OK, I hope I’m not going to be just repeating the discussion y’all have already had, but I WANT TO PLAY!!! Because I love—LOVE!!!!—S7 Time for a Wedding!! It’s in my top 5 favorite episodes, I’d say. I ADORE Becky, and I think it’s ridiculous that people are so insecure about her. Stand up and be yourself, fer gadsake. That’s what Becky has to learn to do! Maybe fans are like Becky, maybe they’re not, but she’s AWESOME (not to mention actually gorgeous, sweater vests notwithstanding) so it shouldn’t matter. Also, HELLO, THIS IS CALLED HUMOR. That episode was SO HILARIOUS, and if people didn’t have a problem with the much more ridiculous, harder to justify with canon French Mistake, wherein they actually KILLED MISHA (I’m in the minority because I actually DIDN’T much like that episode), then why is Time for a Wedding, a completely canon-compliant, character-exploring, plot-advancing premise, where no character we love was harmed in any real way, so much less acceptable? I have no patience with the whole silly, squealy teenager idea of “hands off my man” either. I want the characters I love to have love and happiness. Also, HOW SEXY was it to watch Sam getting roofie-kissed by Becky as he tries to fight off the spell? I LOVED that moment, and Jared played it incredibly well.
You already talked about this, but I thought the episode was totally self-aware with regard to the moral problem of Becky roofie-ing and kidnapping Sam. It’s not like she’s rewarded for this behavior! Her need for the validation of her peers is her tragic flaw, and she has to grow through that. And she DOES make the right decision in the end (though one could argue that this is self-serving), and she saves Sam’s life, so what excuse is there to hate her? How many of us would NOT be at least a little bit tempted, not to sell our souls of course, but to use that love spell on Sam? Is there not a whole genre (much reviled though it is) of fanfiction dedicated to the idea that if (whichever boy we love) really knew us, he would love us? (The love spell would only work if he really loved her deep down!) I think it’s the inability to admit that to ourselves—the sneaking suspicion some fans have that, in Becky’s shoes, they might not have one so well—that might be the real problem.
Because BECKY. If I were blonde, or could in any way pull off blonde, I would SO COSPLAY BECKY. She is THE BOMB. And she has the honor of being the one and only Mrs. Winchester, ever. (LOVED that moment in 9.04, btw).
OK, I guess I’ll go back to work—I can rest easy now that my adoration of Time for a Wedding is known. Thanks for letting me play. :-D <3
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You already talked about this, but I thought the episode was totally self-aware with regard to the moral problem of Becky roofie-ing and kidnapping Sam. It’s not like she’s rewarded for this behavior! Her need for the validation of her peers is her tragic flaw, and she has to grow through that. And she DOES make the right decision in the end (though one could argue that this is self-serving), and she saves Sam’s life, so what excuse is there to hate her? How many of us would NOT be at least a little bit tempted, not to sell our souls of course, but to use that love spell on Sam? Is there not a whole genre (much reviled though it is) of fanfiction dedicated to the idea that if (whichever boy we love) really knew us, he would love us? (The love spell would only work if he really loved her deep down!) I think it’s the inability to admit that to ourselves—the sneaking suspicion some fans have that, in Becky’s shoes, they might not have one so well—that might be the real problem.
Because BECKY. If I were blonde, or could in any way pull off blonde, I would SO COSPLAY BECKY. She is THE BOMB. And she has the honor of being the one and only Mrs. Winchester, ever. (LOVED that moment in 9.04, btw).
OK, I guess I’ll go back to work—I can rest easy now that my adoration of Time for a Wedding is known. Thanks for letting me play. :-D <3