You have a point! Thing is, in the third season, Ruby did seem to have some sort of motivation separate from the guys—they never went into it, but it was implied. Now? She's in love with Sam, I think, and god, that's killing me. SHE'S DOING IT ALL FOR A MAN, that's never been done before, great. This is why I didn't mind Bela as a character. She wasn't supposed to be a good guy, after all, and like her or hate her, it's hard to deny that she was a character that existed separate from the Winchesters, she did her own thing and had her own motivations, and they were somewhat compelling ones, even. But this isn't just restricted to the female characters. After all, what does Bobby do, nowadays, but swoop in periodically to save Sam and Dean's asses? If Sam and Dean were making like, any kind of progression whatsoever, ANY kind of character development, I wouldn't mind as much. But they aren't. And now every secondary character is just, like, half a person, because they don't exist beyond how they help the boys? Er.
I think Kripke caters too much to what he thinks the fans want to see, thus Jo getting kicked off when everyone hated her and Bela getting eaten by dogs when everyone hated her. You can't keep everyone happy! And if you try, you end up ... being really uninteresting, man.
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Date: 2009-02-09 05:46 am (UTC)I think Kripke caters too much to what he thinks the fans want to see, thus Jo getting kicked off when everyone hated her and Bela getting eaten by dogs when everyone hated her. You can't keep everyone happy! And if you try, you end up ... being really uninteresting, man.
Aha, it's fine. ^^