#LET ALONE NEWLY-CHRISTENED CANONICALLY GAY FAN FAVORITE CASTIEL

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the Supernatural writers are doing the damn thing

What the Supernatural writers have done / are doing with Destiel... My brain can’t process how HUGE this is. Full discloser I don’t even go here but I’m losing my mind over what’s happening.

This is one of the single greatest examples of a story growing beyond the writers’ plans, and them leaning into that, and then REFERENCING THAT METATEXTUALLY IN THE SHOW.

LISTEN...

Castiel wasn’t even supposed to be an ongoing regular, let alone intrinsic to the show for a decade and then a queer romantic lead! But the character evolved beyond what the writers expected, especially because of fandom response, and they kept him. 

Cas (and via him, the fandom) changed the show.

And in the current plot of the show itself, Cas went “off script.” God–who’s the current villain–is the author of everything, and Cas didn’t do as God intended.  Cas’ love for Dean broke the mold. The author can’t control him—which is a reflection of what happened to the show’s writers. 

The writers had a plan; Cas broke it.

And by positioning the “author” in the show’s story as a villain who MUST be defeated... which is a clear meta stand-in for the writers’ room of Supernatural itself... the show’s writers are saying, “We also must lose to Cas, and you.” 

They concede to what’s best for the character.

It’s a “war” they must lose. Authors doesn’t always know best. Characters take on a life of their own. Not every writer can see that—which is why many shows end badly and ships (especially queer ones) don’t become canon. But they “gave in”—and likely fought behind the scenes for it. 

(And Misha was very likely the catalyst who pushed them towards it and fought for it too.)

Then, the writers went a step further and baked this concept into the bones of the show’s plot—for seasons 14 and 15 at minimum, as I understand it. They wrote themselves into the narrative as villains so they can be “defeated” by Cas and Dean’s off-script love story. 

I feel like that’s unheard of???? I’m not saying Supernatural is a perfect show and I don’t think hardcore fans would say it is either. I’m not saying the years of “queerbait” (which may have been that originally; who knows if we’ll find out the whole truth) didn’t cause hurt. 

But they’ve reached INTO THE STORY to validate all those past questionably “queerbait” moments, as best as they can, so people can go back and watch and know the subtext there was leading to something. They wrote themselves in as villain (God) who tried to control Cas and failed... so for it to be a good story, the villain (the author who had a plan) will HAVE to be defeated, and love will prevail. Otherwise, there’s no happy ending.

And so: canon Destiel.

Like I said, I do not even go here, so maybe I’m wildIy off base! But right now this is my understanding of things, and IF I’ve got it right, this is just. So huge. I can’t stop thinking about it.

TL;DR: the Supernatural writers are literally validating and bowing to a decade’s worth of queer subtext and the fans who noticed it, and they wrote that concept into the plot. It is at the core of the show now to wrap up the story.

And that is bonkers. Literally historic.

[castielscarma]

You don't go there. Yet you did. This is brilliant, all of this, yes.

the Supernatural writers are doing the damn thing

What the Supernatural writers have done / are doing with Destiel… My brain can’t process how HUGE this is. Full discloser I don’t even go here but I’m losing my mind over what’s happening.

This is one of the single greatest examples of a story growing beyond the writers’ plans, and them leaning into that, and then REFERENCING THAT METATEXTUALLY IN THE SHOW.

LISTEN…

Castiel wasn’t even supposed to be an ongoing regular, let alone intrinsic to the show for a decade and then a queer romantic lead! But the character evolved beyond what the writers expected, especially because of fandom response, and they kept him. 

Cas (and via him, the fandom) changed the show.

And in the current plot of the show itself, Cas went “off script.” God–who’s the current villain–is the author of everything, and Cas didn’t do as God intended.  Cas’ love for Dean broke the mold. The author can’t control him—which is a reflection of what happened to the show’s writers. 

The writers had a plan; Cas broke it.

And by positioning the “author” in the show’s story as a villain who MUST be defeated… which is a clear meta stand-in for the writers’ room of Supernatural itself… the show’s writers are saying, “We also must lose to Cas, and you.” 

They concede to what’s best for the character.

It’s a “war” they must lose. Authors doesn’t always know best. Characters take on a life of their own. Not every writer can see that—which is why many shows end badly and ships (especially queer ones) don’t become canon. But they “gave in”—and likely fought behind the scenes for it. 

(And Misha was very likely the catalyst who pushed them towards it and fought for it too.)

Then, the writers went a step further and baked this concept into the bones of the show’s plot—for seasons 14 and 15 at minimum, as I understand it. They wrote themselves into the narrative as villains so they can be “defeated” by Cas and Dean’s off-script love story. 

I feel like that’s unheard of???? I’m not saying Supernatural is a perfect show and I don’t think hardcore fans would say it is either. I’m not saying the years of “queerbait” (which may have been that originally; who knows if we’ll find out the whole truth) didn’t cause hurt. 

But they’ve reached INTO THE STORY to validate all those past questionably “queerbait” moments, as best as they can, so people can go back and watch and know the subtext there was leading to something. They wrote themselves in as villain (God) who tried to control Cas and failed… so for it to be a good story, the villain (the author who had a plan) will HAVE to be defeated, and love will prevail. Otherwise, there’s no happy ending.

And so: canon Destiel.

Like I said, I do not even go here, so maybe I’m wildIy off base! But right now this is my understanding of things, and IF I’ve got it right, this is just. So huge. I can’t stop thinking about it.

TL;DR: the Supernatural writers are literally validating and bowing to a decade’s worth of queer subtext and the fans who noticed it, and they wrote that concept into the plot. It is at the core of the show now to wrap up the story.

And that is bonkers. Literally historic.