Why Supernatural Fans Are So Divided Over Claire Novak

On a Reddit post on the r/Supernatural subreddit, u/dreadeddryad made it clear that they were not the biggest fan of how Claire Novak was portrayed on "Supernatural." "Claire is an absolute ungrateful, silly character," they said. "As soon as you think she is coming around to the end of an episode, she's back to her ungrateful, unapologetic, angsty self in the next episode." Evidently, this user wasn't the only one to feel that way, either. Similarly, u/gilded_lady noted the complete lack of growth for the character. This viewer also claimed that it would have been better had Claire at least attempted to improve herself.

However, others in the thread were very quick to defend Claire, pointing out that she endures a significant amount of trauma. "I love Claire, her anger is fully justified," u/EndsongX23 said. "Imagine your dad's meat puppet being strung along on celestial strings figuring out maybe he should have checked in on you when you've already gone so long in the foster system that you're just f**ked." In another reply, u/Simorie agreed, but also added context by noting that Claire is still a very young character, and is simply acting like anyone her age would in such a difficult situation.

Either way, Kathryn Newton herself has reflected positively on her time playing Claire. During an interview with Collider, the actress said that she loved the character and that stars Jared Padalecki and Jensen Ackles helped her realize exactly what being a star entails. Considering the actress's upcoming role as Cassie Lang in "Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania," we have to imagine that particular advice will probably soon be more useful than ever.