[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

[pjmarshall80.livejournal.com]

LOL I can hear them in my head giving such a weird thing the full Python treatment so I shall write to them and suggest it as a skit for their new show that is quickly becoming a tour LOL.

They really did give themselves headaches out of nothing and I agree I expected Robin and Dean to be each others firsts, I mean what a great parallel that would have been Dean's first sexual experience followed by an ep that was him making his way back to the sexual fold. Although they morally or legally can't show under age sex they could have alluded to sex. It was kind of like they were fearful to rock the apple cart and in doing so they went to fluffy and puppy love it was very sweet but not ness the Dean we know which means that in order to restore narrative and character balance somewhere down the road they will have to create a complimenting ep that explains Dean's sexual awakening and development into the man of strongly sexual and vital personality he became.

Jerking viewers out of narrative the huge no no in fictional creative drama based media. The breaking of 'the suspension of disbelief' A cardinal narrative sin espec in a show where the character history and story is so complex tangible and strongly and beautifully established as a self standing alt reality.

For me the excessively toned down sex scene is the model I expected to see in 'Bad Boys' only with a sweet innocence and nervous build up. Meanwhile 'Rock and a Hard Place' should have properly shown a sex scene, circa Dean of old, laying on the floor intense glances, movement, heavy kissing, removal of clothing etc.

Dean does gentle but intensely sexual and I think like he was with Anna in the Impala that type of intensity and allude to sex would have been perfect with Suzy they are both getting their feet wet again. Even if they had panned away from their moving bodies following Dean's hand towards where his shirt was or into the pocket of the jeans he still wore and we saw him pull a condom out of his pocket (appropriate turned on noises in the background) Then that would have said volumes without seeing a thing. I.e. I'm over my hang ups with Lydia, Ive learned my lesson, yes sex is going happen here with Suzy, then fade to Honor in the bunker. They created an anti climax in which if you blink you wonder did they actually have sex or just make out really intensely if the goddess hadn't nabbed them we still wouldn't be sure.

They built up to it beautifully the perfect balance of humour, heat and shyness and then chickened out of giving us nods to days of old. Which just left an unsatisfied feeling, As you say they are giving us such great nods to early seasons a more sexual sex scene would have been fitting.