#carlos and latika edit

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LOVE LOVE LOVE I LOVE THEM SO SOOOOO MUCH!!!!! S2 AWWWWWWWWWW Thank YOU SOOO MUCH for this!!!! You are FABULOUS!!!!! :D <3

THE WINCHESTERS | 1.10 Suspicious Minds

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CARLOS CERVANTEZ and LATIKA DAR

The Winchesters, S01E10

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#SaveTheWinchesters Campaign - Twitter's most requested gifs from The Winchesters (Part 1)

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Dean celebrated his 44th Birthday with his family! He deserved it 🥹💕🥳

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They are INDEED!!! LOVE LOVE LOVE I LOVE THAT we got Jack and Bobby back and there too!!!! But, the absence of Cas really hurt... I still think a MENTION could have been put SOMEWHERE there... :/ Thank YOU SO MUCH for this!!! You are AWESOME!!! :D <3

The Winchesters 1x13 — ‘Hey, That’s No Way to Say Goodbye’

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after 6 episodes in (i missed yesterday’s ep but i’ll watch it soon) I think i’m starting to get a feel of how The Winchesters is going to go, and honestly i’m feeling pretty on the fence about it all. 

My biggest complaint about the show is that the character dynamics just really aren’t all that interesting, even when the characters are.  Mary and John are ok. I’m confused by the dedication they have to each other (or at least john has to mary) after only knowing the other for like 1 month. It’s likely that this is part of the whole “forced together” thing they have going on, but if thats the case then I feel like the angelic magic of it all should be more obvious (through editing, probably). It’s disappointing because both mary and john have such rich foundations for complicated relationships. 

On the positive side, this is probably something that will improve as the season ends because all the secrets will be out in the open and the show can stop playing straight. 

Latika I think brings the most intruige to the whole ‘scooby gang’ imo. She has a decent relationship with all the members and is more or less the group peacekeeper, the mediator friend. As we know though (or can infer) she is hiding some things about herself, which already brings some mystery. Earlier in the season i predicted that she was going to have a sort of relationship with john (bringing lots of interest to the gang dynamics (not a love square, tho)), but it doesn’t seem like thats going to happen. Still, the fact that this type of prediction and theory about her is possible is a good sign. 

Carlos is a character i feel like i should be getting a lot more from. Currently he is the one-liner machine of the group in most episodes, which sucks. His slight tension with John is interesting though, they’re almost mirrors in a way, which I like a lot. His relationships with the other characters are lacking in non “good friend” facets though. (GIVE ME CARLOS WRATH).  The thing that made supernatural so interesting in it’s early seasons were the complicated relationships and tensions between characters, which is something I think is really lacking from The Winchesters.  

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CARLOS, JOHN, LATIKA and MARY in every episode (3/13) The Winchesters - S01E03 "You're Lost Little Girl"

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the core four.

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OH Carlos!!! XD This was SOOO GOOOD!!!! :D I LOVE THEM ALL!!!!! LOVE LOVE LOVE Thank YOU SO MUCH for this!!!! You are FABULOUS!!!! :) <3

1x02 — Teach Your Children Well

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the winchesters

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SPN Family

Forever 🥹💕🥰

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The Winchesters so Far...

Warning Spoilers Ahead

It's set in 1972...or the 60s...or 1978 or 90s. Seems none of the departments could really come together and decide or, you know, do actual research so you get all of them. Boom. 💥

In the instances where the show does attempt to nail the era appropriate vibe,  the characters look like they are dressed in cheap versions of wannabe 70s Halloween costumes.👹

John returned from the army with a full set of hair, in fact he even had it while serving. 💆

Samuel Campbell, Mary’s father is missing. Such Plot twist. Much wow. In case you forget, you’ll be reminded of this in just about every scene of TW so much so you’ll begin to hate him with the intensity of a thousand suns and, oh well, there goes your interest in the unfolding plot.

In true shocker fashion, John has barely met Mary but vows to help her find her missing dad. Did I mention he was missing? Because Mary and John do, in every scene of every episode and so does the rest of the cast. He’s missing y’all and we gotta get him back.

You know those clichè token characters that make you cringe? That's basically all the supporting cast of TW.

Big surprise, all the characters have daddy issues, so much so there's a reference to them every 5 seconds. This is totally not in attempt to copy SPN's formula, of course. 🤣

The Gang has a Mystery Machine, y’all. Not sure who the Scooby of the situation is but my money’s on John.

So far, Carlos is a crooner that sings off key and basically has no voice.  😒 Alas he’s the assigned Bard, y'all. He’s also the tragicomic relief. More tragic than comic.

Mary is a road disaster waiting to happen, she keeps focusing on her passenger rather than the road.

