This is either a great “how to” guide for diving into the Supernatural online fandom, or a cautionary tale. You get to decide which.
The strike-induced hiatus is killing me. It’s so bad, American Idol and Dancing With The Stars are on my TiVo. Granted, I’m only half watching with my family while doing other things, but still, the situation is now desperate. I find myself going back fondly to my season pass list, sighing in despair to see shows like Supernatural, Scrubs, Heroes, Chuck, and 24 sitting idle, with no new listings for the near future. My heart crumbles.…
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26 - Veloxi
The Supernatural fandom is one of my favorite fandoms, and is one of the best I've ever been in. The only other one that I think even compares is Firefly/Serenity fando,.
27 - Alanah
Thank you so much for taking the time to check our fantabulous fandom out.
Totally agree with you on the slash thing - I've never had much of a problem with slash in other fandoms, but in SN, it drives me up the wall. Sam and Dean are sacred as they are, in the primary brotherly love.
But I loved your rticle, and I'm glad you've joined us, even if it was only for a short while. But you know, once a Fanchester...
28 - Alice Jester
Thanks again everyone for more suggestions. I really need to get busier. I've got plenty of time until April 24th (although I will be watching when reruns return Thursday). It sounds like I'm going to have to do a follow up article on all that I missed. I'll certainly be busy this summer.
LindsayW - Thanks for mentioning the CW lounge. I haven't spent a lot of time there, but from the time I have spent there, you are right, many of the threads provide some interesting discussion. In the future, I'll cover the CW site in general, because in my opinion, their website is more fan friendly than other network sites. Too bad the network isn't as well done as their website.
Sherry - I've actually been watching Starsky and Hutch on hulu. I wrote an article about hulu, commenting how much I was looking forward to seeing that show finally and how much I was in awe to see that car in person in Vegas. It was even cooler in person. Others, like Adam 12 and Dragnet (which might even be 60's) are dull.
MM - Thank you so much for clarifying about Jensen's trip. I'm glad to hear he actually did have a good vacation. From reading posts, that was never made clear.
Finally, I'd like to address the slash issue. I'm not dissing slash or homosexuality. I was in the House community for years, trust me, House/Wilson slash is the norm and some of the best written stories were from that pairing. My comment about "you don't want to know" had nothing to do with homosexual relationships. It had to do with the perspective in this fandom, which is incest. I have zero disrespect for those that read and write the Sam/Dean pairing, but it's just not my thing. Please don't take the remarks to mean anything but one person's opinion on one particular pairing. Thanks for sending your comments and defending your part of the fandom! It's great to see people standing up for what they believe in.
29 - CarolAnnly
ALICE Great article with some great information. I just wanted to mention another interesting and very active message board that I'm drawn to again and again and that is the IMDb SUPERNATURAL board. It has a very excellent self-policing policy that keeps the negativity (not that there's a lot ;)) at a minimum. It also watches out for spoiler damage because many of the posters are from all parts of the world and haven't yet seen all the episodes that we have here in the States. All in all, it makes for a very enjoyable excursion into the 'Supernatural' Realm.
30 - Kel
Alice--
Can't believe you forgot Fandom Rocks, which is a fan-based charitable contribution drive!
There's also OpWin, or Operation Winchester, that collects money and DVD sets to send Supernatural DVD sets to troops overseas in the Middle East!
31 - Rene
That was a blast Alice. I agree with what you said about slash, I write fan fics though mine generally run to romance/family for the "boys." I also have four forums, a website (the one linked) as well as a fanfic archive community and Numerous Live Journals with fics about the show. I think I am a bit over zealous but my readers don't mind. LOL. Thanks for your input on the Fandom.