I know that, for me, it's like the writers are having Sam say the "right" things this season but it just rings hollow. It feels as if there are these sudden realizations in the writers' room of, "Oh! Time for Sam to be a good brother!", instead of having those moments play out inside a solid framework of Sam being about Dean.
Absolutely. It's telling not showing -- say says the right things but we seldom see any genuine feeling to back them up.
It's so revealing how this bit was left out of the "The End" script, but so many of us still came away from that episode with absolute conviction that Castiel was devoted to Dean above all else. See, now that's great showing instead of telling. We didn't need to hear Castiel say something like this -- the truth of it was blindingly obvious in his actions, in his very demeanor.
They have been unable to effect the same thing with Sam. I don't know if it's because the writers are themselves at sea about Sam and Dean's relationship, or because Jared can't convey subtle emotions the way Misha can, and so they wind up writing lines for Sam that never feel genuine or heartfelt.
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Date: 2011-06-18 03:00 pm (UTC)Absolutely. It's telling not showing -- say says the right things but we seldom see any genuine feeling to back them up.
It's so revealing how this bit was left out of the "The End" script, but so many of us still came away from that episode with absolute conviction that Castiel was devoted to Dean above all else. See, now that's great showing instead of telling. We didn't need to hear Castiel say something like this -- the truth of it was blindingly obvious in his actions, in his very demeanor.
They have been unable to effect the same thing with Sam. I don't know if it's because the writers are themselves at sea about Sam and Dean's relationship, or because Jared can't convey subtle emotions the way Misha can, and so they wind up writing lines for Sam that never feel genuine or heartfelt.