tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6720134522106170985.post2595275439889284892..comments2024-03-13T11:59:57.642-04:00Comments on Dexter Daily: The No. 1 Dexter Community Website: Writers Guild Awards 2012 - Dexter Didn't Win Any AwardUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6720134522106170985.post-56693057215534387062012-02-22T21:35:34.780-05:002012-02-22T21:35:34.780-05:00Haha, LOL at the drunken fuck part. If someone nee...Haha, LOL at the drunken fuck part. If someone needs it spelled out that clearly, they shouldn't be watching the show. :P.<br /><br />Of course, people are getting riled up because they simply don't understand Freud. People who keep claiming the 'Westermarck Effect' are just being stupid because this is media, rather than real life. Dexter plays out in a very Freudian manner, with a particular emphasis on the Phallic Stage of Psychosexual Development. You see it with Dexter and Brian and their mother (Dexter is entranced by blood, which is about as close to sexual arousal as he can get, and Brian has an amputee fetish). Oedipus Complex? I think so. And also, that weird psychosexual moment he has in Darkly Dreaming Dexter when Deb is on the table? Wow.<br /><br />Deb has such an Electra Complex, it isn't even funny. She is attracted to men like her brother and her father, and since she was categorically neglected by Harry in favor of Dexter, she believes Dexter is perfection: he's still Dexter, but he's also very much Harry. So, what does she do? She has successful relationships with people like her brother or like her father. Deb's relationships with people who aren't like the males in her family all end by Deb rejecting them (Deb leaves Gabriel for Lundy; Deb leaves Anton for Lundy; Deb leaves Quinn for, though she doesn't quite know it at the time, Dexter). It's a little sad how no one seems to see that.<br /><br />Furthermore, we see consistent manifestations of the id, ego, and superego every season. Of course, Dexter is always the ego, but the id and superego vary.<br /><br />S1- Brian (Id), Dexter (Ego), Debra (Superego)<br />S2- Lila (Id), Dexter (Ego), Debra/Rita (Superego)<br />S3- Miguel (Id), Dexter (Ego), Rita (Superego)<br />S4- Trinity (Id), Dex (Ego), Deb/Rita/Harry (Superego)<br />S5- Lumen/Jordan (Id), Dex (Ego), Deb/Harrison (Superego)<br />S6- Brian/Travis (Id), Dex (Ego), Deb/Harrison/Sam (Superego)<br /><br />Furthermore, the series has to do a lot with the unconscious. And a lot of what's at the unconscious is Sex (Deb's self-destructive love-life) and Aggression (Dexter's constant appetite to kill). 'Shrink Wrap' is the perfect example, Psychoanalysis at its finest. <br /><br />The people who didn't think that Deb would eventually have to come to the realization that she is either in love with her emotionally-distant brother or her emotionally-distant father simply don't understand the psychology or the clear Freudian air of the show.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6720134522106170985.post-70840969317820209582012-02-22T16:16:28.838-05:002012-02-22T16:16:28.838-05:00Colin Hanks ruined it for me, just saying. He'...Colin Hanks ruined it for me, just saying. He's so blah, i felt he wasn't the right guy to play the role of Travis.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6720134522106170985.post-24141640068457383792012-02-22T03:00:03.408-05:002012-02-22T03:00:03.408-05:00Anon at 8:57 - awards are not given out based upon...Anon at 8:57 - awards are not given out based upon the merits of a season, they are given out based on accomplishments, milestones, and which actor is in the consciousness of the voters.<br /><br />Season 6 was a fine Dexter season.<br /><br />The writers just need to understand that a large portion of their fanbase (as a result of our piss poor education system) is not versed in classical literature or cinema, but was rather raised on video games and are not exactly quick on the uptake. Hence, they need to be a little bit less subtle about the storylines. IE, instead of Dexter and Deb acting out their emotions for each other in subtext, longing looks, weird nuances, the occasional ass-grab (season 4), or bizarre comment for the first five seasons, they should have had an impromptu kiss, an open declaration, a Dexter dressing naked Debra scene (like the Dexter novels), or some inner "my sister is hot" monologue, or perhaps even a drunken fuck.<br /><br />If you don't spell it out for certain viewers, or beat them over the head with their own arms, they are just never going to get there on their own. =PAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6720134522106170985.post-67208529753817513482012-02-22T02:17:29.726-05:002012-02-22T02:17:29.726-05:00Don't worry, Dexter will swipe the board in al...Don't worry, Dexter will swipe the board in all categories when it draws to a close (although I hate acknowledge it ever ending...)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6720134522106170985.post-75759002799762014562012-02-20T23:57:40.965-05:002012-02-20T23:57:40.965-05:00Im not surprised this season was a let down in my ...Im not surprised this season was a let down in my opinion, apart from the finally there were only a hand full of other memorable moments.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6720134522106170985.post-60914022781512271102012-02-20T13:02:18.408-05:002012-02-20T13:02:18.408-05:00They should have nominated a different Dexter epis...They should have nominated a different Dexter episode. Just Let Go was the worst episode of Season 6.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6720134522106170985.post-21064241630326481922012-02-20T12:13:33.013-05:002012-02-20T12:13:33.013-05:00It will take something for the writes of dexter to...It will take something for the writes of dexter to win. They had the chance with the season with John lithgow as the villain. That series was the best! Best of luck next year. Oh by the way I am a big Dexter fan. This is the only series in my life that I have watched start to finish and am waiting for season 7.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com