I think one of the things about the SPN Mythicarc of Doom is that it's just such a hodge-podge of stuff. And the BIGGER it got, the less personal it seemed.
I'm not overly familiar with Lord of the Rings, but it seems to me that even with that epic (which, dude, EPIC!), it kept it personal to the characters. I mean, SPN has 22 hours (minus commercial breaks) to tell a story. And it often as a "quest" feel to it. But once you hit . . . mid-S4, maybe? (I'll have a better idea when I get there), and especially S5, the Mytharc of Doom becomes too crushing, and there doesn't seem to be a clear-cut writing plan.
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Date: 2011-08-06 02:40 pm (UTC)I'm not overly familiar with Lord of the Rings, but it seems to me that even with that epic (which, dude, EPIC!), it kept it personal to the characters. I mean, SPN has 22 hours (minus commercial breaks) to tell a story. And it often as a "quest" feel to it. But once you hit . . . mid-S4, maybe? (I'll have a better idea when I get there), and especially S5, the Mytharc of Doom becomes too crushing, and there doesn't seem to be a clear-cut writing plan.
Does that make sense?