#dean being retired and maybe not Happy happy because i

[heliotrope155]

Post canon, they're all adjusting to not hunting, or at least not as much as they used to. Sam gets the bright idea to start digitizing their records and Dean needs something to do so he takes on some of it. He's reading over them and lost in thought about the way they spent their lives. It's weird not hunting anymore, even if he irritably tells people he's semi-retired Bobby-style. It's even weirder to think of leaving the mission undone, leave the Family Business to Claire, Jack, Garth, and Kaia. Dean feels like he should be more bothered, but he's not.

He keeps typing up notes on vampires, switches to updating some stuff about witches and realizes with a snort how many of their entries feature Cas. Sam's jotted meticulous notes on him, his abilities, nephilim, even if there's maybe a handful of angels out there.

Dean remembers Cas's lofty "Three days ago, you thought there was no such thing as me" and takes it more seriously to spare some other hunter a headache. He adds details about how Cas likes his coffee, his sandwiches, how shitty of an employee he is--and that's when he's not a budding megalomaniac. Writes about Cas's squinty-eyed look at things and how angels need to be baited with--

"Are you writing a hunting guide on me?" Cas asks, hugging Dean from behind, chin in his hair. He sounds almost charmed, like this is a perfectly normal and flattering discovery.

Dean smirks, patting his arm, "I'm not done yet." He taps out a warning that anyone trying to get at Cas would have to go through him, scary enough, and worse Jack and Claire. "Happy?"

"I want more details on how I slaughtered my way through hell rather than the fact I'm shorter than you."

"Oh whoops." Dean presses a button and the entry pops up in the new database.

Cas's eyes flash dangerously. "You know I have my own sections in this database don't you?"

Dean raised an eyebrow. He had not considered that. "Feel free to type up all the nice shit you said about me being selfless and loveable and--"

Cas turns his chair around, hands on either armrest. "Do you enjoy being married? Because I'd advise you to shut up now."

"Okay, I've made a mistake. I'll get Sam to change the entry when he gets back, okay?"

Cas smiles a little, letting up.

"Because I forgot how sensitive you can get about-- Cas come on!"

[deanscutiepiesam]

happy wincest wednesday! my question for this week's round table (lol) is: what's your ideal for sam and dean's "apple pie" life? would they settle down and retire with each other, or would they keep hunting? who does the cooking, who does the cleaning (do they even know how to clean?), do they hide the fact that they're brothers or are they the freaky incest bros down the street? do they have kids (mpreg or adoption)? pets? i'm curious about any and all ideas you have :) (@incesthemes)

Happy Wincest Wednesday!! ♡

This is such a cute question! Idk I kind of imagine it like that little slice of life moment we had at the beginning of the finale. I think they'd stay in the bunker (bc have you seen housing prices??) and I just think they'd like the isolation the bunker provides and the safety of it (the sigils and warding and stuff).

Would they retire? Yes and no. I think they wouldn't go looking for hunts. They wouldn't travel across the country for them, but if something suspicious is happening in town, I could see them checking it out. I think at this point hunting is too ingrained in them to just abandon it completely. But they do the best they can.

Also, speaking of traveling, they definitely go on occasional road trips. Just for the sake of driving and seeing the country without hunting and for the nostalgia of motels and being stuck together on the road.

Dean cooks. He gets pissy when Sam offers to with his whole need-to-provide thing going on. Sam washes dishes as a compromise. They also go grocery shopping together because Dean will never buy vegetables if Sam isn't there, and Sam will only buy vegetables if Dean isn't there. They complete each other (and they don't like being apart that long). Speaking of not wanting to be apart, they definitely share rooms now. Sam moved into Dean's because Dean wanted to keep his memory foam mattress.

I think Sam cleans more since he's at home more — he's finishing his degree, but online — but Dean helps out sometimes, too. I think Dean would have a job of some kind. He doesn't need one because of Charlie's infinite credit card hack, and they don't have to pay any bills on the bunker, but Dean strikes me as a guy who needs to do something. Even if it's part-time. Maybe a mechanic?

