Just stay where I can see you, douse the lights!

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I haven't caught up on my flist, so you're all probably talking about these already, but some great interviews came out with Ben Edlund, Jensen, and Kripke today on Whedonopolis! Ben is hilarious and wacky, I kind of love him. This is my favorite thing though, from our one and only Ackles:

What in the world is Dean’s problem with California, calling it “the wuss state”? What’s up with that?

JA: Dean calling California “the wuss state”? I don’t remember that!

Yeah, in the episode “Everybody Loves a Clown”, Dean is arguing with Sam and he tells him, “I thought that after Dad died, you were going back to the wuss state,” meaning California, “and now you wanna take this on.”

JA: Oh, okay! That’s right! And this is why, because in his mind, California took his brother away from him, so he has a bit of problem with that. It’s like, (becoming Dean) “You know, I had to drive all the way to California to drag your butt back to what you should have been doing. You never should have gone there in the first place.” It’s what it represents, the thing that took his brother away. It’s sappy, but in his mind, he’s like, (as Dean again) “Stupid state!” (laughs)

AWWWWW. So sweet!! I mean, fangirls have known this since day one, but I love hearing Jensen say it like that. N'aw. WINCHESTERS! (ETA: I know that the interviewers got the quote wrong. Dean was saying "Wuss State," referring to Stanford. But what Jensen says is super sweet nonetheless :))

My other favorite part:

Okay, and since we’re talking music, what in blazes is Sam’s problem with Dean’s music? And given the chance, what music would Sam play?

EK: (laughs out loud) We have interesting debates about that all the time; about what Sam’s music would be, and you know, I hope that Sam listens to whatever cool modern music is. I don’t know any of them because I don’t listen to anything after 1980, so, you know… Green Day, I guess? I don’t know! Who is cool these days? Is Green Day cool? What band is cool these days?

Maybe Red Hot Chili Peppers…

EK: Yeah, so he listens to the Red Hot Chili Peppers, and Fall Out Boy and maybe The Killers? I am so a stranger in a strange land when it comes to those bands that that’s why you never hear Sam’s soundtrack, cos I don’t know that music and I’d choose the wrong songs. All my friends call me “Old Man Kripke” because I don’t listen to any bands after 1980; that’s why Dean’s music always wins out, because I hate so much modern music that I can’t bear to listen to it in the editing room. (laughs)

AHAHAHA! SAM LISTENS TO GREEN DAY AND FALL OUT BOY, GUYS! IT'S CANON!!! Hahahahaha.... ohhhh Kripke *draws pink sparkly hearts* I love that with his very limited modern music knowledge, those are the names he pulls out of the air. AWESOME. It's not very accurate, IMO, to who Sam is, but I'm not complaining! Now I'm just picturing Sam hollering "THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES, EVEN THOUGH THEY WEREN'T SO GREAT!" and flailing his ridiculous hair around and oh man. So much love guys, I can't even express it. And I am ALSO picturing Sam standing next to Pete Wentz and literally towering over him. Ahahaha. BEST. EVER.

Also, why does Kripke insist on summing up the show by saying "Two guys with chainsaws in the trunk, fighting monsters, GO!"?? There aren't any chainsaws! There never have been, except that conjured guy in Tall Tales! Kripke, you are a silly ridiculous man, and I kind of love you. Also, I find it interesting that in talking about how he liked the standalones of S2, he picks out Hollywood Babylon to mention specifically, because in my opinion that was the weakest of the S2 standalones, pretty much. It was really self-indulgent though, so I guess it makes sense Kripke would love it :P Aaaand he says that the S2 mythology was too complicated, that you needed a flowchart to follow it, and I'm like... if you're twelve o.O It really wasn't that complicated at all, lol. Ah well, perhaps my obsessive devotion makes me more adept at following all the details, or something. I love you Kripke honest!

Comments

[pau494.livejournal.com]

Hi! I tracked you down through the SPN fandom and bandom (I've also been known to lurk sometimes) and I wanted to know if it's okay to friend you. I need more Panic! and FOB friends! You post pretty pictures of pretty boys and I can never resist that!

As to the interviews, man! I love Jensen reply to that question. It's completely true to character.

And I bet every fangirl who's into any sort of band from the bandom flailed when they read that answer from Kripke. I know I did! SAM LISTENS TO FALL OUT BOY! It freakin' made my day! I bet he puts it in his iPod (we all know he has one, right?) loud as it can go and sings right in Dean's ear. "We do it in the daaaark, with smiles on our faaaaces.." I love canon. Sam towering over Pete: priceless.

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Sure, I'd love if you friended me! Looking at your profile I see we have a LOT of things in common, that's awesome :) It's nice to meet you!

Heee, SAM LISTENS TO FALL OUT BOY! It will never get old. And of COURSE he has an iPod. A battered old mini, but it is an iPod! Heee, oh man. Now I want fic about Sam going through a Fall Out Boy obsession phase and driving Dean crazy. Excellent :D

[pau494.livejournal.com]

Great! Friended you! I'm trying to break out of my shell here, and I'm constantly awed by how amazing people are in fandom. Thank you! It's so nice to finally meet you too!

I love that it's a little fact Kripke definitely wasn't thinking about, but hey! What's cool? Fall Out Boy? Sure, let Sam listen to those guys... and then part of the internet fandom went insane, hello! It's FALL OUT BOY! WE WIN!

Jess probably bought him the iPod, I'm thinking. So for a while it was full of girly music and maybe some FOB and that's how Sam started listening to it. Or so he'll tell you. He just thinks Pete is hot. Now when he starts wearing fingerless gloves and flowery scarves then we'll know he's listening to something else!

