Ailleann, thanks for the link! That was indeed the essay I was thinking of--not only that, it was the one that linked the Winchesters and the YED in a circular pattern of fatal flaw. I'd been trying to find that one--and had forgotten they are the same essay.
Boxed Set, Vol. IV: It's always suicide-mission this, save-the-planet that.
A topic for the discussion of Farscape, Smallville, and Due South. Beware possible invasions of Stargate, Highlander, or pretty much any other "genre" (read: sci fi or fantasy) show that captures our fancy. Expect Adult Content and discussion of the Big Gay Sex.
Whitefont all unaired in the U.S. ep discussion, identifying it as such, and including the show and ep title in blackfont.
Blackfont is allowed after the show has aired on the east coast.
This is NOT a general TV discussion thread.
That essay is completely brilliant.
Also, did everyone see that Fire in the Hole got an update? (We were flailing about Big_Pink in here, right? Or was that FF?)
I think that was in FF.
Hey, guess who just watched all the Jo bits in SPN?
That'd be me! Okay, I skipped ELAC, on account of having just watched it and all. But I watched all the rest!
In conclusion, Jo and Dean have better chemistry than assumed on first airing, and Alona Tal really, really looks like a young waifish blonde version of Jilli.
That's a bit of a straw man argument, Kate. Those are hardly the only two options.
Of course -- and I also said that I could have bought the staying-in-2006 decision if we'd had more time with Sam there. What I meant -- and articulated poorly -- was that, by the point in the episode when Sam wakes up (around the 48 minute mark), there was no time left to convince me that he should stay in 2006, and I only wanted to see him return to 1973. They certainly could have brought Sam back earlier and spent more time on his re-integration into his old life, but I don't think that's the kind of story they were interested in telling, nor the one they had been telling up until that point. To me, Sam's story turned out to be much less about *how* he got to 1973, and more about how he lived there and was changed by his time there.
I tried to read that Dodger-Winslow essay, and like much of her fic, MEGO and I started tilting sideways.
Also, she's wrong about John. His boys come first. But I have the advantage of hindsight, as that essay was written a year ago.
What does MEGO mean?
Would it be petty of me to say that I was constantly distracted while reading the Dodger-Winslow essay by the many typos? Yes, I suppose it would be. (And I'm certainly not claiming that my posts have never contained a mistake.) Interesting ideas, much food for thought. I just wish it had been run through spell check before being posted.
My Eyes Glazed Over. She uses too many words.
and Alona Tal really, really looks like a young waifish blonde version of Jilli.
This inexplicably makes my head kinda hurt. No, I don't know why.
My Eyes Glazed Over.
Heh. Thanks.