Crazytalk
I can't figure out where to begin to talk about why I've been so MIA, so I'm not going to try, but just know that it's a result of too much happening to me right now -- nothing bad, really, and no fandom ennui, just too much taking up my time and energy. I miss y'all, though!
All that means I have been completely slacking on my modly duties for the dudemeter. We're a little behind there, which is ALL MY FAULT, but the last few eps are up for claiming now [ here ]. And then we will do some fun comparative stats for the seasons, or some such! Dude.
Did y'all hear how there was a picture of Jensen in the NY Times this morning, but the caption says that he's starring in "Reaper"? WHOOPS. Dude, that actually kind of sucks. Because getting a picture of the Ackles in the NY Times would be some pretty damn good promotion for SPN, if you ask me. He is the most perfect-looking man alive these days, after all.
Also regarding scheduling/promotion: boo hiss on the show staying on Thursdays. I guess I got really invested in the idea of them moving to Sunday. Or just moving ANYWHERE. The problem is that there is just no room for growth, at all, in their current timeslot. And that's got to be disheartening for all the people involved with the show, not to mention for all the fans who will have to spend another season with the axe of cancellation looming over our heads. [ETA: um, especially with ratings under 3 mill, like last night. Yikes.]
Um, that all sounds cranky. How about some thinky thoughts on s2, and spec/questions about s3? No real spoilers for the finale, I don't think, but cut just in case.
Season 3 stuff first: I am pleased as punch to have the Papa thing sort of laid to rest -- I was very fearful that they might bring him back in a larger role for next season. But no! Instead, we can hope for Bobby and/or Ellen playing the Skinner role! Awesome. I am psyched for that.
What do we know, if anything, regarding the return of the writers and/or directors? What's the story with Kim Manners' contract? We will still have Sera Gamble and Ben Edlund around next year? Yes? No?
Alright, here's the thing that ... I don't know if it just occured to me lately, or I'm just now thinking about it in more detail, or what, but. And this is all still very vague and not-thought-through. But I'm sort of confused about the idea that Dean loves Sam more than life itself, and really tends to define himself in terms of Sam, and so forth. I've just decided that I can't really reconcile that with Dean actually leaving Sam alone for two to four years at school. Because really? How does that work? It's just the part of the characterization around the brothers that I have a harder time with, all of a sudden. Like, I can buy PAPA being the most important thing to Dean. Which is still consistent with Dean making that pact for Sam, not Papa (although he was thinking about doing it for Papa, remember), simply by virtue of the fact that Sam was all he had left by then.
So I don't know, I guess I'm asking: what was it? What happened to Dean to cause the shift in loyalty from Papa to Sam? Is any of this blather making sense? I FEEL like Sam completely owns Dean, and I buy it when I see it on screen, but I'm having trouble figuring out the reasoning behind it. Especially with Jensen's comment from that con last week about Dean being "at his best" when it comes to his dad, or whatever-it-was. I don't know, I'm rambling, I just want someone to explain to me how Dean can go from not seeing or talking to Sam for so long (and maybe thinking that he never would again), to being "Sam Sam Sam Sam SAM" all the time.
(Aside from Sam's fine, fine ass, of course.)
All that means I have been completely slacking on my modly duties for the dudemeter. We're a little behind there, which is ALL MY FAULT, but the last few eps are up for claiming now [ here ]. And then we will do some fun comparative stats for the seasons, or some such! Dude.
Did y'all hear how there was a picture of Jensen in the NY Times this morning, but the caption says that he's starring in "Reaper"? WHOOPS. Dude, that actually kind of sucks. Because getting a picture of the Ackles in the NY Times would be some pretty damn good promotion for SPN, if you ask me. He is the most perfect-looking man alive these days, after all.
Also regarding scheduling/promotion: boo hiss on the show staying on Thursdays. I guess I got really invested in the idea of them moving to Sunday. Or just moving ANYWHERE. The problem is that there is just no room for growth, at all, in their current timeslot. And that's got to be disheartening for all the people involved with the show, not to mention for all the fans who will have to spend another season with the axe of cancellation looming over our heads. [ETA: um, especially with ratings under 3 mill, like last night. Yikes.]
Um, that all sounds cranky. How about some thinky thoughts on s2, and spec/questions about s3? No real spoilers for the finale, I don't think, but cut just in case.
Season 3 stuff first: I am pleased as punch to have the Papa thing sort of laid to rest -- I was very fearful that they might bring him back in a larger role for next season. But no! Instead, we can hope for Bobby and/or Ellen playing the Skinner role! Awesome. I am psyched for that.
What do we know, if anything, regarding the return of the writers and/or directors? What's the story with Kim Manners' contract? We will still have Sera Gamble and Ben Edlund around next year? Yes? No?
Alright, here's the thing that ... I don't know if it just occured to me lately, or I'm just now thinking about it in more detail, or what, but. And this is all still very vague and not-thought-through. But I'm sort of confused about the idea that Dean loves Sam more than life itself, and really tends to define himself in terms of Sam, and so forth. I've just decided that I can't really reconcile that with Dean actually leaving Sam alone for two to four years at school. Because really? How does that work? It's just the part of the characterization around the brothers that I have a harder time with, all of a sudden. Like, I can buy PAPA being the most important thing to Dean. Which is still consistent with Dean making that pact for Sam, not Papa (although he was thinking about doing it for Papa, remember), simply by virtue of the fact that Sam was all he had left by then.
So I don't know, I guess I'm asking: what was it? What happened to Dean to cause the shift in loyalty from Papa to Sam? Is any of this blather making sense? I FEEL like Sam completely owns Dean, and I buy it when I see it on screen, but I'm having trouble figuring out the reasoning behind it. Especially with Jensen's comment from that con last week about Dean being "at his best" when it comes to his dad, or whatever-it-was. I don't know, I'm rambling, I just want someone to explain to me how Dean can go from not seeing or talking to Sam for so long (and maybe thinking that he never would again), to being "Sam Sam Sam Sam SAM" all the time.
(Aside from Sam's fine, fine ass, of course.)