1. So, what did Supernatural do this week that has half the people on my list who still watch it go "THAT IS IT!" anyway?

2. My gallbladder and uterus appear to be conspiring to do me in. Please send replacements.

3. Hey look, LJ's scrapbook feature is working. Very good, as I have tons and tons of icons I need to upload.

4. Marjorie Liu apparently ( Read more... )

As you know, Bob (or maybe not) I enjoyed the first 2 seasons of Supernatural despite some problems, heard things about the third season that made me thing I wouldn't like it, ended up watching anyway and hated it, and never looked back.  Ok, I peaked over my shoulder when I heard Jo was coming back, but that's it.

Anyway, as you may also know, Bob ( Read more... )

Post prompted largely by Paul Cornell’s post here, in which intelligent TV apparently didn’t exist before the current popular shows, and the only reason anyone wouldn’t like Dollhouse is if they couldn’t handle things not always being perfectly black and white ( Read more... )

*learns spoilers about tonight's Supernatural*

It...is amazing that a show exists where it's actually better that it forgets that non-evil, non-victimized women actually exist in its canon. They actually continue to exist that way.

And now I remember why I didn't run to watch Eastwick, despite it apparently being created just for me.

As a warning I ( Read more... )

So, Supernatural?  Is like the abusive ex-boyfriend whose tricks I keep falling for.

Season 5 spoilers.

( spoilers )

So, as many of you know, I am quite fond of the first two seasons of Supernatural, but broke up with it when I started hearing about season 3. Then i actually watched season 3, and the lingering fondness kinda died ( Read more... )

Rightstuf's current sale is 33% off Tokyopop books.  Sale ends 3/16.

But more importantly, worldserpent  just linked me to a post by pen37 , one of the contributors to In the Hunt:  Unauthorized Essays on Supernatural.  The post is largely a reaction to this review of the book.  The reviewer apparently hates these kinds of books, and categorizes the contributors by ( Read more... )

This is a collection of essays that covers the first three seasons of the series. I will restate my disclaimer from when I started season 3 so that I would have seen all the material covered in the book, which is that I used to be a fan of Supernatural but no longer am, largely due to issues regarding the show and gender. As such, I read the book ( Read more... )

So, Jacob Clifton of TWOP, you say female presence is strong and prominent in Supernatural because the important female characters and relationships are used as reflections of men and their relationships? That killing them gives them presence and power as long as we know a bit about them first? That Lilith is a strong and powerful female presence ( Read more... )

( spoiler for season finale )