User blog comment:FTWinchester/Season 9 Arc/@comment-1509826-20131114190724/@comment-5619706-20131115183936

I understand that they have anger, but what else would they have left if the only first-hand source of information they have is dead? Stupid angels. If they want to exact revenge on Castiel, at least just torture him, not kill him without trying to understand everything first.

That's exactly the problem, though. The demon tablet has been pushed aside like it never became central to the plot. It's been the focus of the last season, and Carver made it seem that his era would be about tablets. Initiallly, I was hoping there would be lots and lots of tablets enough to form Metatron's cube, but apparently, it seems we would only be stuck with 2 additional tablets (aside from the Leviathan). As if that wasn't enough, revelations on the tablet is incredibly scarce, it's like it's not even crucial to the major arc anymore. Castiel is awesome and all, but I'm starting to get sick of him and all his problems adjusting to human life. If this goes on, we probably should start considering 'living as a human being' to be the season's Big Bad.

By extension, Kevin is also supposed to be central to the story. I know Dean pitched in that line about Kevin not just being useful but being family, but honestly, I don't think Dean had the right to say that. When did their concern for Kevin ever become a highlight, simply because he was considered family? I think it's close to never. Hell, Kevin and his mom's sacrifices were even nullified in Season 8's finale as a big middle finger in the face of the Trans, and have they even talked in depth about it? And right now, how many times have we seen the prophet? He hasn't even been in the highlight of a single episode just yet.