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F!S Anon Meme (the ??th)

Secrets, rants, opinions, anything you want to say about your fandom or a fandom or fandom in general, do it here! Anonymously, of course. Get it all off your chest.

Some ground rules:
1. Going anon is encouraged but not absolutely required (for those who struggle with recaptchas and stuff).
2. No autoplaying/autolooping embeds, or embeds that cover/stretch the screen.
3. No dropping personal info or IRL contact info, etc.

That's about it, though!

(Today's post is below.)

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

I watch Supernatural. I enjoy it. It makes me irrationally angry when someone considers it good writing, though. It's one of the worst written shows I've ever seen. Entertaining? Yes. Amusing? Yes. Particularly fun if you're feeling sassy and wanna do some MST3Kesque callouts with friends? TOALLY.

Well written, though? Like, we get it, all the characters have daddy issues...and we will never stop hearing about them. When something bad happens, it's pretty much always because one of our protagonists has done something monumentally stupid...AGAIN.

There was a whole episode where everyone kept saying, "Well, never being born isn't as bad as dying," and no one questioned it! Not ONE PERSON even thought to say, "Hey, maybe erasing someone's entire existence would be worse than if their life was shortened." I mean, I get it if it's like, "Oh we have to set the timeline right for whatever reason," but just the random, "Of course we all agree that having your existence erased is so much better than death." WTF?

However, the fanfiction for this show is in-fucking-credible. And I'm unhealthily addicted to Dean/Cas fic. Some of it is surprisingly well written. I particularly enjoy epic alternate takes on the apocalypse. About 90% are way better than the manpainocalypse of a bunch of dudes in a field talking about their feelings that was the show's canon.

Also, just the amount of fic. This is one of the reasons I wish to remain anonymous in this rant. Those are some dedicated fucking fans. Hats off, guys. Sorry, I'm shitting all over your show, but I had to get that out.

Thank you very much. Nonny out!

[(Anonymous)]

Oh, yeah, seriously. I loved the show, it was hilarious and scary and now and then it could be clever, but it had never been some pinnacle of good writing. And that's okay! Things can be fun and worthwhile without being brilliant; as a scifi/fantasy fan, lord knows I'm in no position to sneer.

...the manpainocalypse of a bunch of dudes in a field talking about their feelings...

Most apt description of the show that I have ever seen.

[(Anonymous)]

I just wanted to say I agree with this but I also really, REALLY wish Supernatural had forgotten the whole arc plot and just stayed mostly Monster of the Week, unserialized episodes. I think it would be much better that way.

[(Anonymous)]

I think so, too. Maybe have a main plot happening in the background, loosely followed, like they first did with their missing father. But then as far as I'm concerned, every show ever needs to be like TNT's Leverage, which never let its ongoing plots take away from its episodic awesomeness.

[(Anonymous)]

Supernatural has so much potential but really lackluster execution.

For me its main issue is pacing. Its like the writers don't know how to seriously plot a storyline. They either do too many filler episodes in a row or try and shove too much information at you in one episode. S1 and 2 were probably the most well thought out, for me anyway, which is odd because you expect issues like this to get better as they go rather than worse.

Another problem that always gets me is the way they just pick up and drop plot threads. Deans PTSD from purgatory, Adam, the Amulet, Lisa + Ben, The Leviathan, The Alphas, Deans Drinking, Sams hallucinations; these all had so much potential if handled correctly.

Seriously, i love my show but sometimes... ugh.