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🔥 an unpopular opinion that i have is that i find the spn parody thingies pretty cringeworthy like i cant get through it without having to look away bc i just,,, Don’t Like It what do u think abt them

I totally get what you’re saying. I was like that with the first parody, tbh. It took me like three attempts to get through the whole thing because the secondhand embarrassment was that bad. The second one wasn’t so bad for me but I’m not sure why. Maybe because there was less lip syncing and more recreation shots? The lip syncing was a whole lot of no for me. I like the recreation shots, honestly. I was pretty impressed with them when you put it all side-by-side (I have a set of stills in my queue right now). 

But I do still think they’re pretty cringey. I get that some people either enjoy that or don’t mind it but I’m not really a fan. I’m glad other people enjoy it and the people who made it probably had a lot of fun doing it but it’s not for me. I kinda feel the same about things like character actors at Disney Land, too. It’s good for the people who are actually interested in that kind of thing (like little kids) but the thought of interacting with a character actor or watching someone else do it is just… no thank you. I realize this probably makes me a stick in the mud but I just feel a whole lot of nope about the whole thing. 

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Choose one – unpopular opinion about ships or shippers?

Sometime shippers need to just shhhhh a little bit. 

One of my biggest pet peeves is when shippers like to pretend that their ships are objectively better by some constantly changing standard. It’s obnoxious. Canon-ness doesn’t make something better. The absence of “problematic” stuff doesn’t make something better. The gender, race, or sexual orientation of the characters involved does not make something better. Of course you can like one ship and despise another for your own reasons, but that’s all subjective stuff. 

I kind of really hate the thread of “my ship is better than your ship because yours is *bad* and mine is *good*” because it’s so subjective. If you gave me any ship I could probably come up with at least five reasons it’s “””problematic””” by tumblr standards. It’s really not that hard. (Actually that might be a fun game.) But it’s all subjective and ridiculous when the very nature of fandom is to be transformative. It’s kind of like going up to a painter and being like “this canvas is blank therefore you’re a terrible artist. no, you can’t just paint over it and make something new the canvas was blank originally! and you use too much blue!” 

Also, I do get that shippers love talking about their ships, (I know, I do it myself a whole buttload) but sometimes you just wanna… talk about things without having to also talk about the ships involved. I get that this is a social media and people can and will talk about whatever the hell they want, when they want to, but it can get a little irritating at times. Of course, I realize that the only person I can control is myself so when I get annoyed I just walk away. It’s not worth it to upset other people who are just having fun. I’ll make my own post (with blackjack and hookers) instead. 

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@casbakespie replied to your post “��(thoughts on different Supernatural seasons/storylines if you want a…”

can’t say i disagree about some of this… especially the michael dean. i’m interested to see where that goes, but i agree it didn’t feel like they adequately laid the groundwork for dean’s decision (though honestly i felt the same way about dean killing death or whatever a few seasons ago). all the meta writers were talking about it throughout the season, but i still didn’t really see the “hints”… how would a casual viewer feel about the finale if they don’t have (1)

the benefit of reading the meta writers who predict and harp on why/how/whatever of dean saying yes weeks before hand? (2/2)

I think about this, too. In some respects, it’s an easy prediction to make because as soon as they showed Michael and his wasteland world you could probably guess he wanted out. But at the same time I really hate things that are “shocking twists” just for the sake of shocking twists. In my opinion, meta should be a supplement. It should be there so you can get a better understanding of references that were made or how themes were laid out or things you might’ve missed. You should’ve have to rely on it to understand where the story is going or make a guess as to what’s ahead. I don’t know how casual viewers feel about the season 13 finale, but my inclination is that it probably felt like it was out of nowhere. 

And I totally agree with you on the killing Death thing. The didn’t do very well with building up Dean’s loss of control imo. If they did that better, summoning Death and killing him would’ve made more sense. 

🔥 how about an opinion about fanfic?

Fanfic is held to a ridiculous standard most of the time and it’s annoying as hell. The scope of influence that fanfic actually holds isn’t very big (because not only is it limited to the fandom it’s in, it’s also limited to the sub-fandom of the ship and the people who’ve willingly read it). Anyone who’ve busted their butts on a fic only to get less than a five hundred hits can tell you it’s a pretty niche market. But the constraints that some people would have you put on fanfic because of it’s perceived potential to ruin everything that’s good in the world wind up killing creativity and fucking with peoples heads. As fanfic writers we’re supposed to be “better” than the media we’re borrowing from which sometimes means there’s a pressure to “clean it up”. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve seen “well as long as it’s not romanticized” thrown at certain darker themes to which I go “yeah, I’m assuming that if you’ve clicked on my extensively tagged work you’re a grown up who doesn’t want to be moralized to”. I’m not here to read happy stories about happy people who have vanilla sex in their affordable apartments. I’m here to read about people who fight and get pissed and have issues with themselves and each other, who struggle but find happiness (or don’t) and grow and change. I’m here for pain and progress. And sometimes I’m here just to watch everything burn. 

I think it’s fair to criticize certain trends or patterns in fic and to get upset about them, but ultimately if you’re not doing anything to try to counterbalance that by actually making what you want to see (and not by yelling at strangers on the internet) it’s just hot air. Be the change you want to see in the world, you know? Don’t like that your faves get sidelined? Write your faves in important roles. Don’t like that one trope? Write a different trope. 

