# Supernatural: The Road So Far **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 17, 2010, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supernatural-the-road-so-far/532737 "2010-03-17T06:21:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![kushiel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bbce88/32.png) [@kushiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kushiel)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2010, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supernatural-the-road-so-far/532737/21 "2010-03-25T15:36:36Z")
> [@DianaG](#): > > It is entirely possible to just \*watch \*a television show. And the need to talk about it could be met here. You couldn’t pay me to follow the TWOP forums on this show, them people is crazy. > > That said… het ship WHO? Are there any major female characters on this show who aren’t dead? Exactly my point. They bring a female character onto the show, I’d probably be right on board shipping them with one of the boys, and BAM deaded. Multiple times. ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2010, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supernatural-the-road-so-far/532737/22 "2010-03-25T16:12:35Z")
The lack of female characters on the show is a topic of controversy within the fandom, with the word “misogyny” thrown around a lot. A summary: 1. The writers are misogynist for not including enough women. 2. The fans are misogynist for hating the few women that are on the show. 3. The writers are misogynist for writing the women _badly_. 4. Let’s all call each other names now. I don’t know. IMHO, it’s too much blah blah blah for what is, essentially, not a terribly serious show, and it detracts from my enjoyment. I’d be skeptical of any ship, anyway. Not because I’m misogynist, but because both boys are so screwed up at this point that they’re pretty much incapable of having a halfway healthy relationship with anyone (including each other). ---
**Author:** ![Telcontar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3bc359/32.png) [@Telcontar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telcontar)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2010, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supernatural-the-road-so-far/532737/23 "2010-03-25T16:48:29Z")
> [@Kyla](#): > > I’d be skeptical of any ship, anyway. Not because I’m misogynist, but because both boys are so screwed up at this point that they’re pretty much incapable of having a halfway healthy relationship with anyone (including each other). Amen. Frankly, that hallucinated shrink was pretty much on target about Dean. Season 5: Apocalypse. Season 6: Monster of the Week Season 7: Group Therapy ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2010, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supernatural-the-road-so-far/532737/24 "2010-03-25T16:59:14Z")
Well, when the boys do get busy with the wimmens, we get more shots of shirtless Sam or Dean, and that isn’t a bad thing. I think they should be like sailors, with a woman in every port. ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2010, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supernatural-the-road-so-far/532737/25 "2010-03-25T17:05:19Z")
**Cat** , at this point, I’m just happy when they wear fewer than eighteen layers of shirts. _shakes fist at wardrobe department_ ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2010, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supernatural-the-road-so-far/532737/26 "2010-03-25T17:09:57Z")
Well, they are both from Texas, shooting in Vancouver. The poor boys have probably been freezing for five years. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2010, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supernatural-the-road-so-far/532737/27 "2010-03-25T17:19:51Z")
Hahahaha. They have complained about the cold in Vancouver - but they’ve also complained about having to wear ten layers of clothes all the time! They do a DVD commentary for the first episode of season two, where Dean is in the hospital, and his spirit kind of wanders around wearing scrub pants and a t-shirt, and Jensen Ackles talks about how that was the only time he was comfortable during shooting. Personally, I found it highly acceptable myself. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2010, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supernatural-the-road-so-far/532737/28 "2010-03-25T17:27:37Z")
But…Vancouver is temperate. It’s not like they’re shooting in the middle of the prairies in summer! I suppose it does get uncomfortable in three layers of clothes all the time, though. ---
**Author:** ![Xan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/ac8455/32.png) [@Xan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xan)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2010, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supernatural-the-road-so-far/532737/29 "2010-03-25T18:12:05Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > But…Vancouver is temperate. It’s not like they’re shooting in the middle of the prairies in summer! I suppose it does get uncomfortable in three layers of clothes all the time, though. Especially with all the lights and various pieces of production equipment running. Must get hot having all sorts of major electrical devices running all the time. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supernatural-the-road-so-far/532737.md?page=1)