Oh gods! I KNOW exactly what you mean about liking Jesse so much! I didn’t expect Jesse to have so MANY layers, and that Derek and Jesse would have so MUCH sexual tension and just so much raw emotion. And you know, they honestly love each other so very much, and it just BROKE my heart when she found out about the baby, and then DEREK with the GUN! And I WAS ALL FUCK NO! NOOOOOO! DON’T DO IT! And she RAN because she KNOWS him, and it just fucking broke me! And I was so damn thankful that they didn’t show Derek shooting Jesse, because if they had I would have just DIED! And yes, I was never this emotionally involved with SPN, they did get me during season 1 and the beginning of s2 with the focus on the family dynamic, but TSCC is about human relationships in all its forms. In MY FANTASY LIFE – They stop Armageddon, Derek didn’t kill Jesse, and in fact FINDS her, and through much angst and EMOTIONAL issues they settle down to have their cookie-cutter life (the Reese way; perhaps bounty hunters) and have many BABIES! The end.
What has always impressed me about this show is the way they show humans being humans; it isn’t about sex or race. It isn’t whether someone is bad or good (though arguably the Connors are good), but rather it is about how all of us, so small and insignificant in the grand scheme of things, are all trying live and survive day-to-day. And it continues to amaze me how they have these supporting characters that leave such an impression even when they have a few minutes of screen time. Every person on this show has a life, no matter how ‘normal’ or ‘average’, and they are important.
I love how it is completely unafraid to give women too much power and it is in its completely honest and matter-of-fact portrayal of Sarah's capabilities and weaknesses (as well as all the other women in the show) that give the show a completely awesome handle on feminism. It's a wonder why more people don't follow this show.
The whole paragraph is just WIN! JUST YES! YES! They don’t try and make Sarah indestructible, but it doesn’t matter because she is so strong in her own way. And it just amazes me that so many people don’t watch this show. It makes me really sad that the SPN fandom, whom half is apparently self-confessed feminist, won’t even give the show a second glance.
I hope it ends with grave and dignity and with the same beautiful writing and pacing and scenes as it currently has.
YES! Dignity is the perfect word to describe this series. It doesn’t take short-cuts in its characters or plot lines. Just love this show to very much.
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