Hi Janie! It's good to see you back! Btw, are you on tumblr? I'm over there more and more these days - I miss LJ, but Tumblr is much more active these days it seems. I have the same username, if you'd like to add :)
Agreed with you on SPN S8's direction so far...on the whole I've really liked S8 a lot better than S6 or S7- neither of which I hated, but they didn't have a whole lot of direction. I think S8 has been much more cohesive and enjoyable so far.
On Meg/Cas vs. Dean/Cas...yeah, I also don't get why anyone would think it sunk the ship, especially considering what happened after. Yeah, the Meg/Cas scenes rubbed me the wrong way, and it does sort of frustrate me that a relationship like that is arguably more "canon" than Dean/Cas. I mean, Meg and Cas have had a tiny fraction of the screen time together that Dean and Cas have, and their relationship is nowhere near as developed, significant, and emotional, but because they've kissed and overtly flirted once or twice, they're considered more "canon."
I don't know if Dean/Cas is ever going to be canon or not. I go back and forth on the issue in my head all the time. My gut instinct still is that it's not, but then I look at everything they've done so far and I just think, why lay all that foundation if they're not going to follow through? Maybe, like you said, they're planning to leave it open so they can go there if they want to. At this point, it feels like they've laid so much foundation that they not only could, but SHOULD follow through on it. So I really don't know. If it never becomes canon, I won't be heartbroken or anything, but it just seems like they've teased us and gotten our hopes up a hell of a lot if they're not intending to go there.
Anyway, I'm not losing any sleep over Meg/Cas in any event. Wasn't a fan of it but I'm moving on. I'm far more interested in the amazing character development we've gotten for Dean and for Dean and Cas's relationship. So, we'll see!
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Agreed with you on SPN S8's direction so far...on the whole I've really liked S8 a lot better than S6 or S7- neither of which I hated, but they didn't have a whole lot of direction. I think S8 has been much more cohesive and enjoyable so far.
On Meg/Cas vs. Dean/Cas...yeah, I also don't get why anyone would think it sunk the ship, especially considering what happened after. Yeah, the Meg/Cas scenes rubbed me the wrong way, and it does sort of frustrate me that a relationship like that is arguably more "canon" than Dean/Cas. I mean, Meg and Cas have had a tiny fraction of the screen time together that Dean and Cas have, and their relationship is nowhere near as developed, significant, and emotional, but because they've kissed and overtly flirted once or twice, they're considered more "canon."
I don't know if Dean/Cas is ever going to be canon or not. I go back and forth on the issue in my head all the time. My gut instinct still is that it's not, but then I look at everything they've done so far and I just think, why lay all that foundation if they're not going to follow through? Maybe, like you said, they're planning to leave it open so they can go there if they want to. At this point, it feels like they've laid so much foundation that they not only could, but SHOULD follow through on it. So I really don't know. If it never becomes canon, I won't be heartbroken or anything, but it just seems like they've teased us and gotten our hopes up a hell of a lot if they're not intending to go there.
Anyway, I'm not losing any sleep over Meg/Cas in any event. Wasn't a fan of it but I'm moving on. I'm far more interested in the amazing character development we've gotten for Dean and for Dean and Cas's relationship. So, we'll see!