Jensen seriously has been phoning it in. Thank you for saying that. Honestly, I suspect that's one of the reasons Jared's been shining. He's generally so attentive to Jensen's needs, so careful to give Jensen space and not take up too much himself. Even the way he makes his body smaller sometimes, and how he's always quick to joke or smile or make himself look silly whenever he might seem threatening. And since Sam was originally the starring role, and Dean could have been just a sidekick, I suspect Jared's always even more aware of keeping things equal between him and Jensen - or slightly at Jensen's favor. So I suspect since Jensen's been less invested in the show, Jared's been able to grab more of the spotlight and show more of his ability.
I get the feeling Jensen is really tired of doing the show. I wrote fic. I didn't dare to finish it. It's depressing. And for all he tries to stick it out, I get the feeling he has a problem with not getting the main arc, for two seasons now (at least. I don't know what to say about seasons 6-7, in s6 both got arcs, I'd say, and season 7... IDK. But Dean got more attention that now). And well - as painful as it is for fans (ok, for me) to look at the show, the boys, the writing, sort of not being this thing we love so much -- it's gotta be hurting Jensen a lot. Which may be the reason he's not bringing his emotions into it like before. He's sensitive... He loves this role so much partially because of Dean's character. Hes' done an outstanding job of developing it and with it, going through all of those amazing things. And now all these disjointed crumbs - and the ratings are up - ugh :-(
Season 9, time for a baby.
In D/C fic I think that's much more often handled by creating an AU. The question of why there are so many AUs in D/C (I haven't seen a single canon fic posted for DCBB, I swear), and hardly any in S/D is interesting in itself, and I don't really have an answer.
Oh! That is interesting! Are the characters in the AUs a common fanon, or related to the way they are at certain points of the show, or is it different between stories, or something else? For some reason there are very few AUs for Sam/Dean, as you said, and so so many AUs for Jensen/Jared. What's it like for Jensen/Misha? I think I maybe read one or two of those, ever, without other people involved...
Perhaps Sam/Dean is just an older pairing, and the others developed a bit later, in time for the fandom trend of AUs? That doesn't feel like a sufficient explanation :/ I have the feeling if I loved AUs I'd have more answers.
And I agree that Sam gets little "official" characterization. The strongest attempt at that was S4, but then the show got bored with it, and canon Sam has been weirdly passive ever since, even when he's dying for our sins (twice!)
Yeah, Jared gets *so* little to work with. I'm really pleased with what he's been doing with it lately. I do get most of my feeling of Sam from canon ( I believe), but it's not "official" characterization... OTOH, Dean is more in danger of becoming a caricature, when the writers have things like pie to hit every time without having to develop something new. Very few people love pie that passionately, as such a central part of their identity .
Dean has gotten more development over the years, but I'm not sure all the development actually forms a coherent whole anymore
You're right :-( Ouch :-(
(Purgatory cures alcoholism? Why not?)
But Jensen said! ;-) It's in the air. Now that there are taxis, perhaps someone will open a rehab center.
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I get the feeling Jensen is really tired of doing the show. I wrote fic. I didn't dare to finish it. It's depressing. And for all he tries to stick it out, I get the feeling he has a problem with not getting the main arc, for two seasons now (at least. I don't know what to say about seasons 6-7, in s6 both got arcs, I'd say, and season 7... IDK. But Dean got more attention that now). And well - as painful as it is for fans (ok, for me) to look at the show, the boys, the writing, sort of not being this thing we love so much -- it's gotta be hurting Jensen a lot. Which may be the reason he's not bringing his emotions into it like before. He's sensitive... He loves this role so much partially because of Dean's character. Hes' done an outstanding job of developing it and with it, going through all of those amazing things. And now all these disjointed crumbs - and the ratings are up - ugh :-(
Season 9, time for a baby.In D/C fic I think that's much more often handled by creating an AU. The question of why there are so many AUs in D/C (I haven't seen a single canon fic posted for DCBB, I swear), and hardly any in S/D is interesting in itself, and I don't really have an answer.
Oh! That is interesting! Are the characters in the AUs a common fanon, or related to the way they are at certain points of the show, or is it different between stories, or something else? For some reason there are very few AUs for Sam/Dean, as you said, and so so many AUs for Jensen/Jared. What's it like for Jensen/Misha? I think I maybe read one or two of those, ever, without other people involved...
Perhaps Sam/Dean is just an older pairing, and the others developed a bit later, in time for the fandom trend of AUs? That doesn't feel like a sufficient explanation :/ I have the feeling if I loved AUs I'd have more answers.
And I agree that Sam gets little "official" characterization. The strongest attempt at that was S4, but then the show got bored with it, and canon Sam has been weirdly passive ever since, even when he's dying for our sins (twice!)
Yeah, Jared gets *so* little to work with. I'm really pleased with what he's been doing with it lately. I do get most of my feeling of Sam from canon ( I believe), but it's not "official" characterization...
OTOH, Dean is more in danger of becoming a caricature, when the writers have things like pie to hit every time without having to develop something new. Very few people love pie that passionately, as such a central part of their identity .
Dean has gotten more development over the years, but I'm not sure all the development actually forms a coherent whole anymore
You're right :-(
Ouch :-(
(Purgatory cures alcoholism? Why not?)
But Jensen said! ;-)
It's in the air. Now that there are taxis, perhaps someone will open a rehab center.