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Pink Raygun.com : Supernatural: My Heart Will Go On

Wed, 20 Apr 2011 02:56:17 +0000

It really was so, so nice to have brothers being brothers again. I think I forgot how much I missed it until I saw it. I was spoiled for this episode, but my husband wasn't, thus producing an amusing situation where I sat with my hands over my mouth trying not to give anything away. I want to go through again to watch specifically for the timeline differences, since I know I missed a bunch even knowing what was coming. Also, Samhair is beautiful and I enjoy it along with you. I'm having an obsessed with Supernatural instead of doing my real life work kind of day right now, so thanks for the well-timed review! Now I'm off to work on my latest fic ...

Pink Raygun.com : Whedonistas: An Autobiographical Book Review

Thu, 24 Feb 2011 15:56:22 +0000

Interesting. I, too, am a Firefly fan but not a Buffy fan. My husband loves Buffy and watches it often. I like to tell him that I will watch the Xander and Anya show, but not Buffy. She's whiny, annoying, and seems to always have a guy problem. Xander and Anya are hilarious and awesome, until they broke up, then I quit watching again. I don't mind Angel, better than Buffy, but never hooked me. Anyway, my little sister is a clear Whedonista, so maybe we'll share this one! Rosalind

Pink Raygun.com : The Fan Whisperer - Conclusion

Sat, 29 Jan 2011 03:45:34 +0000

I think this has been such a great set of posts. I find it interesting that it came at the time that I've been starting to not worry about what the world thinks of the things I do and obsess over, including my fanfiction, and it's been a great boost for that. It was never "practice" for me since I don't write, it was always my own thing, although I am known to say that I write fanfic because I'm not creative enough to invent my own world. I don't think so though, I think it really is about wanting to be in these worlds with these characters, really trying to understand them, and filling in the gaps that the shows can't get to, and I do think that's a worthy endeavor. Thanks for gathering up so many voices that agree and putting them out there for us to hear.

Pink Raygun.com : The Fan Whisperer - Part 3

Wed, 19 Jan 2011 02:41:19 +0000

I definitely hear a lot of myself reading these comments on why I write, and I've had to attempt to articulate it myself before (the husband doesn't really get my little Sam and Dean obsession; read "little" as "super-insane"). I think personally, it has a lot to do with wanting to be part of their world. I've been an actress much longer than a writer (since I was 5 or 6) and I've always associated with television and movies by finding a role to play, sometimes one that exists, mostly one I create, and then interact in that world with those characters. Now, I write my little scenarios down and let others play along. I also like the way good characters lend themselves to helping you fill in these gaps more easily. I wrote a drabble this weekend, and got some great reviews on how people could really see Sam and Dean saying and doing those things, and my response was that really, they wrote themselves. I improved them a scenario, and these characters wrote the scene for me. It's hard not to fill in the gaps when the characters are that good! Interesting note about slash, because I am not a slash fan, and therefore in the Supernatural fanfic minority. I also firmly believe in warnings because I don't want to taint my Winchesters with, well, you know, so I hate "accidentally" coming across wincest. Hate. I do understand wanting something that's almost a simple guilty pleasure out of my fics though since I'm a hurt/comfort/angst junkie, and sometimes, I just want to make these boys cry, so I have my own hard-to-explain-to-the-world thing too. And yeah, there's a certain amount of addiction, crack, and other such things involved that I partake in. I participate in a Sunday evening drabble game, and there is nothing like spending a Monday at work getting random reviews as people catch up on the posts. Makes my workday much happier. I'm pretty happy just watching the number of reads go up on the new chapter of my long work, especially because I know if they only read the newest chapter that they recognize the piece and are fans even if they never comment! Is that addict behavior? Well, at least I'm addicted to fanfics and not drugs and alcohol. I may also be addicted to Winchesters in general. I am, if you haven't noticed, loving this series, Sylvia, and I think it should be bookmarked as required reading by partners of fanfic writers.

Pink Raygun.com : The Fan Whisperer - Part 2

Wed, 12 Jan 2011 04:24:16 +0000

You know, I think I like the fact that those numbers are so huge. It means that there is something out there for everyone. As a relatively new to having others read my fanfic writer, I was so nervous at first about posting my stories anywhere. I used a new username, I hid it from my husband, and I locked my livejournal of fics. Then, I kept reading, the good, the bad, the strange, and I realized that if I love to write it, there's a good chance that someone out there will love to read it. Yeah, I'm a niche writer and I'm not really good, so I only have a few consistent fans, but I have them, and I'm glad I got the guts to post so I could find that out.

