Meta essay - Supernatural 'Heart'
I know I usually refer to this place as a graphics journal, but I'm thinking of changing that to my creative journal. So I can start posting a wider variety of things here for public consumption (be gentle!). Waffling aside, here be my first real meta essay...
( It only hurts when your eyes are open )
( It only hurts when your eyes are open )
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... I'll just be over here quietly bleeding, mkay? ;-)
Cheers ~
Erin
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I fail at teaching! Hehe.
(Also, the idea of writing an ESSAY?! I'm a scientist/artist, we express through notes/pictures LOL)
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LOL, well, I'm a writer, but I am not an essayist, so I admire the hell out of people who make it look as good as you do. Not bad at all despite the lack of notes or pictures. ;-) Thanks again for sharing!
~ Erin
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Gotta say that's a whole lotta thought you've got going on there hun.
Like you it wasn't all Sam's tears(boy was he wet) that got me but that tear(watched it over and over and with that song *sniffle*).
Ur right it symbolised so much for Dean, he can't protect Sam from everything no matter how hard he tries.
Oh i think they deserve a holiday :(
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LOL, procrastination at its finest! Lesson planning is often teh evil as part of my PGCE requires me to do it in tooooo much detail if you ask me. Not to go off point but what subject do you teach?
(As an aside, dude! Fellow SPN Midlands (well 45mins from Covs anyway, right?) teacher! Awesome!)
Back to the meta - it kinda wrote itself. I dunno, my fingers hit the keys and BAM meta essay. But Dean did/does me in. It's odd that I wanted the epi for Sam and now I re-watch that final scene over and over but don't even glance at the Sam scene.
As for holiday - as long as we get to help them relax ;)
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Yes it's me the one who lives under the rock with ya :)
Well i teach maths. Did my PGCE a couple of years ago but didnt go straight into it did some time (lol) in special needs as a TA. Been supplying this year and finally doing my NQT year starting next term. Scary and back to those damn lesson plans and being observed Gah all good fun really isn't it? :D
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Talking of lesson plans, my co-tutor wants to see my talking points for my Wednesday lesson in our meet tomorrow. Who does talking points?! You just open your mouth and GO!
Where are you doing your NQT (if you don't mind me asking?) I'm doing job applications at the mo. Pleh.
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(Another reason for this meta was the surprisingly large number of people who loved the episode but considered the tear to be terrible OOC and pointless. Maybe I can persuade you otherwise??)
Do people really think this? Dean's reaction just seems so perfectly Dean to me. He's holding so much angst in that occasionally he has to lose it a smidge and let something show. That flinch just did me in.
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This fandom is teh awesome. After my first angst-ridden disaster that was the HP fandom I've avoided all fandoms - until SPN drew me in hook, line and stinker (hee). And I'm loving it SO VERY MUCH :D.
All that wonderful meta for a tear and a flinch.
Heh. When you boil it down to that... ;)
It's interesting that you bring up the episode title, as I was pondering the meta of it myself and was coming to a similar conclusion. Also, the fact that we see both brother's [emotional] hearts in this in a way that emphasis their differences but celebrates their similarities.
Do people really think this?
They do! O_o. I spent Sunday hotly defending the perfection of the tear to many. It still baffles me!
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I don't know much about HP fandom and all its foibles. I've been involved in a number of fandoms and each has a been a unique experience. Until now mostly I've participated in niche sub groups because I'm a slasher and that can be a touchy subject. It's been wonderful to be involved with a community that sees slashers as a part of it and not the dirty linen to be hidden. I enjoy being part of the wider Supernatural community and free to discuss the aspects of the show that interest me.
Crap happens in all fandoms because we're only human and human beings can be a royal pain in the backside but at least so far any turbulence in SPN has been relatively minor. (You should have seen the tumult in X Files fandom. It was way out of control.)
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I am one of those that doesn't think that Dean's lone tear was OOC. So I agree with everything you wrote here.
:)
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Tear was so not OOC to the point that I got over my hate of essays and wrote this thing. Case in point *nods*. Haha.
(Btw, heeee icon! Love it)
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I got really teary just reading it thinking about heart again.
*sniffs*
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I got really teary just reading it thinking about heart again.
It's that TEAR! I maintain! :)
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