Big Bang/Exchange Fic Discussion #1

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Re: SPNJ2 XMAS Week 4: 12/22 - end

[(Anonymous)]

So This is Christmas makes me irrationally RAEGY.

SPOILERS:

It is the most RIDICULOUS story. Immediately, Jensen walks up to who he thinks is a random stranger and introduces him to his family as his boyfriend. WHO WOULD FUCKING DO THAT? What if Jeff was slow on the uptake? Or just said NO. The potential embarrassment. OMG. I've seen this trope done before, but never NEVER so unrealistically. Even that hostage!charityworker!Jensen and kidnapping-him-to-meet-the-fam!Jared fic from the spn_j2_bb wasn't as dumb as this. And the Jeff just so HAPPENS to be Jensen's boss. And EVEN after the ridiculous beginning, it doesn't get much better. Jeff is kind of creeper with how into the he gets, and Jensen immediately wants the charade to go on forever. I mostly just felt like these guys are psychologically disturbed, and wonder how anybody could feel sympathetic towards Jensen when he is obviously a coward and willing to spin intricate lies.

Oh, and ALSO? Jensen's fam are portrayed as the bad guys. It's not even subtle. There's this one argument about Jared that seems just way OTT and the mom gets all guilty and Jeff gets incredibly disrespectful and I just DON'T GET IT. It feel like the author was either taking their own issue with their own family and pasting them into the story to fit, or they're just REALLY BAD at understanding and conveying believable human interaction and motivations.

This crap is supposedly based on something called Accidental Husband? Is that, what, a movie? Tell me, somebody, is the movie this awful? I'm dying to know.

Re: SPNJ2 XMAS Week 4: 12/22 - end

[(Anonymous)]

NA.

LOL. I had some issues with this story but not nearly to the same extent that you did. I didn't think Jeff was a creeper and Jensen was smitten fairly quickly, but it's a short rom-com story, so that kind of goes with the territory.

Jensen didn't seem like a coward to me. He'd tried to explain the truth to his family but they hadn't been willing to believe him (and worse, there were some implications that they thought his fling with Jared was just a phase, not Jensen actually coming out of the closet) and so making up a boyfriend wasn't a terrible idea. Not exactly smart either, but not terrible.

The argument about Jared didn't feel OTT to me. Jensen's mom was trying to give him some grief about stopping smoking and Jared was brought up in it as he'd been the one to introduce Jensen to cigs. Jared wasn't made into a villain though we don't know why they broke it off. Jensen's mom wasn't demonized either, though that fight wasn't her best moment. Jeff's response didn't seem disrespectful at all, or at least not inappropriately so. He was acting protective of his "boyfriend".

The story felt like "classic" slash. There were a lot of tropes broken out that I hadn't seen in years and it was somewhat odd to see them again. Not bad, so to say. Just unusual. Jensen was a bit too flighty for me to really like him and he blushed all the time, but I loved Jeff's characterization. The family wasn't developed much at all and the plot was incredibly simple, but I liked it over all. It was a sweet, feel good story and it's rare to get those with JDM/JA. I'll take what I can get!

Re: SPNJ2 XMAS Week 4: 12/22 - end

[(Anonymous)]

AYRT

"Classic" slash? I'm just going to back away from that one.

There were a lot of tropes broken out that I hadn't seen in years and it was somewhat odd to see them again. Not bad, so to say. Just unusual. Jensen was a bit too flighty for me to really like him and he blushed all the time, but I loved Jeff's characterization. The family wasn't developed much at all and the plot was incredibly simple, but I liked it over all. It was a sweet, feel good story and it's rare to get those with JDM/JA. I'll take what I can get!

Hmm, that's probably what's got me so bothered. I equate poorly developed side characters, an unsympathetic MC, and an unbelievable plotline with the bad-to-mediocre!range fic. But if you can settle for it, more power to you!

Re: SPNJ2 XMAS Week 4: 12/22 - end

[(Anonymous)]

ayrt

I meant "classic" in the sense of the style of slash I saw a lot ten plus years ago and not often now in terms of character dynamics, not stories I'd call classics of the genre in a positive sense. If that helps?

I didn't see Jensen as unsympathetic, just not really compelling either. And like I said, I did like Jeff. Though yeah, given how rare JDM/JA comes along, my standards here are lower than they are for other pairings.

Re: SPNJ2 XMAS Week 4: 12/22 - end

[(Anonymous)]

Accidental Husband is a romantic comedy movie that stars JDM, Uma Thurman and Colin Firth. JDM is so freaking hot (fireman ♥ )in that movie that it's definitely worth watching despite the fact that it's a typically bad chick-flick movie. :)