Really? I was worried I'd have someone taking my head off for essentially calling people who had a problem with this ep mentally imbalanced 'cause, I sorta did.
And there's nothing wrong with your reaction being fangirlish. My actual response to the show was less reasoned. Heck, I wrote (someplace else) that I felt like the Show had essentially pulled the covers back on the bed and said, "I know you are over there in the corner jerking off, come on in though." They freaking made us canon! They finished the ep with the order, "Write." for goodness sake!
I do wonder how many viewers that hadn't previously considered slash are now going, "Hm, Sam/Dean. That sounds kind of good..."
And yeah, the normalization of slash (incestuous slash nonetheless), is very significant to fandom collectively, not just the SPN fandom, and by extension important to women and gays as well. (ok, maybe I'm getting a little over the top there, but it really is big.)
Part of it is that unlike any other shows with slashers, SPN is incapable of moving away from what makes it so slashable, so they have no choice but to accept it. The relationship between Sam and Dean is the core of the show. MATEOTB is the most they could do to address the issue.
I've been asking around, and as best as I can tell, this is the first time slash has been mentioned in a TV show ever. Freaking 9 o'clock too. I'm really looking forward to that SPN special for Transfomative Works.
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And there's nothing wrong with your reaction being fangirlish. My actual response to the show was less reasoned. Heck, I wrote (someplace else) that I felt like the Show had essentially pulled the covers back on the bed and said, "I know you are over there in the corner jerking off, come on in though." They freaking made us canon! They finished the ep with the order, "Write." for goodness sake!
I do wonder how many viewers that hadn't previously considered slash are now going, "Hm, Sam/Dean. That sounds kind of good..."
And yeah, the normalization of slash (incestuous slash nonetheless), is very significant to fandom collectively, not just the SPN fandom, and by extension important to women and gays as well. (ok, maybe I'm getting a little over the top there, but it really is big.)
Part of it is that unlike any other shows with slashers, SPN is incapable of moving away from what makes it so slashable, so they have no choice but to accept it. The relationship between Sam and Dean is the core of the show. MATEOTB is the most they could do to address the issue.
I've been asking around, and as best as I can tell, this is the first time slash has been mentioned in a TV show ever. Freaking 9 o'clock too. I'm really looking forward to that SPN special for Transfomative Works.