They initially pose as normal brothers (since I headcanon that they stay in the bunker, it's canon that they go by the Campbell Brothers in town), but they soon realize that everyone thinks they're gay married and that they're using being brothers as a cover. "It's not illegal anymore, you two," someone will tell them. And Sam is blushing, and Dean doesn't get it until Sam explains it when they get home. They just end up letting the town think whatever they want, although they are a bit more affectionate in public now...

They have pets. Miracle is both of their dogs, but I feel like it's more Dean's, so Sam would get another one. Sam wakes up early for his runs and walks them, and when he gets back, Dean has made breakfast, and he feeds them bacon against Sam's wishes. Also, their dogs are in love with each other. Sam had gotten the other dog so Miracle could have a brother, but then he walked in on them licking each other. "I guess they're more than just brothers," Sam says. "Heh, they're like us," Dean replies, and Sam can't hold back his laugh.

No kids. These men should not have kids. As much as I love the headcanons, please do not let them have kids lmaoo.

Anyways, thank you so much for the ask! I love thinking about them happy and at peace.

[loveislandthegame]

thoughts on todays volume!

i had the tiniest sliver of hope when the girls asked who MC wanted to see. i picked jesse, but MC’s villa meet up ended up being with hayden. great for OG LI girlies but a snoozefest for me 😭 with the gem scene we learn that jesse is getting along with a casa girl, but they haven’t done anything yet. also that dean is full of shit, but i don’t think we need to pay 29 gems to figure that one out

next up is a compatibility quiz with hayden and caleb ! once again, a snoozefest for me. i wish lisbeth and jesse could’ve been options here. the answers are super obvious so i just alternated between them, and ended up getting hayden. for the astrology lovers, caleb’s a virgo. it suits him !

let me preface this by saying this dress isn’t too bad, & it’s not even the worst outfit this season, but you should’ve seen the face i made when MC was hyping up her show stopping look, and decided to pull out this 2012 pinterest abomination . it’s horrible and i kinda love that

stick or twist time ! i chose caleb, lisbeth chose yash (they are cute together, & also she’s made it very clear she’s strategically twisting, but UGHHHH💔)

isadora and nyah stuck with ethan and milo. when i tell you i almost jumped for joy that neither of them chose dean. FB seriously needs to retire that trope of one casa guy being a sleazeball. it’s fine if we can’t romance all of them, but why not make them a friend ?! make them interested in somebody else without being an absolute knob, literally anything else (i think it’d be cool if there was an casa guy that entered a friendship couple to graft on a villa guy, but FB can’t write for beans and they’re allergic to openly bi/pan men)

we go back to the villa, and why can’t we just walk in with our partner normally ?😭 i picked “pretend to be delivering a parcel” because it was the only one that i felt wouldn’t be disrespectful to either hayden or caleb. it’s so unserious but it wasn’t as ridiculous as i thought it would be

eisha is so gorgeous ! and she flirted with MC 🎉🎉🎉 i won’t get my hopes up for a love triangle tho, because i already know that the game is gonna force us to chose between her or lisbeth in the next couple volumes. i’d love to be wrong, but that’s how wlw routes have been for like 5 seasons now. anyways, it’s so funny/interesting that between my MC, lisbeth, and eisha, all of jesse’s LIs (except sofia) are wlw (plus he has two dads) he’s rolling with the LGBT 🏳️‍🌈

ethan and milo end up apologising. that is the most bare minimum thing ever, but my expectations were in hell after we couldn’t call out nyah for acting like we were BFFs again. i forgave them because i’m too much of a softie to actually commit to a villain route. they better sleep with one eye open though

i think ava is pretty, but i will say she’s giving bootleg s1 Cherry, with a dash of lucy (personality wise, plus being the ex…something of our casa LI) i wish we could be friends with her but she’s doomed to be our bland one dimensional rival. snoozefest 💤

the only reason i’m happy to be in the villa again ❤️❤️❤️

also there’s gonna be a dumping ?😭 we just got back. i would say FB should actually let the villa be full for once, but this season has been so glitchy that it’s probably for the best. anyways, it will probably be nyah/milo or isadora/ethan unless they decided to do another twist. maybe tristan and sofia will hop out the bushes 😍

overall, a bit boring for me. i wish that there was content for people who aren’t mainly romancing their OG LI or casa guy. especially when it comes to compatibility challenges or rivals. i’m just mindlessly tapping through it all (but at the same time, this season has had way too much going on so it’s nice to get a break i guess ?…😭)

