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<\/a><\/p>\n\nIt was slightly embarrassing because it reveals that – all evidence to the contrary – I am a Tween.<\/p>\n
Geek Squad Guy saw that freckled long-eyelashed moody-broody face and said, with no judgment, just pure enthusiasm, “Oh! You’re a Supernatural<\/em> fan!”<\/p>\n Which was so brilliant.<\/p>\n From that point on, we were best friends. He has watched the entire series. He missed the last couple of episodes. Unfortunately, he hasn’t missed much, which I told him.<\/p>\n He said, “I stopped at the point where Mary was caught in the alternate reality with Lucifer.” <\/p>\n “Oh, yeah. That was pretty bad. She’s still there.” <\/p>\n “Why? What is he doing to her?”<\/p>\n “Well, Lucifer got out and now she’s being tortured by the Arcangel.” <\/p>\n “Oh shit. Michael?” <\/p>\n “Yeah. Michael. Michael has now imprisoned both Castiel and Lucifer.”<\/p>\n “Have they found Jack yet?”<\/p>\n “Nope. And Dean and Sam are suuuuper upset about it.” <\/p>\n “I think Jack is pretty cool.” <\/p>\n “Yeah, me too! I wasn’t sure at first about him, but I think he’s really interesting.”<\/p>\n All this time, I’m signing into my laptop, he’s hooking me up to the Wifi … and for the rest of my stay with the Geek Squad, we talked about Supernatural<\/em>.<\/p>\n “Those guys are getting really old!” he said. (The men are 39 and 35. Just FYI.)<\/p>\n “It is pretty funny to see them middle-aged now and hesitating before climbing over fences.” (Sheila, stop talking. Immediately. But I couldn’t.)<\/p>\n I am sure all of this has been FASCINATING to read for those of you who do not watch the show.<\/p>\n But I just wanted to describe this because He ended up trying many ways to fix the issue and was sincerely apologetic. “I’m so sorry about this!” “Oh whatever, I had a feeling. Thanks for trying.”<\/p>\n Fandom can be toxic. But fandom can also be friendly and hilarious. It can bridge a generation gap. It can smooth out interactions. You can cut to the chase. (The interaction also shows how diverse the Supernatural<\/i> fandom is.) Fandom can bond a “really old” lady like myself and a baby like this Geek Squad boy.<\/p>\n Anything helping people communicate better is a net positive for our troubled world. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I went to Best Buy to visit the Geek Squad because I was immersed in some kind of intractable problem and I barely know how to plug in a lamp, let alone figure out which programs to download and whether … Continue reading
\n1. it was so funny and it started from the wallpaper which I had forgotten even was there and
\n2. he did not roll his eyes at my wallpaper but instead leapt right into the obsession and
\n3. it ended up being a fun interaction as opposed to stressful even though – EVEN THOUGH – I was right all along, my laptop was not equipped to handle the whatsit-thingie.<\/p>\n