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liptonrm_backupSo, back in the day when Lost was the show of choice at FGC, we voted Boone off the Island and then felt really bad when they actually killed him off. So I'm happy to hear that Ian Somerhalder is apparently getting work, though the fact that he's going to portray a vampire in the CW-ordered pilot The Vampire Diaries kind of makes me giggle. Especially because I'm sure that Certain People of my acquaintance will be interested to hear that the L.J. Smith books are being made into a television show, especially since she made me read them back when we were freshmen in college.
But good for you, Boone. I'm glad to hear that our completely logical choice of you as the most expendable of the Castaways has not ruined your career forever. Because we at FGC obviously have any say at all in who lives or dies on our televisions. Man, if we had that power what a world it would be. *dreamy sigh*
And do you all remember back, I don't know, two days ago when I said that I wasn't able to talk about Sam&Dean this season? Yeah, I think I was kind of exagerrating my emotional reaction because talking about Sam&Dean is what I'm going to do starting now. On my f-list the other day someone posted a SPN story. Not a surprising occurrence, I know. What made this post stand out to me wasn't the post itself but rather my reaction to it. I wasn't reacting to the quality of the story (I assume it's pretty damn good, if past reading experience is anything to go by), no, I was reacting to the summary. Because it was a story that purported to fix Sam&Dean's relationship post 4x16. And I realized that I don't want someone to fix their relationship, not yet.
Which sounds awful. How can I say that I want characters I love to be in pain?! Especially considering the overwhelming way this season's been affecting me?! OMG how can I be such a bitch?!
The thing is, as much as I love the Sam&Dean relationship and love the way the work as brothers I also really appreciate how fucked up things are for them right now. The story wouldn't progress the way it needs to if they were working as a team and I want the story to go where I think it's going. Yes, it's going to hurt like hell while it's going there but I kind of think that's the point.
Plus, the thing about being brothers is that they can never get rid of each other. You're always stuck with your family no matter what you're feeling for them from moment to moment. And I know that to Sam&Dean family comes first and that there will come a point where they will choose their brother over everything else that's happening around them and inside of them. They'll see it through, together. Because it doesn't matter how much you yell and fight family will always have your back.
Like I always say, nobody loves you like family and nobody fucks you up like family either.
So for right now I want Sam&Dean to be at odds. They have their separate battles to fight. Sam has to decide, for himself, what's really important and Dean has to discover, for himself, what kind of a man he is. No matter how much it hurts to watch, there are just some battles that your brother has to fight for himself, that you can't fight for him.
The characters are driving the plot and I love it.
But all of that isn't to say that I think the people who are distraught over the rift in Sam&Dean's relationship are wrong or stupid or anything like that. We all need different things from both our show and our fandom which is a good thing. Diversity of opinion is one of the reasons I love and crave fandom so much. We all have our own demons and angels to face.
Anyway, the fact that I crave disharmony probably only means that I'm a bitter old fan who's had the romance culled from her soul. That description certainly applies as well.
I'm also really looking forward to tonight's episode. Office Space amnesia!fic FTW! Though my excitement is tempered by a little anticipation seeing as tonight's ep was written by Sera Gamble and we all know how she likes to make the boys (Sam in particular) cry, get naked, or cry and get naked. Forewarned is forearmed and all that.
In other news, I have to admit to being slightly boggled by Twitter. It seems kind of like the result of instant messenger and blog getting drunk and having a one-night stand that resulted in some kind of strange hybrid monster/entity/thing. I just don't know. o_0
And, ugh, I'm finally going to have to break down and get a Facebook accout. I've been avoiding that for ages but I guess I'll go with the flow in the hopes of making myself more job marketable. Since it can look as bad to not have an interent presence under one's own name as it can to have the wrong kind of presence. *sighs* It's just another way for me to succumb to the mandroid. I already admitted to liking golf, what more do they want from me?! *snorts* < /melodramatic overreaction>
But good for you, Boone. I'm glad to hear that our completely logical choice of you as the most expendable of the Castaways has not ruined your career forever. Because we at FGC obviously have any say at all in who lives or dies on our televisions. Man, if we had that power what a world it would be. *dreamy sigh*
And do you all remember back, I don't know, two days ago when I said that I wasn't able to talk about Sam&Dean this season? Yeah, I think I was kind of exagerrating my emotional reaction because talking about Sam&Dean is what I'm going to do starting now. On my f-list the other day someone posted a SPN story. Not a surprising occurrence, I know. What made this post stand out to me wasn't the post itself but rather my reaction to it. I wasn't reacting to the quality of the story (I assume it's pretty damn good, if past reading experience is anything to go by), no, I was reacting to the summary. Because it was a story that purported to fix Sam&Dean's relationship post 4x16. And I realized that I don't want someone to fix their relationship, not yet.
