I've been planning on posting this for months now - but have (obviously) had RL $h*t getting in my way ( Read more... )

Okay ya'll - I went to an academic conference during my fandom hiatus. And it was great. ((News from the academia side of the aca-fan spectrum? everyone is a Dean Winchester stan. It's actually pretty cute.)) And my presentation went over really, really well --- like, people stopping me in the hallway for the rest of the conference to talk about ( Read more... )

So ... In an attempt to get to gabrielleabelle's episode poll this morning, dreamwidth informed me that::: "This week only, you can create a Dreamwidth account without an invite code ( Read more... )

RANDOM THOUGHT: Captain Hammer is there to maintain the status quo, to make people think that everything is okay and there are no real problems with the system in place. Saying (singing) that "everyone's a hero in their own way" is actually making the audience complacent, makes them think that staying in their place is doing the right thing, ( Read more... )

I'm still struggling what to make of this episode, other than to be wowed by it.

Though, I also wonder if us fangirls expect a little too much of Joss now that he has completely captured our hearts. Were there flaccid episodes of BtVS or AtS that disappointed the original audience upon their release? As a late-comer to the Whedonverse I'm unsure of ( Read more... )