*hold me*

[ash48]

Man I need cheering up. I have no idea why I am feeling so sad and pissed off with everything but I am. I should be extra excited as it was my last day of work today and I am starting a two week holiday but I'm feeling kinda yuk.

Also, I am finding it really hard to remain spoiler free. I want to see all those promos and previews and particularly the chats with Carver but I also want to remain oblivious to what's going to happen. Ack.. but I want to be prepared!! But I also want to get excited about things that might be coming that will make me excited! Arghhh.... *head explodes*


I am REALLY scared that I am going to be completely disappointed and it's making me stressed. (And yeah.. I know...it's only a TV show yada yada, but it's MY TV show and I want them to do well and I want to LOVE IT! I want to squee and be excited and see the light at the end of the dark tunnel that has been much of S8).

But I love you show and I'm on your side! You can do it!


(I was going to rant about world events but this might not be the place. I will say YAY New Zealand! Let's hope Australia can follow your lead one day - and the rest of the world. Though if a simple gun law amendment can't be passed I don't hold out much hope...).

Comments

[ciaimpala.livejournal.com]

*hugs tight*

[galathea-snb.livejournal.com]

I always stay spoiler free for the final few episodes. I like to be surprised. :) I have to say, though, that my trust in the writers dwindled down to nothing over the course of S8, and I can't even get excited about spoilers anymore, because I instantly assume that they will just mess it up anyway. The worst thing is that I don't think things will improve in S9. There are so many fundamental problems with the writing this season - mainly a profound disregard for past canon, continuity and characterisation - that I lost all hope for a positive change. /sigh I am sorry to whine all over your journal. Maybe the finale will surprise me and rekindle my excitement for S9! Stranger things have happened!

[tebtosca.livejournal.com]

Stay spoiler free. Nothing Carver is saying right now will make you feel better, trust me lol. Maybe it'll translate better on TV

[xenia-27.livejournal.com]

you must be really strong willed if you can stay away from spoilers. I must say the next week teasers made me squee and swoon. I am ready for the multiple orgasms next Thursday!:)

[missyjack.livejournal.com]

*smish* I seem to be one of the few who liked Carver's interview! It was all about Sam ;D

Anyway next week's episode is a Robbie one which looks all sorts of awesome.

[de-nugis.livejournal.com]

I just want the season to be over, and to be at a point where I can decide whether I am completely walking away or giving s9 a try.

Spoiler or canon, I've turned that crucial corner where it's not excited anticipation of what new thing they may be giving us but sinking dread of what they are going to take away next.

[borgmama1of5.livejournal.com]

I know exactly how you feel! I am so afraid that the excitement over spoilers will turn to disappoint over how the spoiler plays out.

Sigh.

I shouldn't be so invested in a TV show.

And the season shouldn't have taken so many bum turns.

[maenad.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry you're not happy.

I've picked up a few ... general spoilers about the end of the season, because I've decided I'll feel better about it all if I have some sense of where they think they're going with it. But I've been averting my eyes every time I get a glimpse of a Carver interview, because in the past seeing his views has given me an awful case of 'someone is wrong on the internet' syndrome ... and since I can't exactly argue with the showrunner I just sit there trying to lift my jaw off the floor and it's exhausting. :)

On the plus side, the next one seems to have positive stuff going for it, so there shouldn't be any disasters in the immediate future.

Let's hope Australia can follow your lead one day - and the rest of the world.

And then I saw a bunch of delightfully bigoted comments on ninemsn (I really have no idea why I did that) and now I pretty much despair for humanity. I do not comprehend why this is even controversial at this point.

[quickreaver.livejournal.com]

Nooooo, releeeeease those expectations, little one!

Be zen, be a leaf on the wind and just let it happen. Personally? I'm completely spoiled and I'm not twisted up about it. But then nor do I give the teasers from Carver much weight; he likes to bait fans into worrying, thinking that that will pull them to the show like moths to a flame. The things he lets drip are deliberately obtuse.

I'm actually looking forward to these final episodes.

My biggest lament is how sloppy Carver is being with canon. Shit, even canon he effin' established! I know he's show-run before, but not on a vehicle with so much established canon. Maybe he should swap shows with his wife; I've heard she's done great things with Being Human, the American version.

Anywho, don't despair yet! I'm firmly convinced if you only look for bad shit, that's what you'll find. It's a self-fulfilling prophecy. I'm looking for (and don't worry, these are NOT spoilers, just my hopes): gloriously fey Sam (I loves me some tragic hero), snarkily stalwart Dean, charming Charlie and a side-dish of Cas eating burgers. \0/!

(This annoyingly cheerful aside brought to you by Quickreaver & Sons, where rose-colored glasses are free with every chicken dinner.)

PS: EDITED FOR POTENTIALLY LETTING STUFF OUT OF THE BAG!! Don't read previous versions of my stupid reply if you want to remain unspoiled! (I'm such a dork.)

[counteragent.livejournal.com]

I SEND MY LOVE <3 <3 <3 <3 I am so grateful that SPN has caused us to become friends.

I don't know if this will cheer you or not but part one of your fan film was sent to betas today. :D

[zebra363.livejournal.com]

Don't look! Wait another week!

I'd be interested to read a good analysis of why NZ seems to be more progressive than Australia. (In some areas anyway – I don't know enough about it to make sweeping claims!)