Which sounds awful. How can I say that I want characters I love to be in pain?! Especially considering the overwhelming way this season's been affecting me?! OMG how can I be such a bitch?!
The thing is, as much as I love the Sam&Dean relationship and love the way the work as brothers I also really appreciate how fucked up things are for them right now. The story wouldn't progress the way it needs to if they were working as a team and I want the story to go where I think it's going. Yes, it's going to hurt like hell while it's going there but I kind of think that's the point.
Plus, the thing about being brothers is that they can never get rid of each other. You're always stuck with your family no matter what you're feeling for them from moment to moment. And I know that to Sam&Dean family comes first and that there will come a point where they will choose their brother over everything else that's happening around them and inside of them. They'll see it through, together. Because it doesn't matter how much you yell and fight family will always have your back.
Like I always say, nobody loves you like family and nobody fucks you up like family either.
So for right now I want Sam&Dean to be at odds. They have their separate battles to fight. Sam has to decide, for himself, what's really important and Dean has to discover, for himself, what kind of a man he is. No matter how much it hurts to watch, there are just some battles that your brother has to fight for himself, that you can't fight for him.
The characters are driving the plot and I love it.
But all of that isn't to say that I think the people who are distraught over the rift in Sam&Dean's relationship are wrong or stupid or anything like that. We all need different things from both our show and our fandom which is a good thing. Diversity of opinion is one of the reasons I love and crave fandom so much. We all have our own demons and angels to face.
Anyway, the fact that I crave disharmony probably only means that I'm a bitter old fan who's had the romance culled from her soul. That description certainly applies as well.
I'm also really looking forward to tonight's episode. Office Space amnesia!fic FTW! Though my excitement is tempered by a little anticipation seeing as tonight's ep was written by Sera Gamble and we all know how she likes to make the boys (Sam in particular) cry, get naked, or cry and get naked. Forewarned is forearmed and all that.
In other news, I have to admit to being slightly boggled by Twitter. It seems kind of like the result of instant messenger and blog getting drunk and having a one-night stand that resulted in some kind of strange hybrid monster/entity/thing. I just don't know. o_0
And, ugh, I'm finally going to have to break down and get a Facebook accout. I've been avoiding that for ages but I guess I'll go with the flow in the hopes of making myself more job marketable. Since it can look as bad to not have an interent presence under one's own name as it can to have the wrong kind of presence. *sighs* It's just another way for me to succumb to the mandroid. I already admitted to liking golf, what more do they want from me?! *snorts* < /melodramatic overreaction>
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Date: 2009-03-26 11:38 pm (UTC)Mmmm... forearms.
Drugs are grate, how are you?
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Date: 2009-03-27 08:13 pm (UTC)OMG!!!!
Date: 2009-03-28 03:59 pm (UTC)*giant grin*
Now aren't you glad I made you read them all?
Re: OMG!!!!
Date: 2009-03-31 03:54 am (UTC)I mean, yeah, they've only ordered the pilot so far but Vampire Diaries seems right up their alley. *crosses fingers* Will just have to remember to send good vibes their way.
And I'm always glad when you make me do things. You do always tend to be right about them. =D
Re: OMG!!!!
Date: 2009-03-31 04:26 am (UTC)Re: OMG!!!!
Date: 2009-04-01 04:09 pm (UTC)Though I'm sure you'll educate them on the proper mode of behavior post haste. *joins you in evil grin*