One year ago today, I got into Supernatural. And I was planning on doing a thing, but it turns out the whole fandom has a Supernatural birthday today too! :D
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Me too, I *hate* spoilers, but at that point it was the last chance I was gonna give SPN, and the early seasons just weren't gonna cut it for me. So it was nothing to lose.
Early seasons often don't work for me, the first time around. Community, Doctor Who... I suspect Firefly would have and Revolution might become things I love when there are later seasons. Joining around season 3-4 often works for me, cause it's usually very easy to figure out what happened, and that's often the time where the relationships are complex and interesting to me, and the show went through the most obvious plots and either collapses or comes into its own. There are exceptions, many of those (Veronica Mars, Sugar Rush, Weeds), but when I can't get into a show, that often works . And then, once I find something to care about, I go back and watch the rest and usually love it.
By season 4, Dean was way more open, I seriously was sure that his macho bravado thing was this remnant of earlier seasons, and that no one was expected to believe it. That the writers, the fans, the actors all considered it this shell, for show, for the network, not exactly part of the character even, around the most amazingly beautifully vulnerable man on TV. That's what it looked like to me, coming in in the middle of season 4 :)
Sam having powers didn't surprise me, I was surprised to find out they didn't always have powers. I really like that generally hunters don't even have (official) powers. There's something very hands on, make your own destiny even though it's gonna crush you, look out for your own, about that, that's rarely on TV.
Thank you! And I totally get wanting to start at the beginning, that's my plan A, cause I really really hate spoilers as well - it just doesn't always work, and I want to get to know those shows...
Sherlock, for instance, was fantastic from the first ep.
Early seasons often don't work for me, the first time around. Community, Doctor Who... I suspect Firefly would have and Revolution might become things I love when there are later seasons. Joining around season 3-4 often works for me, cause it's usually very easy to figure out what happened, and that's often the time where the relationships are complex and interesting to me, and the show went through the most obvious plots and either collapses or comes into its own. There are exceptions, many of those (Veronica Mars, Sugar Rush, Weeds), but when I can't get into a show, that often works . And then, once I find something to care about, I go back and watch the rest and usually love it.
By season 4, Dean was way more open, I seriously was sure that his macho bravado thing was this remnant of earlier seasons, and that no one was expected to believe it. That the writers, the fans, the actors all considered it this shell, for show, for the network, not exactly part of the character even, around the most amazingly beautifully vulnerable man on TV. That's what it looked like to me, coming in in the middle of season 4 :)
Sam having powers didn't surprise me, I was surprised to find out they didn't always have powers. I really like that generally hunters don't even have (official) powers. There's something very hands on, make your own destiny even though it's gonna crush you, look out for your own, about that, that's rarely on TV.
This is really fun to share, thank you {}
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Sherlock, for instance, was fantastic from the first ep.
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