While I'm on the topic of 5.13

[ratherastory]

Dear Supernatural,

Please to stop killing your wimmens.

Seriously.

I'm going to start taking it personally at this point. Just because one part of fandom hates the female characters you introduce (here's a hint: fandom is BATSHIT CRAZY and you should ignore them!), that doesn't mean you should automatically kill them off the minute they start being strong, interesting and independent.

No love,

Me


Heck, I don't like Anna. I just don't want her to be dead. I DID like Ellen and Jo, and I'm really pissed that they essentially died for nothing. Why the HELL did they kill off Pamela? That was completely narratively uninteresting.

In short, if you're a woman on Supernatural you may as well be wearing a red shirt and wandering away from the party.

This isn't a deal-breaker for me, because I do love the show otherwise. Still, it pisses me off.

Comments

yeah, pretty much

[reading-is-in.livejournal.com]

I feel the same about the portrayal of women - it p's me off, but it's not a deal-breaker because SPN is so much more intelligent and better written than the vast majority of TV. I had a little cry when Ellen and Jo died, I have to say, and I thought Ruby was brilliant. If they kill Becky I will be...very angry (oooh, I bet CW's scared, lol). Then I kind of feel hypocritical that I'm basically glad Castiel's alive so I can look at his pretty face some more. Eh...

Re: yeah, pretty much

[ratherastory.livejournal.com]

Not a deal-breaker, but I do end up doing a lot of impotent fist-waving at the TV screen. ;)