Um, hello. This is awkward.
Feb. 3rd, 2022 06:48 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
hells_half_acreThe good news is that I'm still alive!
I believe I last posted on the main feed over a year ago now, ending in some foolish promise to get S14 clothes posted by February and then to start in on S15.
I HAVE been working on S14 clothes, but I still have some new entries to publish before that's done. I have also at least PURCHASED the S15 DVDs, so... all hope is not lost? Back in the spring, someone offered to help me if I needed it, and I was like "no no, I want to do it myself - I have the whole summer" - and then....
I think I explained that in 2020, it was hard to get stuff done because there was a global pandemic and I also started a new full time job. Well, surprise surprise, in 2021 there was still a global pandemic, and my company got bought by another company, and my job was stressful for other reasons.
On top of that, I'm not going to lie to you - my interest in Supernatural waned. It had been waning for a few years, as the writing in the later seasons was a little frustrating for me - I still had fun watching it, of course, and it was a great tradition to keep up with my local IRL friend. I still listen and enjoy a podcast about the show too - and am probably also going to check out the official podcast Rob & Rich started. BUT, that being said, I'm in the minority of people who didn't like the finale (either of them)... it just wasn't to my personal taste, which I sort of knew was going to happen, but it was still somewhat of a disappointment. It's like when your drunk uncle says something inappropriate at the wedding - you all knew that's what was going to happen when you invited him, but you're still going sigh and be disappointed in him.
I think because the final season didn't necessarily bring me a lot of joy, it's hard to motivate myself to finish up posting S14 clothes so that I can start in on a S15 rewatch. On top of that, LJ audience has been waning since 2012, and there's not much motivation to post in terms of engagement.
These aren't excuses - this is just an explanation. These are unavoidable things that affect my ability to get things done.
Today, they announced that the Prequel was getting a pilot, so I realized I should probably post and maybe apologize a little. I still do intend to get the S14 clothes up, and to do a S15 rewatch, because I want to complete the project that I started.
But... BUT.... I'm likely starting a new job soon (yes, again), so, I'm being honest that I might not be speedy (understatement). BUT, BUT...I also don't want to be making another one of these posts in 2023, so that's some motivation.
Will I watch the Prequel? I don't know. Obviously, I love the Supernatural Universe as it were, and I love Robbie Thompson as a writer... but I also feel like the problem with the later seasons was that they retconned too much, and I fear setting a prequel in the 1970s and telling a completely different story of Mary and John is just going to annoy me rather than entertain me. Perhaps I'll watch it, but I won't turn it into PROJECT LAND, like I did for Supernatural. I won't commit to anything. I've got very limited space in my mind these days for caring about fictional characters, to the point where I'm genuinely only watching 1 new-to-me show at the moment, and I'm only watching it because my friends like to have something to watch together when we hang out.... and it's a good show, but even then, the only way I can agree to watch it is if I watch it in a sort of emotionally detached way. I'm just too drained from life in general to care about fictional drama as well.
It's not ALL bad news though, lately I've been getting the itch to write fanfiction again, so even though it's been 2 years, I may dust off my AO3 account and possibly write just one more installment for the Demented'verse. We'll see, I think I've promised that before too, and probably so long ago that anyone I promised it to has forgotten.
Anyway, I hope you all are well!
I believe I last posted on the main feed over a year ago now, ending in some foolish promise to get S14 clothes posted by February and then to start in on S15.
I HAVE been working on S14 clothes, but I still have some new entries to publish before that's done. I have also at least PURCHASED the S15 DVDs, so... all hope is not lost? Back in the spring, someone offered to help me if I needed it, and I was like "no no, I want to do it myself - I have the whole summer" - and then....
I think I explained that in 2020, it was hard to get stuff done because there was a global pandemic and I also started a new full time job. Well, surprise surprise, in 2021 there was still a global pandemic, and my company got bought by another company, and my job was stressful for other reasons.
