Supernatural musing

[louiselux]

So, a few thoughts about giant woobie Dean Winchester the latest developments in Supernatural .

Dean spent forty years in hell! Thirty of them were spent being tortured, the others spent torturing other souls and enjoying it.

So it's quite a thing, what happened to him. How is he not insane? I don't get it. I have a suspicion that the scriptwriters don't know how to deal with all this angst, and I wonder if actually Dean's plight is of a too extreme nature for the characterisation and the show to bear. How are they going to have him moving on from that? What is he going to do? I don't know. Maybe do a Frodo? 'Sail' to the 'West'? Maybe he can be healed by the hot hot touch of an angel.

I think part of the problem structure wise is that there's an imbalance happening between the two angsts: Dean's and Sam's. If Sam's storylines were more developed and he was explored more as a character, then Dean's HUMOUNGOUS angst would have something to resonate against. As it is, he wins the Season Four Angst Open hands down and we're not even halfway through. It's worrying me.

Comments

[2metaldog.livejournal.com]

I think they dropped the ball a little on this opener. The amount of fuck-ups that they pulled just wasn't the kind of thing that we've seen from the Winchester boys up to this point. I think the writers are confused as to what they're supposed to be doing with Dean's angst and have pretty much forgotten about Sam's.

[louiselux.livejournal.com]

I agree - they do seem confused. I think part of the problem is the way it's presented - a little at a time, with Dean revealing the truth. It would be more effective if it was revealed through action and plot rather than Dean just telling us.