If I see people complaining about Dean and Amara one more time…
Amara is technically much older than Dean. (I’m not sure she’s even attracted to Dean in that way. She seems more fascinated by him and their currently unexplainable connection.)
Dean is in no way attracted to Amara. (Not at the moment, anyway. And I doubt he will be in the future.)
I agree. There isn’t anything “romantic” at the moment, Dean is clearly creeped out by whatever this weird bond is. And Amara at this point seems more fascinated and affectionate, in her “Darkness” way, than romantic.
As usual you’ve got fans on tumblr going into mass hysteria mode because they love being upset by stuff, it’s like they are addicted to “high”(and also because they have a weird need to view every single interaction as somehow sexual…no one can touch anyone without a bunch of fans deciding it’s sexual). I swear no ability to see complexity, just sex.
I agree and disagree here. Yes, Amara is older than anything, but she has been presented as a growing girl. She was clearly a teen in the past couple of eps. Crowley referred to her having power and him having wisdom and experience. She is not worldly. She is ignorant of the ways of the world. I didn’t see her interaction with Dean as sexual, but she did come across as a teen with a crush. Carver called her a femme fatale, and the initial scene with her and Dean in 11.01, their interaction had a sexual connotation to it.
I agree that Dean seems creeped out by this “bond” he has with Amara. And he should. I hope that the storyline doesn’t go there, but it wouldn’t surprise me if tptb take it to a Sam/Ruby kind of place once she’s in adult body. It’s why I’ve had little enthusiasm for the storyline ever since Carver teased it during hiatus. I’d love it if they proved me wrong, but I’m definitely counting on it.
What bothers me about that final montage is that Amara’s dress, makeup, and hair are much more like what a teen’s mother would wear, not a teen. Then, in the montage that song is very much sung from the male gaze, and is paired with a male’s gaze – Dean’s. The men in both cases are portrayed as very much older than the object of their gaze, and the song strongly suggests that the young girl is an appropriate object of their gaze, their judgment of when she is a woman.
That bothers me because we live in a society in which girls are constantly being portrayed as full grown women, their desire to explore roles, and looks, and feelings as somehow indicating that they are ready for whatever that male gaze wants to subject them to. It’s used against them to blame them for their victimization and to exonerate the male who followed up on that gaze. It’s the catcalls that start with early puberty. It’s the “well she was very mature for a 13 year old and her teacher was under her spell.” As if a young girl has the ability to “overpower” a grown man’s self determination.
In between that montage, the portrayal of a young girl as being more mature than her age, and Dean’s comment that Amara overpowered him, Supernatural is treading on very rocky ground. They don’t have a history of navigating that kind of territory well.
Hearseeno 