Gosh, I totally agree--5.22 was both totally devastating and very weird. It really was Kripke's finale, in the way it short-circuited things back to the concerns of S1-2, with an overlay of stuff from the past two years, but ignoring a lot of the plot arcs that seemed central to S4-5 (more egregiously, poor old Cas...).
But in so far as it went back to the things (and by things, you know I mean emotions, not plot points *g*) that made the first couple of seasons so compelling, it was awesome....
Also weird: even though, like you said, it seemed like it wrapped things up with nowhere for S6 to go, there's been a crazy outpouring of fic. Mostly of the fix-it variety, I guess, but still, it's been much more of a spur to creativity than 4.22, imo.
And yes--I really cannot stand the idea of Ben and Lisa dying. I'd kinda be on board with soccer-dad!Dean myself, but I guess I would say that *g*
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Date: 2010-05-18 02:33 am (UTC)But in so far as it went back to the things (and by things, you know I mean emotions, not plot points *g*) that made the first couple of seasons so compelling, it was awesome....
Also weird: even though, like you said, it seemed like it wrapped things up with nowhere for S6 to go, there's been a crazy outpouring of fic. Mostly of the fix-it variety, I guess, but still, it's been much more of a spur to creativity than 4.22, imo.
And yes--I really cannot stand the idea of Ben and Lisa dying. I'd kinda be on board with soccer-dad!Dean myself, but I guess I would say that *g*