[39] 9.8 icons & reaction

[tebtosca]

Not too many icons this week because I'm hosting Thanksgiving tomorrow and have been attempting to clean my house most of the day lol. Hope all my American flisters have a great holiday, and all my non-American flisters eat a shit ton of food in solidarity \o/



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And some not-so-deep thoughts:



-Can we all just agree that the writing is terrible?
-I mean, for a long time.
-And if you loved S8 and are outraged about S9
-Then you probably have "destielwuvshugs" in your tumblr name
-Shush, it's true
-With that being said, this one was filler
-Loved Sheriff Sassy, who remains flawless
-Loved her haircut and her Sheriff jacket
-And that she's finding her place in the world again
-And remains uncertain about some things and secure and strong about others
-Plus she ships wincest
-I mean, hello, people! :D
-You could tell the virgins by their eyebrows
-It's true
-Science
-Not sure why they were using their real names
-I expected John Holmes or something
-Glad to see the Death Peen is resistant to LOLCANON
-That sex monologue felt like I was spying on a meeting at Ackles Army HQ
-Why does the fat girl steal the cookies?
-I mean, that bothered me the most about the whole episode lol
-That's probably my ass talking, though
-Oh, I take it back
-The stupidest thing was Dean not answering Sam's call
-That was dumb
-The sex scene itself didn't bother me like it did some people
-I'm all for two consenting human adults having sex
-Especially on a show where sex usually involves noncon or monsters
-And how fucking sad is that?
-Low standards, yo
-I found the line about "you're the good dreams" quite telling
-Proof of my theory that Dean clings to/enjoys the small comforts
-Sex/porn/burgers/classic rock/making fun of his little brother's stupid hair
-For small, happy moments in a really shitty life
-We take comfort where we can, and there's nothing wrong with that
-The scene was cheesy because it was badly written as a porn pastiche
-But I didn't see any sort of coercion
-He was fangirling her like Dr. Sexy almost
-Suzy still had the DVDS, which tells me that she perhaps "missed that" like she later says
-People are often shamed into thinking sex is bad, especially if they were in sex work
-And sometimes they go too far into the opposite direction
-And right into the arms of another form of manipulation
-Yes, I mean religion.
-And then someone tells her not to be ashamed
-And that she has provided comfort
-And she (rather enthusiastically) decides to take what she wants
-Which was her choice and again, consent matters
-And only feels some guilt later when she's "punished", which is of course a fear embedded in the act of shaming
-But, as we know, God in this universe is banging strippers in Australia, SO.
-So, yes, awkward writing/pacing and cheesy, but I'm not layering angst on what looked like a good time had by all
-And to people that haven't realized Dean Winchester is an asshole yet...
-Oh, you!
-On a completely shallow note, Suzy was super cute and looked way hot with Jensen
-Back to the Sam Winchester Unconsciousness Tour of 2013
-I was waiting for Jody to die so Zeke heal her as Dean cradled her face, voice breaking
-Sam being dead inside...does that make Sam/Dean necro?
-Another Sam/Ruby parallel!
-This isn't going to end well, is it?

Comments

[spnmonster.livejournal.com]

That's why I love Jody. She's smart and resourceful, tough but compassionate. Ellen, too and Jo were great. Real heroes. I really wanted to love Charlie. I liked her a lot in that first ep, but she's almost to much. She really pissed me off in ,PacMan Fever when she thanked Dean for saving the world and then said to Sam, "Sorry you have zero luck with the ladies." It came across as callous and I hate the "dick of doom" jokes. Dean's smirky comment about Sam not lying during the abstinence group was kind of dicky too, but then Dean can be dicky. It bothers me though that Dean once worried about Sam's grief over Jess and encouraged him to connect with women again. With the Amelia situation last season and then in Rock and a Hard Place he didn't seem to care about Sam's feelings at all. Maybe that is just the fallout of Ruby and Amy. Dean has reason, but Charlie doesn't. She doesn't know Sam that well. I'm not sure that I liked them having her read the Carver Edlund books. Again in ,PacMan Fever, she whined about not getting to watch the bromance when the boys were fighting. We don't need another Becky. So, yeah, I want to like Charlie because she's a nerd girl like me, but sometimes Thompson makes her a little too self-involved for my taste. I also totally expected her to be Sam's buddy, but then they made her more another one of Dean's best buds.

I liked Suzy a lot. I don't get the kids who are blasting Dean for hooking up with her. He was being an awkward fanboy. It was sort of cute and sort of uncomfortable almost. She may have wanted to leave sex work behind when she started a new life, but she went to the opposite extreme and though better of it with Dean. She may have had issues to work out, but she was an adult and made her own choice. He didn't push her into it.

[pjmarshall80.livejournal.com]

I love Ellen and Jo too. It's true Charlie especially to begin with has a kind of open mouth disengage brain element at times she can be a bit sharp and then she's the polar opposite. I expected she and Sam to be friends too after all Dean showed her how to chat a guy up but Sam motivated her through Roman inc using ref points she would be comfy with. Although and it was a script thing not a Sam thing I could have slapped him when he 'good girl'-ed her I hate that phrase no man younger than a woman's own father should refer to any female over 16 with that phrase. Were not horses or farm animals. Very true they both should be thanked for saving the world and if she was going to bring the ladies up to Sam she could have brought up Dean with the Double Mints or hairy palms or his drink problem. That's why I like that Jody is closer to Sam and I think Kevin too. Yeah Dean and Charlie was a surprise I suppose they are basing it on the bond formed in LARP.

Me either Dean and Suzy were a great pairing the only issue as we have already said was the minimalist way their hook up was handled there def could have been an extention to that hook up. Or a potential revisit.