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shane_mayhem | SPN | Dean/Castiel | R
The author says it's his first foray into SPN fanfic and OH GOD CAN WE KEEP HIM? This fic has one of my favorite explications of their mindsets at the tail-end of season 5, devastating and ringing true. Also it has this line: "The house is full of your peculiar silence -- the two of you, who wait on either end of eternity, you a ticking clock, he the stillness between the seconds." HNNNGGGGH CAN WE KEEP HIIIMMMM. [Edited for using the correct pronoun.]
Speaking of Dean/Castiel, my thoughts on
First of all, what does Rachel want with Danny's Santa suit anyway? Ahaha
Second of all, but first of all in my heart, this is a perfect mirror episode to 1x08 (known forever in my head as "Danny's Dead Partner" a.k.a. MY FAVORITE EPISODE). 1x08 had Danny freaking out over a very personal case and Steve was the one who had his back and tried to keep him calm, was the voice of reason when Danny was doing something brash. In 1x12, the other way around. I keep flashing back to the part in 1x08 where Danny and Steve were driving around with that guy on the hood of the car, and Steve says something like, "All I'm saying is that the next time I do something crazy, I get a free pass." Well, here it is. Not to say that Steve hasn't done crazy things in the intervening episodes, but what I'm saying is that theyare fucking ARE IN LOOOOVE have a profound bond. They know when to intimidate bad guys together, but they also know when to say, "Hey partner, I would like you to consider the possibility that you're being craycray."
But more than a Danny/Steve episode, this was a team episode. EVERYONE ALL UP IN EACH OTHER'S BUSINESS. I'm flashing back to Danny and Chin drinking beers in the bar and promising each other they're in each other's corners. I want Chin&Kono fics about them being COUSINS IN CONCLUSION COUSINS and LOLing at Steve and Danny, and being protective of each other, and flashing back to growing up together, and she idolizes him but he doesn't know why, he doesn't think he deserves that. Kono tried to be nice to his fiancee, she really did. And during surfing competitions, she would look for Chin's face in the crowd.
ALOHA, MOTHERFUCKERS. ;___________;
I need a Chin-centric episode about his sordid past. If they find the money missing, then okay, Steve might go to jail... BUT WON'T CHIN ALSO GO TO JAIL? That's also evidence against him, no? I GUESS we can excuse Danny and Steve their tunnel vision FOR NOW, on account of their boyfriendhood.
Steve: I’ll drive.
Danny: Can I ask you a question? Why are you always driving my car?
Steve: I like to drive.
Danny: No, no, no, Rain Man likes to drive - you have control issues.
O RLY. TELL ME MOAR.
Oh, and. I'm glad for Scott Caan and all, but why is he being nominated for Best Supporting Actor? He is a lead. >:(
According to the poll on![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
castielfest, peeps would rather have the S6 Castiel-centric commentfic/art meme sooner than later. Works for me! I'm still taking suggestions for a name for it. WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK?
ETA quote of the day: "This is another thing about Strong Women: We like them considerably more when they're fictional, rather than, say, running a TV show. And we don't like them to complain. A fetish for strong, spunky women might seem more productive than a fetish for girls who are sweet and harmless, but it can be a trap. “Strong” is often misconstrued to mean “strong enough to take anything.” “Strong” can mean “rough enough to play with the boys,” but it also has to mean “tactful enough to make the boys like you.” (That's why it's “strong.” And not, say, “bitch” or “irrational.”) “Strong” can mean anything people want it to mean, but a lot of the time, what it means is that if you get overwhelmed or hurt, you've let everybody down." -- Ellen Ripley Saved My Life by Sady Doyle, thanks toamonitrate for the link
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shane_mayhem | SPN | Dean/Castiel | RThe author says it's his first foray into SPN fanfic and OH GOD CAN WE KEEP HIM? This fic has one of my favorite explications of their mindsets at the tail-end of season 5, devastating and ringing true. Also it has this line: "The house is full of your peculiar silence -- the two of you, who wait on either end of eternity, you a ticking clock, he the stillness between the seconds." HNNNGGGGH CAN WE KEEP HIIIMMMM. [Edited for using the correct pronoun.]
Speaking of Dean/Castiel, my thoughts on
First of all, what does Rachel want with Danny's Santa suit anyway? Ahaha
Second of all, but first of all in my heart, this is a perfect mirror episode to 1x08 (known forever in my head as "Danny's Dead Partner" a.k.a. MY FAVORITE EPISODE). 1x08 had Danny freaking out over a very personal case and Steve was the one who had his back and tried to keep him calm, was the voice of reason when Danny was doing something brash. In 1x12, the other way around. I keep flashing back to the part in 1x08 where Danny and Steve were driving around with that guy on the hood of the car, and Steve says something like, "All I'm saying is that the next time I do something crazy, I get a free pass." Well, here it is. Not to say that Steve hasn't done crazy things in the intervening episodes, but what I'm saying is that they
But more than a Danny/Steve episode, this was a team episode. EVERYONE ALL UP IN EACH OTHER'S BUSINESS. I'm flashing back to Danny and Chin drinking beers in the bar and promising each other they're in each other's corners. I want Chin&Kono fics about them being COUSINS IN CONCLUSION COUSINS and LOLing at Steve and Danny, and being protective of each other, and flashing back to growing up together, and she idolizes him but he doesn't know why, he doesn't think he deserves that. Kono tried to be nice to his fiancee, she really did. And during surfing competitions, she would look for Chin's face in the crowd.