Pink Raygun.com : The Fan Whisperer - Part 1

Tue, 4 Jan 2011 22:44:32 +0000

I know I still have that script, but it's packed away in a box with Guinan and Picard figures and the Star Trek Chronology. It was totally a girl-gets-with-Wesley-Crusher episode though because I have been in love with him since I was 12. I don't remember the response it got from anyone, nobody really liked me back then, which is also probably part of hiding things. My geekiness was always apparent and often made fun of, and that was what wasn't hidden. Also, I had no idea the concept of h/c was widespread until semi-recently, I always thought I was just crazy for beating up the cute boys in my head!

Pink Raygun.com : The Fan Whisperer - Part 1

Tue, 4 Jan 2011 18:48:17 +0000

In regards to said notebook, I was 13, and it was full of notes, information, and stories about the early Power Rangers (white/green and red, both mighty cute). I didn't want anyone finding that at the time. Although, I did once write an ST:TNG script for a class.

Pink Raygun.com : The Fan Whisperer - Part 1

Tue, 4 Jan 2011 11:34:28 +0000

Sylvia, have I mentioned that I love you? In a totally platonic sense of course, or my husband would have more issues than the fact that I write fanfiction about two terribly hot guys. I don't have the problem of being told that my writing should make me money because I'm not a writer, I'm a scientist, although I've been amazed at how writing stories about the Winchester brothers has improved my ability to write about bacteria and iron. Let me tell you, after writing about 30 100-word drabbles, writing a 250 word abstract seems like a piece of cake. Anyway, I wrote fanfic before I knew what it was and that other people did it in my own personal notebooks hidden under my bed, and I was amazed at the community that exists and the amazing people who are a part of it and how talented people are. So, I'm glad that you are here, talking to us about your story and other's stories, and believe me, I don't think anyone would kick you out fandomville any time soon! I await the future updates to this series! Us geeks spend a lot of time working in the shadows and feeling like the crazy in the corner, so it's always good to know we're not alone! On a secondary note. If fanfiction.net doesn't get their stats working again, I'm going to kick them, because my geek ego boost of the week is lacking without hits on my newest drabble.

Pink Raygun.com : Books: The Scar

Thu, 30 Dec 2010 04:31:15 +0000

I have got to be one of the only people I know who didn't like this book. Actually, I got about halfway through it and finally just quit because I didn't care about the characters and the interesting world wasn't enough to hold my attention. I want to try another Mieville book to see if it was just that one, but I haven't gotten there yet. Rosalind

Pink Raygun.com : The Perilous Road Between Heaven and Hell

Tue, 28 Dec 2010 13:40:58 +0000

I got that for Christmas! Along with the companions to seasons 1-4, and right now I'm only on 2. I can't wait to read them though. Also, that new promo pic of Jared was up on my computer as "inspiration" for about two days. Something about his eyes that I just can't get over. I also started introducing my one sister who is not into the show to it since TNT was kind enough to play the Pilot, Wendigo, and Dead in this water Friday and Monday. Unfortunately, she is way too easy to scare and hates gore, but she loves cute guys and angst, so I may win. The other sister is already hooked. Okay, back to reading my season 2 companion ...

Pink Raygun.com : Syfy Burns Me Again

Sat, 18 Dec 2010 11:22:45 +0000

I have to agree that I feel pretty similarly about the fact that while SyFy was the channel that kept cable in my home for a long time, now I struggle to find something to watch that I enjoy. Even shows I used to enjoy, like Ghosthunters, have gone from reasonable to extremely overdone. Where's the debunking? So, now, SyFy feels like they can't keep a show that is just finding it's feet and building it's audience and they'll replace it with what? More reality programming? I like Warehouse 13, but the schedule is so erratic I watch it off the channel anyway. I had all kinds of trouble getting into both Sanctuary and Haven, and never did get into Eureka. Also, a network that can't even tell their own cast the show has been cancelled clearly has some issues. I think SyFy finally killed SciFi. Scifi is dead. Long live Scifi.

