Day 2: 30 Days of Supernatural

Day 02 - Your least favourite character

I've always liked what SPN does with its secondary characters (except possibly their tendency to kill them off in swathes). That being said, if I had to pick one, it would be the second incarnation of Ruby. I loved Ruby when she was played by Katie Cassidy, and as much as I wish Genevieve Cortese well in her life and endeavours and whatever, she just couldn't pull it off with the same skill.

Ruby #2 came off as whiny and vaguely spineless, and just lacked charisma. To the point where it was often difficult to believe that she could even hope to manipulate Sam. It was more a testament to how messed up Sam was than to her skills as liar and seductress.



There are a few female characters who got short-shrift, either because they were poorly-written or poorly-acted, and it was a bit of a toss-up as to who was going to end up in this space: Ruby, Bela or Cassie. I ended up going with Ruby because she stuck around, annoying me for an entire season. ;)


( 30 Days of Supernatural )

Day 2: 30 Days of Supernatural

Day 02 - Your least favourite character

I've always liked what SPN does with its secondary characters (except possibly their tendency to kill them off in swathes). That being said, if I had to pick one, it would be the second incarnation of Ruby. I loved Ruby when she was played by Katie Cassidy, and as much as I wish Genevieve Cortese well in her life and endeavours and whatever, she just couldn't pull it off with the same skill.

Ruby #2 came off as whiny and vaguely spineless, and just lacked charisma. To the point where it was often difficult to believe that she could even hope to manipulate Sam. It was more a testament to how messed up Sam was than to her skills as liar and seductress.



There are a few female characters who got short-shrift, either because they were poorly-written or poorly-acted, and it was a bit of a toss-up as to who was going to end up in this space: Ruby, Bela or Cassie. I ended up going with Ruby because she stuck around, annoying me for an entire season. ;)


( 30 Days of Supernatural )

In which ratherastory waffles about writing. Again.

You know the drill. *waves hand* Nothing to see here except me wittering on about writing. Carry on. As you were. Etc.



I'm procrastinating on my castielfest fic. I really shouldn't. I have a good idea for it, even if it hasn't all gelled in my brain yet. After swearing up and down after my summergen that I wouldn't do a crossover again, but apparently I lied. So now, once again, what should be a quick 1,000-word thing looks like it's going to turn much longer. With any luck it won't be AS long.

I should get back to it. I have some structure problems to figure out, and the sooner I get it done, the sooner I can go back to work on my deancasbigbang. Not that it's just a chore I have to get over with or anything, but it's kind of stressing me a bit right now. Not massively so, but a bit. Once I get into the right headspace, I'm sure it'll be fine.

Actually, summergen seems to be stressing out a number of people on my flist these days, and it makes me really sad to see that. Fandom should never be a source of stress and unhappiness for people. *gathers entire flist into a giant squishy hug and feeds them tea and biscuits because she has no idea what else to do*

I am being seduced by the pretty graphics at tamingthemuse. I haven't signed up yet, because it requires posting every week, a minimum of 500 words, and *has* to include the prompt given. Given all my prior commitments, I'm leery of this. See, I can do 500 words, but I would also have to post said words, and if they happen to be for an ongoing challenge, I'm not allowed to do that. So it would essentially mean ANOTHER commitment, this time of 500 words a week on top of what I'm already writing.

In short, I'm probably going to sign up when I've finished the drafts of all my fic exchanges and Big Bangs. I might use it to update Roses in December, when the time comes. No, I haven't forgotten it, have no fear. I'm just working on more immediate commitments. Or, I might use it to write my project of One Tag For Every Supernatural Episode. That'll get me through a couple of years of prompts at least. :)

In which ratherastory waffles about writing. Again.

You know the drill. *waves hand* Nothing to see here except me wittering on about writing. Carry on. As you were. Etc.



I'm procrastinating on my castielfest fic. I really shouldn't. I have a good idea for it, even if it hasn't all gelled in my brain yet. After swearing up and down after my summergen that I wouldn't do a crossover again, but apparently I lied. So now, once again, what should be a quick 1,000-word thing looks like it's going to turn much longer. With any luck it won't be AS long.

I should get back to it. I have some structure problems to figure out, and the sooner I get it done, the sooner I can go back to work on my deancasbigbang. Not that it's just a chore I have to get over with or anything, but it's kind of stressing me a bit right now. Not massively so, but a bit. Once I get into the right headspace, I'm sure it'll be fine.

Actually, summergen seems to be stressing out a number of people on my flist these days, and it makes me really sad to see that. Fandom should never be a source of stress and unhappiness for people. *gathers entire flist into a giant squishy hug and feeds them tea and biscuits because she has no idea what else to do*

I am being seduced by the pretty graphics at tamingthemuse. I haven't signed up yet, because it requires posting every week, a minimum of 500 words, and *has* to include the prompt given. Given all my prior commitments, I'm leery of this. See, I can do 500 words, but I would also have to post said words, and if they happen to be for an ongoing challenge, I'm not allowed to do that. So it would essentially mean ANOTHER commitment, this time of 500 words a week on top of what I'm already writing.

In short, I'm probably going to sign up when I've finished the drafts of all my fic exchanges and Big Bangs. I might use it to update Roses in December, when the time comes. No, I haven't forgotten it, have no fear. I'm just working on more immediate commitments. Or, I might use it to write my project of One Tag For Every Supernatural Episode. That'll get me through a couple of years of prompts at least. :)