[ananke-xiii]

“First Blood” is a bad SPN episode. It’s no surprise to me because I don’t like Andrew Dabb’s writing style and the reason why I don’t like it is because plot and ideas don’t go hand in hand in his episodes. I can clearly see what he has in mind and sometimes it's cool stuff. But then I can also clearly see how the plot was just a second thought because it’s inconsistent both within the episode and the season at large. I’ll use this episode to explain what I mean.

The three main ideas of this episode are:

Castiel feels depressed, useless and close to the human equivalent of a mental breakdown. At the beginning of the season he thought Dean was dead and Sam was captured and he was cast away 3h from Lebanon with no idea what to do next. He feels guilty because he had a hand in letting Lucifer out of the Cage and he thinks it’s now his responsibility to fix the situation. He’s forced to work with Crowley and he's not too happy about it and now that they’ve presumably trapped Lucifer, he has lost Kelly and Sam and Dean got captured. Again. The angel is not doing good and he’s primed for committing a reckless act. So this episode’s focus is putting Castiel in a situation where he’s forced to snap. And honestly, I like this idea, it’s a cool idea.

Apart from the ghost in “The Foundry” so far the season has offered only human MoTW and the big enemy of the season, not including Lucifer, is the BMoL, also human. Having the brothers fight against supposedly high-skilled soldiers equals to a possibly good action scene, Rambo-style and, why not? Honestly, I’m in. I always enjoy when they decide to remind us how scary Sam and Dean are and how we only see them fighting the “good” (well, more or less but bear with me for my argument’ sake) fight against “evil”. But these two guys were literally trained like soldiers by their soldier father, they can take a person out in matter of seconds and if one day they get out of bed on the wrong side they might just start an Apocalypse Now. Just saying. So again, cool, I’m in, great idea.

Minor but important, it’s time to show what the BMoL have to offer to American hunters. We also need a big reason for Mary, being this season’s keystone, to join them. Now, this I don’t particularly like but that’s just me hating on the BMoL storyline so don’t mind me.

And now, the plot:

Cas calls Mary for help. Sam and Dean are locked in a super-secret super hidden facility. Mick starts the recruiting process of the American hunters but things don’t go very well. Mary gets angry at Cas so Cas gets even more depressed and feels even more useless. So of course he asks Crowley for help. Crowley can’t help for two reasons: his spies don’t know what happened to Sam and Dean because it’s “above their paygrade” and he also doesn’t care. He knows that the brothers will get out one way or another and, frankly, he’s right but not the point here. Weeks pass, Mary continues hunting solo (and all her law enforcement contacts are retired or dead), Sam and Dean go a little crazy in their cells. Cas feels powerless, he can’t find the brothers and he can’t even work a case. Things aren’t good for anybody. Shocker: Sam and Dean are found dead in their cells, what happened? Mary shows remorse for how she’s treated Cas by handling the case he was unable to solve. Surprise! Sam and Dean are alive, they escape. Dean calls Cas and tells him their location, more or less. It’s not specific but it’s something. Cas meets up with Mary to go there and, again, he thinks that maybe Crowley and Rowena can help. Mary says no. Cas has an idea. Surprise! It’s the BMoL (again, Cas is desperate but it looks like Cas kept Mick’s phone number, huh?). Meanwhile Sam and Dean are in a forest running away from soldiers. Ketch knows where Sam and Dean were held, it’s a secret base that officially doesn’t exist (bear in mind we’re fed this piece of info at min 27). Sam and Dean win against trained soldiers and they reunite with Mary and Cas. Turns out they were dead because Dean summoned Billie and Sam and he made a deal with her: she helped them escape in exchange for one Winchester. Mary offers herself up but Cas reaches his limit and he commits the reckless act: he kills Billie. Mary is ready to listen what the BMoL has to offer.

