Recueil d'essais

Some of Us Really Do Watch for the Plot A Collection of Supernatural Essays   Edité par : Jules Wilkinson et Andie Masino Publié par : CafePress Sorti le : août 2007

Collection d'essais écrient par des fans sur différents aspects de la série, explorant les deux premières saisons.

 

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SAM WINCHESTER

   - I had a crappy guidance counselor : Sam in "Asylum"
   - Carry On, My Wayward Son : Sam in "Salvation"
   - He's clearly John's favorite : Sam and the Demon in "Devil's Trap"
   - Carry On, My Wayward Son : Sam through the first season
   - The enemy within : Sam in "Croatoan"
   - The possibilities of Sam Winchester : of Nephilim and the role of Azazel

DEAN WINCHESTER

   - If you love someone, set them free : Dean in "Shadow"
   - If that's what it takes : Dean in "Dead Man's Blood"
   - Good Dean Hunting : A season one overview of Dean Winchester
   - Holding out for a hero : Dean is "Night Shifter"
   - Come tumbling down : Dean in "Heart"
   - Combat commander or why Dean had more kills

JOHN WINCHESTER

   - The vanishing act, in reverse : John in "Shadow"
   - The beginning of the end of John's journey : John in "Devil's Trap"
   - There, but for the grace of my sons, go I : John in "Bloodlust"
   - John Winchester : writer
   - John Winchester and roman values

FAMILY DYNAMICS

   - Gettin' to be brothers again : Sam and Dean in "Dead in the Water"
   - Character motivation in season one : it's all about the Sam, the Dean, the Dad, the Demon
   - A common enemy, blood ties, friendship - What makes a family
   - "Heart" and the tear that spoke volumes
   - Being touched
   - Sam, Dean, and emotional intimacy
   - Why the Winchester's brothers don't hug (and why this is a good thing) : a comparative study of the Winchesters, the Petrellis and the Boroughs-Scoffields

FRIENDS AND FOES

   - Impala meta - season one
   - Hunter and hunter : Jo in "Born Under a Bad Sign"
   - You can't choose your family : Bobby in "Born Under a Bad Sign"
   - A rose by any other name : Meg in "Born Under a Bad Sign"
   - Of black and white, shades of gray, nature vs nurture, angels, knights, spikes, and siblings : "Bloodlust"
   - The long arm of the law - the threat of law enforcement on Supernatural

FREE WILL, FAITH AND FEMINISM : THEMES IN SUPERNATURAL

   - The Family Business - Saving People, Hunting Things
   - Free will is doing whatever the fuck we want : the Winchesters and eschatology
   - Good, Evil, and the problem of pain
   - "Houses of the Holy" : modern media exegesis
   - "Less Campy" : Supernatural's attempted reassertion of a pre-Buffy status quo
   - Chasing rabbits : Examining the use of White Rabbit in the teaser of "Hunted"
   - Supernatural vs. fairy tales
   - Sideways and super troopers : the humor of Sam and Dean Winchester in "Hell House"

INTERESTING OBSERVATIONS IN AN OBSERVATIONALLY INTERESTING WAY

   - Parallelism in Supernatural
   - Supernatural : season one hunt initiation
   - The laundry list : season one

In the Hunt   Edité par : Leah Wilson Publié par : BenBella Books, Smart Pop Series Sorti en : mars 2009

Collection d'essais écrient par des auteurs et les trois gagnants du concours organisé par Supernatural.tv et Smart Pop, explorant les trois premières saisons de la série.

 

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Foreword by Keith A. DeCandido

Introduction

   - "We're not exactly the Bradys"
   - The burden of being Sammy
   - What's supernatural about Supernatural?
   - Horror, humanity, and the Demon in the mirror
   - Good and Evil in the world of Supernatural
   - Sympathy for the Devils
   - Dean Winchester : bad-ass...or soccer mom?
   - "We've got work to do"
   - A powerful need
   - Buffy the vampire slayer, Jo the monster killer
   - Spreading disaster
   - Who threw momma on the ceiling?
   - Scary just got sexy
   - Blue collar ghost hunters
   - A Supernatural love story
   - Back in black
   - Riding down the highway
   - John Winchester and the magic bullet theory
   - The evils of hating...um, Evil
   - Another roadside attraction
   - Keepers of the lore
   - Ghouls in cyberspace

TV Goes to Hell An Unofficial Road Map of Supernatural   Edité par : Stacey Abbott et David Lavery Publié par : ECW Press Sorti le : 01 octobre 2011

Collection d'essais écrient par des fans sur différents aspects de la série, explorant les six premières saisons.

 

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Introduction

"BON JOVI ROCKS...ON OCCASION" : COMEDY AND MUSIC

   - Rabbit's feet and spleen juice : the comic strategies of tv horror
   - Two greasers and a muscle car : music and character development in Supernatural

SKIN MAGS AND SHAVING CREAM : SAM AND DEAN ON THE FRINGES OF TIME AND PLACE

   - Purgatory with color tv : motel rooms as liminal zones in Supernatural
   - Rebels, rogues, and sworn brothers : Supernatural and the shift in "White Trash" from monster to hero
   - Renegades and Wayward sons : Supernatural and the 70's

"JERK...BITCH" : REPRESENTATIONS OF GENDER AND SEXUALITY

   - The road to Lordsburg : rural masculinity in Supernatural
   - Angels, Demoons, and damsels in distress : the representation of women in Supernatural
   - "Go be gay for that poor, dead intern" : conversion fantasies and gay anxieties in Supernatural

THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO CHUCK : NARRATIVE AND STORYTELLING IN SUPERNATURAL

   - "That's so gay" : drag, camp, and the power of storytelling in Supernatural
   - "There's a lot of lore on unicorns too" : postmodernist micro-narratives and Supernatural
   - Breaking the mirror : metafictional strategies in Supernatural

"WHAT'S THE LORE SAY?" : EXPLORING FOLKLORE AND RELIGION

   - "There's nothing more dangerous than some a-hole who thinks he is on a holy mission" : using and (dis)-abusing religious and economic authority on Supernatural
   - "I am a angel of the Lord" : an inquiry into the christian nature of Supernatural's heavenly delegates
   - Television folklore : rescuing Supernatural from the fakelore realm

CRUEL CAPRICIOUS GODS : AUTEURS, FANS, CRITICS

   - Sympathy for the fangirl : Becky Rosen, fan identity, and interactivity in Supernatural
   - Crossing over : network transition, critical reception, and Supernatural longevity
   - Plagiarism or props? : hommage to Neil Gaiman in Eric Kripke's Supernatural

EPILOGUE

   - Now : the road ahead, or the chapter at the end of this book

Season 1 - 6 : Supernatural episode guide