Oh man! We have to talk someone into writing that fic! The humor! The music! The singing! It would be a thing of beauty!

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PAULA PAULA PAULA! Look!! I found the first comment you ever made to my journal! :DDD How amazing is it that the first time we squealed together it was about Sam Winchester and FALL OUT BOY? Hilarious and perfect! ILU bb and I'm so glad you found me! <33333

late reply is late!

[pau494.livejournal.com]

I AM MAYBE BEAMING MY FACE OFF!!! <33333333 Oh, us! Hee, I love it! I feel like I've known you forever bb, that comment is us in a nutshell. I'm so happy I found youuu!!! I LOVE YOU.

[beatperfume.livejournal.com]

EK: Yeah, so he listens to the Red Hot Chili Peppers, and Fall Out Boy and maybe The Killers?

Sam listens to Fall Out Boy! That is going to make my bandslash/SPN crossover so much more amusing.

(Heh, I'm also imagining how he had this girlfriend in college, before Jess, and she cheated on him, so his roommate played him Take This To Your Grave and he's been a fan ever since. He went and saw them a few times. He defends them. He would defend them to Dean, but Dean doesn't know who Fall Out Boy is.)

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Heee, I am SO EXCITED for that, words cannot express. Sam should totally fangirl out, it will be brilliant.

[beatperfume.livejournal.com]

The thing is it's more Panic!/SPN, but now I'm wondering if I can't work FOB in there somehow.

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Well if he's a fan of FOB it's not a huge leap to Panic! And oh my god, the mental image of Sam fangirling Ryan Ross is, um. HILARIOUS. He'd be very sincere and serious with his fangirling, though. All "your lyrics really speak to me, you have such eloquence!" and etc and so forth. Heee.

[beatperfume.livejournal.com]

LOL.

And to think, the only real reason I started the story was because I thought putting Dean and Brendon in the same room would be hilarious.

[jebbypal]

You know, I think in rebellion, Sam probably started listening to a lot of techno and possibly bands like the Posies and such. i see him listening to that more than Fall Out Boy. But maybe he's more emo than he seems?

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It's possible Jess got him into Fall Out Boy in college, because she totally seems like the kind of girl that would LOVE them. Well. I guess that depends on what you (the general you) think the type of person that listens to Fall Out Boy would BE, and obviously that totally differs from person to person, so um. I have no idea where I'm going with this. I guess it's just that to some people being a FOB fan is like "oh, that's dumb" whereas to me it's like OH HI NEW FRIEND! *bounce bounce* *g*

Actually, prior to Kripke saying this, I pictured Sam listening to a lot of chick rock, or something. Like the Indigo Girls, maybe? Not that I've ever listened to them, and I could not possibly explain why I have that notion, but there it is!

[black-regalia.livejournal.com]

Aaaand he says that the S2 mythology was too complicated, that you needed a flowchart to follow it, and I'm like... if you're twelve o.O

Good lord! No joke!

Then again, Kripke is by far not the brains of the outfit x_x His official job really should be 'guy who reads the fan forums, because he's not good for much else'.

I get that he liked the non-challenging, non-plotty format of S1, but...S2 was infinitely superior >> And people from big fans to casual viewers have said that.

And music:

Oh god XD I cannot...No. I've tried, a lot of times, to figure out what Sam'd listen to, and I couldn't get a fix on it. Modern music? Classical? One is too...wussy, for him, and the other, well, he's not that uptight.

Then someone, I can't remember who, suggested that Sam was the type of guy to listen to NPR, and I was like "YES. THAT'S IT." I can imagine Sam sitting around listening to 'All things considered' XD

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Then someone, I can't remember who, suggested that Sam was the type of guy to listen to NPR, and I was like "YES. THAT'S IT." I can imagine Sam sitting around listening to 'All things considered' XD

Yes, yes he would.

[expastic.livejournal.com]

SAM LISTENS TO FOB

!!!!!!!!!!!

[shotofjack.livejournal.com]

As to the California question - the interviewer got the quote wrong, I'm pretty sure. Dean says, "go back to Wussy State" as in Wussy State = Stanford (as in wussy, preppy boys go there). I don't think the quote was referring to the state AT ALL.

But FOB - I love that so much. Kripke to pull FOB out of his ass *draws hearts*. He totally sees Sammy as emo. Sam all flailing around dancing to them - fantastic image.

Oh - and Kripke to think his mythology is complex? Hilarious. So cute (and misguided).

[hebrew-hernia.livejournal.com]

Sam would never, ever, ever listen to FOB.

Unless Jess liked them.

Then, maybe.

Thanks for linking those interviews! Otherwise I wouldn't have seen them, so caught up in my Atlantis bubble have I been.

[iamnotkris.livejournal.com]

WHEE FALL OUT BOY.

And also, I was reading some of your old fic, and I was wondering if I could friend you =D

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*laughs* Really? What old fic? I've written maybe ten things total, and I pretty much don't anymore, but I'm glad you liked whatever you read! Of course you can friend me, and welcome :)

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Oh gosh, I'm like Kripke. I don't know any of these modern bands, and the ones I do completely put me off. Heh. I always imagined Sam listening to college radio...

[rain-dances.livejournal.com]

May I point out this conversation we had on gtalk a few days ago?

ME: maybe sam likes fall out boy and tries to play it in the car and dean wants to die lol
ME: this is a hilarious mental image
YOU: jhsdfkjsdhf ahahah. SO FUNNY

WE ARE SO FTW!!!! \0/

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I knew that idea sounded familiar!! We = FOR THE WIN :D