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***who i would like to see again
**interesting
*meh
never again
* Brick Holmes and his wife. (Mayan athelete who lived forever because he was eating human hearts decides to stop living because his human wife is aging and he will miss her) I had some sympathy for the human wife, but as we never meet the main character, I couldn't miss him, plus it would make sense to commit suicide if his human wife had died first ... not before she died.
Brian, Kate and Mike (college kids who become werewolves and are involved in a deadly dull love triangle) It would have been nice to see the concept go somewhere new with werewolf lore, spn is great at reimagining myth, but just ... no.
**Benny and Andrea (the reluctant vampire friend of Dean in Purgatory and his human wife) this was a great side story, it fleshed out Benny's character, cemented the bond (to the audience in real time) of his friendship with Dean, and the ending was very poignant.
**Benny and Elizabeth (Benny finds a home in the place where he was born, where is granddaughter lives, but once his nature as a vampire is revealed he has to give up everything and go on the move again)
*Charlie and Gilda (Sam and Dean's gal pal from season seven meets a (good)fairy and helps rescue her from the clutches of an evil LARPer who is using her powers for bad, alas, too short to even figure out what would become of such a relationship)
***Aaron and his Golem (Aaron is a descendant of the Judah Initiative, a group of rabbi's who fought the Nazis, and he's supposed to have taken control of a Golem, but literally smoked the manual. Not only a charming duo - Aaron is a reluctant Master and the Golem constantly scolds him, seriously, I would watch them in a spin-off show.
Portia (DogGirl) and James (Witchcop) (a familar convinced she's in an intimate realtionship with her Master with her full consent and a Master still in control as he keeps things from her, pushes her away (for her own good) he gets a powerful supernatural creature as an ally and lover, while she gets a nice shiny dogcollar, watering and feeding and some affection.
*next has spoilers for today's ep*
*Prometheus and --- (a Greek demigod cursed to die each day paired up with a human woman who ran at the first sign of his strangeness, then began to look for him when she bore him a son) Their relationship didn't change much, but :Prometheus is motivated by care of what happens to his son, as is the woman, who's actions on the boy's behalf lead her to free Zeus, and her lover's death. Well, it's Greek, they invented tragedy.
**interesting
*meh
never again
* Brick Holmes and his wife. (Mayan athelete who lived forever because he was eating human hearts decides to stop living because his human wife is aging and he will miss her) I had some sympathy for the human wife, but as we never meet the main character, I couldn't miss him, plus it would make sense to commit suicide if his human wife had died first ... not before she died.
Brian, Kate and Mike (college kids who become werewolves and are involved in a deadly dull love triangle) It would have been nice to see the concept go somewhere new with werewolf lore, spn is great at reimagining myth, but just ... no.
**Benny and Andrea (the reluctant vampire friend of Dean in Purgatory and his human wife) this was a great side story, it fleshed out Benny's character, cemented the bond (to the audience in real time) of his friendship with Dean, and the ending was very poignant.
**Benny and Elizabeth (Benny finds a home in the place where he was born, where is granddaughter lives, but once his nature as a vampire is revealed he has to give up everything and go on the move again)
*Charlie and Gilda (Sam and Dean's gal pal from season seven meets a (good)fairy and helps rescue her from the clutches of an evil LARPer who is using her powers for bad, alas, too short to even figure out what would become of such a relationship)
***Aaron and his Golem (Aaron is a descendant of the Judah Initiative, a group of rabbi's who fought the Nazis, and he's supposed to have taken control of a Golem, but literally smoked the manual. Not only a charming duo - Aaron is a reluctant Master and the Golem constantly scolds him, seriously, I would watch them in a spin-off show.
Portia (DogGirl) and James (Witchcop) (a familar convinced she's in an intimate realtionship with her Master with her full consent and a Master still in control as he keeps things from her, pushes her away (for her own good) he gets a powerful supernatural creature as an ally and lover, while she gets a nice shiny dogcollar, watering and feeding and some affection.
*next has spoilers for today's ep*
*Prometheus and --- (a Greek demigod cursed to die each day paired up with a human woman who ran at the first sign of his strangeness, then began to look for him when she bore him a son) Their relationship didn't change much, but :Prometheus is motivated by care of what happens to his son, as is the woman, who's actions on the boy's behalf lead her to free Zeus, and her lover's death. Well, it's Greek, they invented tragedy.
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Date: 2013-02-28 05:22 pm (UTC)You know, I've been surprised in the past at the lengths fans will go to to defend this show, but after all these decades, I can't believe people who'd probably never consider themselves racist are still saying this regarding people of color on the screen. It's like saying black and Latina women should STILL just shut up and be happy when they get to play the maid!!
you have to look beyond the superficial (the big red dog collar, the Master references)
No, the writers should have looked directly at the "superficial," and realized they were doing a lot more than a running bestiality joke! I can't believe there was no better way to tell this Witchcop story and introduce familiars to SPN lore, without the 'black collared servant/white male master' overtones. It was just tasteless to me.
I hope the writers hear some of this backlash, and REALLY reconsider if someone suggests bringing these characters back.
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Date: 2013-02-28 06:16 pm (UTC)It also drove me crazy that Portia was supposed to be 'a strong assertive abled character to some, simply because of the fact that a) the actress is beautiful b) she fights for her man. c) she loves her man.
I'm really hoping these are young girls, but then again, that's also frightening, that they can't see past the thin veneer of 'romance' for how uneven this relationship is, without adding magic to it. No wonder it has a Twilight reference.