Does ANYONE out there still enjoy this?

[ratherastory]

It feels like everywhere I turn, all I'm seeing is angry SPN fans. People who hate the storyline. People who hate Amelia. People who hate Benny. People who hate Cas. People who hate the flashbacks/story structure.

People who hate Sam because he's clearly 100% in the wrong and want him to DIAF for being such a terrible brother to Dean.

People who hate Dean because he's clearly 100% in the wrong and want him to DIAF for being such a terrible brother to Sam.

So I figured I'd do a poll, for SCIENCE. What are your feelings, flist? Do you all really hate things as much as it feels like you do? Or are there some of you out there who are still enjoying yourselves?

[Poll #1883371]

Comments

[ph0enix-flyer.livejournal.com]

I'm lovin' it.

Me and my friend watched the latter part of season 6 and all through season 7 together and he's really starting to lose interest in it, now. He dislikes that Sam and Dean are always at odds over petty things, he feels the plotholes are widening, the twists are 'eh' and the the plot is driven by circumstances and not the characters.

Those are his opinions and I can see where he's coming from with most of them.
The plot hole thing I certainly can, but most of the plotholes he lists aren't actually important to the brothers now (like the Anti-Christ child and other characters falling off of the map). Not to mention that this season they've been better for mentioning the show's past than they have been in at least 3 seasons.
The twists I love. So I disagree completely on that one.
The first and last points are connected, and I can see his point, but I don't agree.

Sam and Dean have done nothing but argue over the past few seasons or so. However, there has always been some major reasoning for it in the past: Hell & demon blood, saying 'Yes', lack of a soul and inconceivable betrayals, insanity and redemption.
This time - though going to Purgatory wasn't a little thing by any means - the argument the brothers are having is actually a PETTY one. Klutzy_girl said it best: the whole thing is just shades of grey. Neither brother is wrong, but neither brother is seeing the others' side. Someone or something needs to drive the brothers together to sort it, because they clearly need a shove (though the episode 10 promo makes an intervention to their arguing look promising).
It's annoying seeing the brothers so at-odds because, in the past, noone has EVER had to remind the brothers that they have each other. I dislike that Benny, Garth and Cas have had to repeatedly show the brothers what they've still got in each other. But still, that's not something we've seen in this way before and the brothers are adults now; they're going to clash a lot, as staying together at this age isn't normal for men.

As for the storyline and Cas?
All I can say is that it's better than the Leviathan one was. Plus, we've been rather spoiled in the past. We're judging the storyline on past epic seasons such as 4 and 5. If the order had been different and those two were how the show ended, I doubt anyone would be complaining anywhere near as much about 6, 7 and 8.
And Cas is my favourite character. I'm not bothered by his presence at all. Though it does bother me that the guy keeps getting whammied into things like insanity or power-loss in order to be able to actually keep him around. But, that's what you get when you introduce such a powerful character. What's looking like genuine mind-control from his own kind is something new, and I'm excited to see how it goes.

[thisweshallsee.livejournal.com]

"...and the brothers are adults now; they're going to clash a lot, as staying together at this age isn't normal for men."

Yes! This, exactly! This seems to be the exact point that so many seem to be missing. It IS only natural that two mature, adult men want to lead their own lives and be their own man-it had nothing to do with not loving each other, but that's just a part of growing up, to stand on your own two feet, and lead your own life, making your own decissions.