Guys, I might be in the minority but I loved it... Also, how Season 6 should begin..
I've been trolling around twitter and LJ and it seems like a lot of people are upset about the finale and didn't like it. I might be in the minority but I loved it. I thought it was a fitting end to this five year story-arc and it had me a sobbing mess through out the episode.
I love that this episode was one big BROTHER episode. It was a true tribute to them, in how choosing family means sticking by them (not trying to kill them, angels) and how Brother love (and I mean that in no Wincest way possible) can pierce through the veil of darkness and save the day. The Sam and Dean montage had me crying (I'm crying right now just thinking about it) and I loved that in the end Dean got to see just how much he meant to Sam as well. When Sam broke out of Lucifer's hold and told Dean not to worry, well....it's like he was the one taking care of him. And now I'm a mess.
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Ok, obviously I am not enthusiastic about the Dean/Lisa thing. I feel like this came out of nowhere and I'm not entirely sure why they felt the need to give him this love interest in the end but you know what, it does make sense with his character. Dean is someone who holds on to the past, tightly, and so it follows with his character that in the end of things his mind would wander to what he thinks of as the girl that got away. Now, I'm pretty sure 90% of why he thinks she is the girl that got away is because of Ben and because he doesn't really have anyone else. With Cassie there was a sense of finality to their relationship at the end of Route 666 but with Lisa, things were still open. Is she the love of his life? No. But I can see how Dean would make her out to be.
Now, I'm coping with this by thinking of it this way: Dean chose Lisa because she is easy, it is easy to fall in to a relationship with her, its familiar. Being with Castiel would be considerably harder on many levels. I think Dean has feelings for Cas. I don't think we Dean/Cas shippers made that up but I also think he's not ready to deal with them. Also, Cas made it pretty clear that he was leaving so even more of a reason why Dean wouldn't leap at him - fear of rejection, blah blah.
I told this to the_ninth_bow , last night on skype. I want Season 6 to open like this: Dean and Castiel sitting on a bench somewhere talking. Dean tells Cas that he doesn't have to keep coming in and checking on him every month but Cas just smiles because he knows, as does Dean, that Dean doesn't mean it. He likes that Castiel pops in now and again just to say hello. Make it happen, Sera Gamble.
In the end, I loved it. Was it a perfect episode? No. I think they came as close to a perfect episode as they're going to get with The Song Remains the Same, but it was a Damn Good one. Great even. I loved the Impala bits, Chuck, Jared was fantastic as Lucifer, loved the brother stuff, Cas sleeping in the car, Dean saying "I'm Here Sammy, I'm not going to leave you," Mother fucking Chuck being GOD, Cas being a top angel, all of it.
So thank you Supernatural for a great ride. I know you can't please every fan but you did good to me. I'm excited to see where this all goes next season.....just don't fuck it up. :)
Love, PANTS
I love that this episode was one big BROTHER episode. It was a true tribute to them, in how choosing family means sticking by them (not trying to kill them, angels) and how Brother love (and I mean that in no Wincest way possible) can pierce through the veil of darkness and save the day. The Sam and Dean montage had me crying (I'm crying right now just thinking about it) and I loved that in the end Dean got to see just how much he meant to Sam as well. When Sam broke out of Lucifer's hold and told Dean not to worry, well....it's like he was the one taking care of him. And now I'm a mess.
......
Ok, obviously I am not enthusiastic about the Dean/Lisa thing. I feel like this came out of nowhere and I'm not entirely sure why they felt the need to give him this love interest in the end but you know what, it does make sense with his character. Dean is someone who holds on to the past, tightly, and so it follows with his character that in the end of things his mind would wander to what he thinks of as the girl that got away. Now, I'm pretty sure 90% of why he thinks she is the girl that got away is because of Ben and because he doesn't really have anyone else. With Cassie there was a sense of finality to their relationship at the end of Route 666 but with Lisa, things were still open. Is she the love of his life? No. But I can see how Dean would make her out to be.
Now, I'm coping with this by thinking of it this way: Dean chose Lisa because she is easy, it is easy to fall in to a relationship with her, its familiar. Being with Castiel would be considerably harder on many levels. I think Dean has feelings for Cas. I don't think we Dean/Cas shippers made that up but I also think he's not ready to deal with them. Also, Cas made it pretty clear that he was leaving so even more of a reason why Dean wouldn't leap at him - fear of rejection, blah blah.
I told this to the_ninth_bow , last night on skype. I want Season 6 to open like this: Dean and Castiel sitting on a bench somewhere talking. Dean tells Cas that he doesn't have to keep coming in and checking on him every month but Cas just smiles because he knows, as does Dean, that Dean doesn't mean it. He likes that Castiel pops in now and again just to say hello. Make it happen, Sera Gamble.
In the end, I loved it. Was it a perfect episode? No. I think they came as close to a perfect episode as they're going to get with The Song Remains the Same, but it was a Damn Good one. Great even. I loved the Impala bits, Chuck, Jared was fantastic as Lucifer, loved the brother stuff, Cas sleeping in the car, Dean saying "I'm Here Sammy, I'm not going to leave you," Mother fucking Chuck being GOD, Cas being a top angel, all of it.
So thank you Supernatural for a great ride. I know you can't please every fan but you did good to me. I'm excited to see where this all goes next season.....just don't fuck it up. :)
Love, PANTS