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I'm pretty sure Jared didn't actually mean to end his gorgeous campaign with comparing us people with PTSD to murderous blood sucking misogynistic colonialist monsters who are a danger to society and to their loved ones and are likely to be killed off - maybe for the best.


ETA:O! I should be clear, though - I have no doubt that Jared had the very best intentions in linking the ep with his campaign, it's just probably not thought through

ETA2: I'm not referring to Jared's future spoiler, but to the thing he wrote about this ep re the campaign: " I couldn't help but be struck by the fact that it dealt with our soldiers coming back from war with PTSD and, all too often, suicidal thoughts" - suicidal, homicidal, getting killed for being a monster cidal....


At least I got the writer right again. If SPN writers wrote for anon memes I might be better at guessing those!
Or, better yet, if slash writers wrote the show.

Date: 2015-03-20 08:30 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] elwarre.livejournal.com
I'm sure Jared had good intentions, but I agree with your frustration. Another lj-friend posted yesterday about how the monster cheapened the discussion of PTSD, and I think she's right. There were so many opportunities for them here - the soldiers' actual non-monster-induced PTSD, Sam and Dean's PTSD, John's PTSD from Vietnam - any of those would have made for interesting discussions.

Date: 2015-03-20 08:40 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] citrusjava.livejournal.com
Yes yes yes yes
I'd love some interesting discussion of those!
Ugh this episode. So many issues with it.

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