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Re: S8 CASTING SPOILER

[(Anonymous)]

She looks nothing like Madison or Ruby or Lisa apart from being white and brunette. I agree they could mix up the races on love interests sometimes, but this woman has a more mature and interesting face - to me - than the previous mentioned actresses. So far I'm pleasantly surprised she doesn't look 20 and regular Hollywood-starlet-pretty. Also, I agree it would be nice to have a woman not a size 0 or 2, but that's hardly a CW specific thing.

Re: S8 CASTING SPOILER

[(Anonymous)]

IAWTC. At this in that picture, beyond being white, she's not at all Hollywood/conventionally pretty. And she's also older than Jared, so that's cool, too!

Re: S8 CASTING SPOILER

[(Anonymous)]

sa

Having made this comment, it struck me that I shouldn't have. We pull apart and judge the physical appearances of actresses way more than we do the male guest stars, and I shouldn't have participated in that.

Re: S8 CASTING SPOILER

[(Anonymous)]

We care zero if she can act, the first thing we have to talk about is if she's pretty enough to us and fill our standard. And when we decide we don't like her then we'll talk about how horrible she acts.

Re: S8 CASTING SPOILER

[(Anonymous)]

lol +1

Also, laughing at the idea that they like her cause she's not conventionally attractive. Faux-feminism at its best.

Re: S8 CASTING SPOILER

[(Anonymous)]

Also, laughing at the idea that they hate her because she is conventionally attractive. I am so sure she would have been embraced had she only been plump/Asian/something else.

Re: S8 CASTING SPOILER

[(Anonymous)]

I find this so offensive. I'm a black short girl who's kind of chubby and has horrible hair and I'd like people to like me for being me not for being black or chubby or short. Like, I love my race and where I come from but sometimes people makes me feel like an object, like they're only using me to break an stereotype but don't really care about me.

Re: S8 CASTING SPOILER

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah. I want more diverse representation on the show, too. I would love more people who looked like me, and I still am kind of psyched that Kevin's BFF was Asian and not thin. But when the part is actually cast and people seem to be bringing up race just to sneer at the actress's "looks" it leaves a bad taste in my mouth.

Re: S8 CASTING SPOILER

[(Anonymous)]

Missing the point.

Re: S8 CASTING SPOILER

[(Anonymous)]

You are indeed.

Re: S8 CASTING SPOILER

[(Anonymous)]

ayrt

I was pondering this, too. But I do think, talk, and pull apart the physical appearance of the guys on the show, too - how much of my life has been spent extolling the virtues of many of Jared's very specific features! - so although I know it's problematic to put too much stock in judging an actress by her appearance, I don't feel too bad discussing it a little, as long as it doesn't become judging her worth by it. I do this for the male guest stars, too. Also, re: your point about her being older, I love that too. It may be my Sam/Jody adoration rearing its head, but I find Sam/older woman incredibly sexy, so I am excite!

I am also already considering what RPS femslash ships I could put her in. *_*

Re: S8 CASTING SPOILER

[(Anonymous)]

Shallowness equality ftw.

Re: S8 CASTING SPOILER

[(Anonymous)]

ayrt

Pretty much, yeah. *hands*

Re: S8 CASTING SPOILER

[(Anonymous)]

na

I'm sorry but the way fandom talks about a guy's appearance is totally different. When we're talking about a guy we're already fangirling and we just talk about awesome, hot and sexy his body is. When we talk a bout a girl we start criticizing her body, her skin colour, her hair, her height, her voice...and start wishing for a recast.

Re: S8 CASTING SPOILER

[(Anonymous)]

ayrt,

Well, I guess. Parts of fandom are sucky like that. But I am talking about this new actress' appearance personally because I find her sexy and interesting, and I'm excited to see her in action. If I didn't like her appearance, I wouldn't talk about it because it would be cruel and pointless.

Re: S8 CASTING SPOILER

[(Anonymous)]

da

Am I missing something? How is that not "conventionally pretty"? Explain, please. Maybe it's a cultural thing.

Re: S8 CASTING SPOILER

[(Anonymous)]

da

Her face is a bit wide, I think? Although I feel like that's mostly just a bad photo. She looks a lot more conventionally pretty in this photo:

http://spn-party.livejournal.com/53101.html#cutid1

Re: S8 CASTING SPOILER

[(Anonymous)]

Okay, this is satire or something, right?

Re: S8 CASTING SPOILER

[(Anonymous)]

That is a very ambiguous comment, nonnie. You should explain your meaning better, unless it is trollish.

Re: S8 CASTING SPOILER

[(Anonymous)]

ayrt

I think describing a face like Liane Balaban's as "wide", or wider than the Western beauty standard prefers, indicates either a joke that's gone over my head or (more likely) screwy ideas about what constitutes a wide face generally and/or what constitutes a notable deviation from the standard.

Re: S8 CASTING SPOILER

[(Anonymous)]

I think she looks exactly like Lisa, only with slightly sad, hangdog eyes.

Obviously all network television is really bad about perpetuating the idea that women aren't worth anything if they're not slim and pretty, but the CW - and Supernatural - is on a whole other level. When someone like Becky is perceived as "ugly," that's when you know shit is fucked up.

Is a Lena Dunham-esque love interest too much to ask? It'll probably never happen for Dean because he's depressingly fixated on physicality but I wish they could do it with Sam.

Re: S8 CASTING SPOILER

[(Anonymous)]

NA

It'll probably never happen for Dean because he's depressingly fixated on physicality

...Huh?