more SPN stuff
I've been watching all season of Supernatural now - and wow, I knew about the cliffhanger, but that doesn't make it any easier to take. A good thing that it's almost autumn and less than two months to go. I suppose in the meantime, I must satisfy myself with fic. (Am reading all sorts of things but particularly searching out stuff that looks like high quality hurt/comfort gen. Not a whole lot of it.) A pity so much of it is Wincest - I'll read the stuff that looks interesting anyway, but it does lessen the fun a bit.
Of course, the only idea I've gotten for a fic is absolutely bonkers: a crackfic crossover with The Wind on the Moon. I can't for the life of me understand why my brain chose that fic in particular. I suppose it's that both stories have two siblings having strange adventures and looking for their father, and that "Dean" and "Dinah" are slightly similar names.
As for the theme of the story, it's as bizarre as the idea. Basically, the Winchester boys meet the Palfrey girls, who are by now old women (seeing how the book is more than sixty years old). Dinah's out in the kitchen or somewhere, while Dorinda offers the boys a drink. Dean drinks first, and is promptly turned into a kangaroo.
Dorinda is both horrified and thrilled - horrified that she accidentally took the wrong bottle, and thrilled that after sixty years of trying, she and Dinah have finally found the right way to remake Mrs. Grimble's kangaroo potions. She calls on Dinah, who shares her feelings.
Sam, meanwhile, is naturally enough quite upset by his brother suddenly being a kangaroo, as is Dean himself (though he can't be as eloquent on the matter as Sam), and once Dinah and Dorinda have finished their little happydance, they're more than willing to make Dean human again.
...That's all I have, really. No explanation how they all ended up in the same room, nowhere for the story to go, no point to it really except my pleasure at the thought of kangaroo!Dean.
Yes, I'm odd.
***
I had Padma over the other day to indoctrinate her to SPN - well, we did some other stuff too. She fixed my speakers (but not my microphone, since it turned out Daisy was once again at fault. That damned cat is going to cost me a fortune in broken cables). We had some food. She showed me The incredible true story of two girls in love, which was a very nice film (it was weird watching Angel's "Justine" being so young). The characters spoke in the most unnatural fashion, but my sister claims that I always sounded like I was in a bad soap during my teen years, so maybe teens just have an unnatural way of speaking in general. I read out loud to her from My Linden Plays, My Nightingale Is Singing while she did her Pilates excercises. And then I showed her the SPN pilot.
I was very careful to tell her when I started the file, "It's not an excellent show or anything, but it's fun to watch and it has some eye candy." I didn't want her to think that she was getting BtVS or Press Gang, because then there's no way to go but down.
Padma (early on, during a Sam scene): Is that your eye candy?
Me (somewhat surprised, since I've been pimping JA for days now): No...
Padma: I didn't think so either. I recognize him from somewhere.
Me: He was Dean on Gilmore Girls.
Padma: Of course! I was never that into Dean. I liked the other one. You know, Luke's nephew. What was his name?
Me (taking some time to think, since I mostly watched GG for Emily, Sookie, Lane, and Luke, with a side of Lane's mom): Jess.
Padma: Jess, that's right.
Sam (on screen): Dean?
Padma (to Sam): No, that's not Dean, you're Dean.
Me: Confusing, isn't it?
Padma (a reference to GG again): That's not Doyle, that's Jonathan!
--
Padma: I know who these guys could play.
Me: Who?
Padma: The Hardy boys.
Me: That's exactly what they're saying at TWoP.
Padma: Well, I didn't know that.
Me: They're naming all the episodes Hardy boys things.
Padma (to the screen): Joe. Frank.
Me: I never really read the Hardy boys... didn't they hang with Kitty for a while?
Padma: There were some crossovers... the Hardy boys were for the boys and Kitty, well, Nancy Drew, was for the girls.
--
We also both bitched quite a bit about how stupid it is to pick up creepy hitch-hikers who stand around in the middle of the night wearing tattered clothes.
By the end of the episode, Padma declared (with a bit of an "ugh!") that she wanted to watch more some day. I gloated in my victory - I usually manage to win her over, but not always: she's not interested in either Jake 2.0 or old Doctor Who, nor in The West Wing (though I only tried three eps).