ALOHA, MOTHERFUCKERS. ;___________;
I need a Chin-centric episode about his sordid past. If they find the money missing, then okay, Steve might go to jail... BUT WON'T CHIN ALSO GO TO JAIL? That's also evidence against him, no? I GUESS we can excuse Danny and Steve their tunnel vision FOR NOW, on account of their boyfriendhood.
Steve: I’ll drive.
Danny: Can I ask you a question? Why are you always driving my car?
Steve: I like to drive.
Danny: No, no, no, Rain Man likes to drive - you have control issues.
O RLY. TELL ME MOAR.
Oh, and. I'm glad for Scott Caan and all, but why is he being nominated for Best Supporting Actor? He is a lead. >:(
According to the poll on
castielfest, peeps would rather have the S6 Castiel-centric commentfic/art meme sooner than later. Works for me! I'm still taking suggestions for a name for it. WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK?ETA quote of the day: "This is another thing about Strong Women: We like them considerably more when they're fictional, rather than, say, running a TV show. And we don't like them to complain. A fetish for strong, spunky women might seem more productive than a fetish for girls who are sweet and harmless, but it can be a trap. “Strong” is often misconstrued to mean “strong enough to take anything.” “Strong” can mean “rough enough to play with the boys,” but it also has to mean “tactful enough to make the boys like you.” (That's why it's “strong.” And not, say, “bitch” or “irrational.”) “Strong” can mean anything people want it to mean, but a lot of the time, what it means is that if you get overwhelmed or hurt, you've let everybody down." -- Ellen Ripley Saved My Life by Sady Doyle, thanks to
amonitrate for the link[originally posted at http://whynot.dreamwidth.org/43491.html |
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In other news, it has been my experience that most people don't actually like strong women. Or, at least, strong women are there as background characters, that girl at the office on whom you can count to speak up when shit goes down, the person you can call on for help in a crisis. But otherwise? They don't want that woman's opinions (especially not if they're on the receiving end), and God help that woman if she ever shows a sign of 'weakness.' I'm not bitter. Nope.
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The article goes into something like that a little, the dichotomy between mother and monster. It's a heavy-handed dichotomy, sure, but it teases out certain salient points.
God help that woman if she ever shows a sign of 'weakness.' I'm not bitter. Nope.
Ehehe, I feel you. More than a female character who wins, I value a female character who is three-dimensional, not that the two are or should be mutually exclusive.
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Are there good communities for it yet, do you know?
And YES! Please, God, can we have a three-dimensional female character with honest-to-goodness emotional complexity as well as kick-assness, please? I know I'm asking for a lot, here, but still. Maybe Santa will bring me one. Bonus points if she's not white, petite and blonde.
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Yeah, and sometimes the emotional complexity gets conflated with character assassination, which isn't a problem specific to female characters actually.
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ALSO THAT REC. I just died a happy death by glorious poetic Cas/Dean, oh god.
also, re: Cas meme, I am terrifyingly terrible at naming, but, you should put up another poll! polls are good, and then I can vote on names without having to come up with them :D
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Yes, but I haven't been able to remove these SPN goggles from my face for months now.
RIGHT? I am totally going to leave a comment later. Have already read it twice. I get to the fourth section and am like YES THIS IS CORRECT BY D/C RECKONING.
At this point I'm kind of tempted to just call it the "Season 6 Castiel commentfic/art meme", though I am fond of people's suggestions of Much Ado About Cas and The Cas Also Rises. XD
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kdjaeajlsdj THE FOURTH PART. actually THE WHOLE THING.
:D Much Ado About Cas! I like that. oh Casfandom, ANYTHING can apply.
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What else have people suggested... Hmm.
Life, the Universe, and Cas
Cas-22
All Cas Breaks Loose
Metamorphocas
Casfacers
The Curious Cas of Dean Winchester
99 Castiels
And on the poll, there are a lot of suggestions about pizza men. :D
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The Curious Cas of Dean Winchester :DDDDDD
PEOPLE ARE SO CLEVER, I love it!
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(Kono tried to get along with Malia. She really did. And in some ways they were good friends, like when Kono took her surfing and Malia burned out and they laughed together in the surf like little kids. They were little kids, in some respects. Malia was only a few years older than Kono, and Kono was only sixteen.
It doesn't mean that later, when Malia leaves, Kono lets her off because she's young. If anything, their similarities make her hate Malia more. Kono stood by Chin. She did the right thing, the only thing she could think of doing, and Malia looked at the same situation and she walked away and Kono hates her for it.
Chin can excuse Malia all he wants. Rose-colored glasses may look nice, but Kono sees the harder reality, was the one he came to in tears when Malia leaving was the last blow he could handle right then. Malia is not to be forgiven.)
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:DDDDDDDDDD
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As for the actual episode, I liked parts of it (uh, anything with Kono and/or Chin in it), and then parts of it I was like "WHAT". Too many plothoooles! Shoot him BEFORE you hand the money over, okay. Victor Hesse should have been less stupid! Why on earth would he toss that money into a fire? I know he's all *driven* but ten million is not something to sneeze at! (Also, because I was being nitpicky, I couldn't help but be so annoyed at how the money burned immediately. Paper doesn't burn like that, okay! If you want to burn papers you have to put them on a little bit at a time or all the middle layers don't even get touched.)
But I'm not really in it for the plot! And since I loved all the not-plot bits, it was cool. :P
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Also, I'm a guy, but no worries. ;)
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