onward
I have reached the end of Supernatural season 1 by doing a marathon viewing last weekend which ended in my girlfriends and I staying up until near dawn. This show has the darkness I love, and I adore the twisty tangled family relationships a lot. I wanted to make some general comments on the episodes the same as I did for episodes 1-5, but that's not happening today.
My friend Cheryl thinks Cass and I are twisty tangled ourselves for liking the Wincest (but she loves us and she's an open-minded mundane). We tell her it's A SHOW, IT'S FANTASY. Two hot guys, huge co-dependency things going on with isolation, self-sacrifice and terror (also: BLUD) on a regular basis. PRIMO fodder for fiction.
And thank God, by the way, that so far I've missed all the apparent drama and divisions that occurred in the fandom over slash/Wincest. So far. There's something to be said for coming in late to a fandom.
I like a lot of things in my fiction that I consider atrocious or intolerable in any real way (non-con, the tearing down of someone's psyche, layer by layer, dark dark dark stuff), but my fantasy life is just that, complete fantasy and hugely enjoyable to me. I am gleefully and violently in love with it - it's so freeing, if that makes sense.
But I have a theory, too, that the fandom people who like the dark stuff are probably peaceniks in RL, though honestly, I have nothing to back that up other than an acquaintance with people who prefer dark!fic. And okay, I'm not someone I'd call gentle, ever, but I feed birds and I have pets (and children:) and I do a lot of taking care of others. I'm responsible as all hell. I remember when I was a kid, I used to think inanimate things had feelings, and worrying about that. And as an adult, I can still get angsty over killing bugs, even - I find the idea of literally harming someone unbearable. I don't think that will ever change unless someone were to harm my family, at which point who can say what would change.
The point of this ramble? Not sure - I haven't posted awhile, I guess. And it's time to go to work. Hope the weekend is good to you:)
My friend Cheryl thinks Cass and I are twisty tangled ourselves for liking the Wincest (but she loves us and she's an open-minded mundane). We tell her it's A SHOW, IT'S FANTASY. Two hot guys, huge co-dependency things going on with isolation, self-sacrifice and terror (also: BLUD) on a regular basis. PRIMO fodder for fiction.
And thank God, by the way, that so far I've missed all the apparent drama and divisions that occurred in the fandom over slash/Wincest. So far. There's something to be said for coming in late to a fandom.
I like a lot of things in my fiction that I consider atrocious or intolerable in any real way (non-con, the tearing down of someone's psyche, layer by layer, dark dark dark stuff), but my fantasy life is just that, complete fantasy and hugely enjoyable to me. I am gleefully and violently in love with it - it's so freeing, if that makes sense.
But I have a theory, too, that the fandom people who like the dark stuff are probably peaceniks in RL, though honestly, I have nothing to back that up other than an acquaintance with people who prefer dark!fic. And okay, I'm not someone I'd call gentle, ever, but I feed birds and I have pets (and children:) and I do a lot of taking care of others. I'm responsible as all hell. I remember when I was a kid, I used to think inanimate things had feelings, and worrying about that. And as an adult, I can still get angsty over killing bugs, even - I find the idea of literally harming someone unbearable. I don't think that will ever change unless someone were to harm my family, at which point who can say what would change.
The point of this ramble? Not sure - I haven't posted awhile, I guess. And it's time to go to work. Hope the weekend is good to you:)