(no subject)

[ivyfic]

trakkie leant me her Supernatural DVDs. Yes, that's another one sucked in. Good show, genuinely creepy, but having heard about the fandom, I resolved to watch it with a gen only set of mind. They don't make it easy.

I'm trying so very, very hard not to see the slash. I really really am. But aside from the fact that the show is about two pretty men living in each other's backpockets, driving around the country, sharing hotel rooms and staring at each other in towels, there are moments that in any other show would make my little slasher heart jump for joy.

There's the moment where Sam throws Dean up against a wall and Dean looks desperately into his eyes and says, "You're all I have." There's the moment when Sam is talking about what they're going to do after this is over, and how he wants to go back to college, and Dean wrenches out a heart-breaking confession that it isn't just about the hunt for him, there's something else. He turns away and gathers himself before saying that he just wants them to be together. There's the fact that Dean seems obsessed with his brother's love life, constantly guiltily, jealously throwing Sam at any chick that passes their way.

And, as if that's not enough, there's the conversation where Dean asks Sam if Sam won't date because of Jessica (his dead girlfriend) and Sam says yes, but that's only a small part of the reason. Dean asks what the bigger reason is. They look at each other in anguish for long moments before Dean says, "Yeah, right," and turns away. Yeah, that big reason? That fucking elephant in the room? That's your BIG GAY LOVE FOR EACH OTHER. Seriously, show, you don't leave fandom blanks like that to fill in! What were you thinking?

I'm going to go scrub my brain now and pretend that I'm watching a normal show like a normal viewer. Subtext? What subtext?

Comments

[ivy03.livejournal.com]

As a long-time X-Files fan (which never scared me) I was surprised to find myself really frightened by Supernatural. And I love all of the family dynamics. The two really do act like brothers and their relationships to their father and to each other are so well done.

As for the other -- I have seen shows and movies with absolutely no on-screen slash vibe... and this isn't one of them. I've heard Supernatural fandom described as Roofies -- you come in looking for a little gen about Sam and Dean's childhoods and next thing you know you're in the back room doing unspeakable acts.