Heh. I wanted Sam on the ceiling just for the nasty, sharp poetic mirroring effect that would have, wasn't thinking of gender, but it might've helped balance out all the dead women in this ep.
It's not harshing my squee -- this ep made me feel very uncomfortable, but I loved what I loved about it. The fact that the ep made me uncomfortable I take as a good sign, for the show. That it's not what I expect from Supernatural, and most weeks I'm not terribly conscious of the gender issues, not in the sense that it's hugely problematic. So this one ep, I look askance at, while the Sam and Dean stuff and the Ruby and Sam and Dean stuff made me squee. I can assume every ep in February won't be like this. (You can ask me again in March if you want).
And Ruby did rather get to show her awesomeness in this ep, IMO. Doesn't make up for the ick factor and gender issues, but it exists and for that I'm pleased.
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Date: 2008-02-02 12:17 am (UTC)It's not harshing my squee -- this ep made me feel very uncomfortable, but I loved what I loved about it. The fact that the ep made me uncomfortable I take as a good sign, for the show. That it's not what I expect from Supernatural, and most weeks I'm not terribly conscious of the gender issues, not in the sense that it's hugely problematic. So this one ep, I look askance at, while the Sam and Dean stuff and the Ruby and Sam and Dean stuff made me squee. I can assume every ep in February won't be like this. (You can ask me again in March if you want).
And Ruby did rather get to show her awesomeness in this ep, IMO. Doesn't make up for the ick factor and gender issues, but it exists and for that I'm pleased.