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.
Part 1 Part 2( Any last words? )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.