#creationcons

[fictionallemons]

Austin Con was a blast. Have some pics. Thoughts in no particular order: I think my favorite panel was JDM and Samantha Smith. Laughed the entire time. JDM is very charismatic (don't know why I'm surprised)! J2 were all heart eyes all the time. Lisa Berry was pure sunshine. Karaoke rivaled Nashville for my favorite of all time. SNS was awesome as always, I laughed and cried with Rob. Ruth and Felicia were awesome. Austin itself was so hot but I think I fell in love with it. I'll be back--just not in August. Matt Cohen got a lot of mileage out of his injured finger--hope it's all healing up! When I got Rich's autograph he kind of twinkled at me and I legit blushed. Actually worked up the nerve to talk to Jared during my op and he was lovely as could be. I may have cried afterward for a moment. Not including my ops here, but they were super fun to do, especially with Lisa Berry who I got to have a couple extra special moments with. Seeing Jared's Baby was also completely worth the trip. Best quote: JDM: What are non-John-sympathizers called? Sam Smith: Supernatural fans. 👏😂👏 But my favorite part of the weekend was getting to talk to SPN friends IRL! Thank you for being awesome @catnipster69, @lovetheirloves, @smauglockme, @amypond45 and everyone else who I'm not sure is on tumblr.

Until next time!

[cursedbycastiel]

When you open a discord message and someone sends you a beautiful artwork of one of the most memorable Jenmish moments you had, you can’t help but be so touched and cry 🥲

Thank you so much @angelradioco for this wonderful gift.

🥹🫶🏻💙💚

#SaveTheWinchesters

#RenewGothamKnights

[gutterballgt]

So I did a thing.

A weird and expensive thing. Let me explain.

No. There is too much. Let me sum up.

I’ve always wanted to go to a big fandom conference, just once. I know it’s too much (not to mention too expensive) to ever go again, but I always wanted to go the once. Experience all the things. ComicCon San Diego was my dream con, but I knew that one was out of reach. And all the local ones (I live in the middle, where there’s practically nothing) are small-time and not worth the money unless you’re just REALLY into the thing you’re going to see. Like Pacific Rim, which had no cons anywhere even remotely near here.

So I figured it was a bucket list tick that might never get checked off. No big, right?

Fast forward to Season 14 of Supernatural. I heard they were finally ending the series in the 15th season and thought, “Hey, they’re actually getting to wrap it up right instead of being cancelled. Maybe I should finally watch it.”

Yes. I didn’t start watching Supernatural until the last season was in the works. Sue me. Those TV bastards have burned me too many times on too many cut-off series, okay?

So I started watching and then... COVID hit. They stopped filming. The bastards got me anyway, dammit.

And then, after they started filming again, I found out how the show actually ended and balked. HARD. I’d already watched enough to know who was my favorite lead character, and I was not pleased. What was even the point? Why did I start this, anyway?

So I struggled through Season 7 (my least favorite except for all the Dick jokes and the introduction of Charlie), enjoyed the Mark of Cain and Demon!Dean and, of course, Rowena, etc. etc. But by about Season 13 or so, it started being so unrelentingly grim that I eventually stopped watching about halfway through 14. Especially knowing how it ended, I was just burnt out. Couldn’t do it.

Fast forward again to earlier this year. I’ve had a lot of big changes this year, as I mentioned a while ago. New job, new house, new insurance (which meant running out of my meds because it didn’t kick in fast enough to cover the gap, which meant me having a very bad month in there somewhere). In all the hubbub, I got to wondering about that last season of Supernatural.

I’m not a completionist. I’m really not. But I hate leaving something I’ve invested so much time in unfinished. I wasn’t a superfan or anything, but I do like the characters and the monster-of-the-week format and most of the overarching storylines, etc. It’s solid entertainment, and one hell of an accomplishment to have lasted that long and still have such a huge fandom.

So I went back to the beginning and started over. And this time, I got all the way through.

I won’t talk about the ending. It is what it is.

But because I just watched it again, my Instagram feed has been filled with Supernatural ads and posts, and I saw that there’s a Supernatural con in Austin, TX in August 2024.

Austin isn’t THAT far away. It’s the closest one all year, anyway. Driving distance, even.

And there was a sale on all ticket purchases before the weekend.

And I’ve always wanted to go to a con.

So I slept on it, then did the thing. I bought a ticket to go to a Supernatural con in 2024. I’M GOING TO A CON. FINALLY.

I’m trying not to be too excited too fast. It’s a long way off. Over a year. And I’ll have to miss the July writer’s con next year because I don’t want to take off too much time at the new job, even though I’ll have been there over a year by then.

