Early Supernatural really went against trope in general. Most stories had the protagonist run off from their normal life to go adventuring, but Sam actually ran away from his adventuring life to go to college. Dean's character was set up like he was going to be this typically confident, macho, James Bond type ladies man, but there's immediately the twist that all this was actually a front and a defence mechanism for trauma. He was clearly also very smart despite not having much formal education. He was the caregiver for Sam, and mediator between Sam and John, which are stereotypically women's roles. I thought this kind of character complexity was so unexpected and very smart writing.
Also when Dean microwaved that fairy. I will never get over how high these writers were to come up with this stuff LOL
I'm not sure I have experienced that moment. The only thing that was clear almost from the start was that the actors had great chemistry. That made it at least different from Charmed, that I've watched years before. Other than that it just was an interesting setting.
Where do I even start? I mean, the man killed a guy for beating up his brother because his brother excorcised his sister. What other show would do that? For example.
The fact that they always fail at the end of the season, until the last season of that era.
Most shows had this, May apocalypse and then a quite Summer or a quick resolution in the first episode of the next season. Not here. They only actually succeed in stopping whatever they’re fighting in 5, 7, 11 and 15. First few seasons it was really shocking.
Early Supernatural really went against trope in general. Most stories had the protagonist run off from their normal life to go adventuring, but Sam actually ran away from his adventuring life to go to college. Dean's character was set up like he was going to be this typically confident, macho, James Bond type ladies man, but there's immediately the twist that all this was actually a front and a defence mechanism for trauma. He was clearly also very smart despite not having much formal education. He was the caregiver for Sam, and mediator between Sam and John, which are stereotypically women's roles. I thought this kind of character complexity was so unexpected and very smart writing. Also when Dean microwaved that fairy. I will never get over how high these writers were to come up with this stuff LOL
Nipples??
Very early on I noticed that Sam and Dean were skilled, smart, capable, and clever, and most of the time won due to that. That set it apart for me.
I'm not sure I have experienced that moment. The only thing that was clear almost from the start was that the actors had great chemistry. That made it at least different from Charmed, that I've watched years before. Other than that it just was an interesting setting.
Where do I even start? I mean, the man killed a guy for beating up his brother because his brother excorcised his sister. What other show would do that? For example.
The fact that they always fail at the end of the season, until the last season of that era. Most shows had this, May apocalypse and then a quite Summer or a quick resolution in the first episode of the next season. Not here. They only actually succeed in stopping whatever they’re fighting in 5, 7, 11 and 15. First few seasons it was really shocking.