Totally with you on the PTSD front and the parallels can you imagine the beautiful drama that would have made, the depth it would have touched and the better understanding fandom would have had and sympathy for each bros situation. S 8 at the start dropped a few balls but it was new establishment or reestablishment coming in and it's all well and good I suppose for us to say this and this and this would work in hindsight. However they were on a tight schedule creating from scratch. So just have to chalk it up to missed opportunity and keep it in mind for patch and repair work as we go forward. Give them their dues they were firing on all cylinders come 'Sacrifice' such a strong finish to 8.
The problem with Cas has been the fandom response to him and Misha. They feel they have to elevate his character time when I'm going to be blatantly honest here, they don't. I really appreciate Cas as a character and like Misha but SPN to me is a pyramid and from the day they killed off John that 3 person topper became a two only. Sam and Dean are the central heart. the next tier down Bobby, Cas, Crowley and so on and so on now. Last season Kevin was second tier now he's pushed to third. Second tier this season is prob Zeke, Cas Abaddon and Crowley Jody could potentially be a third tier character now if they were savy along side Charley. My point is the second to mid tiers of the pyramid characters rotate in and out of prevalence. The top tier is the bros solid never changing and the bottom of the pyramid changes per episode they are the supporting cast.
I think Cas is a secondary character. Although at the same time because they have gone down the evac heaven follow the tablets route he is a very central secondary character at the moment. secondary on the second tier only to Zeke
But it's the bro's perspective and presence that takes us in and out of the stories of the SPN world and their interaction with those events is the heart. So I feel Cas is an important secondary character but not as central to the frame as he has been pushed for example. The CW ad has Sam, Dean and Cas pushing Cas to a character level on the tier he's not.
Really they should have had Sam, Dean first tier and Cas and Sam blue eyed as Zeke two secondary characters if they wanted him in that ad. The PR would never have put Abaddon on the ad because they think fandom would pee their pants at the disruption of eye candy ( how bloody shallow do they think we are) and Crowley would be classed as too old sorry Mark.
Their other option would have been to have Sam, Dean, Cas and Kevin if they didn't want to give the Zeke game away prematurely, that would have reflected the two star characters and two secondary characters who in season 8 were lynch pin to the story which they are continuing on into this season.
If they play mid season right tomorrow night then the pay off for Cas's Nam will be well worth the drag but it will now be Sam and Dean's fight. Cas's existance in the bro's life and their experience of watching and being players with him in this struggle has led to the expected his background lays the foundations for their big battle as it did with Michael and Lucifer. As it will when they become central to Angel Royale the worlds fate will rest ultimately on Sam and Dean.
I do like this season I ave to say, yes there are things I would change but ultimately the start has been strong it all hangs on mid-season and how well tey utilies the plot and army of characters at their disposal. I feel some characters have been thrown away at times i.e Crowley and Kevin but that could be turned good in a heartbeat with the right plot choices. I'm glad Charlie is in OZ cause I love her but she has no place in this fight she is from another friendship group in their life....
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The problem with Cas has been the fandom response to him and Misha. They feel they have to elevate his character time when I'm going to be blatantly honest here, they don't. I really appreciate Cas as a character and like Misha but SPN to me is a pyramid and from the day they killed off John that 3 person topper became a two only. Sam and Dean are the central heart. the next tier down Bobby, Cas, Crowley and so on and so on now. Last season Kevin was second tier now he's pushed to third. Second tier this season is prob Zeke, Cas Abaddon and Crowley Jody could potentially be a third tier character now if they were savy along side Charley. My point is the second to mid tiers of the pyramid characters rotate in and out of prevalence. The top tier is the bros solid never changing and the bottom of the pyramid changes per episode they are the supporting cast.
I think Cas is a secondary character. Although at the same time because they have gone down the evac heaven follow the tablets route he is a very central secondary character at the moment. secondary on the second tier only to Zeke
But it's the bro's perspective and presence that takes us in and out of the stories of the SPN world and their interaction with those events is the heart. So I feel Cas is an important secondary character but not as central to the frame as he has been pushed for example. The CW ad has Sam, Dean and Cas pushing Cas to a character level on the tier he's not.
Really they should have had Sam, Dean first tier and Cas and Sam blue eyed as Zeke two secondary characters if they wanted him in that ad. The PR would never have put Abaddon on the ad because they think fandom would pee their pants at the disruption of eye candy ( how bloody shallow do they think we are) and Crowley would be classed as too old sorry Mark.
Their other option would have been to have Sam, Dean, Cas and Kevin if they didn't want to give the Zeke game away prematurely, that would have reflected the two star characters and two secondary characters who in season 8 were lynch pin to the story which they are continuing on into this season.
If they play mid season right tomorrow night then the pay off for Cas's Nam will be well worth the drag but it will now be Sam and Dean's fight. Cas's existance in the bro's life and their experience of watching and being players with him in this struggle has led to the expected his background lays the foundations for their big battle as it did with Michael and Lucifer. As it will when they become central to Angel Royale the worlds fate will rest ultimately on Sam and Dean.
I do like this season I ave to say, yes there are things I would change but ultimately the start has been strong it all hangs on mid-season and how well tey utilies the plot and army of characters at their disposal. I feel some characters have been thrown away at times i.e Crowley and Kevin but that could be turned good in a heartbeat with the right plot choices. I'm glad Charlie is in OZ cause I love her but she has no place in this fight she is from another friendship group in their life....