Why couldn't you be dealing drugs like normal people?

Snyder ,'Empty Places'


Supernatural 1: Saving People, Hunting Things - the Family Business  

[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.


Beverly - Feb 28, 2008 11:55:11 am PST #6591 of 10002
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.

I think that's a valid point, Jilli. It's certainly one I've wondered about with various fandoms. But I decided that for me, any show that spawned such thought, whether by actual content onscreen, or from viewers longing and creating material for what was obviously a shortfall onscreen, has worth.

Others may feel differently. In the past, for other shows, I have decided that making up stuff for the interstices was more trouble than its worth. SPN hasn't reached that point for me yet.


Nutty - Feb 28, 2008 12:40:17 pm PST #6592 of 10002
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."

I think the show is a kind of rickety scaffold that fandom has built an elaborate world around, and I worry that fandom is going to get its collective heart broken when that scaffold crumples.

Too late. Or actually, that happens for me with every show; and the world I build is sometimes all I can take with me from the experience for a long time.


Amy - Feb 28, 2008 12:44:34 pm PST #6593 of 10002
Because books.

I think the show is a kind of rickety scaffold that fandom has built an elaborate world around, and I worry that fandom is going to get its collective heart broken when that scaffold crumples.

It hasn't reached that point for me -- I think the last time it did, I wanted to rewrite BtVS S7 from scratch, just for myself.

What's definitely true is that this fandom has created some amazing stuff out of the source, and it's as valuable to me as the show itself. I often have to remind myself that something I've read that really stuck with me *wasn't* canon, and was instead fic.

That said, for me, as was true with Buffy, even when SPN is bad, it's better than most of what else is on.


Lee - Feb 28, 2008 1:17:02 pm PST #6594 of 10002
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

I think the scaffold analogy is a good one (though I also like to think of it as a skeleton), because a lot of what I like about the show is tied into the fandom that surrounds it and builds on it. I guess I just don't see the scaffold as being all that rickety, even though it's beginning to show cracks this year.


Consuela - Feb 28, 2008 4:04:08 pm PST #6595 of 10002
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

Jilli, absolutely. The fandom got me into the show, and likely I'll continue to be attached to the fandom (to some extent) after the show succeeds in driving me away.


Atropa - Feb 28, 2008 5:54:01 pm PST #6596 of 10002
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

The fandom got me into the show

That's it exactly. I wanted to understand what all of you were beebling on about. Because (and I KNOW this will get me some odd looks) the two main characters are not my flavor of eye candy. They're attractive guys, yes, but Not My Thing.


Morgana - Feb 28, 2008 7:44:13 pm PST #6597 of 10002
"I make mistakes, but I am on the side of Good," the Golux said, "by accident and happenchance.” – The 13 Clocks, James Thurber

the two main characters are not my flavor of eye candy. They're attractive guys, yes, but Not My Thing.

The words, they are are in English, and yet they do not parse....

Okay, I suppose I can understand. It's the same reaction I have to, say, Justin Timberlake. I do not find him particularly attractive, nor do I like his music. And yet I know that much of the planet disagrees with me. So I just manage to say things like "hmmm" when people burble on about him.


sumi - Feb 29, 2008 8:33:44 am PST #6598 of 10002
Art Crawl!!!

Kroki_refur's recap of "Mystery Spot - of course, it's funny and of course it includes copious screenshots.


sumi - Mar 01, 2008 2:32:16 pm PST #6599 of 10002
Art Crawl!!!

From a highly Spoilery interview with Sera Gamble (discusses plot of next episode; stuff about casting for finale and bits about future of some characters):

FFN: Those matching tattoos are pretty cool. How long has that been planned?

SG: I remember talking about it with Ben Edlund last season, while Cat was writing "Born Under A Bad Sign." We agreed that if we were Sam, the first thing we'd do is take that anti-possession amulet and head for the nearest tattoo parlor. He reminded me of it while we were working on “Jus In Bello,” because breaking out the amulets was an important story point in that episode. So I stuck it in there, and it made for a nice moment. It’s like, of course Sam and Dean have matching tats. How could it be any other way? By the way, I'll be convinced we're truly a cult hit when a fan gets the same tattoo.

And in really bad and annoying news: Chicagoans - there is a WHITE SOX game on WGN on the night of SPN's return . . . I don't know if we will get it delayed to late night or run on Saturday instead. (I'm guessing the latter.)


Polter-Cow - Mar 01, 2008 2:48:07 pm PST #6600 of 10002
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

By the way, I'll be convinced we're truly a cult hit when a fan gets the same tattoo.

It's been over a week! Wonder if anyone's got it already.