Hopes for S6

[feliciakw]

I've been thinking about this for a few days, and Geo and I just talked about what he thought of the season (story) finale. He says he's very interested in how they're going to get themselves out of the corner they've painted themselves into (which is a completely different story). But here's what I'd like to see next season:

The past five seasons have been Sam's story. It's always been Sam's story, even when Jensen came in and was more awesome and charismatic than I think anyone expected. The conflict between Good (capital G) and Evil (capital E) has always centered around Sam. That story is over now.

What I'd like to see next season is a storyline that centers around Dean. That might include Lisa and Ben in some way. And it might well have to be a much shorter story (if they don't get picked up for S7 or the guys don't want to renew their contracts). I also know that might sound like kind of a selfish request, because Dean was admittedly the better fleshed out of the two characters. We knew more about Dean and his inner workings and saw more of his inner struggles, I think, than we saw of Sam. But as I said, the story, the mytharc, has always been Sam's. I think it could be interesting if we had something that was Dean's.

/babbling

Comments

[izhilzha.livejournal.com]

Hmmm. I don't think we're coming at it from different povs, necessarily, but I think what the show wanted to do and what it actually accomplished were very, very different. Kripke and Co. thinks it's always been about Sam; and they actually tipped the stories in that direction for some of the past season (5). But before that? Despite the mytharc's supposed centrality around Sam, and Sam's place as the--well, the MacGuffin, I guess, lol--the story that's been told has been about family, and that's always been centered around Dean. Dean hasn't just been the emotional center, he's been the storytelling center and the grounding principle and the boldest expression of both the binding harm and the glorious redemption of family ties.

Sam was supposed to be the plot center, and he eventually did become that as the show grew; but SPN has always been character and thematic heavy, and up until recently I think Dean has carried the majority of that weight.

Not that I have anything to complain about, there. *g* I love me my Dean-centric stories and that whole emotional core has struck me harder than anything except Life on Mars.

But that's why I'd like to see so much more Sam and/or equal story time. I feel like we've not gotten to see nearly enough of the Sam that I have grown to love, despite his mytharc position.

Wow, I really hope Jensen gets to direct. Just because I have a feeling he would do such a great job! Let me know if that gets confirmed! *starry-eyed glee*

[feliciakw.livejournal.com]

You know, I get what you're saying about Dean, and I think I totally agree. And I think that was a lot of Jensen's doing, and I think Kripke & Co. had no clue what hit 'em. *bg*

I'm thinking about writing an essay/meta discussing Sam's mytharc vis-a-vis Dean's emotional arc (which you sum up here nicely), and why I preferred the latter to the former. This is not new for me; I felt the same way with XF. The mytharc eps were some of my least favorite. (In fact, the reason I didn't watch the show in first run was because the pilot ep was all about the alien abduction mytharc, and I'm just not that interested in alien abduction story lines.)

Have you read the CW press release or the mini-spoiler (not really) in Jensen's interview with the Brazilian mag? 'Cause from what he's said? I'm so freakin' excited for him it's not even funny.

Well, maybe a little funny.

And yes, Jensen directing would be awesome. Look at the directors he's learned from. (Kim Manners, anyone?)