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It‘s a new day and I‘m feeling my feels about the total (as far as I saw) lack of writer/ showrunner commentary on the end and the mixed fan reactions. I mean even just ignore us raging here - can‘t even say anything to those who loved it...? (Not that I‘d like it)
It‘s like I need them to justify and explain their decisions. Make me understand how this is supposed to do all the things the showrunners promised - a worthy ending, that won‘t leave fans feeling like they „wasted“ years loving the show. Celebrating what the show is about etc
Before the finale aired I felt good about the ending - s15 had shown and disavowed bad Chuck endings. The narrative had taken a certain direction. It would be ridiculous to betray their narrative, but the issue is that SPN always had brushes with ridiculousness...
Do I really have to leave this show faced with the reality that they just weren‘t as good at storytelling as I had believed? That all that made SPN amazing in last seasons were happy accidents or the dedicated work of a few?
Not to mention the work I put in as a fan looking for meaning, reading between the lines, going further. It‘s like SPN gave us fragments &fandom made it amazing. And the ending was them pulling back the veil and exposing that they‘ve been just another mediocre show all along...?
It‘s a moment of deep dissonance. Like a bad wig in a supposedly emotional montage. Here‘s this show I loved with intense mythology, complex characters with satisfying character growth arc with themes of family and always keep fighting. And then there‘s the finale
And it tells me that nothing I have watched the last few years had any meaning. That the show is still what it was in 2005 - and I don‘t mean that in a good way...
