Saturday Morning

[gateslacker]

The chilly, cloudy weather this morning seems to support my hole up in the house and play online mentality. (It doesn't take much for me to cave in to the hermitude some Saturdays).

I did manage to upload some Easter pics so at least I got "something" done other than surf and drink coffee. The first pic is of Brandon and me, obviously. The next two are my adorable nieces, Bri and Abi, and then new addition, Averie

I've also been trying to work on getting caught up with everyone and have enjoyed reading everyone's "100 things" meme. Maybe I should do one entitled 100 things I wish I had time for. But, I don't have time for that..LOL.

No, what little free, fun time I have has been totally taken over by Supernatural and it's high time I start gushing (more!). I don't know if I'm just one of these people who just loves to be sucked into fictional things or if the whole avoidance of the Merlin spoilery has inadvertently pushed me toward a new fandom love interest. Because I never realized until now just how much looking at filming pictures and reading the "reports" maintained my interest between seasons (series). I don't think I've abandoned Merlin; it's just been thrown into the back seat of the Impala for the present time.

Speaking of the Impala, I miss it this season. It's totally a character. And with that I am going to segue into my Top 10 Reasons Why Supernatural is Da Bomb, Yo.

1) Sam and Dean, Dean and Sam..however you say it, the brothers Winchester are the heart of this show. I have never really known why I tend to be drawn into Bromance-y relationships even more often than I am romantic ones. When did this bulletproof kink start? The Outsiders, perhaps? (A book I read about a bazillion times and the only book my son has ever read more than once) Speaking of The Outsiders, I read, somewhere, that S.E. Hinton actually writes SPN fanfic. (I think it was a twitter response to someone else.) I don't know how true that is but it would be great fun to happen upon it sometime.

2) Best. Mytharc. Ever! I love a fantastic, interconnected mythology. For every show I have ever loved, I have had to buy in and adore the mytharc. I tend to get into it so much that I begin to resent the stand-a-lone episodes.  For this show, it would be the ghost/demon/monster of the week episodes except....

3) Monster of the week episodes do not hit reset button every single time. Even the stand-a-lone's will contain important information about the overall arc and/or will highlight an important character arc/relationship/plot point/you name it. This is a wonderful thing and is done exceptionally well. This has always been hit or miss, and my most frequent beef with teevee, even in shows that I have adored. It's like nothing is ever forgotten here. There is always a possibility that something will be explored in greater detail later. The characters do not reset themselves, either. At the moment, there are tons of things I'd like to see revisited and I think the amulet, and the fallout from Dean's trashing the amulet, given what that meant to the both of them, is at the top of the list.

4) Total balance. This show ALWAYS balances the humor, drama/angst, and the darkness rather well. Most times, it seems rather seamless in that respect.

5) Slacker! Interesting and well developed supporting characters that you love as much as the boys and villains that are NOT moustache twirling, one dimensional caricatures.

6) Homage to fandom! This show actually "gets" fandom and fandom culture. Seriously! Some of my favorite laugh out loud episodes have dealt with this aspect. I was peeing in my pants laughing during the episode where Sam and Dean end up at a Supernatural convention. (It was actually a pretty decent ghost story, too. See number 4)

7) Not taking itself too seriously. Speaking of laughter, this show can laugh at itself, too, and I haven't seen that done with such humor since Stargate SG-1

8) The Impala: A mode of transportation that actually feels like a character. It had its own episode and everything. This has happened for me before. The Stargate.  Moya (sortof..Moya actually falls into her own category in that she is actually a sentient being but still)

9) Vidder's delight. The show does it's own version of a music vid before the season finales and at the beginning of the season premieres. That totally rocks!

10) Major eye candy. Superficially speaking, of course.

And, now...my favorite lines from last night's episode:

Sam to Dean talking about his *ahem* liaison with Annie: "It was a while back. We ended up on the same case. She was stressed. And I didn't have a soul."

Bobby to himself "I can kill werewolves, fix a Pinto, and bake cornbread. I will be damned if I can't get zen!"

Comments

[dragonfly-sg1.livejournal.com]

YES!YES!YES!! I love your list! The SPN fandom, unfortunately, is full of people who like to bitchbitchbitch and its soooooo nice to see a list like this! Imma gonna share!