On top of that, I'm not going to lie to you - my interest in Supernatural waned. It had been waning for a few years, as the writing in the later seasons was a little frustrating for me - I still had fun watching it, of course, and it was a great tradition to keep up with my local IRL friend. I still listen and enjoy a podcast about the show too - and am probably also going to check out the official podcast Rob & Rich started. BUT, that being said, I'm in the minority of people who didn't like the finale (either of them)... it just wasn't to my personal taste, which I sort of knew was going to happen, but it was still somewhat of a disappointment. It's like when your drunk uncle says something inappropriate at the wedding - you all knew that's what was going to happen when you invited him, but you're still going sigh and be disappointed in him.
I think because the final season didn't necessarily bring me a lot of joy, it's hard to motivate myself to finish up posting S14 clothes so that I can start in on a S15 rewatch. On top of that, LJ audience has been waning since 2012, and there's not much motivation to post in terms of engagement.
These aren't excuses - this is just an explanation. These are unavoidable things that affect my ability to get things done.
Today, they announced that the Prequel was getting a pilot, so I realized I should probably post and maybe apologize a little. I still do intend to get the S14 clothes up, and to do a S15 rewatch, because I want to complete the project that I started.
But... BUT.... I'm likely starting a new job soon (yes, again), so, I'm being honest that I might not be speedy (understatement). BUT, BUT...I also don't want to be making another one of these posts in 2023, so that's some motivation.
Will I watch the Prequel? I don't know. Obviously, I love the Supernatural Universe as it were, and I love Robbie Thompson as a writer... but I also feel like the problem with the later seasons was that they retconned too much, and I fear setting a prequel in the 1970s and telling a completely different story of Mary and John is just going to annoy me rather than entertain me. Perhaps I'll watch it, but I won't turn it into PROJECT LAND, like I did for Supernatural. I won't commit to anything. I've got very limited space in my mind these days for caring about fictional characters, to the point where I'm genuinely only watching 1 new-to-me show at the moment, and I'm only watching it because my friends like to have something to watch together when we hang out.... and it's a good show, but even then, the only way I can agree to watch it is if I watch it in a sort of emotionally detached way. I'm just too drained from life in general to care about fictional drama as well.
It's not ALL bad news though, lately I've been getting the itch to write fanfiction again, so even though it's been 2 years, I may dust off my AO3 account and possibly write just one more installment for the Demented'verse. We'll see, I think I've promised that before too, and probably so long ago that anyone I promised it to has forgotten.
Anyway, I hope you all are well!
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Date: 2022-02-04 03:28 am (UTC)Looking forward to seeing the conclusion of your "Project."
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Date: 2022-02-04 03:34 am (UTC)But I will! I'll figure out how to fit it into my schedule somehow and I'll get it done.
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Date: 2022-02-04 05:59 pm (UTC)It's so good to hear from you! Wind to thy wings, bb!
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Date: 2022-02-05 06:51 pm (UTC)In the fandom circles I'm part of, no one liked the final episodes either. It was my impression that the final episode is very disliked. I wonder if that will change over time.
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Date: 2022-02-06 05:02 am (UTC)I think the other hard thing about the final episodes were how angry people got about it. Like, I said, I was disappointed that I didn't like it, but I was expecting not to like it - and even if I hadn't been expecting it, I'm not sure it would warrant being openly angry about it to the point some people seemed to be. I think my initial step out of the fandom was partially to avoid people tearing into each other about what parts about the finale were good and which were bad.
It'll definitely be interesting to see how people's opinions change over time (if they do at all.) Right now, I kind of feel similarly to Supernatural as I do to Firefly - I loved that show, but I just pretend that the movie doesn't exist. I loved Supernatural, but I think I have to pretend that 50-90% of the final seasons don't exist.
Anyway, nice to see you on my page too! One sucky thing about stepping away from fandom spaces is missing interactions with cool people.