I'm so glad to hear that I'm not alone with this. I know a lot of people feel the same way, but it's still good to hear it.
Bobby does seem to be the exception the "everyone has to die" rule. I don't know why. I don't really get the "everyone has to die" rule in the first place. I know it's an angsty show, but does that really have to mean that every single character we may care about has to die? Can't someone walk out of the story and continue it somewhere else once in a while? Can't any other character just stick around like Bobby does?
But okay, if Castiel does have to go, I'll accept that. It'll break my heart, but I'll accept it. But only if he goes in a way that does justice to his character. And even though I still hate it, I may even be able to accept him going down this extremely dark path, but only if they make it make sense with everything we know about him, and if they follow that story through and redeem him in the end - which might still happen, but I think we can all agree that it is extremely doubtful at this point. What I can't accept is starting this storyline by character assassinating a fan favourite who has been around for three years, and then basically telling us that they don't plan to properly follow through with it. If they don't want that much focus on Castiel, they shouldn't start something like this.
On a final note, because it's one of the comments I see ALL the time which pisses me off to no end, when has the show ever NOT been about Sam and Dean? Who are these people who say "now the show can FINALLY go back to being about Sam and Dean"?
That's something that baffles and annoys me every time I read it. Sure, in theory Cas had huge storylines in season 5 (the search for God) and season 6 (the civil war in Heaven), but they both happened almost entirely off screen. So I really don't see how that took time or focus away from Sam and Dean.
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Date: 2011-08-05 06:14 pm (UTC)Bobby does seem to be the exception the "everyone has to die" rule. I don't know why. I don't really get the "everyone has to die" rule in the first place. I know it's an angsty show, but does that really have to mean that every single character we may care about has to die? Can't someone walk out of the story and continue it somewhere else once in a while? Can't any other character just stick around like Bobby does?
But okay, if Castiel does have to go, I'll accept that. It'll break my heart, but I'll accept it. But only if he goes in a way that does justice to his character.
And even though I still hate it, I may even be able to accept him going down this extremely dark path, but only if they make it make sense with everything we know about him, and if they follow that story through and redeem him in the end - which might still happen, but I think we can all agree that it is extremely doubtful at this point.
What I can't accept is starting this storyline by character assassinating a fan favourite who has been around for three years, and then basically telling us that they don't plan to properly follow through with it. If they don't want that much focus on Castiel, they shouldn't start something like this.
On a final note, because it's one of the comments I see ALL the time which pisses me off to no end, when has the show ever NOT been about Sam and Dean? Who are these people who say "now the show can FINALLY go back to being about Sam and Dean"?
That's something that baffles and annoys me every time I read it. Sure, in theory Cas had huge storylines in season 5 (the search for God) and season 6 (the civil war in Heaven), but they both happened almost entirely off screen. So I really don't see how that took time or focus away from Sam and Dean.
Thank you for commenting. *hugs*