#Jackles long con

[dorkybooktrash]

Jackles just restored every single helpless hope I have had in my heart since the end of 15x18

[alsaurus-loves-dean]

saw a recording of Jensen's answer and oh we are so winning you guys lmaoooooo the DRAMA over such an obvious win jeeeeeez 😂

[disasterbijedi]

i’m gonna bring Dean back to life as a birthday present to me. i mean Dean. 

- Jensen Ackles, probably

[makeadealwithdean]

jackles’ sexy silence was all leading up to this. this really was jensen’s long con. dean is back-back, and not just in heaven. john and mary can SEE him. jensen, you were so right for televising your fix-it fic, sir. it’s an honor to be here with you 🫡

[darkshrimpemotions]

"How we all think it would go" sir drop your URL I am no longer asking. Your AO3 username too, now, don't be shy.

[outofthecavern]

Every Light by Radio Company

Running every light that came upon them They headed toward the place where he’d be born Giving all the names that came before him Destined for a life of being torn

With everything inside He stared out to the light And held his hands against the walls of time, with barely opened eyes And yelled out Ohhh you may want me I ain’t ready to go

Running every light that came upon them Booze and cheap tattoos along the way Always stayin’ on the wanted list But just end with a bad crowd some would say

So with everything inside He stared out to the night and wrote We all will live forever And never be told time again Ohhh you may not want me I ain’t ready to go

Running every light that came upon them He proved his love with the peddle down to the floor (Proved his love with the peddle down to the floor!) Although she knew he was a wanted man And always dreamed of having more

So with everything inside He looked into her eyes and then he swore that it would all work out Until the end of time and promised Ohhhh you may not want me I ain’t ready to go

Running every light that came upon them Never seen it come and go he did Facing the names that came before him Deep within the darkness where he often hid

So with everything inside He stared up to the sky And searched for any sign of Heaven With a tear trop in his eye and whispered Ohhhh you may want me Ohhhh you may want me Ohhhh you may want me I ain’t ready to go

I ain’t ready to go

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Guys…. Jensen has been telling us all how he feels. He’s been singing it out on two albums. He’s said on any occasion he can that he doesn’t like how Dean died.

And he did tell us a story tonight. Dean. Cas. Himself. Let Me Be. Watching over me. Quarter To. (Dean telling the world to just leave him alone. WOM about Cas and how Dean didn’t see what he felt until it was too late. Quarter To is Jensen writing songs about it, creating CMP, to make The Winchesters. To fix it all. And now. And now these two new songs…

Jensen we are with you. We are standing by you. We see what you’re doing. Rock on, King

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((Note: these lyrics are based on what I’ve heard from listening live and re watching videos, and may not be the official lyrics of the song. We’ll have to await for the album to come out… but I think this comes pretty close 💙💚💙💚))

LISTEN HERE

[orionsangel86]

Aa someone who pretty much threw away all their hope as soon as SPN cons started up again after the finale, it is a really crazy position to be in now to have to once again adjust my views and reconsider everything thats been said over the last 2.5 years.

I quit spn fandom and stopped paying attention to cast interviews because frankly:

Jared literally does nothing but spew the absolute worst most rancid takes I have ever heard to the point that I genuinely believe the man is completely deranged and has no idea about the show he filmed for 15 years

Misha has basically given up hope and stopped caring. He started off fighting to ensure people took the confession seriously, and seemed genuinely proud and passionate about ensuring people understood the love confession was legit and Cas knew exactly what he was saying, but over the years it seemed like he was broken down behind the scenes and forced to toe a company line of ambiguity for some unknown suspicious reason. Now he's back to resorting to jokes most of the time.

Jackles though, Jackles has until this point always been a fucking head fuck of a mystery. The "sexy silence" post finale. The sole interactions being with Misha and about the confession. The way he gushed about the confession shortly after it aired before the finale. Then the production company, The Winchesters, the J2 messy public fallout and cringy PR fake reassurance of love for his "brother". The fact that in every con up until this point he has kept any answers about the confession abiguous and deliberately vague - always playing both sides, always trying to keep ALL fans happy whatever they believe about the show. The attempt to explain it as Cas not feeling love the way humans do at one point (much to fandoms horror).

I admit I have joked many times about the "jackles long con" (the conspiracy theory that ever since he found out how spn has ended he has personally been on a war path to fix things and give us a satisfactory ending for Dean and Cas) but I was always in 2 minds about whether it was legit a thing. I believed he wanted to fix Dean's ending somehow yes, but I always figured Cas's story was an afterthought the same way Sam's was. I had no delusions that Jackles would legit want to give closure to the confession and give us reciprocated Destiel - whatever that may look like. It just didn't seem like a thing Jackles would want to do. Save Dean? Yes definitely. But actually make it canon that Dean is bisexual and madly in love with his angelic best friend? Even on his most Destiel friendly days I have never been able to truly believe that.

But this latest response from him at jibcon is veerrrry interesting. To plainly state that he hopes the confession is addressed. That he wants to see that. Its the first time he's ever mentioned it in non vague terms.

Look I have no hope of a fanfiction style sappy romantic destiel reunion scene in the Winchesters or whatever. But for Jensen to genuinely give a clear and thoughtful response about what he thinks that would look like, that he thinks Dean would want to talk about that, and address it, that is certainly progress beyond anything we've had from him before.

