That's the story I was complaining about. I just...I like more variety in my stories. I hated the narrowness of the characterisation. John was a douche, Dean was too good to be true, and Sam...well, I don't know how it ended, because I got tired of the unremitting bleakness, and decided I didn't even want him to be happy in the end, because the circumstances were still so dire.

And Bobby was barely there, and the Castiel characterisation was confusing and vague.

I liked that Castiel was confined to an ancillary role, and the story focused on the filial relationship. Yes, it was over-focused. So am I. I guess I relate that way.

I knew it was the wrong story for the room.

I wanted a story focussed on the boys. Those weren't my boys. It's hard to find a good non-Wincest story about thier devotion to each other that shows their ups and downs.

But...I love Dean. That wasn't Dean. He wasn't layered or funny or nuanced. He was Beth from Little Women, with a layer of super hero thrown on.

I love Sam. But I hated who he was at the start of the story, for no good narrative reason, as far as I could tell. Why was he such a whiner?

And the John was so unforgivable. Prick!John can make a story easily unredeemable for me.

The story didn't have to focus on Castiel. It just had to make his existence and relationship to Dean make sense and jibe with canon. It didn't. Bobby came closer, but it still wasn't great.

Here's a ridiculous question borne out of procrastination and this morning's "do not want": I'm watching the pilot and the house just went up in flames. When they show the firefighters putting it out, are those extras/bit actors? Or do they just get the local firehouse to come out? They were actually using the hoses and everything; are actors trained to do that for a minute of film?

Amy, they may cast for actors that already know that, maybe, like they'd cast for actors that can speak French or tap.

Supernatural: Anime trailer. I figured it's okay to link to since it has nothing plotty in it, but we need to decide what the spoiler rules around the anime will be. Come January 2011, anyway. Will it ever be whitefontable here? Is all the printed stuff off-limits?

Perhaps stuntmen?

Supernatural: Anime trailer.

So is this a DVD release? I thought it was going to be comics.

Um, I have no thoughts about spoilers or whitefonting. It's pre-series? Or in-between episodes stuff?

So is this a DVD release? I thought it was going to be comics.

It might air in Japan, I think.

It will retell S1 and maybe S2, and be pre-series and maybe between episode stuff too.

I figured it's okay to link to since it has nothing plotty in it, but we need to decide what the spoiler rules around the anime will be. Come January 2011, anyway. Will it ever be whitefontable here? Is all the printed stuff off-limits?

What are the rules with the Buffy comics? How were they worked out?

What are the rules with the Buffy comics?

They ended up getting their own thread, which morphed into Astounding. Want to agitate for an SPN other media thread?

Sorry, I'm amusing myself.