Ideally what I would like is for Dean to be a proactive Hero in his own story, and Sam to be a proactive Hero in his own story and occasionally the two meet and link. It works on Fringe and other shows..but for some reason this isn't a method the SPN writers like to follow. I do very much agree with this. I don't like Fringe, but you are right, there it works and it works on The Vampire Diaries too (even in an ensemble show works quite differentely). I do think they have sticked with the pattern that Sam was the hero and Dean the sidekick since the very beginning, then they realized how strong Dean character was and have never been able to actually balance their personal storylines and theirs in the mytarch.
Btw I think that SPN can be read and seen in two different ways. If you look at the character growth, Dean wins. No context. If you look at the storylines, yes the ones which have more emphasis are about Sam, but this is way far from making Sam the most interesting character.
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
no subject
Date: 2012-04-10 01:44 pm (UTC)I do very much agree with this. I don't like Fringe, but you are right, there it works and it works on The Vampire Diaries too (even in an ensemble show works quite differentely). I do think they have sticked with the pattern that Sam was the hero and Dean the sidekick since the very beginning, then they realized how strong Dean character was and have never been able to actually balance their personal storylines and theirs in the mytarch.
Btw I think that SPN can be read and seen in two different ways. If you look at the character growth, Dean wins. No context.
If you look at the storylines, yes the ones which have more emphasis are about Sam, but this is way far from making Sam the most interesting character.