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[apocalypsos]

I know what I'm writing for my zombie story! I know what I'm writing for my zombie story! *happy flails* I mean, I already did, but at this point, I've pretty much got the story in my head and I've just got to pound it out over the next week, so that's good. (I'm trying to think of a ficathon entry I haven't written entirely in the last week before the deadline and the only one I can think of is Something Biblical.)

But what did I do when I woke up instead? I wrote an email to TWoP and bitched about the Supernatural recaps. I probably just wasted fifteen minutes of my time considering the way dissenting opinions get treated over there, but since this is the only time the writing of one of the recaps has actively pissed me off, I figured what the hell. I hate to say I could do a better job, but oooooooooo, could I. Hell, Emmett could do a better job, but then again, he's a chinchilla plotting world domination.

It's cloudy and cold and damp outside, and it's bringing me down. Maybe the fact that I'm taking a personal day to get out of the last day of my shift will make me feel better eventually, but all I can think right now is, UGH.

Last night at work, I was belting out cartoon theme songs at the top of my lungs and being led into conversations where I could say things like, "Well, you really should name the elephant in your ear if only to distinguish it from the elephants in your other body parts." Saying we were all insane last night is an understatement.

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[innie_darling]

Awesome! http://innie-darling.livejournal.com/21475.html

[maleyka.livejournal.com]

I won't even go very far into my feelings on Drunken Bee's recaps, for fear of the whole thing escalating into DECADES OF CAPSLOCK and a big mess on your virtual carpet, but suffice it to say her whiny, condescending, and generally unfunny drivel makes me go cross-eyed with rage.

Um. Hi there. I just friended you (hope you don't mind) and would like to assure you that I am not usually such a bottomless pit of negativity. *cough*

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

Oh, trust me, I know exactly where you're coming from. Basically, I made a point in the email of saying she writes like someone's holding her pet hostage until she does a year's work of cheap magic tricks for small children. I mean, you're not going to find a single fan who doesn't know the show has its flaws, but come ON. For God's sake, Charmed is a cesspool of badness, but those recaps are fabulous.

And, hi! *waves* :)

[maleyka.livejournal.com]

Oh, a world of WORD. This woman gets paid to watch one hour of television a week and then fling thinly-veiled insults at anybody who might actually, *gasp*, enjoy the source material. Where's a righteous smiting when you need one?

As a sidenote, your chinchilla's named Emmett? That's the most fantastic thing ever. :D

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

And it's not even just the insults, it's the fact that she doesn't know a damn thing about the show or what goes on behind the scenes. Remember when she bitched about them naming the town in "Hell House" Richardson because Richardson is the name of a well-known upper-class suburb in Texas, not a little town? Yeah, it's Jensen's hometown, and it was an in-joke. Sheesh.

And, yup. I got him for Christmas, so I named him after Emmet Otter (but changed the spelling, obviously). :)

[maleyka.livejournal.com]

Yes, oh God. I mean, I just. It's like beating your head against a brick wall, a particularly smug and surly brick wall, screaming, "It was a JOKE! A JOKE!"

Awesome! My dad insisted we name our cat Julius, because he's the nerdy kind of history teacher. *g*

[aerynvala.livejournal.com]

Remember when she bitched about them naming the town in "Hell House" Richardson because Richardson is the name of a well-known upper-class suburb in Texas, not a little town? Yeah, it's Jensen's hometown, and it was an in-joke.

huh...I didn't realize that, re: Richardson and I bitched about it too. However, I don't get paid to watch and so it's not my job to know these fun little facts. And it is a fun little fact. Must go update my entry now. *totally embarassed*

[jennifus.livejournal.com]

Hee. This is, apparently, the week to bitch about Drunken Bee to TWoP. innie_darling wrote a very long e-mail, and has suggested that everyone else who has a problem should do so as well.

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

Heh. That was kind of the inspiration of why I did it. Honestly, if I wanted to be condescended to like that, that's why I have a mother.

[squee1123.livejournal.com]

Something Biblical! OMG...I am in love with that story.

[justitia.livejournal.com]

It's times like this when I'm glad I never really got into reading anything at TWoP.

[ficangel.livejournal.com]

I had such high hopes for DrunkenBee, too, and now I actually catch myself preferring Daniel's recaps to hers. Is it too hard to find a writer who actually likes-or at least tolerates-their shows? Jacob, Couch Baron, Sara M. They exist.

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

I don't even need her to like it (although that would be really nice, I'll admit), I'd just like her to be the least bit entertaining at this point. I hate to keep bringing up Demian as an example, but he loathes Charmed and those recaps kill me. And Sara M hated 7th Heaven for damn good reason, and I read those recaps all the time even though I've never seen a single episode. Drunken Bee just ... blech.

I haven't read the Lost recaps in a long time thanks to Daniel's writing, but I do know I never disliked them half as much as I do Bee's.

[milkshake-b.livejournal.com]

Sara M is not a good example. What she's done with the House recaps and forums is vaguely nauseating unless you endorse her particular female-character-hating, House-is-a-total-junkie, fanfic-is-totally-unacceptable viewpoints.

[milkshake-b.livejournal.com]

On the other hand, thinking about it? Yeah, she might actually be perfect for SPN.

[ficangel.livejournal.com]

I feel really, really silly now...while I liked Sara M.'s 7th Heaven recaps, I meant to say Sobell there, of Prison Break fame.

[mellaithwen]

Yay for bitching about Bee :D

[sesana]

You hit on the very reason that I stopped reading the TWoP recaps. I was reading them to be entertained, not to be told how simple I am for liking the show.