So, heaven still has a plan for Dean, Sam is still going darkside, Castiel is well on his way to a crisis of faith, Ruby is in love with Sam and now we wait for January.
That's so concise! Unrelated but I NEVER want to talk about SPN on my own journal anymore, just yours. Oh and in RL. And I've even been thinking about it a good deal more of late. Man, that fandom really did a weird number on me.
You are welcome to talk about SPN in my journal any time you want.
I like talking about SPN because it feels like my strongest tie to sci-fi fandom at the moment, and that's something I miss sometimes. I love bandom in an insane sort of way, but RPF fandoms just aren't the same. That said, SPN seems like a stressful fandom in a lot of ways. I enjoy it, but it's not my primary fandom. My investment is lower, so it's fairly easy for me to ignore most wank/drama. I mostly hang out on the edges and stick to my flist.
I really enjoyed 09, but by 10, I was like, "REALLY? Did you really have no better way to get them out of this situation than by making her an Angel?" It just seemed like a huge cop-out...
The one thing I did like about episode 10 were some of the subtleties of Dean's role in hell, some that I didn't catch the first time I watched it. Like when Dean hit Alastair in the face with a pipe and he says, "Is that all you've got? I thought you had such promise..." I just assumed it was because Alastair was so strong, but then thought, "OH! Dean's doing a lousy job torturing him! That's kind of more clever than I thought.."
I didn't really see it coming, but I can roll with it I guess. Mostly the physical grace thing made me LOL which I don't think was the reaction they were going for.
I had to go back and make an ETA about Dean and hell - which is mostly about the ways that their handling of the issue has not worked for me, but you're right. There was some good stuff leading up to the revelation in this episode. I just wish that had been more consistent throughout the season.
I don't think Wincest is squickier than Sam/Ruby in so much as I don't find any of them squicky. However, some of fandom's reaction claiming that "Sam/Ruby is sick and wrong!!!!" at the same time it was raving about how much in luuuuurrrrve Sam and Dean are and how the canon was giving evidence of this broke my Ewww meter. Nice double standard you got going there, fandom
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However, some of fandom's reaction claiming that "Sam/Ruby is sick and wrong!!!!" at the same time it was raving about how much in luuuuurrrrve Sam and Dean are and how the canon was giving evidence of this broke my Ewww meter.
Yes, this exactly. I'm actually not particularly bothered by Sam/Ruby the way it was done. I am periodically bothered by Wincest, but it's not a big deal or something I would have even brought up except for this. I would be sympathetic to people who have issues with the demon-fucking. If the main issue is that it gets in the way of the incestuous OTP, I'm . . . less sympathetic. If I'm going to pick one of those pairings to be squicked by, it's not going to be Sam/Ruby.
A lot of this season has fallen flat for me, and I really don't know why. ALL of the pieces I should love are there and I *should* be eating up and I'm . . . not. I think maybe it's me.
I liked the whole Anna ripped out her grace and fell to earth because it makes it about free will, there were pretty CGI lights, and it's an
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This was the first time the Wincest bothered me, and it wasn't the pairing itself, it was fandom's reaction of deeming one pairing EVAL and the other twue-pure-lurve. Yes, because incest it's so much more morally irreprehensible and healthy. Way to have absolutely no perspective left. (And this is why people outside the fandom think it is crazy and man, I don't blame them. I mean, I am extremely sympathetic towards Sam/Dean and my reaction was "oh, yuckMaybe the reason why this season isn't working for you has nothing to do with the show itself and is more related with the fact that you're busy and worried with school and just don't have the emotional availability to engage. Or maybe it really is the show itself, lord knows that many people are complaining that this season isn't working for them but, personally I have no idea why it is that because I don't think there hasn't been an episode so far where I haven't *flailed* at the screen
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That did occur to me; I'm so stressed right now and I'm definitely not engaging like I used to - though there have been moments. I loved "In the Beginning." The final scene, where Dean realizes Mary made a deal? YES YES YES. Symmetry! Perfect emotional continuity! The Winchester's shared tragic flaw! THAT IS WHAT I WANT FROM YOU SPN. I do like this season better than last season, though.
Okay. I also choose to believe that he didn't remember until "Yellow Fever." I could buy that; it just doesn't make sense the other way.
Everybody keeps asking me if I got a flu shot. I did not. Because I'm pretty dumb, actually, since I could have gotten one on campus without too much hassle. I should definitely take steps to prevent this.
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That's so concise! Unrelated but I NEVER want to talk about SPN on my own journal anymore, just yours. Oh and in RL. And I've even been thinking about it a good deal more of late. Man, that fandom really did a weird number on me.
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I like talking about SPN because it feels like my strongest tie to sci-fi fandom at the moment, and that's something I miss sometimes. I love bandom in an insane sort of way, but RPF fandoms just aren't the same. That said, SPN seems like a stressful fandom in a lot of ways. I enjoy it, but it's not my primary fandom. My investment is lower, so it's fairly easy for me to ignore most wank/drama. I mostly hang out on the edges and stick to my flist.
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The one thing I did like about episode 10 were some of the subtleties of Dean's role in hell, some that I didn't catch the first time I watched it. Like when Dean hit Alastair in the face with a pipe and he says, "Is that all you've got? I thought you had such promise..." I just assumed it was because Alastair was so strong, but then thought, "OH! Dean's doing a lousy job torturing him! That's kind of more clever than I thought.."
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I had to go back and make an ETA about Dean and hell - which is mostly about the ways that their handling of the issue has not worked for me, but you're right. There was some good stuff leading up to the revelation in this episode. I just wish that had been more consistent throughout the season.
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Yes, this exactly. I'm actually not particularly bothered by Sam/Ruby the way it was done. I am periodically bothered by Wincest, but it's not a big deal or something I would have even brought up except for this. I would be sympathetic to people who have issues with the demon-fucking. If the main issue is that it gets in the way of the incestuous OTP, I'm . . . less sympathetic. If I'm going to pick one of those pairings to be squicked by, it's not going to be Sam/Ruby.
A lot of this season has fallen flat for me, and I really don't know why. ALL of the pieces I should love are there and I *should* be eating up and I'm . . . not. I think maybe it's me.
I liked the whole Anna ripped out her grace and fell to earth because it makes it about free will, there were pretty CGI lights, and it's an ( ... )
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Pretty much. I so need that on an icon.
That did occur to me; I'm so stressed right now and I'm definitely not engaging like I used to - though there have been moments. I loved "In the Beginning." The final scene, where Dean realizes Mary made a deal? YES YES YES. Symmetry! Perfect emotional continuity! The Winchester's shared tragic flaw! THAT IS WHAT I WANT FROM YOU SPN. I do like this season better than last season, though.
Okay. I also choose to believe that he didn't remember until "Yellow Fever." I could buy that; it just doesn't make sense the other way.
Everybody keeps asking me if I got a flu shot. I did not. Because I'm pretty dumb, actually, since I could have gotten one on campus without too much hassle. I should definitely take steps to prevent this.
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