I gotta say I am more than ready for the fandom to move on from Countdown tags, but that's just my issue ;p. There have been a few I've really enjoyed, but a whole lot more that have put me somewhere on the gamut from unhappy to angry, and it's hard to avoid them because there are just so blasted many of them ... (And yes, I know it's my problem entirely, but I can't avoid the episode tags without avoiding the fandom ... *wails*)

But I hear you on the squee. Six days! :D It's so near! And while I can't help speculating, I am trying very hard to let go of my preconceived notions and prepare myself to be happy with whatever we get. Actually, I think that's one of the things that I resent about the glut of episode tags, because it's resulted in me having a pretty strong knee-jerk reaction to certain tropes in the tags, and I don't want to prejudge the episode if it starts going in one of my "do not want!" directions ...

I have somehow managed to remain almost completely unspoiled for the episode, but this is one show where I really do trust the writers to have the characters' best interests at heart - they might not always take them where I would have taken them myself, but there is no doubt in my mind that the writers and the actors love the characters as much as the fans do, and whatever they do with them, I think that as long as I can manage not to let my own prejudgments get in the way, I'm going to be happy. :D

And then we have five more new episodes to look forward to after that!

I plan to make my journal as much of a squee, no-angst zone as possible for the duration. :D