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kitewithfishI have been less active because, in the wake of the ending of Supernatural (boo! and also hiss!) I have found that Tumblr fandom also kind of rose from its grave to have one last absurd hurrah, so I've been reblogging an absurd amount of stuff there.
Supernatural feels:
(relatively spoiler free)
The ending was like the pilot run in reverse - they packed the boys up and put them on the shelf like toys they were finished playing with, instead of characters who'd had fifteen years of development. The ending feels like a tragedy, but was portrayed as a happily ever after.
In the end, the last three episodes and the story behind the vaunted love confession of 15X18 have convinced me that much of the elements of the show that I loved was created by accident. It was not written for me. The creators had absolutely no idea who their audience was, or what made their show great in the eyes of so many.
I have been watching this show, on and off, for 11 years. I started watching in college, I know exactly which episode I saw first, I have felt joy and hope and despair and euphoria and righteous anger at this show for years.
Going forward: Inspired by the podcast Still Pretty, a "fully spoiled Buffy podcast" that brings in analysis from all over the Buffy cinematic and comics universe, I have started a re-watch with my dear friend, and we are rewatching from Supernatural from the pilot onwards. It's deeply fun! My friend has never watched horror movies, so the elements of that genre in the early series are very much my area of expertise. I'm also reading a bunch of things that were inspirational for the show's creators.
Real Life:
A birthday was had! It involved a surprise Zoom party, which, uh, was fine, because I was spoiled for it by the considerate people in my life who understand that I do not like surprises! But the main activity of the party was very fun. I got a lovely mug from my sister, as well as a NEW KINDLE from my dear husbeast. This one has the power to just download fic directly from AO3, a power which I have craved mightily in the past
Thanksgiving, which usually falls on the week of my birthday and is therefore My Holiday, was a bit sad. The parents rightfully had cancelled the family meal months ago and each of our little households cooked separate meals and chatted on a vidcall after. It was a lovely meal and we're still eating the leftovers, but. Well. A bit sad.
I have not been sleeping super well recently, but I made some minor changes last night and I woke up not feeling groggy or gross or tired! It's a lovely change.
I think I might go thru my recent reading history and pick a few fics to share.
Supernatural feels:
(relatively spoiler free)
The ending was like the pilot run in reverse - they packed the boys up and put them on the shelf like toys they were finished playing with, instead of characters who'd had fifteen years of development. The ending feels like a tragedy, but was portrayed as a happily ever after.
In the end, the last three episodes and the story behind the vaunted love confession of 15X18 have convinced me that much of the elements of the show that I loved was created by accident. It was not written for me. The creators had absolutely no idea who their audience was, or what made their show great in the eyes of so many.
I have been watching this show, on and off, for 11 years. I started watching in college, I know exactly which episode I saw first, I have felt joy and hope and despair and euphoria and righteous anger at this show for years.
Going forward: Inspired by the podcast Still Pretty, a "fully spoiled Buffy podcast" that brings in analysis from all over the Buffy cinematic and comics universe, I have started a re-watch with my dear friend, and we are rewatching from Supernatural from the pilot onwards. It's deeply fun! My friend has never watched horror movies, so the elements of that genre in the early series are very much my area of expertise. I'm also reading a bunch of things that were inspirational for the show's creators.
Real Life:
A birthday was had! It involved a surprise Zoom party, which, uh, was fine, because I was spoiled for it by the considerate people in my life who understand that I do not like surprises! But the main activity of the party was very fun. I got a lovely mug from my sister, as well as a NEW KINDLE from my dear husbeast. This one has the power to just download fic directly from AO3, a power which I have craved mightily in the past
Thanksgiving, which usually falls on the week of my birthday and is therefore My Holiday, was a bit sad. The parents rightfully had cancelled the family meal months ago and each of our little households cooked separate meals and chatted on a vidcall after. It was a lovely meal and we're still eating the leftovers, but. Well. A bit sad.
I have not been sleeping super well recently, but I made some minor changes last night and I woke up not feeling groggy or gross or tired! It's a lovely change.
I think I might go thru my recent reading history and pick a few fics to share.
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Date: 2020-12-02 08:17 pm (UTC)Completely agree with that. And belated happy birthday!
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Date: 2020-12-02 09:07 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2020-12-03 03:22 am (UTC)There always was that tension in it, of being for people like us but also not quite for people like US. And the showrunners never quite got it. Whatever, I guess. That's how it goes. As someone else noted in another post, Supernatural is over and now it passes forever from the hands of the creators into the hands of the fans. The fans know what to do with it.
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Date: 2020-12-03 07:02 pm (UTC)It's so interesting to be in the fandom right now - between the show's disappointing canonical ending, the long time animus between the fans and the creators, the insanity of the Spanish dub maaaaybe making the mutually queer reading canon, it's just an odd renaissance. This show's death is like a whale fall. T
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Date: 2020-12-03 11:14 pm (UTC)