As I sat down to write a preview for Supernatural’s LONG awaited season six, I realized that there wasn’t much to say that hasn’t been said before. We all have been chomping at the bit for a while now and there are tons of preview articles that have been circulating since Comic-Con that all pretty much say the same thing. No matter what anyone says, the bottom line is this, we want our show back.
IT’S FINALLY HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So I’m going there, it’s time to officially declare Summer Hellatus 2010 over! Done. Fini. Nada. It’s all a memory in our rear view mirror. Imagine yourself thundering forward in the Impala with two hot guys on a mission to fight evil. The road is looking pretty sweet.
I tell ya, Hellatus this year was extended by two weeks and it felt like it. I feel like the tattered warrior dragging myself off the battlefield. We did so much this Hellatus to keep everyone entertained and occupied. This is the second Hellatus we’ve had to endure here at The Winchester Family Business and I couldn’t be prouder of my team. Last year it was just Elle2 and me. This year, having a staff of eleven to pitch in is oh so appreciated. We did some incredible things.
The highlight no doubt came from Ardeospina’s Daily Motivational messages. I saw today’s “Season Six†and I got so teary! She did 117 of these posters. That is quite a task! They are all proudly displayed in our Photo Gallery, under the “Daily Motivational Posters†section for everyone to enjoy. Please note this message from Ardeospina that currently sits in that section:
A Quick Word About the Future of the Motivational Posters
First of all, I want to say a big thank you to everyone who took the time this Hellatus to check out the motivation posters I was making, whether or not you left me a comment. It was very nice of all of you to be so supportive of my little project, and I appreciate all your support. I had a great time making them.
That being said, the posters were only intended to be a Hellatus project, and once the new season started up again, I was going to stop making them because we’ll all have more important things to discuss! However, after some gentle prodding, I’ve changed my mind and have decided to continue with the posters on a part-time basis. Here’s the plan: I will make a few posters each week based on the previous week’s episode. So, the week after the season premiere, look for a few new posters based on that episode et cetera, et cetera. How many new ones pop up will depend on how motivated I am and when the CW puts the episode online so I can cap it. And when the next Hellatus rolls around, which better not be for a long time, darn it, I’ll start putting them out daily again, hopefully.
So thanks again for reading and allowing me to be a little self-indulgent here, and big thanks to Jenniffer and Alice who have been very gracious in assisting with the technical aspect, the posting and the gallery and whatnot.
Ardeospina
A BIG HUGE thanks to Tigershire for her great “Supernatural†themed word searches, crossword puzzles, and word scrambles. They were so entertaining and I’ll admit helped me through some horribly boring afternoons at work. Also a BIG HUGE thanks to Karen for her Person, Place or Thing and Name That Episode games. Those as well were very fun. They will be available in their own section in the Archives under “Games.†After all, there will be other breaks in the future and they’ll come in handy.
I also thank Elle2 and Jasminka for their contributions to their Mystery Spot and Open Supernatural Couch columns. Those will be continuing on in season six so stayed tuned for more from them. No doubt season six will give them plenty to say. I also give kudos Sablegreen not only for her articles, but her thorough dedication in starting and maintaining our Spoilers Page. The response to the Spoilers Page has been big so it’ll continue to have a prominent spot on our front page. I’d also be remiss if I didn’t thank Elle, Randal, Faellie, Robin, Elena M and our guest columnists Bethany, Laurel and fs425 for your fantastic articles this Hellatus. Without you all, we wouldn’t have had much to share.
I also am so very grateful to my dear friend Jenniffer, who came aboard to help an overwhelmed friend with her massively growing site to take on assistant administrator duties. Thanks to her help, I was finally able to knock off all those items on the “to do†list as far as programming and administration is concerned. The site is now in really strong shape to take on season six and all our new visitors.
Here is list of all we’ve introduced and accomplished this Hellatus:
- A New Photo and Video Gallery. The Photo Gallery is still missing some episodes, but eventually all episodes will have their own Gallery. There will be some great misc and promotional shots too.
- Finally, Writers Pages and Profiles on every article (that was on my do to list for a really long time).
- A newly designed front page, including a much improved WFB Recent Articles section (you like?) plus areas to profile our writers’ columns and other special sections.
- A season by season Episode Guide, including summaries for each episode and links to the articles on our site that are episode specific. A big thanks to Jenniffer who ran with this and even had season six done before it started!
