I honestly believe our little fandom is downright tame and peaceful. Incest seems to be relaxing. ;)
I agree. The show has a few problems, but what show doesn't? As for the fandom, I've barely seen any kerfluffles other than the one over Jo...mostly Jo, anyway, and *that* was caused mainly by people who didn't want other people to criticize her or the show or Kripke and made insulting remarks about people who did. IMHO, what's the point of discussion if everyone has to think exactly alike? *g* But maybe that's just me. hehe
The fun of it all to me is to squee over the good parts, rant about things that bug me, and then squee some more. *g* I love reading all the meta and love all the analytical posts and all the stuff with pie charts and counting how many times Dean says "Sammy" and all of that sort of thing.
Still, all the Jo/Roadhouse kerfluffle was all pretty mild and mellow, really--at least here on LJ. I've been in other fandoms where fans were yelling at each other on the streets and had major, personal "wars" with other fans and held grudges for years and years. *g* In the Stargate fandom, there were huge divides in fandom, though by the time I joined, the divides were firmly in place and there wasn't a lot of meeting in the middle except in a few rare places which was nice.
I don't watch this show for the plots either. :-)
From day one the relationship between the brothers drew me in and kept me hooked. Despite protestations to the contrary they had one chick flick after another and I love it.
Exactly. That's exactly why I love this show--from the first episode that I saw until now--I'm in it for the brother-love. :-)
Though I can`t understand dismissing it with a pat "god, why doesn`t he get over it and becomes Season 1 Dean once more."
I don't understand that either, other than maybe it's just too painful to watch if you are in a raw place yourself. I am. I lost my mother-in-law just a few months ago. For me, though, I find it cathartic. Maybe that says something terrible about me *g*, but it's easier for me to cry over Dean and John and Sam than RL stuff--and to write about that and even rant about it sometimes, because I haven't been able to really talk about the real-life stuff yet (other than to my husband and my kids a bit).
But...I do worry about when we get to IMTOD when watching with my husband (we're only up to Route 666), because it might just be too hard for him to watch. I'm not sure. So I could understand it from that perspective, but I don't think it would be very realistic for the show to have Dean suddenly turn back into Season 1 Dean any more than I could turn back into my 20-year-old self or even go back a year.
I honestly don't want Dean to just get over it any time soon. I'd like to see some of this resolved, but honestly? I like how this show has mirrored what I know real-life grief to be like, although, admittedly most of us are not out hunting demons and in such extremely stressful situations just piling on the problems, but I've liked seeing Dean go through all of this and I love him all the more for it.
I've also liked seeing Sam's reactions to all of this, and I look forward to more Sam angst, too. *g*
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I agree. The show has a few problems, but what show doesn't? As for the fandom, I've barely seen any kerfluffles other than the one over Jo...mostly Jo, anyway, and *that* was caused mainly by people who didn't want other people to criticize her or the show or Kripke and made insulting remarks about people who did. IMHO, what's the point of discussion if everyone has to think exactly alike? *g* But maybe that's just me. hehe
The fun of it all to me is to squee over the good parts, rant about things that bug me, and then squee some more. *g* I love reading all the meta and love all the analytical posts and all the stuff with pie charts and counting how many times Dean says "Sammy" and all of that sort of thing.
Still, all the Jo/Roadhouse kerfluffle was all pretty mild and mellow, really--at least here on LJ. I've been in other fandoms where fans were yelling at each other on the streets and had major, personal "wars" with other fans and held grudges for years and years. *g* In the Stargate fandom, there were huge divides in fandom, though by the time I joined, the divides were firmly in place and there wasn't a lot of meeting in the middle except in a few rare places which was nice.
I don't watch this show for the plots either. :-)
From day one the relationship between the brothers drew me in and kept me hooked. Despite protestations to the contrary they had one chick flick after another and I love it.
Exactly. That's exactly why I love this show--from the first episode that I saw until now--I'm in it for the brother-love. :-)
Though I can`t understand dismissing it with a pat "god, why doesn`t he get over it and becomes Season 1 Dean once more."
I don't understand that either, other than maybe it's just too painful to watch if you are in a raw place yourself. I am. I lost my mother-in-law just a few months ago. For me, though, I find it cathartic. Maybe that says something terrible about me *g*, but it's easier for me to cry over Dean and John and Sam than RL stuff--and to write about that and even rant about it sometimes, because I haven't been able to really talk about the real-life stuff yet (other than to my husband and my kids a bit).
But...I do worry about when we get to IMTOD when watching with my husband (we're only up to Route 666), because it might just be too hard for him to watch. I'm not sure. So I could understand it from that perspective, but I don't think it would be very realistic for the show to have Dean suddenly turn back into Season 1 Dean any more than I could turn back into my 20-year-old self or even go back a year.
I honestly don't want Dean to just get over it any time soon. I'd like to see some of this resolved, but honestly? I like how this show has mirrored what I know real-life grief to be like, although, admittedly most of us are not out hunting demons and in such extremely stressful situations just piling on the problems, but I've liked seeing Dean go through all of this and I love him all the more for it.
I've also liked seeing Sam's reactions to all of this, and I look forward to more Sam angst, too. *g*