In the Hunt

DNF @ 15%

So, I decided to take a trip down memory lane, to a time when I actually really enjoyed the show Supernatural. I picked one of the books I bought but never read and dove in, hoping to be reminded in a fun, nostalgic way of all the things I used to love about the show. After all, this particular book is a series of essays written during the timeframe that I actually loved the show. What could possibly go wrong?

Apparently, the answer to that is: literally everything. Not a single piece of writing I encountered before giving up was thought-provoking, entertaining, or even objectively well-written. It was just a giant crap cake with disappointment sauce. And because I'm feeling bitter about it, you get to suffer along with me as I provide commentary on the pieces I read.

Foreword by Keith R. A. Decandido

While Supernatural isn???t as heavily serialized as, say, Heroes or Lost, the show is aggressively aware of its own continuity. When something is established in one episode, it remains true thenceforth.

wow that aged like milk

Supernatural

Introduction by Dawn (Kittsbud), Webmaster of Supernatural.tv

It may not have huge ratings, but it has grown a loyal fan-base that will stop at nothing to protect it.

Sometimes our hunters need saving too, and it???s this element that grips fans, often to the point where we actually don???t want to draw a line between fantasy and reality. When Jensen Ackles jokingly pleaded with viewers to write to Eric Kripke, the show???s creator, and ask to save Dean from his demonic deal, you just knew that the CW???s mailbox was going to be full for a few weeks to come.

and

acted on it anyway

that hot

“We're Not Exactly The Bradys” by Tanya Huff

Good men don???t just happen, they???re made-and to see how we have to go back to the beginning.

Supernatural

despite

He trusts a four-year-old with a baby. He knows Dean will do exactly as he said. Why? Because his father asked him to. Four-year-olds who obey instantly, who have their entirely justifiable fears calmed by their father giving them a job and trusting them to do it, are rare.

because of him

in spite of how he raised them

The Burden of Being Sammy by Dodger Winslow

He???s the Holy Grail, the vessel, the hero, the point. He???s clearly John???s favorite. He???s an emo bitch and a spoiled brat who throws selfish tantrums and stomps away in guy-like hissy fits.

monstrosity

So John (the family) is no more Dean (not really you) than Sammy (you) is. In fact, truth be told, John (the family) is also a bit of a selfish (real), emo bitch (human) who puts his own (the family???s) needs above Dean???s (not really you???s) and Sammy???s (yours) by doing things like trying to sacrifice himself (shoot me in the heart, son!) for a freaking cause (it???s more important than me, it???s more important than anything) on the altar of Mary???s (love) death (loss)-a death (loss) at the hand of a Demon (events beyond their control), but for which John (the family) inexplicably (but you understand it, don???t you?) blames himself (because every story told is all about the family even if other people star in them on occasion), the same way Sammy (you) blames himself (because every story told is all about you even if other people star in them on occasion) for Jess???s (love???s) death (loss) at the hand of that same Demon (events beyond your control).

DODGER WINSLOW is an enigma wrapped in a riddle dressed in a conundrum. When she???s not being evasive or mysterious, she???s usually writing or rattling on about the much maligned and dramatically misunderstood John Winchester.

I gave up

Do you think twelve years is a little too long to acquire a refund?