The inconstancies:

May I remind you that Castiel is an Angel of the Lord? No, no, that’s not it. May I remind you that Castiel knows and practices magic? No, that’s not it again. Ah, yes. May I remind you that Castiel is an Angel of the Lord who knows and practices magic and lives in a bunker filled with esoteric books? Books that surely contain info on tracking spells (as if Castiel needs a book for a spell, but let’s pretend for a moment). And the same goes for when Cas was looking for Sam in “Keep Calm and Carry On”, another Dabb’s episode. Why doesn’t he let them use magic? Or at least show that they try to use magic and somehow they fail or… something. I mean, come on. Is it only me? Okay, maybe it’s just me, let’s move on (but this is so fun to me because, incidentally, the way to solve all problems in S13 is magic and spells so, you know, be careful for what you wish for, I guess).

Crowley says his spies don’t know shit because it’s above their paygrade but we’ve seen a woman spilling the tea on the president just one episode prior. The two things may not  be necessarily connected but this woman was literally in the same room with the president of the United States, I don’t think she was a small fish. But fine, okay, Crowley lies so who knows? Still, it’s kinda weird that the King of Hell doesn’t have people in the top-tier levels of American politics. I guess he only rules over the LA music industry scene.

Mary says that all her law enforcement contacts are retired or dead but hello? She met Jody, a literal sheriff, some episodes before. And Cas could’ve called her too, for help. But no, let’s add something incorrect just for the fun of it. The line could’ve been: Jody is trying to help us but this is above her paygrade, ah no wait, it’s already been used, lol.

Sam and Dean’s deal with Billie: wtf was that? These guys know how to summon cosmic entities. Dean is Crowley’s ex, ffs, the moment he calls the King of Hell is at his feet (even if he can’t be bothered to actively look for Dean it doesn’t mean he cannot be summoned). Let’s pretend they tried and it didn’t work, although it’s very weak but fine. It makes sense that Dean calls Billie next since she helped him in “Celebrating the Life of Asa Fox”. No, wait, Dean owes Billie one why would she help him? Okay, fine, let’s pretend, again, that she agrees. She'd like to see them dead, after all. What I wanna know now is why do Sam and Dean make a deal with Billie to make them die so they can escape from the prison, only to meet up at midnight to hold up their end of the deal? Can’t she just teleport them away from their cells and collect her payment for services rendered right there and then? It makes ZERO sense. Also, uhm, Sam and Dean can... pray to Cas??? They don't know where they are, of course, but they can at least communicate with him, so... Just saying.

About the action scene: Sam and Dean are portrayed as scary dudes that can take down high-level soldiers. However, they also care about human lives and don’t kill the soldiers. Excuse me? Like, by now they’re totally okay with killing people possessed by demons but they draw the line at soldiers whose literal job is war? So civilians are good but soldiers “are just doing their job”? Yes, Dean, exactly, they are doing their job, unlike poor possessed civilians! I’m not saying they should have killed the soldiers, I’m just saying that the episode makes a point of showing&telling us that they don’t want to kill them (because they can take them down just like that) and it sounds hypocritical to me. Especially when by the end of the same episode we have a black woman that gets stabbed in the back for no real reason (she was not the enemy there, she was collecting her right payment). I know the two things are not related and that Ketch will ultimately kill all these poor people but, visually speaking, it sends sort of a very wrong message. And let’s be real again, it makes ZERO sense.

I don’t wanna insist but Dean calls Cas and he gives him a fucking location and still nobody thinks of a tracking spell, instead they need the BMoL and their stupid satellite because “the place doesn’t officially exist”. So what does it mean? That magic cannot see it? I’m confused and also, I don’t think so. Cas says they might need back up and Ketch asks him what they should expect so one might think that they need the BMoL to fight the soldiers but no! Nothing happens! Apart from Ketch assasinating a whole unit of soldiers by himself. I’m going crazy over this stuff because I cannot believe this shit.

Finally, all this stuff was supposed to elicit some interest in Mary towards the BMoL but… they haven’t really done anything, have they? They haven’t even fought against monsters, they basically just provided them with a satellite. Which, okay cool, but still. It doesn’t sound like a compelling enough reason to hear them out but maybe it’s just me and I’m being too fussy by now.

