Y’know, I do love that when Dean got stuck in Purgatory, he was immediately, consistently focused on getting them out of there as quick as humanly possible, no matter who he had to plow through. But after 2-3 days in the equally violent and unpleasant BadPlace!AU with Sam, he’s just kind of grudgingly like, “Ah, well. Bummer. Guess we live here now.” Like, as long as Sam’s there too he doesn’t even give a fuck.
I don’t condone hating on anything, but you know what? I’m glad that people are reacting to the episode this way. I’m glad we’re angry that if people must die on the show, there should be emotional impact at least. That we don’t sit by and be cool and quiet about bad writing and unacceptable story telling. This show is big. It’s been around for 12 years now. It has a huge fandom. It has impact.
I’m not saying that the fans should have control over what the final product is. We shouldn’t. That’s what fan works are for.
However. A show that is so integrated with fans and wants to keep those fans, should listen to them when they all cry foul in unison. Bad writers who ruin the story line and the show, and showrunners who allow it, should rethink their actions. Should be accountable. Should do something to make the show what it was when it gained such a following.
Supernatural is worthy of its following. It’s been in the past, a mostly fantastic story. All shows will have slip-ups and bad calls by the writers and show runners. Okay, fine.
But when something like #fireBucklemming starts trending on Twitter as their terrible episode is airing and their episodes are constantly criticized for their ruination by a huge majority of fans, and even Astroglide gets in on it, the show runners need to listen. It’s not an accident. It’s a habit. It’s a problem. Something needs to be done.
Because, yes, allowing largely contentious things to happen over and over, is what makes a show tank, and makes it not worth watching after a while.
– Eileen Leahy, an amazing disabled female character, got killed off in the first 2 minutes of the episode. Because clearly the writers learned absolutely SHIT from the Charlie fiasco two years ago.
– Sam getting his heart ripped out. Again. Not like that gets old or anything.
– Mary being put through what’s essentially psychological torture-porn.
– Waaaaay too much Ketch and Toni, just seeing them on screen makes me want to put a hole in my TV.
– The BMOL actually have an agreement with a goddamn Crowley, which is either wildly hypocritical bullshit or phenomenally crappy writing.
– Crowley’s control over Lucifer inexplicably reversing? THAT’s really the best they could come up with??
I’m sure if I finished the episode I’d find even more reasons, but honestly I don’t even care enough to watch until the end. I regret even watching as much as I did.
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