So she'll be over tomorrow and watch some, and then she'll be out of the country for a while, but when she's back... *wide grin*
***
One thing that has surprised me both in the TWoP forums and in some fics, is how daddy Winchester gets shoehorned into this bad daddy stereotype. Don't get me wrong, he could have been a lot better as a parent, even given the circumstances, but the way I see it, he could also have been a lot worse. At least he quite obviously loves his boys, he wants what's best for them, he's aware that what he's giving them is not what's best for them, and he's willing to admit when he's wrong.
So "OMG, eevil!" confuses me a bit (and even more so when they have him beating the crap out of them and being drunk all the time, because that seems... not very canon). And when Dean gets to be all emo about what a horrible dad John has been, it really shoots my suspension of disbelief all to hell.
Generally, I prefer shades-of-grey parents on TV. My absolute favourites are Joy in Dead Like Me and Emily in Gilmore Girls. (And the way Lorelai treats Emily as if she was the Wicked Witch always annoys me - Lorelai is old enough to understand that there's a difference between a flawed mom and an evil mom.) John's not quite on that level, but I think he's layered enough to be interesting.
Of course, part of my lenient attitude could be that the way the boys were brought up kind of gives me Holtz vibes, and compared to that psycho ass of twisted vengefulness (I love Holtz, but he's bad on so many levels) daddy Winchester is pretty much Reverend Camden.
***
While my ficcing brain is on crack where this fandom is concerned, my vidding brain has provided me with Vienna Teng's Enough To Go By. It's so very Winchester boys, Dean in particular. *groan* But I don't want a new vidding idea! I'm not even done with Drive My Car yet, and that's quite a bit easier, seeing how I've watched Doyle/Cordy so many times and there are only nine eps.
I'd much rather have a fic bunny.
So, meanwhile, I've downloaded Gimp (because I can't afford Photoshop, especially not since I have to buy new cables all the time) and made some new icons. One I've used for this post *points to icon* and the other three are below. Two of those are of Jensen Ackles and are using Vienna Teng quotes - ETGB for one and "Daughter" for the other. The third icon is of the Fifth Doctor to celebrate that I'm now back to watching old DW eps again. The kimono dressing gown he sported in "Black Orchid" so reminded me of Chrestomanci, and so I simply couldn't resist.
(ETA: Hmm, I'm seriously contemplating remaking the "Daughter" one, because even I can barely read the words on that one...)
Of course, the only idea I've gotten for a fic is absolutely bonkers: a crackfic crossover with The Wind on the Moon. I can't for the life of me understand why my brain chose that fic in particular. I suppose it's that both stories have two siblings having strange adventures and looking for their father, and that "Dean" and "Dinah" are slightly similar names.
As for the theme of the story, it's as bizarre as the idea. Basically, the Winchester boys meet the Palfrey girls, who are by now old women (seeing how the book is more than sixty years old). Dinah's out in the kitchen or somewhere, while Dorinda offers the boys a drink. Dean drinks first, and is promptly turned into a kangaroo.
Dorinda is both horrified and thrilled - horrified that she accidentally took the wrong bottle, and thrilled that after sixty years of trying, she and Dinah have finally found the right way to remake Mrs. Grimble's kangaroo potions. She calls on Dinah, who shares her feelings.
Sam, meanwhile, is naturally enough quite upset by his brother suddenly being a kangaroo, as is Dean himself (though he can't be as eloquent on the matter as Sam), and once Dinah and Dorinda have finished their little happydance, they're more than willing to make Dean human again.
...That's all I have, really. No explanation how they all ended up in the same room, nowhere for the story to go, no point to it really except my pleasure at the thought of kangaroo!Dean.
Yes, I'm odd.
***
I had Padma over the other day to indoctrinate her to SPN - well, we did some other stuff too. She fixed my speakers (but not my microphone, since it turned out Daisy was once again at fault. That damned cat is going to cost me a fortune in broken cables). We had some food. She showed me The incredible true story of two girls in love, which was a very nice film (it was weird watching Angel's "Justine" being so young). The characters spoke in the most unnatural fashion, but my sister claims that I always sounded like I was in a bad soap during my teen years, so maybe teens just have an unnatural way of speaking in general. I read out loud to her from My Linden Plays, My Nightingale Is Singing while she did her Pilates excercises. And then I showed her the SPN pilot.