Okay, I hope I’ve proved my point. “First Blood” is a bad episode because it doesn’t make sense at all in terms of plot. It contradicts a lot of stuff that we’ve seen in past episodes, it makes Cas act as if he’s dumb, Sam and Dean indeed make a stupid deal in the literal sense of the word because they could’ve been killed by the soldiers or being imprisoned again before Billie could collect her payment. All this fuss for an lukewarm escape-from-prison action scene. Meh.

[ironboobs]

Trying to find all the easter eggs from 7x09... Did I miss any?

Natasha reaching for her phone worrying it's about work instead of enjoying sexy time with Sullivan => Maya did the same when she went on vacation with Carina (3x11)

Andy voiceover => First two seasons!

Maya's outfit in the kitchen => the same she wore the day she met her future wife at Joe's bar (3x05)

"Hey, I love you" in the kitchen before leaving to work => Same moment in the old apartment (4x04)

"Jack are you sitting at home monitoring the wildfire?" => Her father too was unable to stop firefighting after he had to retire

"Why aren't we dancing for joy?" => Houseboat dancing, Andy was the only one who didn't want to dance (3x16)

"I'd like to tell Travis first" => (maybe farfetched) Ross asking Andy and Maya not to tell Sullivan about their relation being leaked. (6x16)

Talking about a potential future on the station's rooftop => Travic were the only duo who hadn't done that yet, so many moments and discussions happened at this spot.

"Oh crap" => Signature quote from Montgomery, he says it all the time : hockey rink, snowstorm

Wildfire => Season 2 finale

Yellow fire engine is back and lined up neatly with the other ones! => It's the one S19 temporary had when their engine was totalled (5x02)

"You know I don't like the woods" / Glamping site => The couple who gets attacked by a bear : the lady is not happy that her husband brought her to a glam-camping trip instead of a hotel (3x05)

"Chief, you feel confident in that plan?" => Andy vs Jack when she does't want to open more ventilation in the roof but he does and they wait (1x03)

Theo being bothered having to sit around to attend some rich dude's ugly building instead of fighting the wildfire => Sullivan when he enrolled a private company, as he heard Andy calling her team (4x01)

"My mom smoke when she was pregnant with me", "Yeah, exactly" => Sounds like Jack and Maya's smack talk in season one

"Didn't work for us, that doesn't mean it won't work for you and Carina" => Andy tells Maya her marrying super fast didn't work for her and Sullivan, but that her situation with Carina is different (4x14)

"I don't think we're there yet" => Again, callback to Jack and Andy battling for Captain waiting too long for that ventilation (1x03)

"Are you doing a quick and dirty courthouse wedding" => Andy and Sully married in a quick and dirty courthouse wedding (3x12)

"We're happy for her, right?" => In the pilot, when they're in the rig, Maya learns that Jack proposed and says "Oh we are not happy" (1x01)

"Everyone's leaving home" => Andy feels like her father felt when she moved out? (2x02)

"We were raised in this station by your dad" => Pruitt told Maya he handpicked the entire team because he knew they'd fit as a family (4x01)

"Have each other's backs" => Herreras' tag line circa season one

"You can't leave, Vic" => Vic asking Dean not to leave on their way to fight a fire (5x05)

Vic referring to Travis as her person => Grey and Yang coded, he also said that to her two episodes prior when she had her meltdown (7x06)

Probies flirting with each other => Gibson and Herrera (1x01)

Bishop and Herrera looking at the fire => wildfire episode throwback (Season 2 finale)

Whistle lady => Molly had a whistle in the skyscraper fire (Season 1 finale)

Hiker fell down the hill => When Andy and Maya rappelled down to rescue a hiker who had fallen (2x06)

Sullivan connects to the victim because they're both marine vets => Sullivan helps with a hostage situation, bonding over being a veteran (3x09)

Vic and Travis fighting while cleaning branches => Same way they were fighting when Travis discovered she was with Theo (4x09)

"We cannot wait for the aid car" => Maya's demotion (4x16)

"We're gonna have to carry him, the medical tent is about a mile away" => Emmet tells Travis they can carry Vic to the Aid Car that's a mile away (5x05)

