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I'm not sure how many of you still having on your flist are following Supernatural (my fault for not being around much)...but oh I like season 8 as much as I liked the first three seasons.
I finally managed to catch up with it (marathoning eps from 12 to 19)(thanks to finally having a working pc!), and I loved all of it.

Benny's story and friendship with Dean is heartbreaking and wonderful. Probably my favourite storyline after John's.

Seeing all characters coming back was great, and the new ones are good and intriguing on their own. Loved discovering more about John, his father (and yes, yes yes to Dean sticking up for John :DDD and the Hunters/Men of Letters combo.

Many many funny Typical Dean lines :DDD

One specific thing annoyed me in ep 19 (Sam had Lucifer in his head, why can't they believe Kevin has Crowley in his???), but apart from that...

ILU Supernatural! :)
And Fandom, of course, which I miss very much.


As to other TV...

I watched the first two eps of Revolution. All I could tolerate, to be honest. I can see shades of Dean in the girl, but the whole thing didn't grab me at all.

Defiance seemed okay, at least I enjoyed watching the pilot. None of the characters grab me intensely (if only D.B. Sweeney was in it!) but the whole aliens and humans mixed together thing it's interesting. Reminds me of Farscape a bit, in a good way.

Following friendly advice (you know who you are), I watched the first season of Call the Midwives and I'll get the second one asap, because I loved it. It was gentle, funny, and very watchable, imo. I also adore Miranda Hart, so that was a plus.

I do miss being a Fan of a series, proper, like I was/am of the Pros and of SPN and a few other things...but nothing seems to strike at the moment. Oh well :)
I whined about it before, sorry :)

What the headline says! :)

I don't how many of you are still following SPN.  I sure hope some still are :)
Interestingly enough, SPN is the first ever TV series I follow from the beginning in Real Time.

When I first entered fandom, I was into Highlander:The TV series, but there were no downloads at the time, so my only way of following it in Real Time was to rely on the Big List after Episode Discussions and the tapes kind fans were sending me. To this day, there are still episodes I haven't seen (working to remedy that, though).

After that, I went back into The Professionals. I say 'went back' because I watched the series on TV in Italy when it first aired, and that was...uhm, 17/18 years previously. 57 precious episodes which I danced for when I saw them (on tape!) in a HMV shop in Manchester during the Highlander convention Chronicles 1997.

After that - and for the record, the series I love I keep loving, until now I've never gone completely off a series, the passion just leaves but there's always fire under the ashes, so to speak - after that...it was multifandom for a while: LotR and lots of other series, Harsh Realm, Krycek... (see my info page for the full list), many found following actors and actresses I liked.

And of course, there was roleplay writing in Theatrical Muse (once again, an amazing experience, and some true friends found).

But Real Time series? None, not really. I've watched many episodes of many series (still have to watch True Blood, though), but none from the beginning throughout not missing a single episode, and not getting as involved in the fandom.

Supernatural was the first one, and yes, I'm still watching it after 8 years. Wow :D

Reactions?

I quite loved it. I feel a clear return to season one dynamics between the brothers. The photography has peaks of amazingness, loved Dean's desaturated Purgatory back story (and that whole backstory? I hope someone is writing around it, cause there's so much scope for fun and exploration there!).
Sam is Sam. He never wanted to be a hunter, and I quite approve of this trait of his character not changing. It may well be a case of denial, but still. I like it.
Dean is always my favourite between them, but one without the other doesn't work :D (and no, I never slashed them, although I have enjoyed many stories that did).

The flashbacks are interesting. I think they are more for us, the audience, than anything else. I liked the silences between the brothers, as difficult as they were, and those are still there, only now we know what's in their minds when they're silent.
Narratively speaking, the series switched from a tighter pov to a close one.
Does it work?
In ways, but it does disrupt the narrative a bit, for me. I understand, of course, that it's another way to give the boys some days off from their filming schedule.

I fear for Dean's bond with the guy from Purgatory (can't remember his name, right now). I like it, and I don't want it to go.

And yes, I still cheer for John Winchester and what he's done for his boys :P

Looking forward to the more new SPN episodes!

In other news, I'm learning to become a Relational Dynamic coach (will specialize in coaching writers), looking after my father, and not yet finishing my novel. Bad, bad me!

How are you people? I want to see are Nick Lea's eps in Once Upon A Time, I hope it's a good role, and a lasting one.

Hugs!

I never thought I would get here, but you know what? Some fans in SPN fandom REALLY PISS ME OFF.


I DIDN'T LIKE OR DISLIKE RUBY, SHE WAS JUST A CHARACTER, BUT NOW? NOW AFTER SEEING ALL THE HATE, I HOPE SHE STAYS, GETS REDEMPTION, MARRIES SAM, NO, WAIT, MARRIES BOTH DEAN AND SAM AND HAS THEIR BABIES AND THEY ALL LIVE TOGETHER HAPPILY EVER AFTER, ALL IMMORTAL BY DRINKING HER DEMONIC BLOOD! *

Just to spite the haters. There, I feel better now, LOL

Oh, and John Winchester gets revived somehow, and keeps driving and fighting monsters, Saving People, Hunting Things, and maybe meets a certain one-armed Russian spy in search of a temporary hiding place...erm...what? :D


* I am unspoiled so I don't know what is going to happen, but I am so sick and tired of seeing hating on characters in such a crass, petty way and mostly because of their gender. Disliking is something else, I too dislike some characters, but there is a limit and a decency, and no, I don't think Fandom is SRS BSZ, but decency is.

Just one quick thought because I need to rewatch the ep before I can put down proper meta, but...( Comment about Castiel under the cut )

Silly me, I just had a Revelation!

( about Dean and Hell and Angels in SPN )

And now I will go watch SPN 4.17 :)


Two very interesting meta about parental roles in SPN here:

John and Great vs. Good by impulsiveanswer

Parental stand-ins in SPN by yourlibrarian


ETA LOLOLOL ( reaction to SPN 4.17 )

..I have Beyonce's I'm A Single Lady songtune in my mind (is that the title of the song?)...only in my head it's John Winchester humming it as he drives, patting the beat with his fingers on the wheel, going: "I'm a single daddy, I'm a single daddy..."

Help? :)

Uhm, ( Thoughts, some good, some so-so )

Dean-centric songvid, which I really really liked! Many Dean-centric vids are really angsty, this one mixes it with some fun clips and double entendre (especially in regards to slash fans *g*) and harsh truths. I found it highly amusing and very Dean-like,especially in relation to the fandom and its relationship with the character (so much so that I'm considering it for a paper, if vidder agrees) Loved the choice of clips (Jensen Ackles IS good vidding maaterial, isn't he?) and the songs, well, they fit :D

I Kissed a Girl, by billie_rose
posted HERE in supernaturalvid

TWU WUV...because fandom is what it is and there is place for everyone. Yes. Everyone. Even GRUBOID LURVE!
There's a songvid, too, but not on the site (yet), as far as I can see. I wonder if someone asked for it for Yuletide, it sure is an obscure fandom :)

As last year, I am pinch hitting for Yuletide. Not committing to anything, because my track record is horrible, but pinch-hitting usually works out well, and last year was the best fun in a long time, both for pinch hitting and the free-for-all sockfillers last minute rush :D

I have, however, in an obvious moment of desperate clinging to my sanity and identity, committed to mini_nanowrimo..erm. I haven't yet written a word for it. I'll see what I can do. Something's gotta give and it won't be me, dammit.

I also caught up with SPN. OHMY. SO much to say! SO little time, and I know you all SPN f-listers have probably been discussing it all already :(

( Stuff I like about SPN with mentions of most recent ep's events )