Supernatural University: Calling All Angels This is the first of two articles exploring angels in the Supernatural universe. In this one, I’ll be looking at the role angels have played and how that developed through the history of the series, including how angels relate to monsters and humans, and how I think their role has…
Addressing the emotional fan reaction on the internet to catastrophic events in The Rains Of Castamere episode of HBO’s adaptation of George R.R. Martin’s Game Of Thrones, Smithsonian Magazine tweeted an excellent article on how and why we bond so strongly with fictional characters. The neatest thing – to me, anyway – about the…
We know season eight is exploring issues of perception. Even if we didn’t have the interview words of showrunner Jeremy Carver pointing that out, we’d have known it from what we’ve seen thus far of the conflict between the brothers, particularly given its basis in their differing experiences and views of those experiences from their…
As always in the anticipation of a new season, many fans are bouncing off the walls reacting to spoilery tidbits about the upcoming storyline. I’m going to say up front I’ve never understood the fannish tendency to jump off cliffs making judgments about things we haven’t even seen yet, especially leaping to angry, bitter conclusions…
I avoid spoilers, but accept teasers – by which I mean sanctioned interviews with writers, actors, producers, and directors. So I did follow the coverage from the San Diego Comic-Con (although I haven't had time to see it all!), and of course, it sparked some thoughts in my overly fertile brain. What follows is just…
I thought “Death’s Door” was a magnificent piece of work, and ranks right up there with “Abandon All Hope” as one of the best mid-season finales of the series. And while I grieve profoundly for Bobby’s death, the story around it was solid and very fitting, and did him proud. Special kudos to Jim Beaver…
I spent several hours Saturday at the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Training Center listening to a presentation on and reviewing the evidence from the NTSB investigation of the explosion of TWA flight 800 off the coast of New York, which happened 15 years ago. I can hear you asking what the investigation of a…
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Why do some people crave spoilers, and others hate them? What drives spoiler junkies and spoiler phobes, and where are you on the continuum? Welcome to a very personal psychological case study of spoiler schizophrenia at Supernatural University. I’m not analyzing anyone or anything else this time: I’m under my own microscope. You can join me…
