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I'm really sick of people saying Eric Kripke should come back to the show and that Sera's ruined it.

1. Eric hasn't "left". He's simply not the show runner anymore. He's still a producer and still approves of things, just not at the capacity that he did before. I'm sick of people talking as if he's no longer involved in the show at all.

2. You've got to expect the show to be a little different. They finished a huge arc last season and are starting in a new direction.

3. It's only the first episode. You can't expect everything to be all neatly laid out in one 42 minute episode. A lot of things need to build up over time.

4. People change, so do TV characters. Look at what all the boys have been through. Sam's been to Hell, Dean's lived for a year without him. You can't expect them to be the same people we saw at the end of Season 5.

Thanks to a link passed on by enablelove over on Twitter, I haz seen the entire S5 Gag Reel!!! Woot!! Watched it twice already. As usual, it doesn't disappoint. Nearly ten minutes of hilarity. :D

So here...get it yourself...if you dare! :P

Please, respect the requests and don't put it on youtube, okay? That would not be cool. We're very lucky we're getting this a month ahead of time as it is. Download it, enjoy it....and be cool fans, okay?

And in case anyone was wondering...no, I will not be making icons from the gag reel this time. One, when I did it the last 2 times I got in trouble w/fans who thought I was spoiling them, and two, because I really don't have the time right now.

Before I went offline last night I checked out spnpermanon, just 'cause I was curious. I occasionally see what's going on over there when I get bored. Sure, it's the home for the crazies in SPN fandom and I tend to avoid those people, but sometimes you just gotta know what they're going on about right?

Low and behold, there was an actual thread about little ole' me! :)

http://spnpermanon.livejournal.com/2034.html?thread=4356082

I actually feel honored. It's like I've truly been initiated into the fandom now. LOL! :P

When I read the thread I found it quite laughable. MS Paint? Really???? You can't do a darned thing with that tiny program, much less edit photos or create fanart. What a joke! It's more for doodling and silly stuff. I've never used it for fanart. I use Picnik, which is an online image editor. I know most people use Photoshop or Gimp and use a lot of fancy filters and stuff and that's perfectly fine. I can use those programs (and have in the past), I simply choose not to.

And the idea that I'm a homophobe because I don't like people using slashy icons on my journal is crazy. The only reason I have that rule (and I think it's a pretty small request considering...) is because sometimes my mom has read my LJ posts and people's comments to them and I really don't want to explain some of the images people use. They don't bother me, but try explaining that to your over-70 yr old mother. Yeah. I had to briefly explain slash to her because of last season's "The Monster At The End Of This Book" and even that was awkward. So I don't have issues with homosexuality, but I do when it comes to exposing my mom or any of my relatives to it because some of them are less tolerant. Honestly, I don't know where my mom's opinion runs, but to avoid conflict with her, I figure it's best to avoid the subject as much as possible. And besides, this is MY LJ and I believe I'm well within my rights to ask that certain images not be used on it.

So there you have it. I see their points as weak and pathetic really. Goodness knows I've gotten much worse criticism elsewhere.

The video from Jensen & Jared about not being on Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, or any other social networking site is now out there. I'm glad the guys did something about this, to actively take steps in preserving their own images and reputations as well as protecting their fans, but sad that they even have to do such a thing.

( More ramblings and thoughts... )

Putting out the word about this cool contest for Twitter. Whoo-hoo!!! :D

Go here: http://tweeter.faxo.com/Best_of_Twitter_2009

And vote every 20 min. for your favorites. Misha Collins is currently in 1st place!!!!!! \0/
Let's try to get lots of other SPN alumni & friends up there with him! Remember, you don't have to be on Twitter to vote.
There's less than 2 days left to vote in the contest!!!

Who I'm voting for & their current standings (as of this posting):

Misha Collins # 1
Jim Beaver # 16
Traci Dinwiddie # 24
Chad Lindberg # 47
Rob Benedict # 48
Danneel Harris # 62
Steve Carlson # 83
Colin Ford # 103
Todd Stashwick # 615

I think most people have forgotten about Todd. Let's get him up there with the others, okay?
Vote! Vote! Vote!

We made the news!!! SPN fans broke Twitter this morning! Woot!

Okay, so apparently people were freaking out over the #luciferiscoming Trending Topic, P Diddy got involved and soon there was a whole God vs. Lucifer war on Twitter. How awesome is that??? Somewhere Kripke has got to be laughing his ass off! :P

But Twitter then took them all down. Bah. So we're left with #supernatural and #inkripkewetrust.

Seriously? People couldn't take a second to see what that TT was even about? That it was for a TV show? *sigh*
Dean said it best..."People are stupid crazy."

The best part is that we made the news over this. Woot! \0/ More publicity for the show!

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/2160263/luciferiscoming_the_twitterverse_has.html?cat=39

http://www.buddytv.com/articles/supernatural/lucifer-is-coming-how-supernat-31138.aspx

I heard we even made Fox News. Awesome! If this means more viewers tonight I'm all for it! :D
Yay!!!! Fandom!!!!

*goes back to Tweeting like crazy*

Why can't people go to a SPN con and enjoy what opportunity it gives them? Why does it have to develop into wank online?

This is just the latest thing, but it's the final straw for me. I've got to say my piece. This is not going to just cover the latest Danneel bashing, but the Gen bashing as well.

( My opinions on the current wank... )