One of my friends in our group chat raised the thought of Jackles addressing the confession only to have Dean tell Cas he's sorry, but he doesn't feel the same way. THAT is a terrifying thought, but I gotta ask, would Jackles really do such a thing? He knows exactly how much Destiel means to the fans. He knows how important it is, hell, he was online watching the Nov 5th fallout along with everyone else. If it wasnt important, it wouldn't have trended above the US election. He would alienate the majority of his fanbase. Remember, he has already technically picked a side - something I thought he would never do. The Jared stans and bronlies and Destiel haters all loathe him now. They curse his name as much as Misha's ever since he dared to exclude Sam/Jared from The Winchesters. Jensen isn't an idiot, he knows who his main fanbase is, and that is proved even more obvious by The Winchesters itself, which according to my friends who watch it, is very pro Destiel. My friend described it as what SPN could have been were it not for Jared and Bob Singer - a kinder, friendlier, queerer, and more equal, show. I haven't watched it so I can't comment, but I see so many people say that this among other recent behaviours proves that Jackles is on our side.

I am of course still a bit hesitant to give him so much credit. I'm not gonna stamp him with a big HELLER FRIEND stamp like the one we stamped on Misha years ago. But I am feeling more positive towards him than I have in ages.

Ever since the confession, the official stance on Destiel seems to be to keep it as vague and ambiguous as possible. To never confirm or deny anything especially when it comes to Dean. This has been frustrating, but has kept the door open at least.

By Jackles stating today that he wants the confession addressed and even hinting that it may be in the cards sooner rather than later, tells me that a decision has possibly been made.

The ambiguity has got to go. Dean either reciprocates or he doesn't. Those are the only options available.

If, as it has so often been teased and alluded to, Cas is going to make an appearance in The Winchesters, Jackles would surely need to get Misha on board with his plans. Misha who has been firmly on the side of Destiel since day 1. Would Misha really agree to step back into Cas's shoes only to have his heart broken by a rejection from the man he loves? I don't think he would.

So surely, the only way for the confession to be addressed is to go with the other option. Full reciprocation.

Who else is there to even object anymore? Jared? Fuck that guy? Bob Singer? That old asshole has no power anymore. The CW? Maybe. I dunno what Jackles situation is with the execs and how much power he has over the Winchesters stories. But perhaps he's been able to convince them? Given the state of queer media in 2022 and how rapidly the world has moved on from tolerating CW style queerbait.

Shows like OFMD, Good Omens, The Sandman, IWTV, WWDITS, etc etc... they have proven that queer is popular. It brings in cash. The CW has always been sitting on a goldmine with Destiel, which has never really stopped being popular, even now. They were fools to not go all the way the first time around, and after the queer media boom of 2022 they look like even bigger fools. I still have my own beliefs about the circumstances that prevented a proper destiel ending (mostly to do with the business of the one star the CW were holding onto at that time and his stupid cop propoganda show) but considering all that has happened since then, were the CW given another chance to explore Destiel now, I think they'd be absolute fools not to take it.

Anyway, the point of all my rambling is this: I think I'm back on board. Laying it all out logically, if Jackles is gonna address this, he's gonna do it in the way that will be the most popular, and generate the most publicity, engagement, and ultimately, cash.

In other words: we may see yet ANOTHER "Destiel is canon" day before the decade is over.

[casboobs]

so in the same panel jackles said kripke had to brainwash him to be on board with the finale and yeah we know normal stuff for deangirl case patient #1 buuut he also brought up the confession scene UNPROMPTED?? BROO

[eepy-pleepy]

The Winchesters just a critical analysis course developed by Jackles to school the GA tbh

Recontextualizing key Destiel moments through a heteronormative lens with all these blatant parallels

Orchestrated by the man who wrote and sang didn't hear the strength within your words and what they mean (Watching Over Me, Radio Company)

... Oh my god he's teaching Dean too

[asshole-outlaw]

Honestly, Jackles long con being "I'm going to create a production company, write a spinoff about my parents and use it as an excuse to send John to therapy and also Dean is there in a turtle neck" is the funniest possible option

[unhinged-jackles]

the jackles long con can actually be something so personal

[alsaurus-loves-dean]

people were so unwilling to believe that Jensen was pro-destiel that they believed a random professional translator was sooooo invested in Dean's reciprocation that they invented and added a whole fucking line that changes the entire scene 🙄

[the-rollerchloster]

Bitches will tell everyone in PR statements that their long running show has a satisfying end, and immediately start a company in secret to add to the story just so they can play out a minimum 13-episode arc that confirms their character would not have gone out that way because he loves the gay angel.

It's Jensen Ackles, he's bitches.

[chaoticwistfulness]

Jensen often sprinkles the truth with jokes. Also aren't we always joking about how Dean would absolutely call Cas buddy during their wedding vows and in between kisses? Jensen gets it, he knows Dean, he is Dean.

We're here writing and reading fics, daydreaming and collectively hallucinating happily-ever-after scenarios while he -and Misha and everyone else involved- are probably, hopefully, doing the same lol, but also working to bring them to life (words chosen carefully 😉)

I have hope 🤞

Jackles long con 💚💙

[saudades-whore]

dean's 'so if you wanna cast me out of heaven, so be it' 🤝 misha's 'what're they gonna do, fire me?!'