And Bobby and Castiel, while I love them both, have gotten more screentime than any female char or char of color.
I think the problem lies within a very vocal fan base that I think for once, TPTB paid too much attention to. Everyone in their mother has hated every female character on the show or has b*tched about them in the places that the producers read (hence why I skip most SPN posts elsewhere). I recall when Jo and Ellen were first introduced how much the fans screamed. Same goes for Ruby. Of course it's because they don't want anyone 'touching their boys', but I've seen on many occasions where Kripe said he wrote off a character based on fan response and I guess when you are dependent on 3 million or less he's way to sensitive to that. And that can be a bit scary.
I loved Jo and Ellen they just were not on the show enough and when they brought them back to only kill them, yeah that hurt. But, I used to analyze the shows I loved a lot and ended up getting caught up in the negative aspects and running the fun out of them. But as you said, I don’t watch the show too much for plot and I still love it a lot despite some of its issues.
And the funny thing is that SPN has more female writers than on any show I've ever watched. Now that doesn’t make you scratch your head :-P
Thanks for ‘discussing’ it with me. I’m normally very scared to talk about this show except with a few select few :D
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Date: 2010-02-06 09:47 pm (UTC)I think the problem lies within a very vocal fan base that I think for once, TPTB paid too much attention to. Everyone in their mother has hated every female character on the show or has b*tched about them in the places that the producers read (hence why I skip most SPN posts elsewhere). I recall when Jo and Ellen were first introduced how much the fans screamed. Same goes for Ruby. Of course it's because they don't want anyone 'touching their boys', but I've seen on many occasions where Kripe said he wrote off a character based on fan response and I guess when you are dependent on 3 million or less he's way to sensitive to that. And that can be a bit scary.
I loved Jo and Ellen they just were not on the show enough and when they brought them back to only kill them, yeah that hurt. But, I used to analyze the shows I loved a lot and ended up getting caught up in the negative aspects and running the fun out of them. But as you said, I don’t watch the show too much for plot and I still love it a lot despite some of its issues.
And the funny thing is that SPN has more female writers than on any show I've ever watched. Now that doesn’t make you scratch your head :-P
Thanks for ‘discussing’ it with me. I’m normally very scared to talk about this show except with a few select few :D