The concept of an academy has a long history in Western Civilization, dating all the way back to Plato. You all know Plato, right? For those unfamiliar with the second most important Greek philosopher of all time (Aristotle being the first, naturally – that’s a pun, but ignore my geekiness), then a quick history…
So in the spirit of fun I started thinking about meta and about what types of episodes I’d really like to see the show attempt. “Changing Channels,†“The Real Ghostbusters,†“Ghostfacers,†and “The French Mistake†kind of played with form, so I thought I’d go through my list of form-meta recommendations. I invite you to…
While little Sammy has the addiction issues out front and center, our Dean likes to hide his issues. Granted, Sam is all kinds of messed up, but with him, at least, he has the whole intellectual objectivity going on so he knows he’s unhealthy most of the time and when he doesn’t, he has rationalized…
Dammit! Wincest! I can’t quit you. I just can’t. So I’m taking your smelly flannel shirt out of the closet, holding it close to my face (in a totally loving and not stalkerish way), and proudly proclaiming you in public. Yes, Wincest, I believe you exist. I affirm you. You are in the world,…
The Strength of Suffering: Dean Winchester and an Exquisite Angst Or Love Notes from an Invisible Companion “The time of trial is the express opportunity for the one to win glory, for the other to perfect his wisdom. Hence, indeed, virtue gets its name, because, relying on its own efficacy, it yieldeth not…
Sexual Issue #3: Bad Touching, or Why You Shouldn’t Let Girls Get Full Up in You. First off, I have a girl crush. I’ll just admit it right now. Ellen Harvelle, if I swung that way, yeah baby, that’s a woman I’d be all up on. Just sayin’. And you know, considering that she’s…
Forbidden Elephants “Sexual Issue #2: What’s Your Safe Word? Supernatural mainstreams the kink and kinks the mainstream” I affectionately call this screen cap “Le Petit Morte” and it will reappear later on in this examination. Woah, boy! Supernatural is one sexually frustrated show! If you look at the entire Supernatural oeuvre (yes,…
Forbidden Elephants: Sex and the Single Winchester So there’s an elephant in the room and it’s been here for a long time. Let’s discuss it. Let’s go there: Sex and Supernatural. Now, before you turn away and call for brain bleach, I will tell you that the not-so-brotherly love between the Winchesters will be…
Bookdal thinks a lot about Supernatural, probably too much. In her real life persona Bookdal teaches writing and reads too many books. She’s a bluestocking really. She found Supernatural after season five’s finale and she’s never looked back. Well, that’s not true. She has looked back and wondered who the heck was the girl before…
Singing the Sins of Creon: Supernatural’s Season Six and the Prohibition Against Mourning “You would rather throw stones at a mirror? I am your mirror, and here are your stones.” -Rumi, translated by Coleman Barks A Beautiful Labor: The Work of Mourning “The person who grieves, suffers his passion to grow…
The Problem with Pygmalion: The Fear of the Make-Believe in Supernatural or “Mannequin 3: The Reckoning” and its Narrative Heritage “But, with wonderful skill, he carved a figure, brilliantly, out of snow-white ivory, no mortal woman, and fell in love with his own creation. The features are those of a real girl, who, you…
Bloodless Death: Writers, Viewers, and the Death of RoboSam! Or In Defense of RoboSam!: A Lesson in Compassion In the desert I saw a creature, naked, bestial, Who, squatting upon the ground, Held his heart in his hands, And ate of it. I said: “Is it good, friend?” “It is bitter – bitter,”…
