Does he really though? A lot of Dean fans say how Dean is unimportant to the myth arc and it's all about Sam because Sam is important for plot purposes, but in terms of actual story and view point we see very little from his point of view. Sam may be important in terms of being Lucifer's vessel and being important to the demon community but outside of that what's his story really? We get to see so little from his point of view and we get crumbs of emotional feeling from him but well that's it. We don't see much of anything else so what prize is that? If anything at all. Sam isn't even treated as a fully fleshed out character and hasn't been treated that way since maybe s2.
Why does Sam change so instantly without any progression? First it was the addiction to demon blood, which came out of nowhere, then it was Sam and his anger issues which also came out of nowhere, and now he is atoning for things he couldn't control and had no chance of stopping in the first place (Lucifer's Seals, his actions as Soulless Sam). It's all just so annoying because we don't get to see how these things genuinely effect him and how these storylines should progress into actual arcs. Where is the beginning middle and end to these stories? Why do these stories not matter? Why don't we see them happening on screen? Why are these stories not important? sigh.
I agree completely on Sam being a virtual non-entity in the last two seasons, what's the point? Dean is the main focus and nothing else really matters outside of that. Sam only exist as an extra sensitive appendage to Dean. He has no life or meaning outside of him in terms of show commitment and relevance. Castiel is really treated no better, he exists solely to bail Dean out of trouble and has no meaning outside of that in terms of story. It's obvious the shows writers have no clue what to do with him now that they are trying to get out of the angel storylines. Cas holds even less meaning then Sam does, because at least Sam still has the brother bond which is the foundation of this show. Castiel doesn't really have anything anchoring him to this show.
I feel bad for Sam's character because it feels like his development has been stunted (at best) since the beginning of season 3 and he hasn't had a chance to really develop or change. He has been wiped out of all of the characteristics, salient personality traits that he came in with due to his endless brooding (which was warranted) and minimized airtime and story relevance. You are completely right when you say he is passive, he very nearly is. He doesn't really seem to impact much in terms of the bigger picture of the show and the story.
I agree about the poor characterization points. I think even Dean now is a watered down version of himself, he doesn't really have fun anymore. He isn't the lovable oaf he once was and he isn't the womanizer who was adorable from the former seasons. He has had all the fun sucked out of him and now he is just this caricature who always does the right thing and is some holier than thou entity who knows everything and always does the right thing. He's not human. He is a Sue because everything he does is perfect. Cas ran out of usefulness as soon as s4 ended and the show has basically admitted they don't know what else to do with him by making him evil in the s6 finale. There is nothing else for them to do with the character and he was basically useless in s5, he was barely relevant in s6 aside from the last three episodes and even that was sketchy at best because it showed that Castiel was always supposed to be a temporary character and he has by far outlived his usefulness as a character.
I agree with Lisa, she wasn't even a real person. She was just a plot puppet insert.
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Date: 2011-07-26 11:28 am (UTC)Does he really though? A lot of Dean fans say how Dean is unimportant to the myth arc and it's all about Sam because Sam is important for plot purposes, but in terms of actual story and view point we see very little from his point of view. Sam may be important in terms of being Lucifer's vessel and being important to the demon community but outside of that what's his story really? We get to see so little from his point of view and we get crumbs of emotional feeling from him but well that's it. We don't see much of anything else so what prize is that? If anything at all. Sam isn't even treated as a fully fleshed out character and hasn't been treated that way since maybe s2.
Why does Sam change so instantly without any progression? First it was the addiction to demon blood, which came out of nowhere, then it was Sam and his anger issues which also came out of nowhere, and now he is atoning for things he couldn't control and had no chance of stopping in the first place (Lucifer's Seals, his actions as Soulless Sam). It's all just so annoying because we don't get to see how these things genuinely effect him and how these storylines should progress into actual arcs. Where is the beginning middle and end to these stories? Why do these stories not matter? Why don't we see them happening on screen? Why are these stories not important? sigh.
I agree completely on Sam being a virtual non-entity in the last two seasons, what's the point? Dean is the main focus and nothing else really matters outside of that. Sam only exist as an extra sensitive appendage to Dean. He has no life or meaning outside of him in terms of show commitment and relevance. Castiel is really treated no better, he exists solely to bail Dean out of trouble and has no meaning outside of that in terms of story. It's obvious the shows writers have no clue what to do with him now that they are trying to get out of the angel storylines. Cas holds even less meaning then Sam does, because at least Sam still has the brother bond which is the foundation of this show. Castiel doesn't really have anything anchoring him to this show.
I feel bad for Sam's character because it feels like his development has been stunted (at best) since the beginning of season 3 and he hasn't had a chance to really develop or change. He has been wiped out of all of the characteristics, salient personality traits that he came in with due to his endless brooding (which was warranted) and minimized airtime and story relevance. You are completely right when you say he is passive, he very nearly is. He doesn't really seem to impact much in terms of the bigger picture of the show and the story.
I agree about the poor characterization points. I think even Dean now is a watered down version of himself, he doesn't really have fun anymore. He isn't the lovable oaf he once was and he isn't the womanizer who was adorable from the former seasons. He has had all the fun sucked out of him and now he is just this caricature who always does the right thing and is some holier than thou entity who knows everything and always does the right thing. He's not human. He is a Sue because everything he does is perfect. Cas ran out of usefulness as soon as s4 ended and the show has basically admitted they don't know what else to do with him by making him evil in the s6 finale. There is nothing else for them to do with the character and he was basically useless in s5, he was barely relevant in s6 aside from the last three episodes and even that was sketchy at best because it showed that Castiel was always supposed to be a temporary character and he has by far outlived his usefulness as a character.
I agree with Lisa, she wasn't even a real person. She was just a plot puppet insert.