You are absolutely right that polite discourse is often a veneer for racism, sexism, homophobia and most importantly classism (because the standards for politeness are often set by elites). Dean's language can be irritating but it's his behaviour I focus on.
I'm not so much bothered by the female characters who exist to die tragically to provide motivation (for Sam, especially--Dean has motivation covered, and his girlfriends don't die, even though his mother did) because the boys are straight, and if I were a demon who wanted to turn Sam evil, I'd kill his girlfriends, too. (There are after all factors other than politics that go into stories, like plot, and I think some of the people who criticise SPN do forget that...)
The handling of Jo pissed me off--first that she was created to be a Love Interest, second that she was shitcanned when that didn't work and she grew out of her role--if they made her to be so much like Dean I have no idea why they were surprised she wanted more from life than being his GF...? The handling of Ellen even more so--apparently Samantha Ferris is not 'shaggable' enough so she had to be replaced. That is TPTB at the CW at work and Kripke himself has complained about it.
Ruby I love, Bela not so much, but I can never decide whether the Bela thing is because of TPTB, the writers or just the fact that the character is meant to be irritating. Tell me your thoughts on it, I'm interested.
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I'm not so much bothered by the female characters who exist to die tragically to provide motivation (for Sam, especially--Dean has motivation covered, and his girlfriends don't die, even though his mother did) because the boys are straight, and if I were a demon who wanted to turn Sam evil, I'd kill his girlfriends, too. (There are after all factors other than politics that go into stories, like plot, and I think some of the people who criticise SPN do forget that...)
The handling of Jo pissed me off--first that she was created to be a Love Interest, second that she was shitcanned when that didn't work and she grew out of her role--if they made her to be so much like Dean I have no idea why they were surprised she wanted more from life than being his GF...? The handling of Ellen even more so--apparently Samantha Ferris is not 'shaggable' enough so she had to be replaced. That is TPTB at the CW at work and Kripke himself has complained about it.
Ruby I love, Bela not so much, but I can never decide whether the Bela thing is because of TPTB, the writers or just the fact that the character is meant to be irritating. Tell me your thoughts on it, I'm interested.