At FFrants, a SPN child molestation rant. Why *do* people do that? I mean, he has some obvious...issues...that might lead people to think something happened. But they both have issues, I mean, not everyone who was molested ends up promiscuous, sometimes they go the other way, like, you know, SAM. Dean has more than enough other horrible things that happened to him to explain a lot of his issues.

Really, it's *Sam* with all the child molestation subtext in his character arc. The whole "people keep getting inappropriately touchy/threatening metaphorical sexual violence against Dean" thing is relatively recent as far as we know (in terms of the span of Dean's life). Plus, he even managed to hold it together when confronted by Alistair, the closest equivalent to that type of character mentioned in the rant.

Hmm. I hadn't thought of that

Of course, most people will not think of that, because they don't know all the verses of the song. I didn't know that line was in there either...

ETA: links have spoilers for SPN season 5 and also, the US Civil War...

We got snow flurries yesterday. I am not happy.

I've been trying to finish writing stuff, but everytime I start, I stare at the computer and fall asleep. If anything, I'm wondering if a script might be a good thing to try and collaborate on?

By Your Side (sendspace download link because I'm not ready to deal with Youtube and Metacafe tonight)
Dean/Castiel
spoilers for season 5

From the first time I heard the song, I thought "that's a Dean and Castiel song" but it took awhile to find a workable version and as usual, it didn't come out exactly the way I'd hoped but I'm okay with that. I might redo it and rearrange parts, but by the time I do I'm sure it'll all be Kripked in some way.

I read recaps on TwoP but tend to stay off the forums these days. Every time I peek in, I remember why I stopped doing that. For example, the Anna thread in the SPN forums is dedicated mostly to trying to think up legitimate reasons for their instinctive hate of her based on the fact that she is a female character (who isn't a mother figure and is under 30 and playing someone who is sort of a love interest). The dislike appears to be based on 1) things which never actually happened and 2) a strange and persistent belief that SPN is a better quality show than it really is and that Julie McNiven is not a good enough actress to be allowed on it. Now, I think SPN is a better show than people who don't watch it think it is, but it's also not as great a show as it could have been or as good a show as the hardcore fans often think it is-people always get so *betrayed* when the seams show.

Anyway, it'd probably be a lot easier to get Kripke to give the show better female characters if female fans didn't keep hating on the ones that already exist (which prompts him to get rid of the girls or tear them to down please the fanbase). As many fans as there were protesting the Unfortunate Implications of S3, there were an equal number ranting and yelling about how adding a regular girl to the cast was going to "ruin the show".

And female characters are *certainly* held to different standards.

which has been brought up

Also, I really, really don't want to come off like Kripke and co. with their "the fangirls hate all the female characters on the show for no reason" rants, but I have to wonder, if Anna and Castiel's roles were reversed, if people wouldn't still hate Anna and love Cas. I'd imagine in that case, Anna would be perceived as this angel bitch who threatens to put Dean back in hell, chooses her orders over him and doesn't tell him everything about the seals, whereas Cas would be applauded as the tragic story of the beautiful angel who was so brave because he was willing to give up everything just to know what it's like to be human.

That is *exactly* what would happen. And everyone would stil choose to slash Dean and Castiel and find some excuse why Anna was miscast/isn’t a good enough actress/is obviously secretly evil/was written into the script to distract fans away from D/C, etc. Not that I have any problems with D/C- I *don’t* but when you're dealing with a character not known for his monogamy anyway, there's no reason to fight over him.

One person even said Anna was "manipulating" Dean. I don't see it that way but even if she was, *everyone* manipulates Dean! That's what S4 is all about-everyone using Dean for their own agendas. Unlike Ruby (I ain't sayin she's a gold digger but...) Anna's "agenda" in that ep was to a) stay alive and b)have a nice last night on earth if she wasn't going to make it. Burn her, burn her now! She didn't yet know exactly what was going on or who she was talking to.

“You’re like a walking encyclopedia of archaic street slang”

the genderswitch episode of Plastic Winchester Theater

But that’s really exactly the same thing Dean would order if he was born a girl. And Sam would still be ordering salads because she doesn’t want people to think she’s a pig. Good gender swap fic is always still In Character (which is what I liked about the "Edwina" fics by Ineptshieldmaid and Bedlamsbard).


Of course, if they really were girls, that show would become my third favorite tv show ever instead of something I watch and frequently get mad at. Any other good genderswap fic for this fandom?

I've been craving meat for weeks, and I wondered if I'd feel better if I had some.
I finally cracked and bought some organic hamburgers. And yeah, I definitely feel...better...(about as energetic and focused as I could be aside from things I in general, can't make go away)so I don't know what to do there.

I read Cleolinda's recaps of Twilight and this quote stood out I know that parents seem to dig these books because of the abstinence message (see Big Paragraph Point #1), but... does the teen death theme not bother them at all?

I mean, Bella wants to die. Becoming a vampire is essentially suicide, and she spends three books planning hers. It’s not a mistake, like in Romeo and Juliet, she chooses death, makes plans for death, ( spoilers )

( Belated Supernatural Thoughts )