#also i don't get what kind of 'colour blindness' hbo is going for and I think they don't know either which is a problem

[rhaenin-time]

Being a native who's studied colonialism means that I know wayyyyy too much about blood quantum. I know how stupid it is, how it's tied to eugenics, but I also know how it "works."

Which means I can use my stupid-power to do this:

Well this took a turn.

[rocksalt-and-pie]

sooo I've stumbled over the whole hbo spn thing that seems to be going on and needless to say the aesthetic is right up my alley

every single fic I've ever written is pretty much in that style anyway (the lack of scars has always bugged me so much; the boys have always been covered in scars in my fics since I started writing about them)

I was thinking about writing (and actually publishing this time lmao) a fic set in the early seasons anyway (with MAJOR artistic freedom) but I kind of figured nobody would care because who still remembers who, say, Bela Talbot is (one of my favourite characters on the show but whatever), but now that I've learnt that this is a thing I'm actually considering it?

also, okay, unpopular opinion incoming lol, Castiel is great and he can stay but I actually HATE the whole angel/heaven storyline.

Can I just write a fic where Castiel is the only angel to walk the earth ever, the others just mind their own business in heaven (which is such an abstract and alien place that Castiel can't describe it in a comprehensive way, and it's so far away and different that once you go there you stay there. End of story. No holy sandbox where anyone can just walk in and out. Which also goes the other way around. Once you're out, you're out. So choose wisely.)

Also, demons? Remember Meg in season 1? Because that shit was scary, dude. I don't want demons on every corner. I don't want them to be allies or friends. I don't want them to get stabbed by the minute because an exorcism is just so much more gruesome in some way?

I think a huge part of the appeal (at least for me) of the early seasons and what makes them so creepy is the "big unknown". The boys (and therefore the viewer) don't know about heaven, hell, purgatory, the empty, time traveling, whatever else there is. They've got a vast idea of hell and that there are nameless evil things that lurk in the shadows. This way, the world feels a lot bigger and darker and creepier because we don't know what hides in the blind spots. There's no bunker library with all the knowledge in the world, no powerful witch/demon king/fallen angel on speed dial that you can call up for a quick favor.

Also, I want more monster of the week content. I don't care about the overarching plotline (especially when it's about some kind of angel war). I remember most of the individual cases of the early seasons but in the later seasons there are hardly any episodes that really stand out to me because there aren't as many stand-alone cases (and, let's be real, a lot of them are cheap half-assed filler episodes). Bring back the lore, the urban legends. Give me seven episodes of them hunting seven different things, without any cuts to "meanwhile in heaven" scenes.

Oh also while we're at it. I've spent some specific attention to that in particular while catching up on season 14 (still haven't seen season 15 yet, don't blame me). When did they stop playing classic rock? This used to be such a HUGE part of the show. Also the typical "sad piano theme" (you know the one). Now that I am having my annual re-watch of the early seasons I've noticed it even more. And don't get me started on the colour scheme and the clothes they're wearing, that's a whole other trash fire.

Also bring back practical effects and spare me that bullshit cgi. How come a season from fifteen years ago has better stunts and more realistic looking monsters than whatever that season 13 finale or Lucifer in the empty was.