Tricks n' Treats

Nobody's offered up any Dean/Arthur but here's some Dean/Neal Caffrey. LOL!

Anyone got any Dean/Arthur fic they want to share/rec?

What?
 

I feel like I want to write some big meta about the season to date. But mostly I just feel nicely satisfied with where the characters are right now and how their relationships have developed.

Spoilers for the first 4 episodes beneath the cut.

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Show, bring on Chapter 2.

So Torchwood helped me realize something about what I want for when Supernatural eventually ends.

I want a happy ending for the boys dammit, all three of them. Because I really don't think any of them, especially Dean, could go on to live happily ever after if the others wasn't at peace somehow. 

That probably seems very obvious but here's the thing:

I haven't read a single Torchwood Fic since Ianto died. I read interviews and such for a while after Series 3 ended but now I just scroll by all the Torchwood entries on my flist. Just no interest really.   

The funny thing is, even though I love Ianto, I'm really more of a Jack girl. But now I have no interest in following his story because it's just so bleak and depressing. I mean how do you recover from being responsible for the deaths of your lover and your grandson?  And really, should you? All this to say that I enjoyed my flirtation with Torchwood for the few short months that I was aware of it but eh, it's over now.

I'm hoping Kripke will make good on his off-hand comments about the boys eventually getting their happy ending. I suspect we will just because I don't think Kripke sees himself as one of those pretentious "artistes" who thinks good drama has to be completely nihilistic and unsatisfying. Here's hoping anyway. 

Oh Shah Rukh!

Overall, I think this is my favorite season to date but it was still far from perfect.

( The awesome, the great and the wasted potential )

I'm in the mood for a nice, long, plotty Dean/Cas or Dean-Cas fic. Anyone have any recs?

jackaholic  posted the Channel 10 interview on YouTube.

OMG could these boys be any more quippy or have any more fun together? Seriously so adorable.

Most of you have probably already seen this: winter-baby.livejournal.com/267503.html#cutid1 and voted. But if not:

( No squee here! )

In conclusion Castiel can come back anytime now.

That is all.

( Vague spoilers obviously... )

I'm going to see the movie again tonight.

Here's the thing. I am completely incapable of being objective about this movie. I was just so thrilled to see Mulder and Scully  again. I just sort of basked in their presence on the big screen on Saturday night. I really couldn't give any sort of critical analysis of plot or pacing or character. But I did leave the theatre with a big grin on my face because Anderson and Duchovny still have IT as far as I'm concerned.

Hopefully my nostalgic haze will clear tonight so that I can decide if it's actually a good film or not.  :)

Anyone else starting to get excited about seeing Mulder and Scully together again? I know I am. More than five years and I'm still a ridiculous fangirl. 

Wow. Could they have gotten it any more wrong?


 And this is why I rarely get invested in ensemble shows.

OK Kripke. If I promise to start every post with Sam is smarter than Dean, will you stop having someone say it in every.single.episode. Great Thanks. 

Edited because after reading this over, I realized that I kind of suck at the squee. Oh well.

is a power-crazed, nasty little man.

That is all.

I'm pretty new to this whole LJ thing, so please be patient as I try to figure it out or mess up some kind of LJ netiquette and please feel free to correct me if I do something wrong.

So why did I decide to take the plunge you ask. Or maybe you aren't but I'll tell you anyway.

Mostly it's because I love Supernatural and could spend hours thinking and talking about it. Fortunately for you all, I don't actually have huge amounts of time to do this so I imagine my updates will be sporadic at best.

You also may be asking why an "Unapologetic Dean Fan?" Well let me just say upfront that I love both these characters (probably to an unhealthy degree) but you'll find that I almost always sympathize with Dean.

It's always hard to pinpoint why people get attached any particular character. In my case, there are a number of reasons for the overwhelming DeanLove. As an eldest sibling with a younger brother and sister who are just growing out of their "all about me phases," I definitely identify with him on a personal level. I also find Jensen Ackles' portrayal of Dean Winchester incredibly compelling. He and the writers have done such a fabulous job of letting us see inside his head and inside his heart. The total hotness and snarky badboy facade hiding a huge and vulernable heart, doesn't hurt either.

Dark Angel's resident dogboy Joshua once described Alec (also played by Jensen of course) as "tricks 'n treats with lots of pretty colours" on the surface but underneath "darkness and confusion." The quote is just as, if not more apropo of Dean Winchester.

Now I'm not at all saying that I find Sam uninteresting or unsympathetic. In fact Dean wouldn't be the character I love without his Sammy and Supernatural wouldn't be my obsession without its dysfunctional dynamic duo. I think Jared Padalecki brings a sweetness to Sammy that often elevates the character above the writing. But it's sort of like when your best-friend breaks up with the significant other who has also become your friend. You can see that they may both be at fault, but you kind of automatically take your friend's side because, well, you ARE BFFs.

I can recognize when Dean is wrong or insensitive or even cruel, but it's easy for me to understand the motivation and most often forgive him for it. I think the writers have taken great pains (until now) to make sure we eventually understand where Dean is coming from. I'm not sure they've been as generous with Sam. Most times when Sammy irritates me, it's because of anvilous writing and Jared's unfortunate habit of sounding judgmental rather than affectionately mocking.

I should also say that I don't think Dean is better written because of any type of favoritism on the part of Kripke or the writers. I just think that in the first season especially, Sam was a much more transparent character who would naturally generate empathy from the audience just because of his circumstances -- the dead girlfriend, kicked out by his Dad, just wants to feel safe, etc. I think TPTB just felt they needed to work harder to "peel back the layers" for Dean whose primary characteristic is to deflect and dissemble.

So that's my perspective as we head into the winter hiatus of the second season.

Did I warn ya or what about the rambling and the DeanLove?