Thank you so much for you kind words. This fandom is full of such great ideas and idea-sharers that what you wrote is a huge compliment. :)
even in those in-your-face Dean episodes we still get plenty of Sam characterization.
Yes, "Skin" and "CWPWDT" also come to mind. In fact, I think it would be pretty hard to come by a Dean or Sam-centric episode where we didn't learn a tiny something about the other brother OR their plot wasn't advanced. The only two episodes that may be the exceptions are "WiaWSNB" and "Mystery Spot" where the purpose of the other brother was to either not be them self or not to change and, subsequently, their plots were also put on hold.
I think the converse also holds true; there are few Sam-centric episodes were Dean isn't also served in some capacity. Even "Heart" gave us some pretty heavy Sam and Dean dynamic in the last five minutes.
I think the perception about the show being all about Sam stems in part from Sam and Dean's preception of it being all about Sam.
Good point. When everyone else (the characters) are staring at something (Sam) and saying "it's all about him", then of course the audience is going to become hyper aware of that. And artfully manipulating the audience and directing the focus is part of the writers' job. When done properly, they create a semi-transparent smoke screen whereby we're too busy watching other things (the things they want us to watch) to consciously notice them laying the foundation for future plot points. So when they're revealed, they're surprising but, upon inspection, aren't completely out of left field (of course, the semi-truck bashing the Impala S1 was pretty left field ... literally, heh).
I'm curious to see if the repeated "it's all about Sam" lines are part of the distract and deflect routine or not. Part of me thinks Kripke wouldn't jerk us around like that, but then again reversals seem to be gaining in popularity ... and irony rules.
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Date: 2008-04-20 07:13 am (UTC)even in those in-your-face Dean episodes we still get plenty of Sam characterization.
Yes, "Skin" and "CWPWDT" also come to mind. In fact, I think it would be pretty hard to come by a Dean or Sam-centric episode where we didn't learn a tiny something about the other brother OR their plot wasn't advanced. The only two episodes that may be the exceptions are "WiaWSNB" and "Mystery Spot" where the purpose of the other brother was to either not be them self or not to change and, subsequently, their plots were also put on hold.
I think the converse also holds true; there are few Sam-centric episodes were Dean isn't also served in some capacity. Even "Heart" gave us some pretty heavy Sam and Dean dynamic in the last five minutes.
I think the perception about the show being all about Sam stems in part from Sam and Dean's preception of it being all about Sam.
Good point. When everyone else (the characters) are staring at something (Sam) and saying "it's all about him", then of course the audience is going to become hyper aware of that. And artfully manipulating the audience and directing the focus is part of the writers' job. When done properly, they create a semi-transparent smoke screen whereby we're too busy watching other things (the things they want us to watch) to consciously notice them laying the foundation for future plot points. So when they're revealed, they're surprising but, upon inspection, aren't completely out of left field (of course, the semi-truck bashing the Impala S1 was pretty left field ... literally, heh).
I'm curious to see if the repeated "it's all about Sam" lines are part of the distract and deflect routine or not. Part of me thinks Kripke wouldn't jerk us around like that, but then again reversals seem to be gaining in popularity ... and irony rules.