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I've read that Misha Collins will be a series regular on SPN if it gets a fifth season (which is looking more and more likely as I cross my fingers). (ETA: Article: here.) While I probably like Misha Collins more than the average fan (I do mod ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
mishaland after all), I am not sure I like this. Jim Beaver isn't a series regular. JDM wasn't a series regular. I don't think either Ruby was a series regular. While I do like Castiel as a character and think he provides a good counterbalance to the demons, especially Ruby, this is a show about two brothers.
Misha is awesome. I love him dearly. I kind of want to grow up to be him. I am already from Massachusetts and have an improbably ethnic name.
I love Castiel. I have a thing for angels who question authority. I think it comes from growing up Catholic. They can't feel guilt so we can push all of our guilty Catholic needs onto them. I like that Castiel can kick ass and take names (4.01 Lazarus Rising) and then have moments of softness (4.07 It's the Great Pumpkin, Sam Winchester). I like that he's trying to learn to be human and that he still loves God and that he trying to learn compassion and seems to have a better heart than Uriel.
However, he still isn't Sam and Dean. I still think that season two was the best season ever and love to read and write fic there. The show is "epic love story of Sam and Dean," not the show about two guys and their angel buddy.
The one thing that could make this sit better with me is if Ruby became a regular, too. I don't much like Ruby for reasons I have trouble articulating, but Castiel makes me like Ruby more (and I think I might like Castiel more because of Ruby).
Castiel feels like an important counterbalance to Ruby to me. This means that if Castiel became more important, then Ruby would need to counterbalance him for me. They come from opposite sides (Heaven and Hell) and are both trying to move toward the middle (Earth, humanity). I think they could learn a lot from each other if they stopped hating each other so much. They are very much the same.
However, were Castiel alone (or Ruby alone or Bobby alone) to become a regular like Sam and Dean, I would be a sad panda. I'm not even sure why I feel like it would ruin the balance and dynamic of the show, but I think it would. As much as I love our resident angel, he is nowhere near as important as Sam and Dean.
mishaland after all), I am not sure I like this. Jim Beaver isn't a series regular. JDM wasn't a series regular. I don't think either Ruby was a series regular. While I do like Castiel as a character and think he provides a good counterbalance to the demons, especially Ruby, this is a show about two brothers.Misha is awesome. I love him dearly. I kind of want to grow up to be him. I am already from Massachusetts and have an improbably ethnic name.
I love Castiel. I have a thing for angels who question authority. I think it comes from growing up Catholic. They can't feel guilt so we can push all of our guilty Catholic needs onto them. I like that Castiel can kick ass and take names (4.01 Lazarus Rising) and then have moments of softness (4.07 It's the Great Pumpkin, Sam Winchester). I like that he's trying to learn to be human and that he still loves God and that he trying to learn compassion and seems to have a better heart than Uriel.
However, he still isn't Sam and Dean. I still think that season two was the best season ever and love to read and write fic there. The show is "epic love story of Sam and Dean," not the show about two guys and their angel buddy.
The one thing that could make this sit better with me is if Ruby became a regular, too. I don't much like Ruby for reasons I have trouble articulating, but Castiel makes me like Ruby more (and I think I might like Castiel more because of Ruby).
Castiel feels like an important counterbalance to Ruby to me. This means that if Castiel became more important, then Ruby would need to counterbalance him for me. They come from opposite sides (Heaven and Hell) and are both trying to move toward the middle (Earth, humanity). I think they could learn a lot from each other if they stopped hating each other so much. They are very much the same.
However, were Castiel alone (or Ruby alone or Bobby alone) to become a regular like Sam and Dean, I would be a sad panda. I'm not even sure why I feel like it would ruin the balance and dynamic of the show, but I think it would. As much as I love our resident angel, he is nowhere near as important as Sam and Dean.
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I'm thinking of other shows that have many "regulars' -- some are more regular than others. I am not at all knowledgable in this field, but maybe you get the term "regular" if you are in 1/2 of the season? What I'm saying is if you will be in a certain # of eps - you get regular status.
So I don't see him setting up shop in the back seat anytime soon - but I CAN see him appearing in many eps while the battle starts to rage. And even then, you don't know how long his screen time will be. In the Beginning did not have him in many scenes - just a few select scenes. I could handle that.
As for Ruby -- you know the fan base is very divided about her and the actress playing her. It's very possible Kripke is still figuring out how to handle that -- or there may be another actress change or she will not be as prominent as Cas -- we may get other demons - ala Lilith to fill up the demon balance.
So I wouldn't worry - for me -- if 5 is the final season -- I'm soaking it all up and nothing is going to get me down -- in fact I hope we get a big push to make some "direct to DVD" movies after the series ends.