Becky is a caricature. It's not flattering, and IMO not meant to be.
The problem with this type of ep -- which the show seems ENTIRELY overly fond of this season -- is that it suggest Becky is precisely how fans of the show are perceived. Strange. Over the top. Laughable.
Anyone who thinks this is FUNNY is flattering themselves, badly. I'm just pretty shocked it would be this defamatory. How offensive. So in exchange for being good fans we get ridiculed? I'm sure they'll give it some sort of apologetic ending, but that doesn't change the rest.
I want to hear your anger, but I also want to speak from a position of not being offended, in case a positive voice would help you.
I'll take your point that Becky is a caricature, and even, that she is strange, over the top, and Laughable. At the same time, though, in this episode her extreme fannishness allows her to pass on a key piece of knowledge that even Chuck had forgotten. Also, the fan boys save Dean and Sam from being killed by the ghosts?
If you read it as defamatory, I'm sorry that it has hurt you. But can't you also read it as a way of saying, "WE KNOW OUR FANS LOOK CRAZY, BUT HERE WE ARE IN SEASON FIVE!!!"
Is it really jumping the shark if you never come down?
I am a 41 year old fangirl, my name is fannishliss, and that is ben edlund's Man Eating Cow in my icon!! :) I 've been fannish for way longer than it's been cool....
hugs to you, and a polite deflecting of that finger
I read a review of the episode on some entertainment blog that actually thought Kripke was saying something along the lines of "hey fans, we know you're kindof kooky about our show, but we couldn't have done this without you" with the final scenes of Becky giving them the info and Dean realizing how their lives don't suck as much as they thought.
I mostly just find it interesting that people are reacting so differently to these meta-laden episodes. For me, I just want to be entertained by the show every week. I was entertained with this episode, so I'm satisfied. Maybe I'm easy. lol
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Date: 2009-11-13 02:22 am (UTC)Plus, the fat and skinny guy pretending to be Sam and Dean, talking with the raspy voices is making my throat hurt. Ouch.
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Date: 2009-11-13 02:42 am (UTC)The problem with this type of ep -- which the show seems ENTIRELY overly fond of this season -- is that it suggest Becky is precisely how fans of the show are perceived. Strange. Over the top. Laughable.
Anyone who thinks this is FUNNY is flattering themselves, badly. I'm just pretty shocked it would be this defamatory. How offensive. So in exchange for being good fans we get ridiculed? I'm sure they'll give it some sort of apologetic ending, but that doesn't change the rest.
What a huge finger to the fandom.
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Date: 2009-11-13 05:58 pm (UTC)I'll take your point that Becky is a caricature, and even, that she is strange, over the top, and Laughable. At the same time, though, in this episode her extreme fannishness allows her to pass on a key piece of knowledge that even Chuck had forgotten. Also, the fan boys save Dean and Sam from being killed by the ghosts?
If you read it as defamatory, I'm sorry that it has hurt you. But can't you also read it as a way of saying, "WE KNOW OUR FANS LOOK CRAZY, BUT HERE WE ARE IN SEASON FIVE!!!"
Is it really jumping the shark if you never come down?
I am a 41 year old fangirl, my name is fannishliss, and that is ben edlund's Man Eating Cow in my icon!! :) I 've been fannish for way longer than it's been cool....
hugs to you, and a polite deflecting of that finger
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Date: 2009-11-14 01:27 am (UTC)I mostly just find it interesting that people are reacting so differently to these meta-laden episodes. For me, I just want to be entertained by the show every week. I was entertained with this episode, so I'm satisfied. Maybe I'm easy. lol