Life, Fannishness, and Thespic Infatuation

When last we left Sam and Dean:

Crowley won all the evil cookies by neutralizing his opposition and snatching himself a prophet.

Dean was left alone in the dark, being ogled by red glowy eyes.

Castiel went out for coffee. He'll be back later.

Bobby made his second exit (well, technically his first, this time around), which was not nearly so poignant as the first time he had the option to cross over.

Sam has been left to fend for himself.

( Mild spoilers after the clicky. Only what I know, or think I know. )

*cracks open a bottle of Sol, settles in*

Panel vids and interview videos are starting to be posted from this weekend's San Diego Comic Con. I've watched the panel and the Jensen vid I found, which have very minimal spoilers. I have not read anything, and what my eyes accidentally fell upon, I really didn't want to know.

Minor-ish spoilers behind cut.

( Be careful where you tread. Be careful what you say. Thank you. )

It appears that it's time for me to leave the internet if I want to avoid spoilers.

Or avoid anything that has to do with SPN even remotely ever.

Because reading comment threads to something only tangentially related by circumstance will inevitably open the door for someone to reference an upcoming event.

I don't really consider this spoilery, because we've seen Dean in a suit before, we've seen Dean on the phone before, and we've seen Dean getting out of the Impala before. (But have we seen all three at the same time????)

Anyway.

I'm not gonna last. Seriously, why do they have to wait until the second half of September to start the new season? September 24? Seriously? I've run across photos that, while not plotty-type spoilery, are definitely detail spoilery, and I DON'T WANNA KNOW!!!

Maybe I should just swear off the computer for the next six and a half weeks.

Yeah, right.

ETA: Oh! That's right! There's a convention in Vancouver coming up. So. No giving up the laptop. Will make hospital/Critical Care Unit arrangements for my inner spoiler!phobe. I don't think she's makin' it out of this one alive.

( Handsome dude behind the cut )

As posted last year:

To be spoiled, or not to be spoiled: that is the question.
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous wankage,
Or to take arms against a sea of unrevealed plot points
And by opposing, be completely blindsided when they appear?
To spoil, to flail no more?
And by the spoilers to say we end
The heart-ache and the thousand natural shocks
That fannishness is heir to, 'tis a consummation
that has its pros and cons.
To spoil, to flail. To spoil, perchance, to squee. Ay, there's the rub.
For in that squee what flails may be forstalled
When we view the ep as aired,
Must give us pause . . .

ComicCon is over, and SPN interviews are hitting the 'Net. I watched one that had nothing in it I didn't know. Then I watched another and had to turn it off mid-way through because my inner spoilerphobe started screaming in pain. ("NOOOOOO!!!!!! I don't want to know that yet!!!! *sticks fingers in ears* LALALALALALALALALALICAN'THEARYOULALALALALALAL!!!!!!)

However, when panel vids start getting posted, I'm afraid I'm going to have to cave, at least partially. It's been too long since I've seen a new interview, and its' still two months until the season premiere.

How am I gonna survive?