- A new slideshow application, which lets us do crazy stuff like The Winchester Family Business Short Attention Span Theater. So far that’s been a huge hit and will continue in the future.
- A ton of behind the scenes stuff that the average person isn’t aware of but trust me, it makes the site run better. A lot better. Again a big thanks to Jenniffer who helped with some of these tasks.
- Our growing presence on Facebook and Twitter. That’s been a tough one for me, for I have about as much time for social networking as I do for training and running for a marathon. None. We’re really gaining steam though. For those that want to follow us, we can be found on twitter.com/WinFamBusiness and facebook.com/WinFamBusiness. Compared to other fan sites, we are grossly behind in followers so help our presence there!
Okay, enough boasting even though I’m completely floored by what we’ve done in just a few months. Onto the newly re-invented “Supernatural†and the hours of analysis we get to do for it. As usual, we’ll continue to be your resource for all things “Supernatural.†Keep coming back and let us know what you think or lurking is fine too. This is a really fun and inviting place for lurkers too. As we’ve learned this summer, any ugliness that finds its way here will be quickly run off. We don’t have time for that crap. We have a show to love.
HAPPY SEASON SIX EVERYONE!!!!!!!!!!
I’m sooooo glad i discovered this website, my summer would not have been the same without it 😀
Thank you Alice, for having such a great site! It has been a much easier hellatus being able to write articles and search for spoilers. You have no idea what an eye opening experience it has been trolling for spoilers. YIKES…. for some of the things I have seen!
Loved all the articles I could read, just wish I had had more time to comment.
Here’s wishing for a wonderful season 6!
Yeah, I came here for the newest farm report, and all I found was this devil crap. The FCC’s gonna hear about this!
I am so glad that I found this place too. You guys really made it fun to wait for season 6 to come out and honestly I really hope there will be a 7 and 8 (If Smallville can go there you know Dean and Sam can….)So I recorded all of season 5 on DVR and will be slowly, with tissue, popcorn and cheese dip, watching and waiting patiently for S6 to start tonight. This month marks Dean’s second anniversary from being back from hell. Hope he has some good tips for his brother. Can’t wait to see.
With less than two hours to go I’ve begrudgingly accepted the fact that the other half is not going to surprise me with an overnight trip Stateside to watch SPN (he is so dumped). Therefore, let me wish you guys an awesome night’s viewing (and fingers crossed for loads of analysis and discussions and development and an awesome storyline and a nice big hug.)
Also, to Alice et all, thanks for the site. Seriously, for a SPN deprived fan it’s a godsend. Original, entertaining and analytical; what more could you ask for??
Thanks for letting me be a part of something so great, Alice. This was my first official Hellatus, and I don’t know how I would have gotten through it if it wasn’t for this site. I’ve had more fun than I thought possible during such a long and torturous wait.
Alice and everyone on this site,
This has been a fantastic hellatus! Long were the days but with so much fun to be had here it went quickly — most of the time. 😎
I too spent many an evening working on the puzzles and various games from word searches, person/place/thing, to guess the episode quotes…I’m amazed at how creative everyone was in making up the games and keeping them challenging.
I’m very happy there will still be some posters to enjoy. I’ve checked each day for them and even commented a time or two 😳 Ardeospina, truly I have come each day checking for your latest offering and loving each and every one of them. Thank you for feeling the need to keep ’em coming a little bit at a time.
The site has been transformed these past 19 weeks, good thing Alice got so much done on her ‘to do’ list for with the new season at hand…there won’t be much time for major overhauls, time to enjoy, enjoy and enjoy some more.
😀
I agree With everyone thank you for this website o dont know what i would have done with out it. I am off work so i am going to watch smallville then SUPERNATURAL
I too want to thank everybody to helping us through this hellatus. You all done a very good job.
And Arde the winchesterbros.com has the screencaps in there gallery all ready. So no excuse to make us wait for some more posters. I really would miss them.
There are also hundreds of cloth ups. So no need to leave us hanging with the theater. Don’t tell me: I am expecting to much. But I do love your stuff Arde. And it is killing me already that I will have to wait another week. It’s like a short hellatus.
In the immortal words of Barry Manilow: “looks like we made it” Enough said.
Hi Alice
All I can say is thank-you for creating this fantastic site and letting us all join in and be apart of it. Hiatus or not I couldn’t imagine spending my love for this show anywhere else but here at The WFB.
Cheers!