maybe do adjust your set
Soooooo.
Here's what it is. In the last few weeks, I watched through most of The Walking Dead for the first time. It was mostly idle curiosity, but I did end up finding a great deal more of interest than the incessant complaints about it (which was my only exposure to the show before this) had led me to believe. And though I tried to scribble out ( Read more... )
Here's what it is. In the last few weeks, I watched through most of The Walking Dead for the first time. It was mostly idle curiosity, but I did end up finding a great deal more of interest than the incessant complaints about it (which was my only exposure to the show before this) had led me to believe. And though I tried to scribble out ( Read more... )
admittedly, s7 lost me a little with what missyjack just called the "sisyphan task" and i was like YAY PERFECT PHRASE.
s8 is everything i LOVE MOST about show. The essential conflict between two heroes who just see things slightly differently. It's like my sister and me. My husband laughs so hard about all the ways we get on each other's nerves so hard, because we're EXACTLY THE SAME!!! That's Sam and Dean in a nutshell.
So I was watching this week's ep and trying to ignore the chatter in my head that is the two sides gathering evidence about which brother is being the bigger jerk. I'll admit that I used to kind of hate Sammy for being a pissy little whiner. Those days are LONG GONE. I love him SO MUCH right now. And Dean man, the fall he is headed for is gonna be SO EPIC.
So thanks for not leaving the game. Maybe I'll even have the nerve to post a review one of these weeks.
So there was a link over to the superwiki entry on Bobby's Hats, which I made the mistake of clicking on, and then burst into tears. Bobby is essentially my dad, who in RL passed away in 2005, and was not just my dad but also one of my best friends. So I totally get what happened to Dean's heart when he saw Garth in that hat. Except Dean flies into a rage instead of bursting into tears. That's what show means to me -- and why I get the emotional reaction -- and why I'm trying to insulate myself from it as much as possible while still caring a lot about my flisters. :)
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But I'm feeling more understanding of Sam lately...the last two episodes have done a lot for getting me back into the show, although I better get an amazing reconciliation for suffering through all this season's angst :)
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I do feel for fans who are troubled by developments... but I also am trying to feel my own reactions to Show without undue coloration...
it's all good!
I'm glad to hear the last 2 eps worked for you! :)
hugs!
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s8 is everything i LOVE MOST about show. The essential conflict between two heroes who just see things slightly differently.
Right? OMG SO GOOD. I love that they've each had a year in a place that exactly answers how they truly see the world, how they think the world really works - and now their spheres have overlapped again and they have to deal with their worldviews being challenged and examined by the only other person in the world who can do that to them. I love that from the jump, Dean's in battle mode, overrevving, and Sam is in decompressed mode, and how they torque each other. And I get why Sam resisted ramping up for a while, but damn was it good to see him get in the ring and push back finally!
trying to ignore the chatter in my head that is the two sides gathering evidence about which brother is being the bigger jerk
Me too. - Although I'll be more cynical and say "gathering evidence on why their ~innocent~ brother is being victimised by the BIG MEAN MEEEENIE". I'm ... gonna need a bigger filter. :/
Maybe I'll even have the nerve to post a review one of these weeks.
Ha, I'll be there when you do, cheering you on.
then burst into tears. Bobby is essentially my dad, who in RL passed away in 2005, and was not just my dad but also one of my best friends.
Oh, sweetie. *HUGS*
I totally get what happened to Dean's heart when he saw Garth in that hat.
I can see that. Me, I was squicked, and angry. I work with a lot of people with a LOT of issues with healthy boundaries, and there Garth crossed the line from stepping up to Bobby's role to assuming he could appropriate the relationship of trust, vulnerability and authority Bobby had earned with the boys. And that teary-eyed "just trying to help" bullshit pisses me off because, NO, in that moment you were trying to take, specifically a place in a relationship that's not yours. So, yeah, squicked. IMO, Dean was right to smack his hand. I was glad that the end of the episode implied that Garth kind of got the message that if he's going to help, it can and has to be as *Garth*, not Bobby, and that he has the potential to grow into a Bobby-status on his own merits.
That's what show means to me -- and why I get the emotional reaction -- and why I'm trying to insulate myself from it as much as possible while still caring a lot about my flisters. :)
Right. As our different reactions just to Garth in a Bobby hat shows, it connects very deeply to people's experiences. And that's cool - in fact, it's awesome - but volatile and sometimes vicious when not handled well. There's nothing wrong with staying out of the way of that.
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