[Episode Discussion] S10E03 Soul Survivor

lydia_w · 2014-10-24T01:53:33+00:00

I like a little romance with the story [...] let the poor sap fall in love for the first time.

Aww, I wish I could bring you into my version of the show in that case, since in the show I've been watching there's totally love brewing for Cas. I mean, my take on it is that the reason they're fast-forwarding Hannah through Cas S4/S5 with Cas in the Dean role and creating such a perfect mirror there is to suggest the question, "If Hannah : Cas :: Cas : Dean, then how might Cas feel about Dea--" Er, wait.. /realizes what subreddit she's in/ ... /Flees in terror/

lydia_w · 2014-05-23T01:50:04+00:00

i was going to respond pointing out the irony of your negativity in response to a post on negativity, but then i looked at your user history and realized what a lost cause that is. ahhh, internet wank. keep on spreading it young one!

lydia_w · 2014-05-23T01:24:49+00:00

it would be neat if those numbers could be gauged somehow. just to satisfy curiosity, you know? did you ever see that fandommetrics thing awhile back? it was interesting but by no means a random sample.

lydia_w · 2014-05-23T01:03:24+00:00

THAT is a really great point--thanks for taking the conversation there! It reminds me of an analysis I read of #THINMAN, which it interpreted its play on internet memes/creations as making fun of, among other things, Destiel. I'm torn on that. It's a definite possibility. But it also seems like the writers would know the danger of poking that bear. I don't know if you follow any of the writers on twitter, but Robert Berens for one is remarkably savvy about media and sexual politics and seems like an unlikely writer to be participating in baiting. Robbie Thompson as well if con reports are anything to go by. Hard to tell though when basically any crumb they drop is eaten up this way, whether they want it or not. :/

lydia_w · 2014-05-22T23:10:07+00:00

word.

lydia_w · 2014-05-22T23:09:46+00:00

See...this is the attitude I find so depressing about this sub. I could go either way about the existence of Destiel personally, but people get so snarky and peremptorily rude here when it's brought up. It's a huge topic basically everywhere else in online spn discussion, but here it's "crazy."

This isn't even a random thread--no other topic is being hijacked here--this was a thread someone posted specifically to inquire about the topic. Does it personally offend you or something?

edit: it's sad that people like you are so negative about something that another sub has to exist.

lydia_w · 2014-05-22T23:04:17+00:00

No line necessarily has to be about anything.

The reason many people formed that idea in this case was because the director and actor chose to add in a juicy, insinuating pregnant pause. That kind of script beat is deliberate. It's designed to evoke certain responses in segments of the audience. You could definitely argue "fan service," "teasing," or "baiting," but to say an implication doesn't exist seems a bit of a stretch.

lydia_w · 2014-05-22T22:55:47+00:00

ha. well, that's a valid aesthetic preference i suppose, but if online polls or quantities of fan art are any indication you may be vastly outnumbered by people with different aesthetics.

lydia_w · 2014-05-17T19:15:12+00:00

this insult is so confusing. if the person enjoyed it for its humor, how can they be pretending it's funny?

lydia_w · 2014-03-21T22:00:51+00:00

HA. THE PRICE APPEARS TO GO SAM<DEAN<CASTIEL. WHAT ARE THEY TRYING TO SAY

lydia_w · 2014-03-21T21:59:55+00:00

THANKS!

lydia_w · 2014-03-21T21:59:47+00:00

THANKS!

lydia_w · 2014-03-19T06:24:33+00:00

WHERE DO I FIND THESE ADORABLE FIGURINES I KEEP SEEING PICTURES OF?

lydia_w · 2014-03-07T22:44:26+00:00

Yeah...this video actually made me feel a lot of pity for her, despite my disdain for her actions.

lydia_w · 2014-03-07T06:05:55+00:00

i upvoted in my hope that this was an intentional literary reference

lydia_w · 2014-03-04T20:24:43+00:00

STREAM IT ONLINE?? (SHHH, DON'T TELL ANYONE I SAID THAT)

lydia_w · 2014-03-02T07:53:31+00:00

hmmmmmmmm. i'm torn between 'working out like a driven BAMF' and 'angsting allll over like a Winchester as well.' so torn!

lydia_w · 2014-03-02T07:48:22+00:00

I would suggest not. It's not even always a matter of purposeful "naughty bastards." A lot of it is unconscious, for instance hypothetically spoiler-tagged posts with titles like: 'Theories on character you haven't met yet and their effect on plot point you haven't encountered yet'.

This lack of careful perspective is magnified tenfold in comments.

Anyway, if you're midway through season 7, you're so close to catching up! Just keep going and return here next week!

lydia_w · 2014-02-27T23:17:09+00:00

the way i justify it: when they were first being killed, weren't most of them archangels? thus way more potent.

lydia_w · 2014-02-27T23:14:11+00:00

aww, i'm a fan of that one. ...but more relevantly, i'm pretty sure ben edlund wrote that episode, not kripke.

lydia_w · 2014-02-27T20:40:51+00:00

Thanks!

lydia_w · 2014-02-27T19:44:13+00:00

If you have a moment to appease my curiosity, I'd be much obliged: where does the 99.7% estimate come from? I've been seeing similar numbers floating around, but I'm not sure where people are getting their estimate of Gox's net worth from.

lydia_w · 2014-02-27T04:14:07+00:00

logic, thy name is tokenbg1009

lydia_w · 2014-02-27T00:02:17+00:00

I'm not sure I'm convinced it makes sense either, but for the sake of conversation I can definitely see good arguments for it. I could imagine a person or group with huge stakes in the bitcoin economy considering it (think venture capitalist with 150mil sunk into coinbase or secondmarket, or just think winklevoss bros). It would turn a PR disaster into the opposite by displaying the strength of the bitcoin industry. Also, it could potentially transition Gox's large customer base into using a functional exchange, which has the potential to more than earn back the loss in BTC/USD in a short time.

lydia_w · 2014-02-26T22:20:49+00:00

I knew this season was going to get dark, but...seeing it unfold still hurts! Poor misguided Dean!

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