#and castiel

[wellofdean]

Thinking about @luckshiptoshore and her liveblog of watching Supernatural and how much I love following it and how great it is to watch someone just fucking ENJOY the show...

And then, there were a couple of people in my Discord who love the fic, but have never watched the show, and folks in there were trying to convince them that it was worth watching (duh!) and that knowing the show by heart makes the fic so much better and like yes, again... DUH! And then I was suddenly overcome with such a feeling of ENVY for all the people who still have the chance to watch Supernatural for the first time already knowing what happens in the end.

I mean, I watched 14 years of it in real time (after downloading and bingeing season 1) and at least I was clever enough not to be in the fandom trenches that whole time, and just enjoyed it for what it was, but the end broke my brain, and changed the whole show for me.

Because, like, here's what happens in Supernatural by the end: Dean and Cas are in love. It was not subtle. Dean can't say it because he never has a single moment of not being up to his pretty, pretty eyeballs in dealing with the ongoing and constantly multiplying trauma of being the man his father raised him to be, and god's specialest boy to boot, but in the end, Cas finally does just fucking say it. Not only that, he waits until he can use it to save Dean, and show him once and for all in an incontrovertible, undeniable way exactly how deeply and truly loved and SEEN he is.

When you watch it knowing that, knowing that the the whole story is going to end in that stupid bunker dungeon with Cas telling Dean who he is and dying to save him, the whole thing just HITS DIFFERENT, because the Dean of season one with his outcast liminality and pretty, pretty lips is the poor, lonely, weird boy who will one day be loved like that by Castiel, an angel of the lord -- an impossible Eldritch being who learned what love and selfhood are from closely observing Dean.

The consensus amongst most Supernatural fans is that it is trashy and bad and that its all evil queerbaiting, but I would contend that it's actually deeply entertaining, culturally rich and interesting (yes, even its flaws and missteps), often impressively well-written and acted, never puts on any airs about being prestige television or high art, but still manages to be ultimately epic and somehow sublime, and that it's a queer story, about queer love saving the universe, and it is so, so worth watching.

Like, my brainworms are not 'they strung me along all that time and then never let them make out', by brainworms are 'they told us so many times and in so many big and small ways, and now I need to watch every bit of it again and again and again so I can finally REVEL IN IT (and, friends, that is the Supernatural rewatch journey: realising it was ALWAYS THERE). My brainworms aren't 'but does Dean reciprocate??' they are: 'of course he loves Cas, and of course Cas knows that Dean loves him, and the one thing Cas can't have? That's just his chance at happiness and a soft epilogue with and for Dean, because Cas, impossible, cosmic, Eldritch being Cas, traded his chance at happiness for his family's lives and sacrificed himself for love of his son and Dean, because that is what you do when you love someone, and what he has watched Dean never stop doing for even a minute of his beleaguered life.'

And then, Dean dies (yes, it's stupid), and he cannot just go to heaven, drink a beer and hang out, he needs to climb into his magic soul vehicle, hit the axis mundi and tear the universe up looking for his angel and his happy ending in The Winchesters? Fuck me.

And like, it's the most romantic, and devastating story I have ever been told? And I love it so much?

[cornflakesinchocolatemilk]

Transmascs will be like “transition goals!!” And show you a picture of a random man in a raggedy trench coat

[slime-the-awesomeguy]

happy gay month you freaks

@what-its-rio

it's pride month rio, you know what that means

[violetfaust]

So so sooooo funny to see one (1) person tagging that post I just reblogged (“big fan of characters not getting to die but having to face consequences they never thought they’d have to”) with Killykins Jones of all people.

Because that worthless sumbitch never had to actually change or face ANY consequences for his lifetime(s) of evil. He simply declared himself a hero and chose not to murder in order to get some tail, and was instantly forgiven all by characters including (but not limited to) his future wife, his stepson, ALL his in-laws, his stepson’s mother, the stepson he abandoned, the brother he got killed, the brother he abandoned, his girl bestie, his therapist, and TWO mermaids.

[thanatosdetesreves]

I just resumed supernatural where I left it 2 months ago and oh my chuck i really missed them

[calibrationneeded]

My type is autistic bitches who are simultaneously very sweet and endearing but also terrifying and capable of war crime

[hellceo]

I personally find it kind of exhaustingly hilarious that Crowley will vehemently deny that he likes somebody in — well, any kind of sense, but especially a romantic sense — but they will get calls and texts from him frequently, he'll invite them out to places, he'll show up, he'll be a nuisance and tease them, he'll just do all he can to BE AROUND THEM

but if you ask he'll deny it all day. he'll get angry if it's pressed.

and then he'll text the person all like ' so, lunch at 2? my treat'.

i swear.

[destiel-news-network]

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[lolstargirl]

[demonicseries]

imagine it. The night is November 5th, 2024. The election results are in. Misha Collins post a video. The camera is facing him, as he says “I love you.” Then it pans to the other person in the room, Jensen Ackles. He responds with “Kamala Harris is the next present for the United States”

[zener]

YOUR gays went to superhell. MY gays went to superheaven. we are not the same.

[jackalspine]

@schnuffel-danny hehehe

regarding this post: from schnuffle

[tired-and-swaggy]

know your history.

[angel-fruitcake]

@mishacollins

[destiel-wings]

and now in light of this I'm thinking about how much more meaningful is the line:

"But still beautiful. Still Dean Winchester."

just thinking about how in early seasons dean knew he was good looking and bragged about it but in later seasons he probably wouldn't believe it if someone told him he was handsome and how that may be because it's post hell and he didn't see beauty in himself anymore