I was very careful to tell her when I started the file, "It's not an excellent show or anything, but it's fun to watch and it has some eye candy." I didn't want her to think that she was getting BtVS or Press Gang, because then there's no way to go but down.
Padma (early on, during a Sam scene): Is that your eye candy?
Me (somewhat surprised, since I've been pimping JA for days now): No...
Padma: I didn't think so either. I recognize him from somewhere.
Me: He was Dean on Gilmore Girls.
Padma: Of course! I was never that into Dean. I liked the other one. You know, Luke's nephew. What was his name?
Me (taking some time to think, since I mostly watched GG for Emily, Sookie, Lane, and Luke, with a side of Lane's mom): Jess.
Padma: Jess, that's right.
Sam (on screen): Dean?
Padma (to Sam): No, that's not Dean, you're Dean.
Me: Confusing, isn't it?
Padma (a reference to GG again): That's not Doyle, that's Jonathan!
--
Padma: I know who these guys could play.
Me: Who?
Padma: The Hardy boys.
Me: That's exactly what they're saying at TWoP.
Padma: Well, I didn't know that.
Me: They're naming all the episodes Hardy boys things.
Padma (to the screen): Joe. Frank.
Me: I never really read the Hardy boys... didn't they hang with Kitty for a while?
Padma: There were some crossovers... the Hardy boys were for the boys and Kitty, well, Nancy Drew, was for the girls.
--
We also both bitched quite a bit about how stupid it is to pick up creepy hitch-hikers who stand around in the middle of the night wearing tattered clothes.
By the end of the episode, Padma declared (with a bit of an "ugh!") that she wanted to watch more some day. I gloated in my victory - I usually manage to win her over, but not always: she's not interested in either Jake 2.0 or old Doctor Who, nor in The West Wing (though I only tried three eps).
So she'll be over tomorrow and watch some, and then she'll be out of the country for a while, but when she's back... *wide grin*
***
One thing that has surprised me both in the TWoP forums and in some fics, is how daddy Winchester gets shoehorned into this bad daddy stereotype. Don't get me wrong, he could have been a lot better as a parent, even given the circumstances, but the way I see it, he could also have been a lot worse. At least he quite obviously loves his boys, he wants what's best for them, he's aware that what he's giving them is not what's best for them, and he's willing to admit when he's wrong.
So "OMG, eevil!" confuses me a bit (and even more so when they have him beating the crap out of them and being drunk all the time, because that seems... not very canon). And when Dean gets to be all emo about what a horrible dad John has been, it really shoots my suspension of disbelief all to hell.
Generally, I prefer shades-of-grey parents on TV. My absolute favourites are Joy in Dead Like Me and Emily in Gilmore Girls. (And the way Lorelai treats Emily as if she was the Wicked Witch always annoys me - Lorelai is old enough to understand that there's a difference between a flawed mom and an evil mom.) John's not quite on that level, but I think he's layered enough to be interesting.
Of course, part of my lenient attitude could be that the way the boys were brought up kind of gives me Holtz vibes, and compared to that psycho ass of twisted vengefulness (I love Holtz, but he's bad on so many levels) daddy Winchester is pretty much Reverend Camden.
***
While my ficcing brain is on crack where this fandom is concerned, my vidding brain has provided me with Vienna Teng's Enough To Go By. It's so very Winchester boys, Dean in particular. *groan* But I don't want a new vidding idea! I'm not even done with Drive My Car yet, and that's quite a bit easier, seeing how I've watched Doyle/Cordy so many times and there are only nine eps.
I'd much rather have a fic bunny.
So, meanwhile, I've downloaded Gimp (because I can't afford Photoshop, especially not since I have to buy new cables all the time) and made some new icons. One I've used for this post *points to icon* and the other three are below. Two of those are of Jensen Ackles and are using Vienna Teng quotes - ETGB for one and "Daughter" for the other. The third icon is of the Fifth Doctor to celebrate that I'm now back to watching old DW eps again. The kimono dressing gown he sported in "Black Orchid" so reminded me of Chrestomanci, and so I simply couldn't resist.
(ETA: Hmm, I'm seriously contemplating remaking the "Daughter" one, because even I can barely read the words on that one...)