The Omnivorous Geek

Usual caveat lector: I am pro-pretty-much-everybody. Yes, even him. I especially love Dean. And Sam. And Castiel. And Bobby. And John. And Ellen. And Jo. And Ruby. And Bela. And Andy, Ash, Ava, Gordon, Victor, Rufus, Missouri, Jimmy, Amelia, Claire, Anna, Zachariah, Uriel, Meg, Azazel, Sarah, Lucas, Ben, Lisa, Kubrick, Travis, Jim, Caleb, Josh, Jefferson, Rumsfeld... Um. Yeah.

My mandate for these picspam/meta things is two-fold: What I loved. What made me think. Sometimes what made me think is less than squeeful. But I always find plenty to love, too. Just a friendly warning. It should go without saying that these are my opinions, and my opinions only.

ALSO: I swear in this one. I don't swear often, but I am doing it now. A LOT.

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If you enjoyed this picspam/meta thing and you'd like some more, I have a few places I can point you. My ep reviews tend to focus mostly on the characters, because that's who I am as a person and a writer, and I'm okay with that. But there's a lot more to say, a lot more to see.

A few recs:

caffienekitty's 5.10 meta/picspam. She tends to focus more on plot and cinematography, which I find fascinating, and she's a force for squeeful positivity, which can be very refreshing in this fandom.
smilla02's 5.10 meta/picspam focuses more on artistic choices. Her graphics are gorgeous.
animotus's 5.10 picspam and meta is really beautiful, as always.
tracy_loo_who's morning-after picspam is squeeful (and all about the Dean/Cas).

I also love erinrua's reviews and dotfic's commentary. dotfic also had a link round-up that helps put the entire 5.10 experience in perspective.

I'm not really interested in discussing whether or not Supernatural is or is not misogynistic or anti-feminist, not because I don't think that's worth talking about or that fans shouldn't dare to question their shows or because I think Supernatural is perfect and sacrosanct, but just because I don't want to go there at this point in my life and at this point in my fandom experience. I'm clinging to my squee with whitened knuckles, I am. If you're interested, though, musesfool does a lot better job of talking about that stuff than I ever could.

Ugh, I was all depressedy this weekend and I think I missed some awesome stuff. So if you are on my flist and you posted something interesting in the past three days or so, please to be linking and I will try to catch up. I am meaning fic, picspams, icon posts, etc., not so much episode reactions. I'm kinda burnt out on those, trying to preserve my own thoughts from now on. There are still a few I read every week, though, just because I think they're awesome.

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LOL, okay, so here's an episode-reaction-author rec list, because I am a DORK.

I always read dotfic and smilla02 because I agree with them so hard on almost everything. (And also I love them.) And I almost always read musesfool, even though I disagree with her on some things, because her thoughts are always so interesting. And I always read tracy_loo_who, because her Castiel squee is pure and infectious, and I find her shipper's perspective on Dean & Castiel fascinating, since I see them so differently. And if animotus posts a picspam, you'd better believe I'm clickin' on THAT mofo. And of course, kroki_refur, whose Episode Reviews of DOOM I miss like burning. Whatever she posts, I read as a matter of principle.

I feel like I'm forgetting something important.

OH YES! erinrua. She usually posts her reviews a few days after the episode airs, because she takes time writing these things. They're beautiful. It's like having a favorite magazine column writer, the kind that always make you grin when you see her name in the byline because you know the article is going to be interesting and gorgeously written and thinky and supremely satisfying. And also full of fangirl squee, which is bonus bonus plus plus good.

Also I do read a few posts by people I consider personal friends, like moonshayde and superbadgirl and probably a few others I'm forgetting. I totally, totally suck at commenting lately though.

Hmm. That's still rather a long list. Maybe I should cut back? Nah. Those people are awesome.

RL: Today I rode around with my windows down and a cool, fresh breeze blowing through my car. 59 degrees! What kind of madness is this? It made me happy, though.

SPN: This theory is adorable and made of win. I totally believe it. ::nods firmly:: No spoilers or anything.

Not RL or SPN, but OMG, Leverage is giving me such glee! Parker and Hardison need to be talking to each other ALL THE TIME. And Eliot, yeah, he can just beat people up constantly and I will be enthralled. The other two are also cute. Eee! I squeak with happiness at least five times an episode, and I've only watched five so far. That's twenty-five happy squeaks at minimum.