Immortal living spirits having a physical/earthly experience, sounds very much like your conclusion :)
I'm back! Whew, that was a jam packed trip. And the experience exceeded my daughter's expectations, how great is that? Coolest cast in history, these guys are so far from Hollywood Baal worshipers it's actually difficult to imagine any of them at a red carpet event. They film everything in Vancouver and those that don't live in Canada, seem to live in Texas, ha! They are a big family and they make the fans feel a part of it, and now it makes complete sense they've lasted thirteen years. I generally hate things of this nature because I'm too sensitive, feeling the emotions and vibe...hard to put in words, but if there's something off or dark and superficial about the atmosphere or people- I am saturated by it. I've been to a couple of conventions where I thought I might have a panic attack I was so overwhelmed by the 'wrongness' of it, and couldn't wait to go home. But there...I didn't feel any different then if I were in familiar surroundings which pretty much says it all for me. Or for them. The best way to put it is the way I started this comment- the cast, the vendors, the fans, several thousand immortal living spirits having a grand physical experience, no 'robots' passing themselves off. I have this lingering feeling like I just came from a 'love can change the world' hippie fest despite it being held in a modern, gargantuan building :)
I have a lot to catch up with, and lots to sort through and turn into posts, but I am fully here again- missed you! :)
Oh I'm glad you're back, I've missed you too, and I'm happy to hear that you met some Earthlings out there-- I knew they must exist! Things are changing out there, quickly. Even my daughter is noticing, and she just got here.
Now, have those actors aged in the 13 years of the show? Just curious. ;)
I think you got the conclusion right for the article, and here I was also throwing in and stressing the idea that the whole point is this here, and we don't have to try to ascend or any of that carrot on a stick stuff. This is it!
Ha, yes they have indeed aged. The two main guys look like babies when you go back to the first season, being in their early twenties, now they look like men. Still handsome...actually, they were very cute to begin with and now they're handsome :) The most recurring female character, Kim Rhodes, hilarious chic--she was asked about her hair and said, "Well, I was thinking what would be the best color to express a big fuck you to the shallow Hollywood stereotype and it hit me- Grey! Let the shit go grey!" hahaha! And her sidekick female co star is a beautiful woman, who is alll woman. She's got some serious thighs and bum, and expressed that a part in Supernatural where she could be proudly bigger boned was a dream job, because she sure the fuck wasn't giving up on her love-food. LOL And yes, the swearing was all them. They swear a lot, which is hilarious since it's a prime time show so there's not much swearing in it.
At the Saturday night special, which features their own homegrown band Louden Swain, (the lead singer being a member of the cast, the rest of the band simply friends of people on the show), most of the cast was backstage getting shitfaced, and one of the guys stumbled on stage with a beer then had an "Oops" moment before shouting "You guys don't mind, right?" When he was assured quite loudly that we didn't, he proceeded to dance down the aisles and pull people out with him. Needless to say, the security was not very tight and didn't need to be.
I was definitely in the moment these few days, not thinking about a bigger picture, just enjoying the picture I was a part of. No matter what there might be after this, the fact that we can't possibly know supports your conclusion. I've recently been thinking of it in terms of a very elaborate story based live action video game, one that we chose to play, and one of the features is that we have no past or future, in big and small ways. And if that's the case, then eat, drink, and be merry :)