"Have fun getting fired" => again callback to when Sullivan chose to go help with the fire instead of staying put (4x01)

"Dibs on the puppy" => Shoutout to Dean in the series pilot (1x01)

Ben jumping into Doctor mode, saying "This can't wait" => During the california wildfire Ben had to cut the man's hand for him to survive (Season 2 finale)

"That Richards guy reminds me of Gibson" => Self explanatory, Season 1

"Being in the field is a different game. I bet you won't do it wrong again" => Travis said something similar to Ben as he almost killed Pruitt wanting to do a medical procedure on the Aid Car (1x01)

"Swollen ankles, pickles, chocolate ice cream" => JJ hated her pregnant state and had ice cream cravings (3x06)

"That is how childbirth works, my friend" => Maya and Carina face timing during the snowstorm episode "Babies don't fly out they slowly slide out" (3x06)

"Monogamy is for the weak, or the very very dedicated" => front porch drinking session between Maya, Andy and Vic (1x02)

Getting retired firefighters to help out => Pruitt and friends would be proud

"She told Theo before me?" => Travis already said that before

Rambling " and - Oh my god she was right" => another signature quote from Travis

"We're 19. Family forever." => Tagline of the show, had to be mentioned

"New Guy" => Ben was called that when started as a probie

"Thanks, Hughie" => Dean was the one who called Vic that <3

Mentions of Lasagna, "Ti amo, Bella" => Marina core

Top of the truck => Same as after Lucas Ripley died

"Come with me" => Dean offered Vic to come with him to Oakland

"You don't have to know right now" => Vic's proposal to Ripley

"Dad!" => Ben's nickname at the Station

"Wet stuff on the red stuff" => Dean, season one, Travis, season four

"Use my name, I know a guy" => Isn't that what Vic says to Theo when he goes to order Pierogies ?

"Boy Scout" => Kate called Theo that (7x04)

Theo jumps to save Travis => He couldn't do it for Michael

"We roll him on my count 3,2,1" => Reverse situation when they all rolled Hughes in season 5 in The things we lost in the fire

"We're not talking like you're dying because you're not dying" => I feel like I've heard that from Vic before, but can't pinpoint the episode

Camera moving around Carina and Maya => Carina's proposal scene (4x14), yet another moment that's supposed to be happy but comes with some devastating news, like the proposal/visa, the wedding/demotion etc.

[sterekmpreg]

eli x jack headcanons?

For sure

) Eli meets Jack when he's 14 and he became friends with Jack immediately when he realized how strangely Jack behaved, because Eli knew he was strange too.

) When Derek and Stiles first meet Jack they look at each other and then back to the smiling teens with raised eyebrows. “Why is that kid acting like he was raised in captivity?” “I don't know... And whys is he so fucking happy!”

) Jack tells his dads hr made a new friend and the Winchester family couldn't be happier to have ‘their’ son/nephew away from the supernatural danger for once.... Well until they learn Jack’s new friends are werewolves.

) Jack and Eli both had to play mediator when Dean and Cas had started accusing Derek and Stiles of killing the people around Beacon Hills. In the end, the teens managed to get their parents to work well together and handle the demon running a muck in Beacon Hills.

) Jack is so happy all the time, that the first time Eli sees Jack go off Eli, and the fucking pack, are shocked to their core. I mean it's not every day you see a teenage boy kill Satan and then find out that Satan is said teenager's biological father.

) When Jack learns that Eli is scared of being a werewolf, Jack shares something he was taught with Eli after Eli has a panic attack and not even Derek or Stiles could calm their son down. “Eli, I had to learn this too, but it doesn't matter what you are, it matters what you do.... Even ‘monsters’ can do good in this world.”

) Eli is absolutely ecstatic when he finds out that the Winchesters we're retiring from being active Men Of Letters, and had decided to settle down right in Beacon hills... So maybe not retired restored but not constantly traveling anymore.

) Jack and Eli are definitely the school's dorks but they're also the smartest kids and every teacher's favorite.

) Grandpa Stklinski LOVES Jack. He's probably the one who who rooting for Rli and Jack to get together the most.

