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There is so much to love in this episode. It is seriously funny and silly. The one liners are sheer genius.

So.

Why, why, why, why, why, SPN, do you have to include the line, "Go be gay for that poor dead intern?"

It's already so not cool that you have to kill everybody remotely queer. Let's cheapen poor Corbett by having his crush *pretend* to like him.

The thing is, Ed's performance is totally believable. He mentions Corbett's positive traits and he's crying, and I totally believe what he's saying in that moment. My husband has decided to wank it by believing that Harry's go be gay comment is proof of his dickitude and that Ed is being sincere, and Sam and Dean call the 'Facers (cause it's too late to 'pologize LOL) on their exploitation at the end, but so. not. cool. If that line were dropped and everything else in the episode the same, my problem would disappear. (Well, mostly. Corbett still dies.)

It's like they were trying to appeal to the demographic that watches their show that clearly is into dudes with dudes, but fucked it all up by making it a joke so as not to disrupt the viewing enjoyment of the supremely heteronormative.

Or maybe I'm just bitchy today. Am I crazy y'all?

Date: 2008-04-25 03:12 am (UTC)
ext_841: (omg (by lim))
From: [identity profile] cathexys.livejournal.com
I totally don't think you are ... (http://giandujakiss.livejournal.com/407389.html?style=mine)

Date: 2008-04-25 02:34 pm (UTC)
ext_2351: (sga: john headshot b/w by mona)
From: [identity profile] lunabee34.livejournal.com
Oh, good. Not just me then.

Date: 2008-04-27 04:12 am (UTC)
tabaqui: (s&d=lovebydistantroars)
From: [personal profile] tabaqui
I think Ed was totally and completely sincere. He started off just trying to get Corbett's attention, and then when he started talking he realized that he really *did* love Corbett, even if not in a romantic way. And yeah, Harry's a jerk for saying what he said, but he's a clueless, unsocialized jerk who doesn't know what it is that's *wrong* with that.

And i am *not* saying this to make you feel better or whatever, i really do think Ed loved Corbett as a fellow Ghostfacer and nerd.
*loved ep muchly*

Date: 2008-04-27 02:57 pm (UTC)
ext_2351: (spn: metallicar plates by emella)
From: [identity profile] lunabee34.livejournal.com
I agree with your interpretation. I think Ed meant he loved him as a fellow nerd and friend, not erotically, and he did seem so sincere. Other than that one line, the episode was gold for me. I loved the way they shot it, all those quick cuts like they do on Ghost hunters, and I loved all the geekery and yeah. It was good.

I'm also glad Ed and Harry didn't kick the bucket, so they can show up again in future.

Date: 2008-04-29 07:47 am (UTC)
lyr: (Silenced Dean: lostmemento)
From: [personal profile] lyr
I don't think you're crazy. I winced at that line, too. And at the whole kill-the-queer-kid thing the writers seem to do every time. On the other hand, I was pretty pleased that Corbett got to save everyone. And I do think Ed sincerely tried to tell the truth when he was speaking to Corbett's ghost, if for no other reason than I don't think his character could possibly lie worth crap.

Date: 2008-04-30 05:16 pm (UTC)
ext_2351: (Default)
From: [identity profile] lunabee34.livejournal.com
*nods*

Like I told Tabi, I thought Ed was being sincere. I just think....hmmm...I think when shows sometimes try to pander to their internet audience they miss the mark. I can totally see the writers around a big table, twirling their pencils and one of them says, "Hey! Let's have a gay guy, cause you know how our internet contingent loves that." And then they make the gay guy the butt of the joke (sorta) because that's what most TV *does* and they don't get that we're not in it for that. Or something. LOL

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