The Renaissance Rose

wild mood swings

constant need for attention

hearing about All my problems

crying

having my latest hyperfixation explained to you in excruciating detail

1-5: GREAT stuff. big plot is clear (find dad, figure out what’s wrong with sam, save dean from hell, prevent the apocalypse, stop the apocalypse) and fresh each season with clear stakes and I’m completely invested! im fond of big stakes done well so I especially love s4 and s5, but its all great. unfortunately it’s generally downhill from here

6: civil war in heaven is a logical extension of the power vacuum left by s5, even if the stakes being a repeat of the apocalypse they just stopped is frustrating. soulless sam and the alpha monsters plot are interesting and whatever respectively. the man who would be king does a LOT of heavy lifting to retroactively make this season fit together and feel coherent. better on a rewatch because of this

7: the leviathans are a pretty fun and unique villain but for most of the middle of the season it really becomes a drag. this is also the last time seeing mark pellegrino on my screen won’t make me want to commit homicide

8: I hate stupid brother fights and that’s the real main conflict of this (and the next two seasons). closing the gates of hell was a good concept tho.

9: I hate stupid brother fights I hate the mark of Cain. Angels on earth was kinda cool at first but got old very fast. metatron is pretty original as a villain but enters late with weak motivations and abbadon is an anticlimactic letdown.

10: I HATE STUPID BROTHER FIGHTS AND I HATE THE MARK OF CAIN!!!!! Relatively coherent and straightforward but absolutely miserable to watch

11: gets a HUGE boost by coming off of 3 straight seasons of stupid brother conflict, and “gods sister” is kinda jumping the shark but it felt relatively fresh and pretty coherent, though the lucifer side plot drags it down a lot.

12: much as I come to love ketch in later seasons, “British people” is a really stupid big bad. It’s novel at least! The stakes are confusing and hard to stay bought into, and once again Lucifer drags it down. Antichrist baby is fine stuff but overall there are just too many irons in the fire here and it’s hard to emotionally keep track of

13: lucifer is annoying and I simply do not care about apocalypse world. At no point does the show actually manage to get me bought in on apocalypse world, it’s so whatever to me. Boring boring main plot.

14: same problem as 13. I don’t CARE about apocalypse world and im BORED. whatever. michael is boring his threatened apocalypse is boring his nothing vibes and peaky blinders outfit are cringe. Jack’s first arc losing his powers is really strong but the soulless arc feels frustratingly idiot plot

Edwin repeatedly brings up Hell, like he wants to add “so there, nyah” but he’s too proper. Charles says Edwin has told him loads of stories about his time there too.

Tragic “I was once a mighty walrus” Mick.

Esther tells teenage kids currently foiling her plans that she made a deal with a primordial goddess. Also, the snake thing. She doesn’t question how Crystal learned about Esther’s cheating husband—how well known is that story?

Nico tells someone she just met about her dad dying, dropping out of school, not being able to read her mother’s letters.

Crystal doesn’t even remember her past, but she’ll vent about her asshole ex-boyfriend and getting out of a bad relationship with her landlord she’s known for a day.

She’s using the “treat my trauma like a joke so I don’t have to actually deal” method, but Jenny does bring up her alcoholic father.

Aisha the gift shop owner only has a few minutes of screen time but still manages to mention she does acid and paints primordial goddesses.

The three most secretive people are Monty (and you know he’d be chattering about his actual past instead of his made up one if he could), the Cat King, and Charles.