But I’m still pretty stoked. I’m going to a con.

It’s not Pacific Rim, but it’ll do.

[jinkieswouldyoulookatthis]

Story of Jared meeting Eddie Vedder... HILARIOUS

[cursedbycastiel]

More likely because he was so tall for the whole “closeup” feel of the video- a fellow fan photographer was theorizing. The more fun answer is that he’s representing for all us fangirls 😂

i've no idea why drake is kneeling at his feet but good for misha/harvey! -- twitter. com/ leah659/ status/ 1647431180369657857?s=21

omg?!!! i can’t wait to see the video from the front 😆

[lacilou]

This is getting out of hand.

CreationCon

[jensenackles-daily]

themichaelrosenbaum: Smallville Nights in Atlanta was epic. Look who crashed the show? Yup. Our buddy @jensenackles - so nice of him to come in and read Clark Kent’s lines with a fan donning a bald cap and reading Lex’s lines. #blast. #supernatural #smallville #lex #clark #dean @tomwelling @creationent #creationcon #atlanta - Hope to see you at the next Creation Con. come say hello. (x)

[positivexcellence]

themichaelrosenbaum:  Smallville Nights in Atlanta was epic. Look who crashed the show? Yup. Our buddy @jensenackles - so nice of him to come in and read Clark Kent’s lines with a fan donning a bald cap and reading Lex’s lines. #blast. #supernatural #smallville #lex #clark #dean @tomwelling @creationent #creationcon #atlanta - Hope to see you at the next Creation Con. come say hello.

[surflove808]

Do you think this cast is problematic and insensitive?  Gather around the fire with me, you delicate tulips.  Let me tell you a story.

There will be potty language.  And there will be no straddling the fence to appease both sides.  So, read at your own risk.  But, absolutely always feel free to respond and engage in discussion!

When I got into this show, I fell down the rabbit hole like everyone else, and watched con footage and interviews and became more invested than I ever have in a show because of all the (perceived) incredible positivity and kindness reflected from the cast to the SPN Family and vice versa.  I had never seen anything like it.  And I was so impressed with this fandom and proud to be a part of it that I do something I rarely do - I gushed about it to friends.  Even though I knew they'd give me shit.  Because we think we're too cool for school or something.  I don't know.

My love for this show and fandom eventually led me to Tumblr and the actors Twitter feeds.  I went full fangirl.  I thought, "Yay!  Other people who enjoy this amazing show.  Gifs!  Funnies!  Fanfics!  Art!  Support!"  And there is that, undoubtedly....but there is also this seedy underbelly that gets far more attention that it merits.  And I have become so disillusioned and angered by the shit I see here on the regular, not to mention Twitter.... that I feel like I need to disengage from following both (SPN-wise), so I don't burst a fucking capillary.

Before I do that.... to the handful of "fans" that have caused a Twitter uproar and instigated shortsighted and nasty smear campaigns regarding:

1.  Jareds inappropriate joke

2.  Mark Pellegrino and William Shatner defending Jared over some other Twitter bullshit.  They didn’t cause the initial offense, they merely defended their buddy against all the flamers....which, apparently is not allowed for these specific individuals.  They’re so evil.  How dare they have a human response to seeing their friend get charbroiled online.  It’s like they think they’re real people....

3.  Jensen supporting his FRIEND JDM when he was harassed and lambasted on Twitter and Instagram for wearing a Blue Lives Matter t-shirt.  *Also, see #2*

4.  Jensens retweet of Pellegrinos very nice message welcoming India to the SPN Family (flooding Jensens feed with demands that he not support his castmate and friend because Mark stood up to them or because they don't agree with Marks ideology.  Way to take something positive and turn it ugly, BTW.  Sorry, India.  Truly.  I'm secondhand cringing over here.)  *Also, see #2*

5.  *See previous rants on this page*

Can you please fuck off already?   I hear Antarctica is nice this time of year, and that knitting is a great way to take your mind off things and meditate.  I might follow my own advice, in fact.  But stay the hell away from my yurt.  I am stabby when it comes to you people.

