I love John. I can forgive a lot. Ditto. Or...I can understand a lot, if not forgive. In much the same way that throughout season one we see Dean understanding and making allowances whenever his dad did something hurtful, like phone for the first time in months only to start barking cryptic clues rather than saying anything like 'good to hear your voice, son, sorry about taking off like that, hope you're keeping okay, something's come up that I can't handle - can you take care of it for me?' The way John handled passing on that case in Scarecrow bugs me because it's so unnecessary. There's no reason for him not to have an actual conversation with his son, however brief, but instead he chooses the path of a commanding officer setting a challenge for a subordinate, rather than a father - or even a colleague who respects his working partner enough to communicate properly with him!
And that's a flaw people need to learn to live with, because it's an integral part of John's character. EXACTLY! John was a good man, but he was deeply flawed, and the show has consistenyl portrayed him in this way for a reason. There's just no sense in trying to deny it, better to understand him for who he was and move on.
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Ditto. Or...I can understand a lot, if not forgive. In much the same way that throughout season one we see Dean understanding and making allowances whenever his dad did something hurtful, like phone for the first time in months only to start barking cryptic clues rather than saying anything like 'good to hear your voice, son, sorry about taking off like that, hope you're keeping okay, something's come up that I can't handle - can you take care of it for me?' The way John handled passing on that case in Scarecrow bugs me because it's so unnecessary. There's no reason for him not to have an actual conversation with his son, however brief, but instead he chooses the path of a commanding officer setting a challenge for a subordinate, rather than a father - or even a colleague who respects his working partner enough to communicate properly with him!
And that's a flaw people need to learn to live with, because it's an integral part of John's character.
EXACTLY! John was a good man, but he was deeply flawed, and the show has consistenyl portrayed him in this way for a reason. There's just no sense in trying to deny it, better to understand him for who he was and move on.