Ramblings of a SPN fan girl

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Remember my Thank You post to Kripke after the S5 finale?

After a whole summer and some more thinky thoughts, I have something to add.

No spoilers!!!


So...I still think Kripke has done a pretty awesome job with the show. He created two interesting characters and a great mythology. He added some good recurring or regular characters and the crew, the actors, the directors, the writers did their job with passion.
So far so good.
SPn is full of little mistakes, lack of continuity, plot holes, things left unsaid or unexplained...but I haven't ever cared for real. Yes sometimes I was bothered or annoyed but I kept going thinking that the show was consistent with the idea of its creator.
There is just one big thing that made me change my mind on Kripke. He failed me just once: when he decided that Dean and Adam were on the same level for being Michael's vessel.
If you remember our discussions, I have never wanted Dean to say yes. Why? Because for me Dean didn't need to be an angel to be special. He already was. Anyway the main reason is that Dean saying yes, would have been a betrayal of Dean's character and everyrthing Kripe had always told us about him. So he made Dean say no and I was happy and proud of this choice. Imo Dean's integrity was safe.
Imo Kripke didn't ruin Dean. Not even in 5.22, as many fans think.
I like how they handled the finale. I liked the outcome. What I don't like and I hadn't understood in May, is how they have arrived to the finale. IMHO Adam was useless. We didn't need to see Lucifer VS Michael. It wasn't Michael to defeat Lucifer, it was Sam and it was so good to see Sam having his moment of redemption.
I have never been fond of the idea of Adam and I am not of him as a vessel. To be honest, I have nothing against him, but, plot-wise, I think it doesn't make sense to give such a big role (even if on screen it wasn't so important) to a character that was there just for a couple of episodes. Adam has been used as a plot device and for me it just doesn't work.
Just so you know, I would have said the same things if it was Sam to be replaced. They have built up 5 seasons telling us that Sam would have gone dark side and they finally showed us that he was good and that he could defeat the Evil out of his love for his family. They have spent two seasons telling us that Dean had a special role for God and they dropped it in a way I can't like. It was like Kripke wanted to get rid of the show, like he was tired of it and he decided to end it without spending much time thinking about the consistency of his own storyline and mythology.
Don't get me wrong, I love his job and what he has given to me in this 5 years but he kinda ruined the happy end between me, as a viewer, and him, as a writer with that choice.

So now, I am willing to see S6, that for me will be a complete new show. With a little bit of "nostalgia" and regret, I'm going to enjoy this new ride.

Welcome back SUPERNATURAL.

Comments

[smilla02.livejournal.com]

You know how I fee about certain storylines, though, it's water under the bridge, so whatever.

Kripke, though, at times leaves me baffled because whenever he talks about the show, he sounds a bit immature, as if he only has a general idea of where he wants to bring the story while the details are fuzzy.

Yes to the new season. We'll see how it goes.

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Leggiti l'intervista a Jared e Jensen...io Jared a volte lo prenderei a schiaffi...

Cmq sentire Jensen così su Dean mi ha messo di cattivo umore.