Pink Raygun.com : Supernatural: Appointment in Samarra

Tue, 14 Dec 2010 16:28:35 +0000

Funny, I was sitting at work, a long day already, and thinking that I really need a Supernatural fix, and voila! There you are! First of all, thanks for the beautiful close up shots of boys and boys beautiful eyes. Wiki agrees that to cross the Rubicon is to cross the point of no return, and I agree that there are many, many highly intellectual and witty even references through-out this show which I enjoy immensely, being an obnoxious intellectual. Clearly, souls are important because Sam is Goddamn idiot without one! I think Bobby might actually say something like that in this episode, only with a j in his version. I'm still not sure how much of a person the soul seems to control, and clearly neither does the show, but I suppose that is an incredibly hard thing to determine. Being a canon-based fic writer, i tend to over analyze details like that to stay as true to the show as possible while exploring the fringes of where they left off. You know, usual, insane fangirl stuff. Oh, and I know you don't love Bobby, but I do, and I loved him in this episode, and I love his house, with trap doors and such. We can agree to disagree on Bobby's parental role! At least my husband likes Bobby enough to keep watching the show even when he's mad at Sam (which is always) and I'm giggly in love with Sam (also always), so I prefer we keep Bobby! Also, I love Death and Dean with Death at the end really was fabulous. I wouldn't mind more Death in the future. The whole Dean as Death thing definitely played out precisely as I would have expected. As soon as it started my husband said, "so, who important to them is going to die?" and I said, "doesn't need to be someone important, Dean won't be able to handle a kid!" I know my boys. As for my lovely Sam, I can only imagine with all the talk of a wall and scratching that this is not going to be a simple seal-it-up job, but a complex one with many, many cracks to deal with, and I for one love the idea! I have been maintaining my trust in Sera to be good to Sam, and I have been rewarded so far, so I will keep trusting her. It's nice to have a Sam-girl as a show-runner. Now to survive Hellatus. We can do this, right?

Pink Raygun.com : Supernatural: Caged Heat

Fri, 10 Dec 2010 13:40:38 +0000

Always good when I'm running behind enough to comment the day of the next episode ... anyway. The one thing I need to note is that Pileggi says that Dean is choosing Sam over Mary, his brother over his mother, and umm, just have to say that the last time I checked, Mary would choose to die herself over losing Sam or Dean, right? So, Gramps needs to seriously check his logic on bringing back his daughter and then saying, oh, btw, I let your sons die/leave/get maimed/go soulless. I may have shouted all this at my tv while it happened. You are super correct about watching Jared play awesomely cool super smart holy crap Sam. I am enjoying it, and I think Jared has much more depth when playing this role than when playing emo. I love my emo angst (my fanfics tend to be angst, angst, and more angst ...), but I love good acting, and even if the scripts have been between okay and eh overall, the performances from Jensen and Jared have been top notch this season. Okay. Time to survive my day so I can come home and watch my boys once more before the hellatus begins. Sigh. Although, I did ask for everything in print related to Supernatural for Christmas, so we'll have to see how this goes.

Pink Raygun.com : Human Target: Ilsa Pucci

Tue, 23 Nov 2010 04:18:14 +0000

Interesting. I like Valley, but I never watched him before Human Target so it's all I know. However, Guerrero really makes the show for me. There's always a good number of Vancouver-crew actors around, and others, so definitely watch ahead! This week we've got M.C. Gainey (Lost's Mr. Friendly) and Mike Dopud (Stargate Universe and others) in two weeks. Rosalind

Pink Raygun.com : Preview Supernatural: Clap Your Hands If You Believe

Tue, 16 Nov 2010 01:03:53 +0000

That second one was so funny that I just literally had to cover my mouth to keep from laughing out loud to keep my husband from asking what I was watching (he thinks I'm a little too obsessed with Supernatural ....).

GirlyNerds... : Are You Geekier than a GirlyNerd?

Tue, 16 Nov 2010 00:14:18 +0000

There are a serious lack of many, many geeks on here, I only really fit 9 of these, but I'm a very serious geek/nerd. Like, it has Trek and Star Wars, but I'm also into BSG, Firefly, Stargates and B5 as well as many scifi books, but I'm not really a "book geek". I definitely want zombie geek, and I'm also a math geek, but not an engineer or gadget person. Still amusing! My recent post Mathematical Monday 11-15-10- Overtones

