Heh, agreed. The writers dig themselves into holes that they can't get out of, so they gloss over it. I'm not holding my breath for Amelia's characterization because of the show's treatment of females :( She'll probably be ignored once the flashbacks with her are over. I'm still not sure how I feel about her role but I'm at least willing to see how she plays out as a character. I don't want her to just be the character who makes Sam ~~happy, but rather someone interesting and complex on her own merit.
I'm not entirely against a What's Wrong with Dean plot because we've never gotten it before, and I'm all about a plot-heavy Dean season and a more emotional Sam-heavy season (although not with the emotions we've been told D:) so again, I'm optimistic there, too. It's Sam being painted as a callous asshole that worries me.
As a Casfan I'm concerned where they're going with him, especially with him being left behind in purgatory. Then again, we don't know what's going on there at all, so who knows. I don't want him to be left behind and I can't see Dean deciding to leave him behind, so I suspect something goes wrong there to keep Cas in purgatory and Dean didn't know about it. That's my story, anyway! *nods*
As long as Dean's deal doesn't involve him hiding something horrible he did (with Jensen saying that Dean is hiding things from Sam that happened in purgatory) I'm curious there. We don't need more ignoring of Dean's victimization and trauma while adding more about him doing ~horrible things ;_;
Re: CC Press video interviews--SPOILERS
Heh, agreed. The writers dig themselves into holes that they can't get out of, so they gloss over it. I'm not holding my breath for Amelia's characterization because of the show's treatment of females :( She'll probably be ignored once the flashbacks with her are over. I'm still not sure how I feel about her role but I'm at least willing to see how she plays out as a character. I don't want her to just be the character who makes Sam ~~happy, but rather someone interesting and complex on her own merit.
I'm not entirely against a What's Wrong with Dean plot because we've never gotten it before, and I'm all about a plot-heavy Dean season and a more emotional Sam-heavy season (although not with the emotions we've been told D:) so again, I'm optimistic there, too. It's Sam being painted as a callous asshole that worries me.
As a Casfan I'm concerned where they're going with him, especially with him being left behind in purgatory. Then again, we don't know what's going on there at all, so who knows. I don't want him to be left behind and I can't see Dean deciding to leave him behind, so I suspect something goes wrong there to keep Cas in purgatory and Dean didn't know about it. That's my story, anyway! *nods*
As long as Dean's deal doesn't involve him hiding something horrible he did (with Jensen saying that Dean is hiding things from Sam that happened in purgatory) I'm curious there. We don't need more ignoring of Dean's victimization and trauma while adding more about him doing ~horrible things ;_;