I cannot believe that I'm reading multiple Supernatural posts on my flist today....
But I love reading your thoughts! Like you, I've long since stopped caring about the show, but all this stuff is absolutely fascinating.
by leaving out this onscreen reunion AND not showing an endgame romantic partner for Dean, they manage to avoid saying the final word on Dean's sexuality, full stop. therefore avoiding heat from conservative homophobic general audience members and network censorship equally.
RIGHT? I mean, they absolutely took the cowardly way out, but, like, did we expect them to suddenly have a backbone? I'm really taken with your argument that they wanted to Go There with Destiel all along and just didn't feel that they were able to. I don't know how true that is, but it certainly seems like a real possibility?
Who knows? All I know is that I am always amazed at the way TV writers consistently try to please everyone and end up pleasing no one. How does it happen so often?
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Date: 2020-11-21 12:44 am (UTC)But I love reading your thoughts! Like you, I've long since stopped caring about the show, but all this stuff is absolutely fascinating.
by leaving out this onscreen reunion AND not showing an endgame romantic partner for Dean, they manage to avoid saying the final word on Dean's sexuality, full stop. therefore avoiding heat from conservative homophobic general audience members and network censorship equally.
RIGHT? I mean, they absolutely took the cowardly way out, but, like, did we expect them to suddenly have a backbone? I'm really taken with your argument that they wanted to Go There with Destiel all along and just didn't feel that they were able to. I don't know how true that is, but it certainly seems like a real possibility?
Who knows? All I know is that I am always amazed at the way TV writers consistently try to please everyone and end up pleasing no one. How does it happen so often?