Anything having to do with parting with/losing doggies is sad-making for me. :-(

On another note, SpoilerTV reports that an insider at a CW meeting says SPN is a go for season 7, although it's still unofficial. Let's hope we get official word soon.

I am so not a fan of people giving dogs up for any reason, there's too much "breaking up the pack" trauma for me to deal with rationally. I like dogs but will never have one because I know I don't have the time or familial support to give them the full life they need. I have too much anger towards the owners of dogs who give them up. Every pet my family has ever owned has come from a shelter, and I've seen too much abandonment to be copacetic with it.

However, the fact that a friend has the dog (however temporarily or permanently) and Jared still has visiting rights is endearing. It's easy to be judgmental from my couch (smothered by two outdoor cats dictating where I can live).

I asked my sister if she wanted prison farce or Rashomon ripoff. So, now that I've sorely misrepresented both episodes, she's getting Tall Tales. I hope it's not too absurd for her.

I think for someone adverse to depression, Tall Tales is a good soft sell. I don't find SPN to be a depressing show, like I found BSG or maybe even Carnivale. But, I love the mangst. It's never struck me as DEPRESSING so much as emotionally resonant, and sometimes the resonating emotions were fucking DOWN in key moments. Sure, if you overanalyze it, it could be considered depressing, but that's not my Show takeaway.

Tall Tales is so much fun. I can't remember why I didn't suggest that one. I LOVE THEM ALL.

Never watched Carnivale. I think the general outlook on life and death in Show is bleaker than BSG, but the show itself is leavened with so much humour and warmth. And BSG was just unremitting angst in the every day. I like that Dean, despite being wracked with PTSD and enough angst to power Seattle can still crack wise. And that the show will create and embrace absurdity with glee. It's why I can keep coming back, even if the messages of futility (seriously--that's our heavenly reward???) and the concomitant torture of family devotion are pretty heartwrenching and played for maximum pain.

Now, if I can work out how to rip DVDs. Don't tell anyone.

I like that Dean, despite being wracked with PTSD and enough angst to power Seattle can still crack wise.

I think that's why Swan Song worked so well for me. Seeing those moments we usually don't -- Sam and Dean looking at the stars with a six-pack, going to an Ozzy show, the army men in the car. At the base of it, it's just these two guys who are brothers, with very little else, and even when they're facing the end of the world, Sam's worrying about Dean's life after the battle and Dean is picking the right song to blast as he rolls into the cemetery.

Well, then I ain't gonna let him die alone.

Sam, it's okay. It's okay. I'm here. I'm here. I'm not gonna leave you. I'm not gonna leave you.

So it became necessary to verify the rip of Tall Tales, so I had to watch the back half of it.

She better like it, dammit. It's good ep. And it makes me want to do simply obscene things to Dean.

I'm kinda surprised I haven't seen more Dean/Trickster (before Mystery Spot, obviously). They seemed to have a vibe that could be salvaged by just having him swear of killing anyone in the future.

Fuck, if people can ship Sam with Gabriel now, and he's DEAD, why not Dean/Trickster?

I can buy the Dean/Trickster chemistry.

In Tall Tales, Dean was very appreciative of the Trickster's style. I can see it.

I still want Dean/Patrick, though (from The Curious Case of Dean Winchester). Mmmm.