Because fundamentally, it's about the human element of what they are going through -- not necessarily the predictable angst and worry and so forth, but the human tendency to get *tired*, to want to lay down your arms and just curl up and not fight anymore for a while, and that's where Dean is, and it breaks my heart.
Yes. I love the mytharc and the way the show plays with its storytelling, but I really love the fact that the writers never forget that the story is happening to real, human people who can only take so much. That's what makes the show work.
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Date: 2006-12-08 01:55 pm (UTC)Yes. I love the mytharc and the way the show plays with its storytelling, but I really love the fact that the writers never forget that the story is happening to real, human people who can only take so much. That's what makes the show work.