Well I just got back online, and I apologize for having posted earlier and not having checked in again. When I made my observation about the Republicans and Democrats being like DeanGirls and SamGirls it was following ita's post:
Someone replied to my "poor D:ean" post on IO9, agreeing with me and calling Sam "such an insensitive doodyhead". Even though she goes on to say maybe the Lucifer thing is affecting his ability to empathise, I don't know if I can reply fairly.
Why is it Sam's job to be there for Dean? He's no more less there (elegant phrasing, eh?) for Dean than Dean is failing Sam. They're both really only able to do the practical stuff. I don't get why Dean needs all the understanding here.
I'm not her sort of DeanGirl.
Which led me to thinking about the fangirls who always leap to the defense of one brother or the other regardless of storyline or logic, but see things purely in terms of black or white, one side or the other. And as I was writing my comment CNN was on in the background. I can't tell you which story they were covering at the time because I was on the computer and not listening to the TV, but I caught enough to know the politicians were at loggerheads again.
Basically, that's it. It was meant to be a fairly innocuous statement about people reacting in a kneejerk manner always following one way without viewing shades of gray.
Nothing political about actual live Republicans or Democrats.
Nothing political about actual live Republicans or Democrats.
Exactly how I read it too, to be honest. Looked like a point about people.
Promo: Was this the trailer? I just realised I missed it.
Sneak peek. Very quotable. Poor D:ean.
More!
Jared says:
I'm excited about Season 8. I feel like there are more stories to tell. I feel like we haven't wrapped everything up. Season 8 could be a great season. Even if we have to wrap things up in Season 8, I feel like it would be a nice last hurrah.
Interview with both guys before The Slice Girls--no spoilers.
Note to Jared: Internment camps. FYI.
Internment camps. FYI.
Yeah. His grasp of US history there is a bit rose-colored. I think he also says "harping back" instead of "harking," which made me cringe.
But he's so pretty! I love what Jensen says about the clothes, too.
I would love to see Sam then, because I think he's half right. But I'd like to think Sam would see the at home injustices too. (And, perhaps, I want to see the uniform of Sam going off to war, and him saying a tearful goodbye to Jess). I wish the interviewer had brought up the John Woo war movie he was rumoured to be in. But it was an SPN interview.
There are more than a few WWII AUs out there in ficland, but I've never read any.
I think Sam would have railed against the internment camps and all kinds of things, being Sam, yeah.
ita's position on attitudes toward the Winchesters and the show in general is, unsurprisingly, mine as well. I tend to agree with Dean more in the bulk of their conflicts, but said conflicts make for interesting interaction between the brothers rather than making me wish Sam would go away. And the episodes where they're separated almost always fall short of the working together ones IMHO.
There are more than a few WWII AUs out there in ficland, but I've never read any
I've read a couple D/C ones. They weren't anything special, to me. But I don't like war stories much. I do really like left behind during war stories.
I'm assuming someone's done the Winchester boys during 'Nam, where John is obviously about serving, Dean is the good little soldier more literally this time, and Sam is a peace protester.
What I'd say to Jared: Remember that time of conflict where everyone (everyone!) worked together, and no conclusions were jumped to, and no one punished for anything they didn't do? No, me neither.
And the episodes where they're separated almost always fall short of the working together ones IMHO.
My O too. They're big boys, they don't have to be in each other's pocket 24/7, but they have the most chemistry of anyone on the cast, pretty much, and the story always being about them is just fine with me. I mean, I get why they do it, but I don't enjoy it as much as the rest.
