What Amy said. I watched and there was even a different expression about his face after he was wearing the white. I think they (vancouvernights)leaked (omg I've read too many sources) that he was playing it as if God. (on twitter?)

Queen and her court

That is what I was thinking when I saw the bridal party pic with them all sitting down. They are all gazing at her so it is typical wedding picture. Would be really nice for the parents to have. It wasn't until I saw the pics today that I really liked the dress.

I think they (vancouvernights)leaked (omg I've read too many sources) that he was playing it as if God. (on twitter?)

After the show aired she said: "I'm gonna say - 'cause I don't wanna put words in MasterKripke's mouth - that it is the general consensus on set that Chuck is God"

Take that for what it is.

Beverly, that meta is interesting. I'm not so keen on the tone but go team love!

Missyjack wrote a coda. I love the alternating pov but what I really appreciate is it gives Lisa an internal life beyond the iconic mother image show gave us.

Grief is the Price we Pay for Love

Not able to provide the linkage right now, but roque clasique also wrote a similar coda, except without the ending realisation.

I don't particularly like the ending realisation. It's wonky for me. But I do like the characterisation up to that point.

I'm not so keen on the tone but go team love!

What about the tone don't you like? The implication that female==passive? The meta isn't quite Dean Winchester is a Feminist, and it a bit more congratulatory of Kripke's gender dealings than I think he deserves, but it is true that the boys are a bit girly for big old action heroes.

And I love it.

What about the tone don't you like? The implication that female==passive?

No. I felt like she was berating other fans in the interest of snarky humor. That's the tone I was concerned with.

a bit more congratulatory of Kripke's gender dealings than I think he deserves

This too.

but it is true that the boys are a bit girly for big old action heroes.

I actually really like that part. And I really like the idea of Dean as the mother figure in the family dynamic with Sam and Dean. I am a fan of meta that illustrates this well. Dean is a big old crying girl!

roque classique's take. As long as I'm unemployed, I might as well make myself useful tracking down ita's links.

Dean is a big old crying girl!

He totally is. Bless. And Sam might be all paramilitary psycho without his brother, bang the chicks against the wall, but he blubbers like a three year old.

Which makes me wonder about the demographics of the show. Living in LJ-land, obviously things are female skewed. But I just noticed a guy on another site saying he'd cried during the finale, and although there are a ton of reasons for your average genre fan guys to like the show, I am curious about how they relate to the emotional moments that some of us hold so dear.

Garv has never cried during any show that I know of, but I think he *gets* the emotional moments the way they're intended. Ben, too.

Mm. I do wonder if there's a contingent out there that thinks they would like SPN, except those damned boys cry all the time. So, really, they wouldn't have to worry about a two-year arc resolution in which wuv saves the day, but I can see a bravado that would prevent it.

I mean, Dean would never admit to liking the show. It is a chick flick moment, with guns and fist fights.

Which? Really? My favourite sorts of chick flicks.

I mean, Dean would never admit to liking the show. It is a chick flick moment, with guns and fist fights.

He'd totally watch it in secret and fan boy himself though.

He'd totally watch it in secret and fan boy himself though.

Oh, totally. Anyone who knows all the characters, including their nicknames, of Grey's Anatomy would be prime material for watching. :P