I guess I assumed X-Files would be on the cult list, but I think I've lost the thread of the conversation now.
Angel: Eve. So, I guess we should, I don't know, talk? Eve: About what? Angel: About what happened back there with us. Eve: Angel, it's not like this is the first time I've had sex under a mystical influence. I went to U.C. Santa Cruz.
'Life of the Party'
Supernatural 2: Why is it our job to save everybody?
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Amy - Jul 26, 2012 1:28:53 pm PDT #25993 of 30002
Because books.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jul 26, 2012 3:38:08 pm PDT #25994 of 30002
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I thought X-Files only went 7 seasons?
Amy - Jul 26, 2012 3:47:37 pm PDT #25995 of 30002
Because books.
I thought it went, like, nine? Maybe not. At the end it was all very confusing.
Juliebird - Jul 26, 2012 3:50:55 pm PDT #25996 of 30002
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
Matt, that's the trauma induced dissociative fugue talking.
(FTR, 9 seasons, and oh, what a painful end).
edit: Amy, you're totally right. I thought eight, but nine it is.
§ ita § - Jul 26, 2012 4:07:56 pm PDT #25997 of 30002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
It was quite a while before I even realised I hadn't watched through until the end--there was a point at which quitting it was unthinkable, but Jesus. When it got bad it wasn't worth sticking around for the insanity. No matter my previous love. I booked it, and had some convenient amnesia to boot.
Amy - Jul 26, 2012 4:10:14 pm PDT #25998 of 30002
Because books.
Yeah, it got to Scully having Mulder's baby and I just threw up my hands and waited for any decent monster-of-the-week episodes.
Which is pretty much what I did all along, actually, now that I think about it. The mythology got too tangled, with too many loose ends for me early on. If I cherry-picked episodes to buy, they'd all be MotW, I bet.
Amy - Jul 26, 2012 4:17:30 pm PDT #25999 of 30002
Because books.
Here's a vaguely on-topic question: Do you think Sam and/or Dean would have watched X-Files? And if so, what episodes do you think they would have loved, ironically or not?
I bet Dean would have loved The Unnatural.
Juliebird - Jul 26, 2012 4:20:50 pm PDT #26000 of 30002
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
But of course they would love Bad Blood. Except where I think that Sam embodies both Mulder and Scully.
And Dean can whip out a Kurosawa reference.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jul 26, 2012 5:08:45 pm PDT #26001 of 30002
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I think I stopped watching at the Butt Genie episode, and didn't return until the series finale during the first f2f.
§ ita § - Jul 27, 2012 3:20:45 pm PDT #26002 of 30002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
So, I knew the story would be dodgy, because I haven't really liked the author before, and it's one of those back and forth quasi-RP ones--but given that it's one of those, not bad in how they handled it.
But not good.
The premise is an 18 year old Dean seduces a straight 29 year old Cas in a club, and then on Monday they find out that Cas is Dean's art teacher for his senior year at high school. Fine, whatever, May/December drama.
Except--secondary pairing? SAM/GABRIEL. And no, no changes to birth order, or to the canon age gap between Sam and Dean. Gabe is about 32, and Sam is 14, and Gabriel gives Sam a 4 year calendar to cross off every single fucking day until he's legal. Until then, they just have long deep conversations and Sam kisses Gabriel on the cheek spontaneously from time to time.
it's very much a background pairing, but every time I remember it, it grosses me out so much that the rest of the story is spoilt. It's not like it's so good that it's worth it.
But, on the other hand, it is there...and I started it...
I am to blame for my own problems.