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An episode review! Or something. A little bit ranty.
BUT.
Before you scroll away, let me be 100 percent clear. I LOVED THIS. The finale? Rocked.
I'm not always very good on the thinky thoughts. In fact, i tend to ramble and get a little incoherent, so i'm going to direct you to a couple places that said what i *want* to say, only much, much better.
First is from![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
bree_black, The Epic Love Story of Sam and Dean. All i can say is 'hell fucking yes'.
The second is courtesy oftahirire, and she says it like it is. Possibly a little ranty, but i agree! So much. :)
And last but not least - my take on something i've seen around my flist ever since Show got started. People saying 'Kripke isn't Joss!' Meaning - Kripke isn't *as good as* Joss, Show is not as good as Buffy. Know what i say?
Thank fuck. Buffy? Is awesome. Always will be. But i got sick to death of Joss' issues being passed off as feminist story-telling. We all take different things from shows because of who we are and how we are and where we are but...let me, again, be clear: I don't want Joss anywhere near my boys.
If this sounds combative and mean, well...i'm sorry. But i'm tired of the undercurrent that Show is somehow a pale *imitation* of Buffy, that Kripke is secretly wishing he were Joss and that the whole thing would be so much better if only Sam were a real girl. Or something. Rarr. I love Buffy, i had a blast in that fandom, and it's not unimaginable to think i'll revisit from time to time. But Show? Is not Buffy. And i. Like it that way.
Sorry, flist, i'm just cranky. Anyway - hope you enjoy the links. The meta there is actually well written and interesting, unlike this. :)
BUT.
Before you scroll away, let me be 100 percent clear. I LOVED THIS. The finale? Rocked.
I'm not always very good on the thinky thoughts. In fact, i tend to ramble and get a little incoherent, so i'm going to direct you to a couple places that said what i *want* to say, only much, much better.
First is from
bree_black, The Epic Love Story of Sam and Dean. All i can say is 'hell fucking yes'.The second is courtesy of
tahirire, and she says it like it is. Possibly a little ranty, but i agree! So much. :)And last but not least - my take on something i've seen around my flist ever since Show got started. People saying 'Kripke isn't Joss!' Meaning - Kripke isn't *as good as* Joss, Show is not as good as Buffy. Know what i say?
Thank fuck. Buffy? Is awesome. Always will be. But i got sick to death of Joss' issues being passed off as feminist story-telling. We all take different things from shows because of who we are and how we are and where we are but...let me, again, be clear: I don't want Joss anywhere near my boys.
If this sounds combative and mean, well...i'm sorry. But i'm tired of the undercurrent that Show is somehow a pale *imitation* of Buffy, that Kripke is secretly wishing he were Joss and that the whole thing would be so much better if only Sam were a real girl. Or something. Rarr. I love Buffy, i had a blast in that fandom, and it's not unimaginable to think i'll revisit from time to time. But Show? Is not Buffy. And i. Like it that way.
Sorry, flist, i'm just cranky. Anyway - hope you enjoy the links. The meta there is actually well written and interesting, unlike this. :)
Something else that doesn't happen here too often....
Oh please tell me that this isn`t a sentiment in parts of fandom, that sam expressing emtion etc makes him a girl because if so the whole ideology behind that is faily rage. Ugh.
Yeah totally agreed on the Joss thing. I`ve never really understood the comparisions between Buffy and SPN other than they`re both urban fantasy. Which... okay then *rolls eyes*
<3
(sorry for any mistakes, I`m on my phone)
Re: Something else that doesn't happen here too often....
No one has said, no, that Sam should be a 'real girl', but i get the feeling that some people wish the hero of the story would be something a lot more along the lines of Buffy. Or maybe Angel.
I never got the impulse to compare, either, as far as arc and characters. There are so many differences, and the similarities are so very shallow.
Something else that doesn't happen here too often....
Heh! It`s not that bad (sorta i keep deleting comments on accident and having to retype them argh!) but i do what i must when i go to land of no internet!
Oh good, my faith in people is slightly restored! However you must be hanging out with better people than i am, i usually get sam isn`t a hero vibe. Because you know dean is always right and sam just needs to shut up and take it *rolls eyes* Hmm if i wanted to to watch a hero like angel or buffy i`d watch... angel or buffy!
Yeah, it`s basically called fiction has similar themes and characters especially within the same genre. welcome to fiction, you may like it her. ;) Oh but what do I know? I`m one of those bad fans who *liked* season five of angel.
Re: Something else that doesn't happen here too often....
Wow. Sam not a hero? Hello? What show are they watching? Sheesh.
Hey, i liked season five of Angel, too. Just hated season four.
*i need feral!Connor in my life, but not the rest....*