#central ca

[marimuntanya]

Pismo Beach Sand Dunes, Central California Coast, 2022

[slugmorelz]

red nose Central Asian Shepherds from Tajikistan - Sagi Dahmarda. © Latif and Alikhon Latifi

[incesthemes]

something i enjoy about wincest is that i can just take it for granted. like yeah those brothers are fucking, they've always been fucking, and they'll keep fucking until god himself cuts off their dicks

there's a lot of ships in the world that require subtext and imagination but samdean is definitely not one of them

[thelittleangryitalian]

Where do you guys think Mission Creek is in CA? We knew they live near the beach so on the coastline somewhere but Mission Creek still seems like a smaller town?

[wittyno]

Alec Hardy: has a traumatic experience in a body of water

Also Alec Hardy: rents a house literally on the water.

[ardentpoop]

castiel supernatural as he is clumsily written within the text evokes a wide variety of emotions in me ranging from acceptance (as in the stage of grief) to white-knuckled irritation

[quiettonne]

lay under a tree where you were raised; reflect on where past-you once was, and compare it to where you are now.

[thorsenmark]

A Vista Setting of Hillsides in California by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: A setting looking to the east while taking in views at a roadside pullout along Airline Highway (CA 25). My thought on composing this image was to capture this set of ridges coming off a main hill or set of mountains further off in the distance. I liked how they had that layered look that could also draw a person into the image.

[brooklynchilddesigns]

Central Perk.

Download Room from the Gallery: BrooklynChildD

[bettsc]

As someone from California and born in the Central Valley...Archie landing in MODESTO is so fucking funny.

[jelliegirl]

does anyone know what this tiny orange flower is? it was growing in the weeds by the sidewalk i love her

[slugmorelz]

red nose Central Asian Shepherds from Tajikistan - Sagi Dahmarda. © Latif and Alikhon Latifi

[themournwatcher]

chewing on veremund trevelyan again

[chasing-chimeras]

what’s up with that map in 6x16?

has anyone done some sort of meta post about the world state in tw? i think we see a couple maps (a few town maps and one of where bh actually is in 6x6 but idk if the surrounding towns are real?) but the one that’s so strange to me is in 6x16 that shows the location of the other nemetons.

it’s weird bc it’s a normal map w all the countries (up to date at the time too bc it has south sudan) but then the oceans and lakes are just wild. i don’t have a screenshot but most of n+s america looks normal aside from a few extra lakes in the western us/sw canada. but then if you look at west asia, north+west+east africa, and central+east europe it’s like……there’s just lakes. so many fucking lakes and bays and rising sea levels but not bc most low lying areas are normal (netherlands, florida, etc). places that’re already hit hard by climate change like bangladesh seem fine but then mountainous areas like central turkey are just under wanter. and the lakes? i need someone to explain the lakes or at least make something up bc i can’t stop trying to figure out how they stuck this thing to the wall and no one thought it looked a little funky? idk man i gotta go to sleep

[queerbluebird]

Some spnwin season finale musings for my own benefit

The spnwin season 1 finale was actually the opposite of the spn 15.20 finale in every way I needed it to be. The more I think on it, the more I love about it, and that is such a relief and a pleasant change when I’ve spent actual years hating 15.20 more every time I think about it. 

All through watching The Winchesters I’ve had my reservations. Despite any and all positive signs, there’s always been the looming knowledge that 1) SPN had positive signs and they all got smacked down and ground into the dirt right at the very last minute and 2) we know where John and Mary end up. Spnwin 1.13 has eased those reservations so thoroughly that I finally feel able to be excited about it; to rewatch it and let myself be fully invested in the characters and the story. 

Some key thoughts…

Firstly, these are not the John and Mary we know. They are not bound to the story we have seen so far. Their choices matter! The family they’re building with Lata and Carlos and Ada and Millie matters! The ways they work to improve themselves and each other matter! Their future is wide open, and now they have the tools from Dean to make sure it stays that way. This is truly the healing SPN was building to; pulling together all the lessons Dean spent 15 seasons of SPN learning and having the opportunity to direct that new knowledge towards the future. 

Secondly, at long fucking last we get acknowledgement that Dean’s ending was NOT a happy one. Literally out of his own mouth right on our screen we got to hear him say that he went searching for a world where his family could find happiness. Which he wouldn’t have had to do if he had been happy! Dean’s ending as of 15.20 was misery and tragedy and waste and it feels good to have that 1) acknowledged and 2) undone just a little bit, because Dean is in “the heaven he deserves” but he’s not satisfied! He’s still helping people and still causing problems for The Powers That Be! Good for him!

Thirdly, (and Robbie Thompson I owe u big for this one) this is a finale that actually knows what a free will finale looks like!! Literally you cannot say “they have free will” and then slapdash skim over any possibility of making choices to go “they all died and ended up in heaven and it was great because heaven is great!” That’s not free will! Whereas this whole season was a love letter to free will! “These are the things we learn along the way, and these are the ways that knowledge affects our choices.” And 1.13 rounded it off with such a perfect balance of “we’re wrapping up loose ends, but keeping it open ended. The characters could go anywhere from here! It’s in their hands!” It’s beautiful. This is the “driving down an open road into the future” that Team Free Will deserved and brings me hope all around. 

Also there was Zepp! Amazing!

This was a great finale to The Winchesters season 1 in and of itself. And I think it also went such a long way to soften the blow of SPN 15.20 by re-opening doors SPN tried to slam shut. Dean does have agency in heaven, he has retained lessons he learned along the way (he is looking for family and it’s not John and Mary who live down the road in heaven!). 

I’m excited to rewatch the entire season now, and I’m excited that I get to feel that rewatch excitement when for so long spn 15.20 has ruined my ability to rewatch spn. Having The Winchesters season 1 gives me hope that someday we’ll get a story that brings back the joy of rewatching spn itself. The love felt for this show by the people creating it really brings me hope. And regardless of any of that, I’ll always have SPNWin season 1 now, and I appreciate that.

[werewolfpdfs]

cas is sooo!! because its like, theres something Wrong with him, something happened to him and made him like this, there had to be a source point, an original event, a catalyst and eventually EVENTUALLY it HAS to be questioned whether that’s even true???. and not only is that event potentially not even there but there isn’t even something “wrong” in a traditional sense. but if im okay (he isnt that’s not what the absence of wrongness IS cas) then why does it hurt so much? crying and wailing….he can’t be boiled down to a Trauma that made him who he is and yet everything about him points back to something that does not exist!!!! 404 error not found