But her initial appearance doesn't impress or intrigue me, so she--and the character--is going to have to win me over.

And this differs from other characters how? We have glimpsed the new character - we have not been really introduced. So suspending judgment until we see some character building/acting makes sense. Your catnip may vary of course.

I think she has to win everyone over. But unless she can't act or has been written really badly I don't see why she wouldn't.

2 more thoughts about Mysterious Blonde Fighter:

1) Barring omniscience, she wouldn't necessarily know that Sam was in a room with shitload of candles until she was in the house and near the room. I can't see any demon giving her a second while she pulls up her hair.

2) For some fighters I know, long hair is a mark of your skill. (You're so good, you don't need to worry about cutting it short. Did I mention that these people are insane?) I doubt that's Kripke's intent, but that's why it's not pinging me.

I have no opinion of the mysterious blond woman (child? girl? chick?) as of yet, but her introduction didn't turn me off, and I've seen enough silly shows and movies where the women have long whippy hair that it doesn't ping me.

Now, if she's fighting in heels I shall laugh and point and make with the mocking. But the hair, well, for me it's a given that it has already been air-dryed with the waving of hands.

Anyhoo, I wasn't quite thrilled with Dean's character (was it the acting? the writing?), and I totally agree that the seven deadly sins should have at least been kept on for at least a mini-arc this season. For all the big deal made out of them, they ended up being rather weak. The YED and Meg were more of a threat than these guys.

I agree that the show/Dean/JA hit it's/his stride at the end when Sam finally brought down the smack-fu with the "one year to live" crap behavior. And hopefully that'll be the last we'll see of that new and not improved Dean.

You know how, when you look back at Season 1 of Angel, and you think, seriously, guys, you think these guys are tough? Just wait. Or Buffy. Or Farscape, or whatever (I would say HP, but that was kind of the point all along). That upping of the ante, yeah? That was my reaction to the 7 and the knife (which, in my head, is medieval. Last time all these demons walked the Earth). Bigger bads and bigger (metaphorical) guns, hand in hand. Raising the stakes.

I... think we may have to agree to disagree on the long-hair thing. I know stunties prefer it, because the flailing hair hides their faces, but it's the hair equivalent of fighting in a sheath dress: sure, maybe you can, but all things being equal, why would you handicap yourself like that?

In my case (not that I fought with it!), I'd say because it was easier for me to predict what it would be doing down than if I had it pulled back. Also, better distribution of its weight. One of the reasons I keep cutting it whenever I get it long enough to braid again is because, if I keep it up or back (which I like in terms of aesthetic), it pulls at my scalp and gives me headaches.

So, Ple, what you're saying then is that I am just a great big klutz? I burned the hair off my forearm once, by reaching over a be-candled table without thinking.

Dude, I blistered myself to scarring on a plastic bag. You can't be near the klutz that I am. Forearm hair is different. Forearm hair, I shave.

Interesting take on Mysterious Blonde Hunter here. Based on Kripke interviews re: S3, includes MBH's name. I don't feel spoiled, beyond MBH's name, though it does discuss the vague idea of S3's arc - but no details. I am one who's desperately avoided spoilers all summer. So.

I didn't read juliana's link yet, so...

I didn't have a problem with MBH. Stephen said the minute he saw her that he got a distinct Buffy vibe, and I did, too. The thing is, after Buffy, I'm not judging a book by its cover. Buffy was not only blonde and incredibly pretty and young (and often with her hair loose instead of braided or ponytailed, too; Faith NEVER pulled her hair bac), she was a slayer. And above and beyond being a slayer, she was SMART. There was more to Buffy than slaying, even if slaying was what pulled those qualities to the surface.

So for now I'm good with whoever this chick is. She may be young, but it doesn't mean she doesn't have good reason for knowing how to stalk, hunt, fight, kill. (Of course, maybe she *doesn't* and we'll all take Kripke out behind the woodshed later on, but that remains to be seen.)

Would I be happier if she wasn't blonde and young and perfectly formed? Certainly. I'd be happier if she was about 40, with a short brown bob, and a body that could use some work. I'd be happiest if she was Tamara, honestly. But this is the CW. This is TV, period. And honestly, I'm willing to forgive certain things if it means a little bump in ratings.

Overall, I'm just not seeing MBH as an affront to the show's basic themes, or the dynamic we already have and love. Plus, these boys like girls. And seeing them befuddled by strong girls is actually interesting to me. (Which is one of the reasons Jo-as-hunter didn't work as well as it could have, imo, because Dean especially pegged her as "little sister" the moment he realized he wasn't going to sleep with her, and because Jo needed some experience in the field, anyway.)

I have babbled. Um, what was I trying to say?

That you're a nicer person than I am? That you're more practical and willing to wait and see how things turn out? That even though she's not a Tamara, an Aeryn Sun, a Zoe, Blondie may still serve the story? That it would be wiser of me to stop yelling at her to get offa my lawn and wait and see how things turn out?

Yeah. That. I'm working on it.

My whole POV of blondie and the reactions to blondie are based on reading an entire summer's worth of bellyaching about the character and the actor over at TWOP. So, on the one hand - I totally get the misgivings, but I also hope that people will give her a chance. I mean, the actor is a completely unknown factor -- or almost completely. Who knows what she can do? Or cannot do?

I hope that when we find out what the character's story is that it fits into the picture in a very organic way which is why I'm rooting for her to be Wandell's daughter.

That it would be wiser of me to stop yelling at her to get offa my lawn and wait and see how things turn out?

That's not what I was saying, babe! I just have ... lower expectations than some of you.

I hope that when we find out what the character's story is that it fits into the picture in a very organic way which is why I'm rooting for her to be Wandell's daughter.

I'm not sure I like that idea, honestly. Because it seems like we should have had some evidence that she was a hunter, just from the boys going through Wandell's things (especially the letter to her).

Also, a) I'd like to see someone hunting who isn't either a hunter by blood, or someone who loved and lost, and b) as I think was said earlier, or possibly elsewhere, if she's Wandell's daughter, her most obvious motivation for tailing Sam is revenge. In which case, she missed her chance, big time, and doesn't make a lot of sense to me.

Again, though, willing to wait and find out. Honestly, I'm more peeved by the name (which I already know, plus SPOILERISH the name of the female character yet to be introduced, and they're so ... uber feminine and sort of romance-novelish. Why can't they be named, like, Jane? And Kate? Or something normal? So, not entirely without the irk.