It's fine though, it's nice to go into the long hiatus a little more relaxed for a change - I don't think this has ever happened with Supernatural before - and the finale did one thing right: It brought us to an amazing starting point, full of potential, for Jeremy Carver to take over.
Exactly. Aside from some things, this finale was actually pretty relaxing and gave us something refreshing for a change. The cliffhanger wasn't enraging but rather reassuring that they are going into new territory with so much potential. And Jeremy Carver is taking over the show, a man who has a history of taking such opportunities to the next level with his writing and understanding the characters and the story. So I am hoping that the does take advantage of this opportunity and give us something epic.
It's a strange feeling really, not being angry at this show. We're left with that feeling of optimism and hope. Please don't let us down, Carver.
Because just when I thought he still had family, Castiel lost everyone. Yes, there are other Garrisons, but these were his closest brothers and sisters. Because Castiel obviously kept the connection up, probably found some reassurance in feeling his brothers, went looking for them when he couldn't hear them anymore, and found that they are all gone. Because Castiel can't even mourn them properly in his current state, so his grief just piles up with everything else he is still suppressing. You can see and hear how much it affects him even when he doesn't let the emotions reach the surface.
All of this.
This is something I'm hoping that next season touches on more properly, because I feel the show has pushed this very issue aside. To the Winchesters the angels have been nothing but trouble and have been messing with them since the start, but to Castiel they are his family. He has lost his family, he even killed his brothers and sisters in this war and none of this is even mentioned except in a dismissive manner by the show. I want them to really focus on the fact, because this has really fucked him up and is part of his major guilt.
And I honestly don't know when Dean will learn when pressing on about it, and blaming him over and over, and telling him that it's his mess is not helping anyone.
Exactly. And to me, this is like someone blaming someone else for not being "right in the head" and using a harsh way of getting them to "snap out of it" because it's their fault they're in that place to begin with. Like with depression: "nobody cares that you're sad just stop being such a downer for everyone else!" It's not helping, it's more damaging than people think and that's precisely what Dean is doing.
The thing is, Dean is also fucked up. He has a lot of issues himself (he's an alcoholic, has PTSD, abandonment issues, etc) and yet the show hasn't really dealt with those issues either.
I do agree that it's not enough with what we were given. It's not really "forgiveness" in a sense, but it is a step in the right direction. A direction I'm hoping Carver takes further next season. Them being stuck in Purgatory is a perfect place for them to really talk about these things (because one of the main issues this show has is the lack of communication, and what perfect way of getting more development and repairing their friendship is by talking about it truthfully and honestly?)
As a whole, what I got from the finale was: things are still fucked up, not everything is going to be magically resolved, but they are heading in the right direction and with Carver next season I'm hoping for them to move forward.
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Exactly. Aside from some things, this finale was actually pretty relaxing and gave us something refreshing for a change. The cliffhanger wasn't enraging but rather reassuring that they are going into new territory with so much potential. And Jeremy Carver is taking over the show, a man who has a history of taking such opportunities to the next level with his writing and understanding the characters and the story. So I am hoping that the does take advantage of this opportunity and give us something epic.
It's a strange feeling really, not being angry at this show. We're left with that feeling of optimism and hope. Please don't let us down, Carver.
Because just when I thought he still had family, Castiel lost everyone. Yes, there are other Garrisons, but these were his closest brothers and sisters. Because Castiel obviously kept the connection up, probably found some reassurance in feeling his brothers, went looking for them when he couldn't hear them anymore, and found that they are all gone. Because Castiel can't even mourn them properly in his current state, so his grief just piles up with everything else he is still suppressing. You can see and hear how much it affects him even when he doesn't let the emotions reach the surface.
All of this.
This is something I'm hoping that next season touches on more properly, because I feel the show has pushed this very issue aside. To the Winchesters the angels have been nothing but trouble and have been messing with them since the start, but to Castiel they are his family. He has lost his family, he even killed his brothers and sisters in this war and none of this is even mentioned except in a dismissive manner by the show. I want them to really focus on the fact, because this has really fucked him up and is part of his major guilt.
And I honestly don't know when Dean will learn when pressing on about it, and blaming him over and over, and telling him that it's his mess is not helping anyone.
Exactly. And to me, this is like someone blaming someone else for not being "right in the head" and using a harsh way of getting them to "snap out of it" because it's their fault they're in that place to begin with. Like with depression: "nobody cares that you're sad just stop being such a downer for everyone else!" It's not helping, it's more damaging than people think and that's precisely what Dean is doing.
The thing is, Dean is also fucked up. He has a lot of issues himself (he's an alcoholic, has PTSD, abandonment issues, etc) and yet the show hasn't really dealt with those issues either.
I do agree that it's not enough with what we were given. It's not really "forgiveness" in a sense, but it is a step in the right direction. A direction I'm hoping Carver takes further next season. Them being stuck in Purgatory is a perfect place for them to really talk about these things (because one of the main issues this show has is the lack of communication, and what perfect way of getting more development and repairing their friendship is by talking about it truthfully and honestly?)
As a whole, what I got from the finale was: things are still fucked up, not everything is going to be magically resolved, but they are heading in the right direction and with Carver next season I'm hoping for them to move forward.