Okay, I've been watching Vampire Diaries lately and thinking about both shows while doing it. Which show is better? I actually think that Vampire Diaries has been the better show for the last two years. I'm addicted and obsessed with Supernatural so that I usually excuse what happens on it. I think Vampire Diaries has better producers, writers and directors. And how many of them are women. It's funny that fans of Supernatural want emotion from Sam and Dean, but who's always writing the show. Men. Sera Gamble seemed to be the last woman and now she's gone as well. I wonder if Supernatural will even have any women writers write any of season 8 at all. Maybe that's why there is a lot of Sam and Dean together, but there is zero emotions between them anymore.
Vampire Diaries has rich characters and you see all their stories on screen and played out there. While on Supernatural, you see Dean's struggles and conflicts, but hardly any of Sam's. VD has a bigger cast and they somehow manage to tell all the characters stories and I feel for all the characters. While on Supernatural there are two main characters and lately I feel nothing for either of them. Sam's whole story and struggles are mainly off screen. By the time they do hit the screen, it's like who cares anymore and then they are usually minimized by other guest stars. I used to love Bobby, but I stopped loving him when he ended up being a spirit and I saw every emotion he ever had, but nothing of Sam. I would probably care about other characters on Supernatural if I could only see some of Sam's emotions, struggles and story line on the screen instead of off where I have to make up what I think has happened to Sam or what he's going through. You don't hardly ever get to see it on screen, so most of the time, Sam is just a one dimensional character that basically has zero emotions or it comes across like that.
Now back to Bobby. I hate how the writers tried to turn him into Sam and Dean's father and that they had some loving bond between them and Bobby had always been there for them when they were little and when they got older. Almost like John didn't exist or never cared or loved his sons. There isn't one scene between Bobby, Sam and Dean that holds a candle to the scene where Sam and Dean saw John in Shadow. The hug Dean gave John and then the tears in John and Sam's eyes when they looked at each other and then hugged.
The last real time I felt like crying was when Sam was talking to the young version of John and telling him that he loved him. Otherwise I haven't felt like crying at any scenes I've seen. I laugh more than I feel anything for Sam and Dean.
Almost all the characters of VD are supernatural in some way. There are vampires, werewolves, witches and hunters. They don't have to be human to make me feel for their characters. I felt more for Sam in Supernatural in the first five seasons because there was something Supernatural about him. He was psychic and he had powers and felt like a freak and an outsider. Now, he's just supposed to be a regular human being and nothing more. Dean went from a character I loved to a whining and sniveling baby. It's like they constantly shoved his emotions and feelings in your face all the time. Like you should feel sorry for him, but not Sam. The more the writers did that, the less I loved Dean.
I've been reading just a few spoilers for both shows and I'm more excited reading what's coming up for VD than for Supernatural. Who the hell wants to see more new characters on Supernatural? I wish they'd bring back some of the good older ones instead like Jodie Mills. Instead they'll probably bring back computer hacker. That had to be the worst episode of the show ever. You might as well have called it something else besides Supernatural for one episode. It was like the Felicia Day and Charlie Show and Sam and Dean were like guest stars on their own show. I like guest stars, but they should never be the main focus of a show with the main characters in the background revolving around them. I want Sam and Dean and the guest stars revolving around their story instead.
I'm so happy I went back to work on Monday and I haven't had time to read much or even get involved in the insanity of the Supernatural Fandom. How many idiots have Sam practically married to his new love interest? Like they are just going to get together and get married and settle down somewhere and Sam will occasionally go hunting with Dean. Or they think Supernatural is a show like Charmed or Buffy where the characters live in one place and can have a working relationship with someone. Sam and Dean are always on the road going from place to place, so if they have a love interest or girlfriend, then they either will have to deal with them always being gone or go riding around with them.
I've been thinking about Sam's love interest and wondering if she's mainly going to be in flashbacks. Maybe Sam was with her when Dean was in purgatory and things didn't go that smoothly and then he sees her again when Dean gets back and she calls Sam up for help. Nothing is ever what it seems when it comes to what will happen. Maybe Sam will just meet her in episode 3 and then I still don't know how he'll have any kind of lasting loving relationship with her. Or like I said before. She could just be there so Sam can have someone to have sex with. Or maybe she's going to start out being a friend and get close to Sam and it becomes more or it was more and they ended it. Who knows?
I'm sure I'll be watching Supernatural when it comes back on in Oct and I'll get more excited for the Vegas Con when it gets closer. I am happy and relieved I got my J & J photo op and I want to get a Jared solo as well. I just get depressed about what's going to happen next on the show. I'm not excited for season 8 yet either. I haven't read anything that has got me even excited or happy about what could happen. It could end up that I love season 8 and it's one of the best or it could end up being my least favorite. Hopefully, I will not be lied to about good and exciting things coming up for Sam's character only to be disappointed again like season 7. I really thought that Sam was finally going to have his story played out on screen instead of off and I only got a few good scenes and that was it and then Sam pressed on his hand, but never knew what was really happening to him or what he was feeling. Sam was more worried about Dean and it seemed Dean didn't even give a crap what was happening to Sam the whole time. Dean just thought Sam should press on some scar like it was magic and it made everything go away. I guess it did. It made Sam's whole story go away.
I'm going to keep staying away from message boards and other crazy fans out there. Not all of them are crazy, but some are nutty. I think some Supernatural fans like to bitch and treat other fans like crap more than they like to watch the show. I think some of them don't even watch the show that much and make crap up in their heads or they read fan fiction and then think that's what happened instead of what really happened. I think when I stay away from the extreme and crazy fans out there, I'm happier and the show is better when I watch it without thinking of what others have said about it.
