I have no problem with characters being dickish as long as their show acknowledges that fact, which is something neither Doctor Who nor Supernatural does
I think SPN acknowledges it fine - but we've had this conversation before :p
I'm slightly more lenient on the issue anyway too. Because I don't even need a show to outright acknowledge a character is a dick - sometimes the lack of acknowledgement is the POINT of the story and the audience is SUPPOSED to figure it out on their own (eg. Lolita - Humbert Humbert is presented as sympathetic and no one outright calls him a pervert or anything, you're supposed to realise it from his actions). So for me, I just need a dickish character NOT to be clearly labelled as a hero/saint.
With Amy though, I think the episode was trying to actively imply she was in the right... which I don't think she was... but IDK. Maybe it wasn't implying that any more than SPN implies that about Sam and Dean so... maybe it's okay.
As to lacking soul... maybe. But then I think Rusty OVERDID the 'soul' to the point of being emo and melodramatic.
Guess I just can't win with this one :p
We will both have to see what a new companion brings to the series :)
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Date: 2012-09-07 04:25 pm (UTC)I think SPN acknowledges it fine - but we've had this conversation before :p
I'm slightly more lenient on the issue anyway too. Because I don't even need a show to outright acknowledge a character is a dick - sometimes the lack of acknowledgement is the POINT of the story and the audience is SUPPOSED to figure it out on their own (eg. Lolita - Humbert Humbert is presented as sympathetic and no one outright calls him a pervert or anything, you're supposed to realise it from his actions). So for me, I just need a dickish character NOT to be clearly labelled as a hero/saint.
With Amy though, I think the episode was trying to actively imply she was in the right... which I don't think she was... but IDK. Maybe it wasn't implying that any more than SPN implies that about Sam and Dean so... maybe it's okay.
As to lacking soul... maybe. But then I think Rusty OVERDID the 'soul' to the point of being emo and melodramatic.
Guess I just can't win with this one :p
We will both have to see what a new companion brings to the series :)