I still hope the amulet will return...or perhaps something else even to take its place.

Great pics!

[gateslacker.livejournal.com]

Yes, that seems to be the issue when you dive too deeply into fandom as there's always those whine and moaners. Seriously, why do that? For example, Bones just Jumped the Shark for me in quite the fantastically, craptastic way and though I'm not really into online fandom for that show, I wouldn't keep watching week after week just so I could go online and complain about it if I was involved. Who has time for that negativity?

So, I'm glad my fangirl squee list was an upbeat thing for you because I think the show is AWESOME.

I'm more careful what I read in fandom these days because nothing affects your fan love like perpetual whingers!

Oh, and thanks for the gen links. This gray day has been perfect for just playing. I read a few SPN fanfic and I watched a few you tube vids that I'll have to share (even though there's only about two folks on my flist who watch and you're one of them. That won't stop my gushing, mind you)

[dragonfly-sg1.livejournal.com]

"Who has time for that negativity?" Yes! Thank you!

...re: Bones... was it having the baby in the barn? lol

Yes, share those vids!

Gush away! Gushing makes more fans :) Cause, really, how can you NOT love this show???

I responded to another message via LJ inbox... but I'm not sure it worked. Just know, I wasn't ignoring you!

[gateslacker.livejournal.com]

LOL! Yeah, it was the baby in the barn, the totally unprofessional Sweets and that annoying girlfriend trying to hook up in Brennen's office, Brennen toddling through the prison riot.... I was like, is this show for real? Maybe it has been on this trajectory for a while but this episode really made me realize we were leaping over sharks left and right. So, I deleted the thing from my DVR.

I got your message with the links and have been working through the fic list. Awesome!! Thanks so much!! Is that the message you are talking about?

I love watching the vids, too. I just get sad that I don't have time to play and make vids myself anymore.

[dragonfly-sg1.livejournal.com]

The prison riot!! I was thinking the same thing. LOL Is this for...uh, TV REAL?? lol

I don't know what message I was talking about, but I'm glad you enjoyed the links!

Maybe you can do a little prep time --getting the eps converted or whatever once a week so that sometime this summer if you get a minute or 10 you can at least start one?

[gateslacker.livejournal.com]

What program are folks using to convert these days and how does bluray fit in. Does it still take a coon's age to rip a DVD? I'll tell you what, what I was getting of Merlin via Megaupload made even my ripped files from my past endeavors look like crap. I just can't get over how the quality has improved over the years!

None, I can think of...

[dombede.livejournal.com]

Hey Glenda, thanks for the pictures! What is the deal with kids? They always seem to grow up no matter what we do!

I've just finished the last of British (of course) Season of 'Being Human'. It was great fun! I'm not sure I can tackle the American version, but maybe I will try Supernatural.

Re: None, I can think of...

[gateslacker.livejournal.com]

What is the deal with kids? They always seem to grow up no matter what we do!

IKR? It is total craziness.

I *still* need to pick one of the Being Human's and give it a whirl.

Isn't Netflix great! How else would we ever watch all these shows that have been on the air for ages? Syndication? (shudder!)

[dombede.livejournal.com]

Go for the British one!

[scarym1.livejournal.com]

I hate it when other people's negativity rans on my Squee.
Thankfully, I haven't run across to many whiners lately.

Oh those pics are adorable. I can't believe how tall Brandon is.

[gateslacker.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I usually steer clear of whiners as best as possible. And, I'm too new to my latest obsession/endulgence/squee to have really explored fandom itself.

It is a help and a hindrance that I don't have loads of time for it. (Although my goofing off yesterday might say the contrary)

I know! Sometimes I look at him and it is quite hard to believe that he is practically grown!

[gateslacker.livejournal.com]

It's too bad you couldn't get into the show cause there's definitely loads if vitamin h/c to be had and they do it quite well!

I've read a few fanfic, and there's a lot out there. But I can already see that I will probably only want to read gen, canon, canon AU, and the occasional crossover. I don't think I'll be going for some alternative AU where they are all in high school or something or any of seemingly limitless scenarios that I read in Merlin. LOL, Merlin is pretty unique in that respect!

I hope all is well with you and thanks for the link to SPN fanfic! (((((hugs)))))