Ah. Heh. I shall remember that in the future. I always feel, being a Dean!girl who doesn't hate Sam, I have to be careful what I say to Sam!girls. It is often with limited (sometimes very limited) success. As I was telling someone else recently, I often feel like I'm being torn because when I speak up for Sam, some Dean!girl friends don't get it, but then I see a Sam!girl wanting more Sam (which makes sense; we each want more of and for our favorite character), and Dean feels pushed to the back burner.
So this is probably a subject we will not agree on, because we're either coming at this from different directions, or we disagree on who has been the central focus of the purpose of the story for the past five years.
I agree that Dean has been a strong emotional center of the story. I think a lot of that is Jensen's doing. And Dean has been a very important part of the resolution for Sam. Basically, it was a lifetime with Dean that gave Sam the strength to do what he did.
I do not agree that we've been watching a Dean-centric storyline for the past five years. (It feels like we have, because of Jensen, and because Dean's character has been better fleshed out, I think.) Dean has not been the central focus of the central conflict. If we look at it as a classic hero and sidekick combo, in the grand mytharc of the series, Dean has always been the sidekick. He's had his own mini-stories and hero moments within the greater journey, but the over-reaching, five-year arc hero's journey has been Sam's. So giving Dean his role--as it always has been--is as backup and emotional support for Sam. They've told that story. I'd like to see either them being emotional support for each other, or Sam being the support for Dean (and Dean letting him. *gasp* What a concept).
I guess if we were going to structure it like they have the past five years, we'd both get what we want. Dean, as the hero, would be less of the emotional focus than Sam, as the sidekick. Or something. I don't know.
As far as MOAR BOYZ goes, I agree. And if it is true that Jensen is going to direct an episode, you may will get your Sam emphasis for an episode or three. (I think Rob Morrow said his acting load had to be lightened for about three episodes if he was directing--one for pre-production, one for shooting . . . and one for post-production? Something like that.)
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Ah. Heh. I shall remember that in the future. I always feel, being a Dean!girl who doesn't hate Sam, I have to be careful what I say to Sam!girls. It is often with limited (sometimes very limited) success. As I was telling someone else recently, I often feel like I'm being torn because when I speak up for Sam, some Dean!girl friends don't get it, but then I see a Sam!girl wanting more Sam (which makes sense; we each want more of and for our favorite character), and Dean feels pushed to the back burner.
So this is probably a subject we will not agree on, because we're either coming at this from different directions, or we disagree on who has been the central focus of the purpose of the story for the past five years.
I agree that Dean has been a strong emotional center of the story. I think a lot of that is Jensen's doing. And Dean has been a very important part of the resolution for Sam. Basically, it was a lifetime with Dean that gave Sam the strength to do what he did.
I do not agree that we've been watching a Dean-centric storyline for the past five years. (It feels like we have, because of Jensen, and because Dean's character has been better fleshed out, I think.) Dean has not been the central focus of the central conflict. If we look at it as a classic hero and sidekick combo, in the grand mytharc of the series, Dean has always been the sidekick. He's had his own mini-stories and hero moments within the greater journey, but the over-reaching, five-year arc hero's journey has been Sam's. So giving Dean his role--as it always has been--is as backup and emotional support for Sam. They've told that story. I'd like to see either them being emotional support for each other, or Sam being the support for Dean (and Dean letting him. *gasp* What a concept).
I guess if we were going to structure it like they have the past five years, we'd both get what we want. Dean, as the hero, would be less of the emotional focus than Sam, as the sidekick. Or something. I don't know.
As far as MOAR BOYZ goes, I agree. And if it is true that Jensen is going to direct an episode, you may will get your Sam emphasis for an episode or three. (I think Rob Morrow said his acting load had to be lightened for about three episodes if he was directing--one for pre-production, one for shooting . . . and one for post-production? Something like that.)
I hope that made sense. Obviously, YMWV.