Mary is also petite and childlike to the point of not even remotely being believable as a hunter. She looks like the adopted child of the TW Scooby Gang.

It seems Velma, I mean Latika has no personality outside of being the book carrier. Whatever happened to creating diverse characters?

Ada seems like she teleported in from a different show due to the fact that her performance actually has layers despite her character being yet another clichè. #wastedtalent

Salt apparently traps demons now oh and demons are unkillable or so say Mary and John. How this lore is featured takes everything that made it captivating in SPN and reverses the effect. It's basically parody time.

The lines and storylines are so predictable and repetitive you can figure out what the characters are going to say before they even say it. Boom. Psychic.

John is tall, John is also stiff and often uses his body on screen as if he was a marionette or a model unsure of how to move next. In other words, the green ( green actor=newbie) in John comes out so much it’s very hard to suspend disbelief especially for those with a trained eye.

John also expresses his personal issues with the aplomb of a frozen ameoba, making the stakes of each scene very low and disengaging.

No SPN rip off would be complete without trying to recreate the "Saving people, hunting things" moment, trust John y'all, he was born for this, the lady Gaga way.

No monster featured looks even remotely realistic, in fact, it's like they purposefully sat down and asked themselves "how can we make this look as fake and as ridiculous as possible?" Mission accomplished, folks. Mission accomplished. This is a comedy, after all.

The editing, ah the editing, was it handled by a 14 year old with no previous experience? Or did Danneel decide to do it herself? That's it, isn't it? 😞

Instead of building the character arcs for John and Mary and slowly build up the chemistry this show has them oogling longingly yet vapidly at one another almost every scene, at the same time, their connection seems empty and devoid of any actual depth, feelings, commonalities due to the weak choices the actors make and the subpar writing.

The supposed big thing that connects them is that both dads are missing and both dads are hunters (John's is dead, I think?). So they didn't even bother researching and building a deep connection and just went for the clichè similarity as the basis of their "love story". That’s because they were to busy ripping off the SPN Pilot to care about actual storytelling.

Speaking of love story, though it's the selling point of the show and its theme, you won't really find it in anything within the show. The Meh glances exchanged between the lead actors ultimately communicate nothing. Did they model this couple after the Ackles dynamic? Is that what this is? Cringe. 🤨

Campy doesn't even begin to describe this prequel. It will defy your definition.

Carlos is the show's main attraction and yet he is not the lead.  That should tell you everything you need to know about TW's "diversity" casting.

You will be more scared by the musical numbers within this series than by its monsters or storyline.

This show is so confused on its genre and direction it will make your head spin.

Unsurprisingly, most of the performances on the Winchesters make it seem like the Actors were directly directed by none other Danneel Harris, oh sorry, Ackles, I forgot she is nothing without that last name. 🤡

The only believable chemistry I’ve seen on this show was between John and Latika, for a few seconds, when he told her they could be scared together in the Pilot. Major Awww moment, although the writing, once again, clichè and predictable. Which, I guess, are the actual main themes of this show, let’s be real. lol

Canon we lost you, no, canon, we buried you!! This series has nothing to to with our beloved SPN and saying otherwise is an insult to its legacy.

This whole series centers around a psychic bug empress lady and her insect like minions set on devouring the world. Yes, really.

If I missed anything it’s probably because my brains are fried from attempting to give this trainwreck a chance. Feel free to add to my list.

Verdict: The Winchesters is nothing more than a futile attempt to recreate key moments from the SPN Pilot in the hopes the audience would bite. No work or research went into this. They picked up the missing dad+ saving people hunting things spiel and tried to recreate it and did it so horribly I can’t even put it into words which is why I decided to try and make a light hearted post about it. They also copied every plot structure that worked but ended up parodying it to extremes without meaning to. The Winchesters is only sellable as an SPN parody and, even then, an extremely bad one.

For those who want to support my traumatized brain after watching TW, feel free to send me your favorite Jensen/Jared gifs or artwork to feed my art starved soul. Feed me. 💕

EDIT: Clarified one of the points.

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LOVE LOVE LOVE I LOVE THEM!!!! I LOVE THEM!!!!! S2 AWWWWWWWWW <3

THE WINCHESTERS Time Stamp Roulette

✗ 1.1 Pilot

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DEAN KEEPS PICKING THE MUSIC (2/7) Music Playlist (2/2)

The Winchesters - S01E07 // Supernatural - S01E13/S09E23

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CARLOS, JOHN, LATIKA and MARY in every episode (2/13) The Winchesters - S01E02 "Teach Your Children Well"

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DEAN KEEPS PICKING THE MUSIC (1/7) Music Playlist (1/2)

The Winchesters - S01E01 // Supernatural - S01E06