Thank's for commenting! I'm glad you found me lol. Which fan fic was it if you don't mind me asking?
I agree completely on giving us some of Sam's perspective. There should be a lot more of it I think. There is so much inside him probably bursting to come out. I get that they want Sam to brood, angst and internalize what he is going through but I think they could have a wealth of material to work with if they opened him up to the audience more often. It doesn't even really have to be to Dean specifically just let the viewers know what he is thinking, what he is going through and what he is feeling. There is so much depth just waiting to be tapped into.
I will have to say fandom is horrible, or at least most of it in the SPN forums. Television Without Pity is perhaps the worst, but it's pretty bad everywhere I find. It makes me not even want to participate in it because there is so much hatred and vitriol out there. Most of the time I just make my case on a weekly episode and then I don't comeback until the next week it's just that bad. It makes me not want to read, talk or hear about SPN. I have taken much of my love over to Jared and Jensen and reading about interviews, cons, youtube videos, etc. because it's just not worth it to get into the fan wars. I read an article the other day about episode 7x05 and looked at the comments and they quickly descended into a Dean!girl cesspool of hateful comments about how the show is all about Sam and how they hated him so much because Dean has been slighted. I just shook my head and pressed the 'x' button.
I agree completely on the Dean portion of the fandom seeing Castiel as a Sam substitute/surrogate and that's why they love them. Because Castiel is subservient to Dean and exists solely to help him. I don't hate Castiel I just don't feel anything toward him. He is just there. I understand why he is popular (see reason above) but I don't even see him as a humane entity. But I do love Sam, and I think he is a very sympathetic character who gets so much hate for not being Dean, the one every wants and loves.
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Date: 2011-08-19 10:21 pm (UTC)I agree completely on giving us some of Sam's perspective. There should be a lot more of it I think. There is so much inside him probably bursting to come out. I get that they want Sam to brood, angst and internalize what he is going through but I think they could have a wealth of material to work with if they opened him up to the audience more often. It doesn't even really have to be to Dean specifically just let the viewers know what he is thinking, what he is going through and what he is feeling. There is so much depth just waiting to be tapped into.
I will have to say fandom is horrible, or at least most of it in the SPN forums. Television Without Pity is perhaps the worst, but it's pretty bad everywhere I find. It makes me not even want to participate in it because there is so much hatred and vitriol out there. Most of the time I just make my case on a weekly episode and then I don't comeback until the next week it's just that bad. It makes me not want to read, talk or hear about SPN. I have taken much of my love over to Jared and Jensen and reading about interviews, cons, youtube videos, etc. because it's just not worth it to get into the fan wars. I read an article the other day about episode 7x05 and looked at the comments and they quickly descended into a Dean!girl cesspool of hateful comments about how the show is all about Sam and how they hated him so much because Dean has been slighted. I just shook my head and pressed the 'x' button.
I agree completely on the Dean portion of the fandom seeing Castiel as a Sam substitute/surrogate and that's why they love them. Because Castiel is subservient to Dean and exists solely to help him. I don't hate Castiel I just don't feel anything toward him. He is just there. I understand why he is popular (see reason above) but I don't even see him as a humane entity. But I do love Sam, and I think he is a very sympathetic character who gets so much hate for not being Dean, the one every wants and loves.