Oh, Amara. You had so much potential and yet… well, we’ll leave the salt for another post. Amara, the Goddess and first being of the universe herself is often underappreciated in fandom, and that’s a damn shame. Let’s look at some reasons to appreciate and love Amara.
She’s a Goddess. Literally. And a Dark Goddess at that (which is often equated with “evil” but that’s just not the case.)
She was locked away since before the beginning of time because she was a threat to Chuck’s creation. (Hey, look at that metaphor for pre-Christian religions!) But she wanted a chance to create something of her own.
She eats souls and grace and demon smoke. That’s pretty fricken cool.
She saw pain in the world and did what she thought made sense to fix it. Granted, taking the souls from people doesn’t really help anyone, but it’s more than Chuck ever did.
Speaking of doing more than Chuck ever did, she didn’t just make a complex world full of complex creatures that loved and hurt and killed each other and begged for help from their creator only to leave because they were “flawed”. She played favorites, sure, but she at least paid attention to her favorites.
I’m fairly certain nothing could’ve killed her.
She almost killed God. Then, she healed God.
She’s quite possibly the most powerful being in the universe.
The change of her outfit is subtle but super interesting. She goes from pink to red, then to black, then a very dark gray. Her nail polish, too, changes from black to clear over the course of the season.
She’s got such a nice smile!
She saw Dean Winchester, the person she’d gotten to know intimately via The Mark (her imprisonment) and decided he’d be a great partner to create the world in her image with. (Hello, again, pagan metaphors!)
She wasn’t evil. More than anything she was naive. She didn’t understand the way the world worked, how Chuck had abandoned his children, or that you can’t just go around eating souls and claiming people without their consent. She just needed to understand this, and the concept of forgiveness in order to be happy.
Her forgiveness of Chuck is a little controversial (to me at least) but I suppose the lesson we’re supposed to learn is to be the bigger person, and that revenge doesn’t really solve anything. Funny how God is the one that needs to be forgiven, no?
She confused her desire to have a meaningful relationship with her brother for a desire to have a romantic partner. Really, she just wanted a partner in crime, so-to-speak. (Hey, I wouldn’t be Supernatural if it wasn’t throwing off weird vibes, right?)
She tried to do a genuinely kind thing for Dean by giving him his mom back. It was actually an incredibly sweet gesture.
Amara was perhaps the most interesting villain that wasn’t a villain. She was confused (how could you not after being locked away for so long) and really just wanted reconciliation and happiness. The fact that she got that and not death is a victory in my book. She could have been a great, devastating force, but her story was a little different and I appreciate that.
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