There are always going to be people who feel compelled to stir up a lot of shit over anything these guys say and do, and they generally also apply that rule to most things in life, I'm guessing.  And I know opinions are like assholes (everyone's got one), but really, there seem to be a handful of folks that LIVE for the drama around here. Get a grip.  Be useful.  Because what you seem to enjoy doing - Tearing down public figures in order to promote your own agenda, and making threats and accusations and spreading them like cancer?  It's not productive. It's toxic.   With regards to THE JOKE:

I don't want to tell the joke.  TELL IT!  No, my jokes are all inappropriate.  TELL it!  Nah... TELL IT ANYWAY, WE DON'T CARE!  *Tells joke*  *Sees personal integrity torpedoed and potentially damaged career/legacy due to an influx of online articles based on a handful of tweets by reactionary "fans" who probably weren't even there*  Nice set-up, people.

Neither one of these guys is or has ever been anything but gracious to fans, not to mention caring and supportive.  That's why fans from all over the world come to see them and share their personal stories of hardship with this cast.  And they are certainly not proponents of rape culture.  

These conventions are for adults, by adults.  And if you bothered to even watch a sampling of con footage of these guys, your delicate sensibilities would probably be overwhelmed by the sexually charged and deeply inappropriate things that get said BY some fans TO these guys.  But here's the thing, these actors take it in stride and treat their fans like friends.  And these cons are very intimate and personal, open and extremely funny.  Is content inappropriate sometimes?  Yes, thank Chuck. THAT'S USUALLY WHAT MAKES IT FUNNY.   

Have you ever watched a comedy routine?  How do you handle dark humor?  Can you?  If you can't?  Don't watch.  Don't play Cards Against Humanity either.  In fact....turn the internet off and spend time around real people.  Build up some tolerance.  Take your newfound tolerance to a domestic violence shelter and volunteer your time.  Immerse yourself in a new culture.  Read a few books.  Educate yourself a bit and grow wiser.  Pick your battles and fight for what's right.  Not for what you "think" is right for Twit hits.

And you know what?  If you're the type of person who is going to go on a witch hunt that results in these guys having to share the same platform with guys like Weinstein and Spacey, with potentially irreversible damage done to their professional and personal lives over something like THIS?   Congratulations.  You've become the thought police.  You're demonizing people who have done a tremendous amount of good in the world around them via campaigns that stem from a desire to reach out to their fandom and support of people in crisis, particularly women, over a lame joke that Jared and especially Jensen, didn't feel was appropriate to share in the first place.  These are genuinely kind and decent men, maybe do some more background research and check your motivation before you irrevocably damage someones well-being and livelihood.  

And because I don’t know any of your names or whereabouts, I can’t actually fuck up your life, can I?  And even if I could?  Why on earth would I??  Anonymity’s great, though....isn’t it?  We can go online and sit on our own virtual Mount Olympus, raining down accusations, judgments and sentences with minimal effort, foresight or concern for the ramifications of our actions.  

And Jared is a prime example of that sometimes.  I’m sorry to say, because he is a good dude, but he’s guilty of some of the same flamebroiling of people that you excuse yourselves from in the name of self righteousness.  The difference is - you can hide behind your anonymity.  He can’t.  And I’m down with calling people on their bullshit behavior (clearly), and Jared has had it coming a few times, but THIS?  This is ridiculous.

Since you seem to be fond of extreme responses, I could make the comparison that encouraging, no....demanding that someone do something that they don't want to do, and then shaming them for it when they do what you've asked? That's REAL textbook abuse.  Chew on that for a minute.

Congrats again, because when you search either of their names, that's the FIRST thing that comes up.  "Jared Padalecki and Jensen Ackles made a rape joke".  The joke in and of itself doesn't and shouldn't negate all the good they've put out in the world, but in the eyes of the general public outside the fandom?  NOW it does.  THAT'S what people now see.  

It's amazing how a 7 word joke can lead to online character assassination that tears down over a decade of good works.  And I wouldn't blame them one bit for shutting down future cons and/or reducing their conversation with fans to subject matter that strictly pertains to the show. 

And if you have stated any iteration of "I will no longer be a fan or watch this show because of these horrible meanies"... GOOD.  FUCKING.  RIDDANCE.   It would make the SPN Family a much better place to be if ya'll and your other easily offended brethren who can dish it out, but can't take it, would fuck off to parts unknown to fixate on something else and leave us in peace.  

[shedontlovehuhself]

[cursedbycastiel]

I’m gonna be so broke 😭…. 💙

Sunday Morning with Misha

[cursedbycastiel]

[casmick-consequences]

alex having trench daddy issues for almost 2 minutes "straight"

[found--family]

when you have a question about a canon queer ship and CreationCon workers ask what your question is... 

[turnipotentiary]

who shat on the floor at my supernatural creationcon cruise

I don't need therapy I need a vip ticket for the supernatural cruise ship

[classycoffeecat]

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