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impala_chick

Reflections on Supernatural

Mar 13, 2021 21:29

When Supernatural ended, there was an explosion of meta about the show as a whole, from old and new fans alike. I also recently read this article on Vox about pandemic grief and fandom-related mourning. I've wanted to collect my thoughts for awhile, but the @marchmetamatterschallenge pushed me to start. I do feel a certain kind of grief about SPN ( Read more... )

fandom: meta, supernatural

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mrs_leary March 15 2021, 04:24:12 UTC

I have often wondered how different my life would have been - not just my fannish life, but all of it - if I had started watching Supernatural before Merlin. As it was, I became a Merlin fan pretty much instantly on 22 September 2008, and that's been such a huge thing for me in all kinds of ways. Meanwhile, that Christmas in 2008 I was gifted the first three seasons of Supernatural and so began a long tradition of us binge-watching Supernatural every festive season. The thing is, I was madly into brother-slash back then, so I suspect I would have fallen just as deeply and instantly for this show if only I hadn't got into Merlin first. (I'm a fannish butterly in many ways, but also a serial monogamist when it comes to The Big Fannish Interests ( ... )