and paper) with white knuckles and suddenly saying, "another filler episode?" because they don't know how to do it.
I do miss the earlier seasons when the boys cared - probably cared too much, but still, the desire and passion and hurt and anger and love really just slammed into your chest and made you feel for these two. But how do you keep that going? Something that popped into my head was them beginning to deal with a future for themselves. Yes, they have money now, a "home" where they both (at least temporarily) want to stay, and more stability then they ever had before. I'd like to see them dealing with wanderlust - maybe Dean starts to feel like his bedroom walls start caving in on him, or maybe it will be the opposite; Sam finds something he likes, maybe a little trinket or a picture or painting, so he hangs it up in his bedroom - and it hits him, wow, I have a bedroom, I have a home. And the real impact of never having a home or a family really hits him. Maybe it causes him to break down, maybe it doesn't.
Maybe Sam starts thinking about taking classes again, establishing a future for himself. He falls into a comfortable routine with Dean and Cas and Kevin, they start to have a life (even with the hunting) and then something happens to threaten it, but threatens it in a big way. Something they know they can't stop. Maybe that threat will take them all the way to the final episode. Because they death doesn't always mean death as someone above me pointed out (sidenote - a friend that watches an episode or two of Supernatural with me every now and again didn't understand why I was so upset when Bobby died because: "you know he'll just come back in an episode or three - who cares). And if fans are that compliant with death, yikes, think about how the boys feel.
I also feel like there is a lot of potential in Crowley (and man, he needs a bigger story arch in this season!), human!Cas to bring back emotions to Sam and Dean. Crowley's "I deserve to be loved" from the previous season needs to be tapped into. It was a great parallel to Dean's outburst in Dream a Little Dream: I didn't deserve what he put on me and I don't deserve to go to Hell! As much as I don't want Crowley humanized, it could be a great device to help Dean with some self-actualization. Maybe it can bring him back to that time and made him reflect on everything he's done, on the paths he's taken, on how he's lost touch with that young man that wanted to save everyone - instead of stabbing human vessels to get rid of demons.
I don't know - it's just sad to watch a show that I love struggle under the weight of - the weight of what? Pressure, direction, fan service? I almost feel like everyone needs to take a step back and breathe before they jump in. Go back and pick out things that haven't been touched upon (like Sam's heaven not including family, ect) and bringing those elements back in a way that compliments the story line and pushes our boys forward with a spark in their eyes.
I feel like I'm forgetting a lot of what I wanted to say.