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There are probably few episodes of Supernatural that acquire as wildly divergent beliefs on their treatment of queer characters and issues as “Ghostfacers.” On one side, this episode is often viewed as queer-positive, based on Corbett’s presentation as the hero of the story and taking certain lines as sincere and sincere (on behalf of the episode’s writer) pro-gay statements. On the other side, it’s also been criticized as a blatant display of deliberate homophobia in which a gay man’s sexuality is presented as a threat and subsequently ridiculed after his death renders him “safe.” I propose that neither of these assessments is accurate; that Corbett—the emphasis on his sexuality, his death, and the reaction thereto–is satirical criticism in keeping with the metafictional nature of the episode as a whole.
Part 1: The Trope in Play—Corbett is Your Expired Gay Hero
Corbett’s death is fairly plainly a exploit of a gay personality trope that goes assist over many decades of cinema and TV, referred to by TV Tropes as “bury your gays.” While its purpose and format has changed over the years, its basic structu
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I’ve been meaning to write about this for a while, but it kept slipping my mind:
Ben Edlund’s Ghostfacers was a pivotal episode in more ways than one, not the least of which in how it seems to have foreshadowed the resolution to Kripke’s narrative, his vision. Much of this discussion on the episode has focused on one line, and the communication about having heart and dedication and gay love piercing through the veil of death is very important.
But I would love to draw everyone’s attention to Dean Winchester at the end of the episode. After surviving the night at Morton House, Sam and Dean hold followed the Ghostfacers back to Ed’s garage, where they’ve put together the footage, making a documentary. The documentary is actually what we see in the episode, and it’s only at the very termination that we step away from the documentary to concrete time, which may have been days (or even weeks) after the events, based on the fact that they’re watching a finished product with melody and a concluding studio portion where Ed and Harry narrate the moral of the story from a living room.
The video, the episode of the television show Ghostfacers that the Ghostfacers have put together f
A Disappearing Act Done Poorly (Or Why Ed Wasn’t Lying When He Said He Loved Corbett)
Possibly the world’s longest meta on Supernatural’s most forgotten exceptional pairing.
Once upon a moment, I feel deeply in love with a infrequent pairing. That ship was Edbett, the pairing of Ed Zeddmore and Alan J. Corbett from the Ghostfacers, a forgotten and sometimes mocked part of the history of Supernatural. The ship is small, fuelled by a handful of people but it is a peaceful ship riddled with heart-crushing angst. There is only one ask that was never answered- Did Ed really affection Corbett? In my perspective, it is clear as day that he did, but to understand why I think that, we will need some background, some understanding and a whole lot of tissues.
In April 2008, an episode of Supernatural hit our screens that was mostly dismissed as annoying by the fandom. That episode was titled “Ghostfacers”, and that’s where the story begins. The Ghostfacers originally appeared in season one’s “Hell House” episode as amateur ghost hunters who quickly made a custom of having to acquire their asses saved by Sam and Dean, yet despite this they are the
What Is Edbett And Why Should You Care?
[throws confetti in your face] welcome to the good ship Edbett, would you fond of some french vanilla coffee while we discuss why the SPN writers suck?
Of course you would! Consent me tell you a story whilst you like your beverage.
Once upon a time, in the distant past (it was 2008) the Ghostfacers returned to face ghosts when the others would not, this time with a whole team behind them. Part of that team was Corbett, someone the supernaturalwiki describes as ‘the intern/cook and very gay’. He is also a freaking cutie-pie, but for some reason the wiki does not mention this proof. He is also in love with Ed. The wiki does mention this.
Hence forth, came the ship Edbett (Ed/Corbett). It is unfortunately a SPN rarepair (created by Murf, queen of all things Edbett who also writes very good and very melancholy stories about them) however it is one of the few explicit examples of homosexuality in Supernatural and that matters. With all the queerbaiting the exhibit does, a genuine homosexual couple matters a whole damn lot. Which is exactly why the writers were douchnozzles and ruined it.
SPOILER ALERT
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"Queermento Mori" - A Critique Of Ghostfacers And The Untimely Death of Lgbtq+ Characters In Television And Movies
I recently saw the "Ghostfacers" episode of Supernatural (season three) and I'm sorry to say that my feelings are somewhat mixed...
On the one hand, I really appreciated Supernatural having a gay character front and center for the majority of the show. Corbett was absolutely endearing and his crush on Ed was ridiculously sweet. I'm thrilled that he got to be heroic, but I'm melancholy that yet another LGBTQ character had to die for the sake of dramatic effect. Corbett's story was touching, but it was also darkly reminiscent of a time when LGBTQ characters were almost always bumped off during the final act because conservative America could not conceive of a character who was happy, homosexual, and alive.
Granted, LGBTQ traits development, particularly on television, has come a drawn-out way since then the 1950's, and I'm not saying that LGBTQ characters should be exempt from death or dangerous plot outcomes, but this episode was a sobering reminder that these narrative constructs are not far rem