So, it's the reality of television shows
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Replying to @BootlegGirl @chrysopoetics and
Apparently (without knowing enough to really SAY, but just from the outside). Everything has a layer of meta and audience interaction with it, the queerbaiting & frustration thereof is just part of its thing, as much as a like, artistic choice.
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Replying to @mssilverstein @BootlegGirl and
Yeah, I tried to watch it with a roommate once who was super into it (she was a few seasons in) and there was so many layers of like, 'in jokes' and meta stuff that I had a hard time figuring out if it was serious or a comedy or what the fuck was happening at times?
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Replying to @elizabethdanger @BootlegGirl and
It feels like the sort of setup that almost requires the obnoxious trope conclusion.
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Replying to @mssilverstein @elizabethdanger and
So the queerbaiting isn't the usual kind, that hint at same sex relationships to appeal to fans, but with deniability because you (or your network) is homophobic. Instead, it's basically parodying the fans themselves, which is mean but they all kept watching so idek.
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Replying to @mssilverstein @elizabethdanger and
They LITERALLY DIRECTLY PARODIED THE FANS THEMSELVES, in the Season 10 episode "Fan Fiction", where the Winchesters stumble upon a mystery involving a clique of obnoxious college theatre girls putting on their own production of a "typical" Supernatural episode
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Replying to @arthur_affect @elizabethdanger and
The fans must have enjoyed it though, right? Like, I'm sure there's some angry reactions, but what would make them keep coming back?
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Replying to @mssilverstein @elizabethdanger and
The fans ate that shit up with a spoon man
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Replying to @arthur_affect @elizabethdanger and
It's hard not to conclude that the degree of parody here is just the point of the show now, right? The ONLY way to pull that to a conclusion is to continue to frustrate the shippers.
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Replying to @mssilverstein @elizabethdanger and
I mean you really have to point out that the two biggest ships in the fandom are Destiel and Wincest, and Wincest, far more than Destiel, *cannot ever become canon* because, as the name implies, it is incest
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So yes there's a certain degree of intentionality to the frustration and the deliberately shipping what you can't have
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