And there's my heart, shattered on the ground

[exsequar]

Anyone who says Kripke's the new Joss? Yeah, um... no. Not really.

I will not turn this into a bash of Kripke but instead a WORSHIP AT THE ALTAR OF WHEDON. Because holy god. It's been a long time since I watched one of his shows linearly that was mostly new to me, and AUGH. I just watched Angel 3x14, "Couplet", and and and I'M A LITTLE BROKEN.

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[weasleytook]

WORD.

Much as I love Supernatural and Kripke, there can never be another Joss or anyone even close to it in my eyes. Never. Ever. Ever.

Have I mentioned... never??

[little_lusty]

We may have to share the duty my love. I have been a JW fan for so long I cannot remember a time I didn't worship the Whedon.
He has owned my ass since the first days of Buffy. See, when you make Buffy and Angel fall in love, then finally make love only to have it turn Angel all bad ass and mean and OMFG! *insert massive freak out flailing!* THEN he kills Ms. Calendar and you have the whole season (which was so full of wonderful angst I didn't know what to do with myeself) end with Willow turning Angel good again just to have Buffy kill him and send him to hell AND you top the whole things off with Sarah Mclachlan's "Full of Grace"...I became JW's slave that night!
So no...Kripke is a god in his own way (How long is that friggin hiatus again....I am suffering from Jared and Jensen withdrawl...GUH!) but the next Joss......that would be a NO!
I still need to get Angel on dvd, I adore David Boreanaz. Hugs honey :)

[nolajax]

I am so with you here.

It doesn't matter how many times I watch, in what order, or how long it's been since the last time... It doesn't matter if I've forgotten parts or know every freaking word. Whedon finds a way to totally OWN MY EMOTIONS every freaking time!!!

[vanya_elda]

God yeah. It's exhausting to just watch.

[nolajax]

I shall be fighting you for the right to have little tiny BRILLIANT Joss babies!!

(and i only felt the need to put this in a seperate comment so that I could use both Joss icons. Hee!)

[exsequar]

Oh my god I hadn't heard that quote! SO MUCH LOVE! *dies*

[black_regalia]

Having nothing to do with Joss Whedon at all...

I'm confused by the love SPN fandom has for Eric Kripke. I'm not sure how they didn't pick up on the fact that he doesn't write and/or come up with the stuff we all think is "ZOMG amazing!"

I mean, watch the Paley interview. He specifically says that his thing is the Monster of the Week, jump scares, and mini-horror movies. Watch the movie 'Boogeyman' >> His writing is sub par. The concepts for Sam and Dean were taken from the book "On the Road" (main characters: Sal and Dean), and they weren't even put into place until Kripke's original idea of a reporter was rejected.

It's the other writers and producers of SPN that do all the amazing character driven stuff that we love. I mean, I'm not saying I don't appreciate Kripke and what he does for the show! He's very attentive to fans and really looks into what we like/dislike, but he's the guy who likes all the lame moments like badly done jump scares and lots of focus on the Monster

[exsequar]

Oh I am so completely with you!! I am more often like DAMN YOU BOB SINGER FOR YANKING OUT MY HEART! Kripke's a cool guy and all, but honestly... yeah. Everything you said.

Although... Kripke DID write Devil's Trap and In My Time of Dying. Both truly spectacular episodes. But I have to be honest and say I doubt that was a one man job at all. Clearly he's learned something since his Boogeyman days, but he's mostly uplifted by the brilliance of the people around him.

Kripke, I love you man, but it's Bob Singer and Sera Gamble whose altars I worship at.

Re: Fandom's worship, basically he's an easy target *shrugs* He's the name put out in front, so it's easy to put all blame/love on him, regardless of whether it's actually his fault or not. Pretty much everything probably gets run by him anyways, so he does have some kind of ultimate control. Gah, i don't know.

*returns to Whedon shrine*