Though it might appear otherwise, I'm neither MIA nor have dropped off the surface of the Earth. Just a bit caught up with RL and taking a bit of break from active Lj fandom.
But not from pondering over and ruminating on on-line communication and interactive fandom involvement altogether (what? I do that for a living, in case you're wondering).

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I know, I know - this is *not* the kind of meta notes I've been long due (and boy, has it been a looooooong while! - RL deadlines coupled by an urgent family crisis, pushing onto quite a bit of a tragedy, really has a knack of getting in the way of fannish indulgement, hiatus or no hiatus). I still owe myself - what is it? three by now? - episode ( Read more... )

I'm still not officially out of review hibernation, currently in the process of piecing together the latest (6.16) SPN episode overview, which left me wondering on many an issue.
But to get my mind briefly off the intertwined matters of forgiveness, apology, remorse, mercy and, sure enough, family, the episode addressed - a  little unassuming  ( Read more... )

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( Dean )

 Guess, this has to be official: running a student research contest alongside an academic

council counterproductive to timely SPN overviewing is. Alas.
This episode effectively ate my brain and my time. I'm not sure I've managed to put to print

everything I derived by way of interpretation in the process, but I had to halt at certain

points, seeng as ( Read more... )

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( Dean and Ben: define thy father )

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( Dean and Sam (cont.) The Impala talk: turn of phase )

If anything, a working weekend and a wacked up on-line connection helps put certain things in perspective and strike a semblance of perceptive equilibrium. A couple of preliminary notes first, before we proceed with the episode overview.

Granted, I'm a what you might call consistent Dean/Lisa 'shipper (as in I've always believed, and continue doing ( Read more... )

A tiny drabble to sneak-peek behind Dean's frantic feats through most of ep. 6.13 (Unforgiven) to steer Sam clear of  the Wall Death set up. I'm still fairly perturbed by the fact that Sam is placidly clueless and unprodding as to what it truly took to get his soul reinstated, the Wall and all.

Title: in circuit lies
Genre: Gen, Angst
Rating: PG
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( Sam, Unforgiven )