I too, was pretty surprised when I faintly heard that the fandom was like mad or something over the Sam/Dean comment. I was shocked. I personally thought that it was done in a very non-judgmental fashion.
Right after MATEOTB, a friend on imdb said in a post-
Although how ridiculous is it that while I was watching that I thought "hey, I'll bet this ends the are-they-avoiding-confronting-Wincest debate"?
And I was agreeing in .5 seconds. They confonted it, but did it in such a comedic manner, that it definitely did not come off as judgemental at all. I think the taboos at least as far as Sam/Dean specifically go are really crumbling down now. (or at least that is the impression I had gathered from seeing this comment in the show) They have been breaking down for a while as the ship has gotten more and more attention. Like on that one ausiello scoop late last year, when he mentioned two guys hooking up in an upcoming season. He said
"And sorry Supernatural fans, but it's not Sam and Dean."
Just mentioning it like that as if it is just your everyday ship, that means it's getting more and more mainstream acceptance. But this episode really helped the ship along (at least I think it was positive) It's just like writers/critics, veiwers and online media outlets are giving acceptance to the shipping of Sam/Dean. And it's just an acknowledgement of the intense, desperate and pretty much all-consuming relationship that the writers themselves created between two television brothers.
I definitely think though, at least as far as Sam/Dean goes...people are starting to say "Ok ok...I get it." And then they ship it or they don't. But it is by no means the *shocked* OH MY GOD *gasp* Sam/Dean????? idea that it was when the show first started.
I still get blown away by the fact that Kripke acknowledged the existance of the idea that some ship a gay brotherly realtionship on the TV show. As far as I could tell he had outed it and it is pretty much validated as a real ship.
So I agree with you, I happened to be on the side of fans that were utterly PLEASED with the mention. My post about the episode was a bit crazier and er.....*cringes* fangirlish, than your intelligent post, but I am quite an enthusiastic person. lol
I know this is cheesy but if you care to gander at my insane reaction to 4.18, you can find it here (http://nola-rue.livejournal.com/5324.html).
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Right after MATEOTB, a friend on imdb said in a post-
Although how ridiculous is it that while I was watching that I thought "hey, I'll bet this ends the are-they-avoiding-confronting-Wincest debate"?
And I was agreeing in .5 seconds. They confonted it, but did it in such a comedic manner, that it definitely did not come off as judgemental at all. I think the taboos at least as far as Sam/Dean specifically go are really crumbling down now. (or at least that is the impression I had gathered from seeing this comment in the show) They have been breaking down for a while as the ship has gotten more and more attention. Like on that one ausiello scoop late last year, when he mentioned two guys hooking up in an upcoming season. He said
"And sorry Supernatural fans, but it's not Sam and Dean."
Just mentioning it like that as if it is just your everyday ship, that means it's getting more and more mainstream acceptance. But this episode really helped the ship along (at least I think it was positive) It's just like writers/critics, veiwers and online media outlets are giving acceptance to the shipping of Sam/Dean. And it's just an acknowledgement of the intense, desperate and pretty much all-consuming relationship that the writers themselves created between two television brothers.
I definitely think though, at least as far as Sam/Dean goes...people are starting to say "Ok ok...I get it." And then they ship it or they don't. But it is by no means the *shocked* OH MY GOD *gasp* Sam/Dean????? idea that it was when the show first started.
I still get blown away by the fact that Kripke acknowledged the existance of the idea that some ship a gay brotherly realtionship on the TV show. As far as I could tell he had outed it and it is pretty much validated as a real ship.
So I agree with you, I happened to be on the side of fans that were utterly PLEASED with the mention. My post about the episode was a bit crazier and er.....*cringes* fangirlish, than your intelligent post, but I am quite an enthusiastic person. lol
I know this is cheesy but if you care to gander at my insane reaction to 4.18, you can find it here (http://nola-rue.livejournal.com/5324.html).