I just don't understand the point of this episode?!?!?!
I mean, it added NOTHING to the show. Sam's John-ness was already disgustingly apparent, something else could have triggered Dean's notice of it. I don't even think his reaction to Adam was a decent enough trigger because, despite being like how John treated them, it's not how John treated Adam.
It's just... dumb.
All it does is make me like John Winchester less, and that actually sucks balls. I liked the guy, even with all his flaws before, even with how much he hurt Dean... I sort of understood. He was obsessed. Dedicated. Blind. But now, with Adam, we're shown that that's not necessarily the case. He could play decent dad quite easily and not bat an eye... he could put at least one child's happiness/sanity/well-being before hunting and darkness.
And it even lessens his love for Mary, if you ask me. That he would put Mary's children in the one place she NEVER wanted them to be (even if he didn't know that, you'd think, being half Mary's, John would have loved them so much that he'd tuck them away to keep a piece of her), and then some one night stand's son, whom he doesn't learn about until way later... well, he gets protection and support. Fuck that shit.
I just... John is dead. John was super flawed. Couldn't they have left us our delusions of him trying the best he could with what he had?! That's all this episode did... it ruined my love of a great character.
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Date: 2009-04-24 03:55 am (UTC)I mean, it added NOTHING to the show. Sam's John-ness was already disgustingly apparent, something else could have triggered Dean's notice of it. I don't even think his reaction to Adam was a decent enough trigger because, despite being like how John treated them, it's not how John treated Adam.
It's just... dumb.
All it does is make me like John Winchester less, and that actually sucks balls. I liked the guy, even with all his flaws before, even with how much he hurt Dean... I sort of understood. He was obsessed. Dedicated. Blind. But now, with Adam, we're shown that that's not necessarily the case. He could play decent dad quite easily and not bat an eye... he could put at least one child's happiness/sanity/well-being before hunting and darkness.
And it even lessens his love for Mary, if you ask me. That he would put Mary's children in the one place she NEVER wanted them to be (even if he didn't know that, you'd think, being half Mary's, John would have loved them so much that he'd tuck them away to keep a piece of her), and then some one night stand's son, whom he doesn't learn about until way later... well, he gets protection and support. Fuck that shit.
I just... John is dead. John was super flawed. Couldn't they have left us our delusions of him trying the best he could with what he had?! That's all this episode did... it ruined my love of a great character.
Now I'm upset. Great.