Yeah, this. I don't think I could ever hate Sam and Dean, but I hate the writers for seemingly having no idea what to do with the characters or the show in general anymore. >_>
Stuff like Hello Cruel World and Plucky Pennwhistle's and other small moments showed me the dynamics I love are still there, the writers just aren't doing anything with it and bogging everything down with nihilistic crap that goes nowhere. (It's so much easier for me to feel happy and sad and anything over the earlier seasons than it has been for the current ones lately, even though I usually prefer playing in current canon.)
Re: Any love for the brothers left on here?
Yeah, this. I don't think I could ever hate Sam and Dean, but I hate the writers for seemingly having no idea what to do with the characters or the show in general anymore. >_>
Stuff like Hello Cruel World and Plucky Pennwhistle's and other small moments showed me the dynamics I love are still there, the writers just aren't doing anything with it and bogging everything down with nihilistic crap that goes nowhere. (It's so much easier for me to feel happy and sad and anything over the earlier seasons than it has been for the current ones lately, even though I usually prefer playing in current canon.)