It’s always hard to lose faith in someone. The way I see it, it’s twice harder when you’re losing faith in a fictional character because they are supposed to be infallible. Not in the sense of being perfect or logical (that would be boring, wouldn’t it?), but because with enough dedication you can excuse their mistakes with poor writing, you can ( Read more... )

I don't think I've ever tried making one reaction post for an entire TV-series, but this is something I need to get out of my system. I wasn't even going to watch it, for heaven's sake! I'm not one for gore and epic bloodshed (though I am one for canon gay, yes), but this show - this goddamn show! It can be SO bad but it can be SO awesome. So, ( Read more... )

I'm not really in the mood for an in-depth analysis of the latest SPN episode (considering I wasn't even going to watch the show, but then I got bored), but there are some lines one shouldn't cross, and Dean hasn't just crossed it, he's leapt over it and charged on, so I can't keep quiet.


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Here is part 2 of the list of things that irk me in writing. Part 1 can be found here. As always, the list is subjective, my opinion is my own, etc. Well, maybe not completely my own since the list was brought to you by the combined efforts of moi and shirogiku. XD


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Ever found a story, be it a book, a movie or a TV-series, that was good in just about every way except that one element that just happened to be one of your berserk buttons? Or perhaps that element doesn't cause enough rage to stop you from watching but you still grit your teeth every time it's in the forefront. Perfect stories are so few and far ( Read more... )

I'm feeling a bit under the weather, and I can't write anything clever (or anything at all), so I thought I'd make a list of characters that annoy me right now and are heavily overrated in my opinion. Standard disclaimer: this is very much an IMHO post. Which means: I am not bashing these characters. I have reasons not to like them but I'm not ( Read more... )

In my book, Buffy the Vampire Slayer (and Angel too) is a damn well near a perfect show. That is not to say I deny that they both have flaws (the treatment of Cordelia in Angel season 4 is the biggest one), but Joss creates such a perfect blend of amazing characterization, poignant and witty writing and great style that these flaws are hard to ( Read more... )

I've been doing my BtVS rewatch marathon and I'm currently on season 5 and I got to the hardest, most excruciating episode of the entire show - "The Body". There is no part of the episode where I wouldn't cry my eyes out. Admittedly, I have personal history with it too: last year I, for some inconceivable reason, thought it would be a brilliant ( Read more... )

Series 5, with its clunky writing, does have moments that make me go 'oooh' instead of 'oh my God, why!?' Unfortunately, the bulk of these moments seems to be leading nowhere, so I thought I'd complain about that. Unsurprisingly (for those who know my history with series 5), a lot of that has to do with Rook.


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I've been thinking random thoughts (stirred by my headdesking every time I so much as look at the name Hal now XD) and I think one of the issues I have with Hal is that they made such a mess of his evil side. Sometimes I wonder if I fish for drawbacks on purpose. Maybe I do; maybe it's my way of making peace with my collapse of faith in this ( Read more... )