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[NAFDA]. This is where we talk about the CW series Supernatural! Anything that's aired in the US (including promos) is fair game. No spoilers though -- if you post one by accident, an admin will delete it.
The pretty *and* the scary reeled me in, because I love both, but the characters kept me.
I love gag reels. Because I adore the glimpse behind the scenes, and it always tickles me when everyone looks they're having the kind of good time I think they are.
I love the scary, because it's the type of scary that doesn't freak me out and keep me awake nights. It's the sit on the couch, shriek delightedly, silly horror movie sort of scary, which makes me feel all nostalgic.
Honestly, it's the character interaction that hooked me, too. The pretty is very pretty, but if all I wanted was pretty, I'd be watching OTH or something.
I love the scary, because it's the type of scary that doesn't freak me out and keep me awake nights. It's the sit on the couch, shriek delightedly, silly horror movie sort of scary, which makes me feel all nostalgic.
The silly horror movie is very much by design, and a source of a lot of the handwavium supply.
Though I confess to being more freaked by that than I used to be when I was younger, and that certain episodes (hi, Bloody Mary and Usual Suspects!) really give me the icy shudders.
and that certain episodes (hi, Bloody Mary and Usual Suspects!) really give me the icy shudders.
Wait, I haven't seen Usual Suspects yet, have I?
I luuuurved Bloody Mary. I think I may have giggled and clapped my hands. Which was also my reaction to the haunted asylum episode.
What hooked me?
SAM: Hey, Dean? What I said earlier... about Mom and Dad, I'm sorry.
DEAN (holding up a hand): No chick-flick moments.
SAM: All right. Jerk.
DEAN: Bitch.
I resisted SPN because, well, I wasn't looking for a show, and also I'm not a horror fan. But I watched and Oh! Dean! also it's the perfect way for me to watch horror films, because there's none of the gore or the stuff that freaks me out.
Wait, I haven't seen Usual Suspects yet, have I?
Nope! It has true horror movie creepy! Also, Linda Blair.
Ahaha: my first rational thoughts on the show (about 3-4 days into my viewing) [link]
Thanks for the link, Plei. I do think it was the whole idea of family (and family secrets) that drew me in. For one thing, the sibling dynamic fascinates me and also engenders a certain sense of longing. Growing up as an only child, I could only imagine what having a sibling would be like, and what I'm getting here is a deep, vicarious, and visceral experience that is at once very different from anything I have ever known in my own life and yet seems so right, so familiar.
As for the family secrets, that is a subject that has always fascinated me, given that my own family has their share. Little ticking time bombs that manage to come out at the worst times, or get talked around rather than about.