I really enjoyed reading this. You captured the complexity of Mary's character perfectly (Uh, the original resurrected Mary. Let's all ignore the weirdly motherly Mary personality that made an appearance in Season 13+...)
haha, yeah Mary got really weird. personally I think she started feeling guilty for how she essentially abandoned her kids to start working with a bunch of strangers who kidnapped and hurt said kids. then she's all :0 when they end up being the bad guys of the story and don't actually care about her at all. shocking. and after being kicked out by Sam and Dean to work with the BMoL, only to discover they don't really want her around either, where's she supposed to go? might as well try to get her kids to not hate her, amirite
no really, she got really weird. I liked her s12 personality a lot more and I could really get into her headspace. season 13+!Mary was just completely baffling and she really seemed like she was overcompensating to try to get everyone to forget her less than positive choices in the past, only to fail to get true forgiveness
very long reply, very sorry. in a lonely, chatty sort of mood I guess. thanks for reading, regardless
Ha, no, it's worth expounding on. While I didn't much care for Mary as a person (the 'not feeling the love for Mary guys' tag might as well be me, lol), the original characterization was interesting--and unexpected, especially given the show's unfortunate history of poorly written / token / one-note female characters. Her personality changed so drastically, so inexplicably, that my sister and I were convinced there was going to be some reveal that she'd been replaced by a doppelganger or was under Chuck's influence... something. But, nope, guess the writers were just trying to make her more likable and relatable so it hurt when she was re-killed. XD
... And I'm now looking at the prequel show in the works, thinking that I didn't much like the Winchester parents, but also wondering what Mary we will get?
(secretly I wasn't exactly feeling the love for Mary like six episodes into season 12) the thing about Mary also is that if anyone that wasn't the show writers wrote her like that, the fanfic police would come in screeching about how ooc she is. but no, the shower writers decided to make the character not like the character (similar to the later seasons Dean, actually...). overall, her sudden personality swap made me kind of uncomfortable. I liked the idea of Mary in early season 12, but her charm kind of faded when she started hunting again, and especially after she started working with (and sleeping with apparently, which...ew) the BMoL :|
I don't really plan on watching the prequel purely because I think it'll kinda ruin the show, but I'm thinking we'll probably get something like the season 12 Mary where she's like sort of a mother but not really and is actually just a hunter, first and foremost. I remember it's revealed at some point that she was still hunting while she was pregnant with Dean, so it's obvious being a mom wasn't exactly the thing at the very top of her agenda...
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