But I just personally think it’s almost laughable that fanfic is seen by some as this paragon of writing where we can “do it better” than the media in question by eliminating conflict and darker topics all together. It’s not going to cause a complete social collapse if I write my fucked-up foursome serial killer fic and we’re not going to be heralded into a new age of enlightenment if someone else writes their coffee shop AU where Character A is a firefighter and Character B volunteers at an animal shelter and their only conflict is they’re both too shy to make a move. “Doing it better” so often just leads to boring ass fic. 

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Unpopular opinion: You don’t have to believe your ship is canon, ever will be canon, is endgame, or in any way deliberate on the part of the show runners to believe in it or enjoy it wholeheartedly. It’s ok to acknowledge when you are deliberately reading the show this way because it makes it more enjoyable for you. There is no shame in this. This is a completely valid way to enrich your media and fandom experience.

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I want this tattooed on me. 

Seriously, I don’t know when or why people started insisting that a ship has to be canon, will be canon, or deliberate to be worthy of enjoyment but I wish it would stop, frankly. You can love a ship where two characters are or aren’t written romantically and you can love ships where characters have literally never met in canon. Hell, one of my favorite ships in this fandom has a character that was essentially invented by the fandom! It’s all fun and worthwhile. 

If you’ll allow me to wax poetic for a minute, I personally think there’s a lot of value in admitting when you’re looking at the show through a specific lens. Like, if you’re being analytical and looking at it through a more “literary” perspective you can and should be aware of the lens you’re looking through when discussing certain tropes, themes, and elements. Like, you could legitimately look at SPN through the lens of modern American gothic (esp the first 3 season) and if your analysis starts to wind up a little….Fall of the House of Usher-y (I wonder how obscure a reference that’s gonna be) and it makes people a little uncomfortable with the implications… well that’s a valid reading. A reading that emphasizes destiel isn’t better or more correct than a reading that says everyone on SPN is doomed Greek-tragedy style. Basically, I really think the text can lend itself to all kinds of discussions about which characters fulfill which tropes in different genres (and I would adore getting into these conversations with people. Seriously. Give them to me any day of the week). 

I mean, generally, if you’re looking for destiel subtext you will find it. Same with sastiel or wincest or wincestiel or whatever. And there isn’t any shame in admitting you’re looking for it. There isn’t any shame in acknowledging it, either. What there is a bit of shame in, imo is giving people shit for reading things through that specific lens or claiming that your interpretation is the only right one. 

Okay, mini rant over! I agree. There is no shame in using ships to enjoy a show and there is no shame in admitting you’re only interested for certain ships. 

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I dunno if it’s an unpopular opinion but… I’m not too fond of the “dick of death” jokes in reference to Sam. It feels a little callus? Like… These deaths have had a traumatic effect on him and it just rubs me the wrong way when people laugh about it sometimes. (Some days I handle it better than others)

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It does seem kinda callous to make it into a joke. Like, it’s not really that funny. It’s bad writing and it’s pretty fucked up that Sam can’t seem to have a decent relationship with anyone he sleeps with because they die. I don’t particularly like the way it’s joked about either. Like, why is it even a thing? 

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Wayward Daughters is going to be awesome and Max, Alicia, and Krissy should all make appearances.

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I want Wayward Daughters/Sisters/whatever-they’re-gonna-call-it to be a huge hit and I desperately want Krissy and Linda Tran and Rowena and Charlie and Eileen and Max and Alicia (we can do some magic BS to fix her) to show up. This is a thing I want very much and I will be right there cheering the show on.

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Unpopular opinion: every member of Team Free Will is valid and needed on SPN. I love all of them and can’t fathom what it would be like NOT to.

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Can you imagine how boring it would be to have just two characters on a show like this after how many years of building up a cast? I don’t want Dean and Cas without Sam, I don’t want Sam and Cas without Dean and I don’t want Sam and Dean without Cas. That sounds the opposite of a good idea. 

Also, there’s a reason trios tend to work really well in terms of character dynamics….just sayin’.

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justanothersaltandburn:

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Seriously! Like, yeah, I get that he was a demon and he was potentially dangerous being around too many people, but they could have played with exactly how dangerous he could potentially be. They seemed to want to do that with the whole MoC thing so why not just extend the demon thing for a little longer? ugh. Yeah, I’m a little bitter about how little demon!Dean we got.

@rosemoonweaver YES! It was like – MoC was demon!Dean without the super powers. Which, yeah, sure, I get that but– Come on. Give us a little more. I love it when the brothers are together and all that jazz as much as the next fan but– Sometimes a little bit of different is nice. Especially since they spent that whole damn season fighting anyways.

Yes! Like, honestly, I don’t think I would have minded if Sam and Dean were separated for a little longer. They always come back to each other anyway, so I don’t see why they couldn’t just play with that for a bit. Or even just give us more than Dean singing karaoke when they were separated. I dunno. Maybe I’m in the minority, but I don’t see anything wrong with giving Sam and Dean a little time apart if it cranks up the angst factor and there’s a good reason for it. And demon!Dean was as good a reason as they’re ever really gonna have. The lying to each other and fighting thing got old in season 2 for me.Â