Part of it obviously is that Sam and Dean are really the only characters in Supernatural. It's not like Heroes or Lost where you have these large casts with multiple, complicated relationships and storylines. Every secondary character we come across are defined to us, the viewer, by how they relate to the boys.
But that's only part of it and it really is a shame from the fic perspective. Obviously, one of the roles of fic is to comment on canon and the existing storylines, but another part (the part I like best) is to tell the stories that don't get told. And those are the stories that lie with the secondary characters.
I used to read a lot of Harry Potter fanfiction, but I was never interested in Trio fic. I wanted to see what the MWPP were up to, or Neville (hell, all of the Longbottoms were interesting), or Luna, or the professors. Harry and Ron and Hermione's stories were Rowling's stories, but there was still this huge, complicated world the fic writer/reader could delve into.
That exists in Supernatural too, though admittedly to a much lesser extent, and I really wish other writers would see it. Because I love Sam and Dean, but I love Andy and Jo and Mary and Missouri too. And what about Pastor John? Or even Jake? Supernatural is, at its heart, a show about stories and how important they are, so there really should be more stories than Sam and Dean kill a monster, Sam and Dean angst a lot, Sam and Dean do laundry. We have those stories every week. What about everyone elses?
Point being, I don't what my point is. Probably that I'm longwinded.
Stories about the other special kids like Lily? The obligatory Lilith/Castiel fic? (I want that last one so much) Hee. That's the second time today someone has mentioned the desire for a Lily fic. And Lilith/Castiel, hmm. I'd never even thought about that before, but now I want it too. XD
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Date: 2009-09-05 06:15 am (UTC)But that's only part of it and it really is a shame from the fic perspective. Obviously, one of the roles of fic is to comment on canon and the existing storylines, but another part (the part I like best) is to tell the stories that don't get told. And those are the stories that lie with the secondary characters.
I used to read a lot of Harry Potter fanfiction, but I was never interested in Trio fic. I wanted to see what the MWPP were up to, or Neville (hell, all of the Longbottoms were interesting), or Luna, or the professors. Harry and Ron and Hermione's stories were Rowling's stories, but there was still this huge, complicated world the fic writer/reader could delve into.
That exists in Supernatural too, though admittedly to a much lesser extent, and I really wish other writers would see it. Because I love Sam and Dean, but I love Andy and Jo and Mary and Missouri too. And what about Pastor John? Or even Jake? Supernatural is, at its heart, a show about stories and how important they are, so there really should be more stories than Sam and Dean kill a monster, Sam and Dean angst a lot, Sam and Dean do laundry. We have those stories every week. What about everyone elses?
Point being, I don't what my point is. Probably that I'm longwinded.
Stories about the other special kids like Lily? The obligatory Lilith/Castiel fic? (I want that last one so much)
Hee. That's the second time today someone has mentioned the desire for a Lily fic. And Lilith/Castiel, hmm. I'd never even thought about that before, but now I want it too. XD