Pink Raygun.com : Supernatural - Family Matters

Thu, 11 Nov 2010 15:06:21 +0000

I'm convinced that I mostly read these reviews because half-way through my week, I'm in serious need of a fix of adorable, fabulous Winchester brothers and reading your descriptions and the fabulous and unaudited gushing makes me go "Oh, Sam" and "Oh, Dean" over and over again, which is really what I want to do, all the time, instead of real life. Okay, I'm done now. Onto the actual episode. I kind of love the fact that now this whole soulless Sam thing is out in the open, Sam suddenly sees no reason to hide anything and just starts telling Dean what he thinks. It fits with someone who has no emotion, and it allows the show to move forward quickly because, as you said, there is now communication between the brothers. I love the idea of Crowley for a couple of reasons. First of all, we get to continuously play the game of whether he's telling the truth or not, because, you know, demon's lie. So why does he want purgatory? Can he get Sam's soul back? Would he? Also, he's adorable, has an incredible accent, and is probably going to be my next Geek Crush. I'm a little sad that we have soulless Sam for a while, because I fell in love with emotional Sam back in the day, but somehow, even soulless Sam has the right Sam qualities, the puppy eyes still come out, and it gives him almost a new innocence that I find interesting. Still, there better be some getting the soul back and dealing with over a year of non-emotional life emotional payoff in the future. Or at least an opening for myself and others to write that payoff. Rosalind

Pink Raygun.com : Supernatural: Live Free or Twi-Hard

Wed, 27 Oct 2010 00:05:20 +0000

I am, I admit, quite the Anne Rice Vampire fangirl, I read them all, a few twice (and the Mayfair Witches, but that's another story). I do have to say that Lestat is all pretty and velvet, typically, but there are a variety of vampires in the books and some are gritty and some have drama and they are more interesting than the movies make them appear, even Louis (Brad Pitt). Anyway, back to other pretty boys in the current show. Yeah, all my possible thoughts about Sam just having some kind of serious mental issues, forget 'em, there's something going on here. I do also like dark Sam, especially since I think Jared does a better job of being creepy than he does being constantly guilty/angsty (although I like angsty Sam, just sometimes it's better in my head than on the screen, sorry Jared, I'm picky, and I adore Sam). However, I do want brother back in trusting land at some point, so I'm hoping for resolution. On a similar note, God does Jensen rock as a vampire not wanting to be a vampire. OMG. But, yeah, wonder how the Lisa thing will resolve. After that bit with Ben, well, I'd be wary. Overall, I really, really enjoyed the episode, and I like to laugh at glittery vampires, so bonus points. BTW, Sylvia, you ever watch Forever Knight? Loved that one for a while. Also, Kiefer, sigh.

Pink Raygun.com : My First Time: A Couple’s Con

Wed, 13 Oct 2010 21:03:20 +0000

Aww, first con! Mine was just PAX East back in March, and I also went with my partner, who had been to PAX prime before that. Interesting that I also found it reasonable to split up and go to different panels. Actually, the next time I'm considering pretending I'm there alone except for dinner, just so we can compare varied experiences. I need to get to a comic con, someday, someday. Rosalind Girls Are Geeks

Pink Raygun.com : Supernatural: Two and a Half Men

Thu, 7 Oct 2010 17:57:41 +0000

Wow, it's almost time for the next episode, better comment here quick! I adore your reviews, and seriously, there is not enough love for the Sam-girls out there, so you keep right on with the Sam hair talk and such. Clearly, you still care about Dean and respect Jensen as the freakin' unbelievable actor he is, so a little (a lot?) Sam-squee should totally be allowed. Totally. I'm less convinced that every shapeshifter is automatically evil. I mean, Dracula only got crazy due to the outcasting. A hunter shape-shifter could work, not with the creepy Campbells. BTW - Christian is Jonas Quinn (yay Stargates!). Sidenote: I am in love with you for managing to mention both Stargate and Star Trek in one review about Supernatural. Anyway, big daddy shapeshifter should prove to be interesting. I love the idea of the baddies having their own systems, hierarchy's and families since I also like the idea of a non-black and white world. As for the massive wasted opportunity to note that Dean raised Sam ... bad Show! That should DEFINITELY have been mentioned. So, I think I like Lisa. I her not all-or-nothing attitude. I like her understanding Dean better than he understands himself. I adored the line "What did he do?" followed by "What did you do?" Also, although I am not personally won over by cute babies, watching boys take care of a cute baby, oh yes awesome. So, I'm still giving Sam time to show me what his deal is. My husband insists that Padalecki can't act, but he's playing Sam right now so differently that there has to be "something" up whether it's truly an agenda or simply a massive attitude shift coming from living his life as the devil, in hell, and without his Dean. I think Sera's planning something though, and I trust Sera. I do. Rosalind Girls Are Geeks