Comments | musesfool: i don't like hellfire and you get seasick

musesfool

i don't like hellfire and you get seasick

Aug 21, 2009 18:28

You know, I was excited about the two SPN s5 promos I'd seen, and then I watched this one.

( discussion of casting spoilers and of images found in the promos )

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musesfool August 21 2009, 22:56:48 UTC

Yeah, sometimes it's so blatant it's like a fist to the face. I wish someone WOULD ask him, but I'm sure he'd just give that whole "best actor for the job" "we kill as many white men as blacks and women" bullshit, without ever realizing why those are shitty answers.

such_heights August 21 2009, 22:55:32 UTC

Oh god. D:

musesfool August 21 2009, 22:57:32 UTC

I KNOW!

EPIC FAIL, SHOW!

leavingslowly August 21 2009, 23:09:29 UTC

Don't forget Jo was also in there - the character they wrote like a dimwitted little girl because Kripke & Co. are almost incapable of writing human women as anything other than sex objects.

As for Castiel . . . can I cyber hug you? I honestly thought I was the only one in the entire fandom who thought Castiel was a useless moron. Seriously. It really bothers me because I KNOW that if some ugly ass old man had been cast as Castiel, the character would not be a regular right now.

musesfool August 21 2009, 23:18:46 UTC

All things considered, I'd give Jo one free pass at Sam. But yeah, they wrote her out just when she'd gotten interesting, because she didn't fit into the love interest box.

I honestly thought I was the only one in the entire fandom who thought Castiel was a useless moron. Seriously. It really bothers me because I KNOW that if some ugly ass old man had been cast as Castiel, the character would not be a regular right now.

Heh. Hug away. We are a very small minority, but we do exist. And yeah, if Castiel hadn't been cast young and pretty, fandom would hate him.

percysowner August 22 2009, 13:26:17 UTC

Quite frankly had Castiel been young, pretty, and female the fandom would hate her too. I am part of the Castiel is uninteresting contingent.

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musesfool August 21 2009, 23:26:10 UTC

*nod*

I get that it's a promo and could be misleading, but still, my trust in the show on racial issues is pretty much non-existent.

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musesfool August 21 2009, 23:49:00 UTC

I wish. If more of the fandom cared about this stuff, I think Kripke'd take notice.

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heidi8 August 21 2009, 23:23:52 UTC

I may be completely wrong, because the video stutters a bit on my computer, but it looks like he's setting a circle around the wheelchair on fire, which may be something different from setting someone on fire - there may be something test-ing about it, or something protective. The episode may be fail, but from what I see in the promo it could go either way.

musesfool August 21 2009, 23:27:16 UTC

I am not inclined to give them any trust on issues of race or gender at this point. It's a promo, so it could be misleading, but seeing that did not make me think anything but fail was going to come of it.

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stangerine88 August 23 2009, 05:28:16 UTC

I had the same idea. It seemed like Castiel was showing Dean that the man was protected. (from fire? :D Interesting....)

Dean even looks kind of bug-eyed and surprised. Then they show him [the man in the wheelchair] standing up and speaking. I have so many theories about that one scene it's not even funny.