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Feb. 5th, 2010 02:33 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
liptonrm_backupIt's amazing what a good night's sleep'll do. That and good lunch conversation with a friend.
While I'm still not happy that Anna is gone, I'm in a much better place than I was last night. I think I need to rewatch the episode so that I can enjoy all of the other really good stuff that was there. I spent most of it going "They'd better not kill Anna" and I'm not even sure how much of it was because of how much I like Anna (for the record, I really, really like her) and how much of it was because of how protective I get about Show, and then I feel guilty because I love Show but I totally understand the criticisms and they make me feel like I shouldn't love Show but I still do and it's this self-perpetuating circle of rahr in my head.
Show isn't perfect, but no show ever is. Which isn't to say that I think that we should stop analyzing Show and holding it to a standard that it may never achieve, because we should and have to continue doing both of those things, but there's no shame in loving it for what it is.
Though, if they'd just killed Bobby in the season premiere the disparity wouldn't feel so stark.
The thing is, the could have made Anna unsympathetic (and boy could they ever, I'm still banging my head against the wall over what they did with Uriel) but they didn't. She was righteous and she went onto wherever it is that good angels go when they're killed. Last night's episode hinted at her story and it's a story I would love to see.
Last night's episode was a whole, wonderful expansion on the free will vs. determinism debate that Show has been having. I can't wait to see how it all comes out in the end. I'm wholeheartedly on the side of Team Free Will and I think the angels are going to have a very rude awakening when everything comes to a head, because I don't think their conception of God is at all equivalent with what God really is.
You know, it's interesting how picky I am about what kinds of shows I fan. There are two types: the outstanding shows that are rich and amazing on every single level (ex. The Wire, Deadwood, Band of Brothers, Mad Men to a certain extent), and the shows that, for whatever reason, hit all of my irrational storytelling and character buttons (ex. The X-Files, Star Trek, Supernatural, Farscape). I love shows about people fighting the good fight against extraordinary odds, with characters that are imperfect, who sometimes fail more than they succeed and yet they keep pushing onward. I love characters who are half-crazy, who are doing the best they can with the shitty hand they've been dealt, who have issues with their family but still love them like crazy. I mean, come on, the three great media loves of my life are Fox Mulder, John Crichton, and Dean Winchester, something that says a whole lot about how the tv watching/storytelling part of my brain works.
So while I try pretty much every fanloved show that comes down the pipe, I rarely fall for them. Because as fun and adorable as shows like Psych, Leverage, Chuck or White Collar may be (and are) they just don't have that ineffable thing that grabs my heart and pulls me over the edge.
My dream is that one day a show will appear that has everything I want with none of the weaknesses that make me crazy. And then that show will be cancelled because I'll probably be the only person watching it, but oh how happy I will be.
I guess what I'm trying to say is "Fly free my fellow fangirls. Love what makes you happy and keep doing the amazing things you do. You rock."
While I'm still not happy that Anna is gone, I'm in a much better place than I was last night. I think I need to rewatch the episode so that I can enjoy all of the other really good stuff that was there. I spent most of it going "They'd better not kill Anna" and I'm not even sure how much of it was because of how much I like Anna (for the record, I really, really like her) and how much of it was because of how protective I get about Show, and then I feel guilty because I love Show but I totally understand the criticisms and they make me feel like I shouldn't love Show but I still do and it's this self-perpetuating circle of rahr in my head.
Show isn't perfect, but no show ever is. Which isn't to say that I think that we should stop analyzing Show and holding it to a standard that it may never achieve, because we should and have to continue doing both of those things, but there's no shame in loving it for what it is.
Though, if they'd just killed Bobby in the season premiere the disparity wouldn't feel so stark.
The thing is, the could have made Anna unsympathetic (and boy could they ever, I'm still banging my head against the wall over what they did with Uriel) but they didn't. She was righteous and she went onto wherever it is that good angels go when they're killed. Last night's episode hinted at her story and it's a story I would love to see.
Last night's episode was a whole, wonderful expansion on the free will vs. determinism debate that Show has been having. I can't wait to see how it all comes out in the end. I'm wholeheartedly on the side of Team Free Will and I think the angels are going to have a very rude awakening when everything comes to a head, because I don't think their conception of God is at all equivalent with what God really is.
You know, it's interesting how picky I am about what kinds of shows I fan. There are two types: the outstanding shows that are rich and amazing on every single level (ex. The Wire, Deadwood, Band of Brothers, Mad Men to a certain extent), and the shows that, for whatever reason, hit all of my irrational storytelling and character buttons (ex. The X-Files, Star Trek, Supernatural, Farscape). I love shows about people fighting the good fight against extraordinary odds, with characters that are imperfect, who sometimes fail more than they succeed and yet they keep pushing onward. I love characters who are half-crazy, who are doing the best they can with the shitty hand they've been dealt, who have issues with their family but still love them like crazy. I mean, come on, the three great media loves of my life are Fox Mulder, John Crichton, and Dean Winchester, something that says a whole lot about how the tv watching/storytelling part of my brain works.
So while I try pretty much every fanloved show that comes down the pipe, I rarely fall for them. Because as fun and adorable as shows like Psych, Leverage, Chuck or White Collar may be (and are) they just don't have that ineffable thing that grabs my heart and pulls me over the edge.
My dream is that one day a show will appear that has everything I want with none of the weaknesses that make me crazy. And then that show will be cancelled because I'll probably be the only person watching it, but oh how happy I will be.
I guess what I'm trying to say is "Fly free my fellow fangirls. Love what makes you happy and keep doing the amazing things you do. You rock."
