I know you’re all dying for an update on the state of my SPN obsession

jaydk has been annoyed at me for liking Supernatural for a bunch of reasons. The other day we had a silly faux argument that went like this:

jaydk: I can’t believe you have a crush on a blond!

Me: DEAN. IS. NOT. BLOND.

Today on fandom_wank: a whole wank about people having a serious fight over whether Dean is blond.

In other news, I actually got jaydk to watch SPN with me! We marathoned the first season and the start of season two, focusing on the family and character stuff and skipping the MOTWs. The good news is, she liked the show enough that she agreed to watch more even when it’s not my birthday. Yay!!! The bad news is, she hates Dean. She says he’s “smug.” I keep trying to explain that his asshole qualities are just a defense mechanism under which lies an adorably vulnerable woobie, but she’s not buying it. She does seem to like Sam, but that may just be because he’s Not Dean. I DO NOT UNDERSTAND HOW ONE PERSON CAN BE SO VERY WRONG.

But of course, it was incredibly generous of her to watch a show she expected to loathe with me for my birthday.* Also we made mixed drinks and ate chocolate rum pudding cake (from Vegan with a Vengeance) and it was very fun. (Thank you to everyone who sent birthday wishes, btw.)

* Although I should note that I have watched many hours of Korean soap operas and Japanese tennis musicals that I have no interest in because she likes them, so it’s not like I’m torturing her with Supernatural out of nowhere.

Last weekend I visited nwhepcat at herself_nyc’s place, where we chatted about fanfic and watched Supernatural 1×03, 1×18, and 2×20 in an attempt to hook herself_nyc on the show. Not sure if it worked, but it was certainly fun to squee with other fans. :)

Also, my friend Cat came to stay with me last weekend. We cooked a massive amount of food because I’d just gotten a ton of veggies from my CSA, stuck our heads out my window to watch at least three sets of NYC fireworks, got incredibly drunk on homemade mojitos, and watched most of Supernatural season two. She kept asking to watch more, because unlike jaydk, she knows how to appreciate a beautiful man. (I’M KIDDING. I KNOW IT’S ALL A MATTER OF TASTE.) But anyway, it is very fun to watch with someone who shares my particular squee. Plus, Dean is so lovable in season two–I think maybe it’s my favorite season after all. Dean’s slow breakdown and the immensity of his love for Sam are both so moving. I’m rewatching season three now and it really does feel like a slap in the face in comparison. Is it wrong if I just pretend “Malleus Maleficarum” was a nightmare I had about how misogynistic a television show could potentially be, and not an actual episode of a show I continue to watch? :( :( :(

Anyway, at least I am enjoying fanfic. I’ve been working my way through pdragon76’s stories, after adoring the podfic versions of Blind Spot and The Long Narrow Rope. Those are still my two favorites, but all of her stories are great. She writes with fantastic pacing and with a sense of humor, and is Dean focused and into whumpage, of which I very much approve. She also doesn’t skimp on the plot, which … well, I’m definitely finding that whumpage + adventure plot is one of my favorite things ever, but whumpage without plot pretty much leaves me wanting to claw my own eyes out. It’s odd, how very fine the line is between kink and squick.

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a whole new way for Supernatural fandom to mess with my head

So I’m doing the thing I’ve done every night for the past two months, which is watch a few episodes of Supernatural (tonight with bonus mojitos because it’s Friday–don’t laugh at me, I am content with my utter geekery) and I realized I’ve just watched two episodes and have no idea what happened in them because I spent the entire time studying what color filters they’re using in relation to the way Dean’s hair catches the light and trying to figure out if he’s REALLY BLOND or REALLY BRUNET and just…

DAMMIT, FANDOM.

(He’s brunet, except for those instances where his hair catches the light just right and he looks blond, which means he’s neither, or both, or there is no true answer to the question because color is relative and truth is relative and THE NATURE OF REALITY ITSELF IS SUBJECTIVE.

*has a headache*)

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