[galwithglasses.livejournal.com]

I hear you..this endless winter is totally messing with my head. Another winter storm warning for tomorrow. It has been weeks since we've had any real sunshine. Then there is the news...goes back to bed.

I think I got spoiled on tumblr and it has me nervous because the potential to screw it up is massive. It's all going to depend on who wrote the last couple of episodes. That has been so up and down this season, I don't know what to think. Fingers crossed. They hired Jenny Klein on as a part of the writing staff so who knows.

Looking at the bright side, this is the season that brought us this.



And this.



There's good fandom stuff around the corner with Bigbang and summergen. The hiatus conventions are about to get rolling. Danneel and Jensen are going to be parents. Thomas will be talking soon. Somebody is putting the gag reel together. We'll get through this...we will.

[ayane42.livejournal.com]

maybe this season has all been a dream?

Sam, alone and devastated, falls into a deep sleep and is dreaming this season, because you know how weird dreams can be?

Sam not looking for his brother and having this weird dream like relationship with Amelia?

I'm crossing my fingers that the last 3 episodes will be good!!

[luminosity]

I'm not even looking for spoilers. I've hit the point where I'm so flabbergasted at the turn of events this season--and not at all in a good way--that I don't even want to know. I'm going to give the final three episodes all of my undivided attention, and they're going to be the litmus test of whether or not I tune back in for S9. This has been the show of my heart for nearly a decade, and I just hope that Carver has been feeding us a line of BS in his last interview (she says cryptically).

OTOH, I've been marathonning this season while I wait for next week, and the pacing is still godawful, but the plot holds together better than I thought. On yet another hand, the character assassination/ping-pong is sort of glaring when I watch 5 eps in a row. :(

On yet ANOTHER hand, hold me?

[fufaraw]

How are you me? Because ::points to your post. nods:: yeah, alla that. I've not really been able to sort out what I feel from what I dread from what I hope, so you know, thanks. And also? YAY New Zealand, indeed! Did you see the speech?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gl8oKO7BAuU

I love the speech!

[jessm78.livejournal.com]

*hugs you tight* I'm feeling crappy myself today, won't get into it here but I posted about it at my LJ.

I know what you mean about the spoilers. There's this part of me that wants to be prepared if anything really really awful to any of the characters happens... you know, that will affect what we're thinking during hellatus ("OMG what's going to happen with this character when we come back?!").

[monicawoe.livejournal.com]

I totally know how you're feeling, and I will give you one big ray of hope:

Eugenie and Brad aren't writing any more episodes
( this season)

That NZ speech was awesome!!

[runedgirl.livejournal.com]

I am SO with you! Am still mostly spoiler free and vacillating wildly between "it won't be bad, it won't be bad" and "prepare yourself, it might be bad!" Where I wish I could be is "it will be good, it will be good, omg I can't wait!"

*bites nails*

[msdori.livejournal.com]

Me, I'm cautiously looking forward to this episode, partly because of some of the promo pics are making me a little nervous for Reasons. I'm not nearly as pessimistic about the season, because I think there's still room in the last four episodes to make sense of some of the WTFery. I'm watching as long as Jensen is there, but if the Amelia question doesn't get addressed I'm going to be Quite Vexed.

[novakev.livejournal.com]

*Hugs* I really hoping the new episode will be good, and plan to enjoy it as best I can. It could suck but let's not worry about that until they give us something bad. And just remember Sam and Dean will be on your screen. I've been missing them. Now I need a hug.

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

And then there was this speech. I think they should play this in schools everywhere.

[cassiopeia7.livejournal.com]

*hugs*

I am REALLY scared that I am going to be completely disappointed and it's making me stressed.

STAY spoiler-free, bb! TBH, I don't think you'll be "completely disappointed" by the episode. I mean, some of the biggest fandom cranky-pants I know are looking forward to it. (The Carver interviews are another story entirely, and that's all I'm saying about that.)

if a simple gun law amendment can't be passed I don't hold out much hope...

Oh, that clusterfuck was 100% political. Public safety had nothing to do with it -- it's like a certain party doesn't care about anything other than putting one over on the other party. A lot of sane people are pissed and depressed about that outcome. :(

But yes, YAY NEW ZEALAND! At least NZ lawmakers appear to care about, you know, the people who elected them. :)

[greyowl88.livejournal.com]

Just holding you... all will be good. ♥ ^_^

[gateslacker.livejournal.com]

Awwww. I'm sorry you are feeling yucky. ((((hugs))))

Regarding spoilers, all I can say is, "Don't look Ethel!!!!"

Okay, I may be dating myself with that comment. Ray Stevens? "The Streak?"

You need a laugh. Here ya go.




But, seriously, my friend says it best. Her reasons for avoiding spoilers and even preview trailers is that she wants her viewing experience to Be All It Can Be. I love reading spoilers and looking at pics but I know, for me, there is a HUGE trade-off.

My past has borne this out over and over, even with books that I have read before seeing the movie vs. the other way around.

I do know what you mean, though, about being prepared. No one wants to be blindsided, either, and I can think of a few examples of where I was glad I was spoiled. However, those few instances really cannot compare to the number of times the impact of an episode has been really compromised by my inability to stay away.

I am now 8 days in to my spoiler free zone and it is HARD!!!!!! I think it will be worth it.

But, oh, give me strength!