(Warning: there are spoilers for the most recent episode of Heroes, “Distractions.”)
So, one of my favorite blogs is Alan Sepinwall’s What’s Alan Watching? He’s a TV critic and I’ve found that his take and my take on shows is almost exactly parallel, so Alan joins the rarefied critic pantheon that includes…well, so far there’s just been one: Owen Gleiberman of Entertainment Weekly. Owen likes a movie, I’m likely to like the movie; if Alan likes a show, I’m going to check it out. (Although he likes How I Met Your Mother, which I found unwatchable during its premiere episode, and I recently tuned in for another ep and said, “Wow, still unwatchable.”)
Anyhow, in his current entry about this week’s episode of Heroes, Alan says:
Nathan is Claire’s daddy…I know there had been some ‘shipping for Peter and Claire, and this revelation nips that neatly in the bud….
Hahahahaha. You don’t know much about fandoms, do you, Mr. Sepinwall? Nathan being Claire’s daddy and therefore Peter being Claire’s uncle just launched a thousand fanfics. I love how enthusiastic fans can get, but let’s face facts: some of them are pretty deeply wacked out.
(ETA: You know, I didn’t even need to check this to be sure, but I went on Fanfiction.net and sho’ nuff, Diane shoots, she scores…)
(Crossposted at my LJ journal.)
I’m so excited for this link! I was a religious reader of Alan’s NYPD Blue page which was the inspiration for the fan website I ran ages ago. And I’m the same way–my taste in TV has almost always followed his. Glad to see he’s a big fan of Friday Night Lights, my big favorite this season.