) Dean and Derek get along very well and Eli soon learns that he and Jack are gonna have to step up their lying game because of how protective the two are.

) Jack realized Castiel and Stiles are a lot smarter than their husbands and he and Eli are always looking behind then, almost jumping when one of their parents catches them doing exactly what they shouldn't be doing.

Let me know if you want more and more specific one😊

[scruffyssketchbook]

I remember having this idea for an SSEC AU where Harmony owns a cafe, and all the main characters work there (even Eve, who's older in the AU.)

My ideas so far:

Harmony: The owner of the cafe alongside Rick (who retired.) She often works at the cafe's bar with Dusk as a bartender and counts profits at the end of the day. She's responsible for like 90% of the cafe (Dean is responsible for 10% of it.) Also, at her station at the bar, she keeps a shotgun under the counter in case someone tries to perform an armed robbery at the cafe (IT'S FOR SELF DEFENSE, DON'T WORRY!)

Dean: The manager of the cafe. He also makes sandwiches there (he LOVES sandwiches, almost to the point of obsession. Or maybe he's not obsessed. *totally not lying here* <_<;)

Vay: While he doesn't look different than his canon counterpart (because it's difficult to imagine Vay as a normal Vaporeon, and because I like his design,) he's friendlier/more pleasant and gets along with Blizz and Eve better than in canon. He cooks and serves most of the food/baked goods.

Blizz: He takes orders and is a janitor! He enjoys it. =D He used to cook back when the cafe was a diner, but... well, let's just say Harmony shouldn't have left him with an air fryer.

Dusk: He's a bartender! He loves his job! He often likes to show off his bartending skills! For some reason, it never impresses Bart, one of the cafe's regulars. Wonder why...

Dawn: She makes cappuccinos! She loves making little elaborate cappuccino art! =3 She gets a little sad when customers just stir it and ruin the art, though.

Daisy: She also makes cappuccinos and coffee, mainly because she's too anxious/awkward to be a waitress (social anxiety, am I right? Bolt has the same thing.)

Bolt: Because he has social anxiety, Bolt is a cook, and also a janitor like Blizz. He used to be a waiter until he had a bad experience with a pretty nasty customer, which is kind of why he has social anxiety in the first place. Poor guy, he was so close to being a manager at that time, too. Bolt works the hardest out of everyone and is so much of a workaholic that he even stays after closing to clean the ENTIRE building...someone get this guy a hobby.

Flame: The laziest out of everyone. He used to be a cook, but after an "incident," he was demoted to a dishwasher/busboy and given tenure. This will never be explained at all, I'm leaving you guys to imagine how tf he managed to get tenure.

Eve: Due to being around 15 in this AU, Eve sometimes shows up to help. She works part-time at the cafe, helping with small things like giving food orders to customers or cleaning tables.

Miku: I actually will admit that I didn't know what to do for Miku for this AU besides letting her be a barista. So I guess she's a barista.

It’s funny Blizz is the janitor cause in canon, he’s the best cook in the cast and he gets SERIOUS when it comes to his job.

I can def see Dusk as a bartender, that job is super Dusk coded. He’d def love mixing drinks and entertaining people. =w= Dusk being actually happy sounds so nice.

Flame being demoted sounds like him 100%. >.>;;; I bet he barely does any dishes and leaves it to Bolt.

Speaking of Bolt, if he is a janitor too, who out of all of them is a waiter/waitress? I assume it’s Vay but him cooking and being a waiter/server by himself sounds like a lot.

It’s very interesting that all the girls (except Eve) mainly deal with coffee stuff. I cant see Dawn do delicate coffee art, I feel like Daisy would be the one who’s sad that Pokémon ruin her art, but I can see Dawn as a bouncer/ Security guard.

Very interesting AU idea!!!! Cafe vibes lmao

[scoobydoodean]

“Loving Dean is a curse that gets other people killed.”

This breaks my heart because this is definitely how Dean sees himself and I hate that for him. I hate that people made him feel that. I hate that the toxic masculinity was so fucking strong that Dean never would’ve bought into therapy. I hate what was done to Dean and how those voices now live inside him and he can’t stop them.

I extra hate it because it was the first time I ever saw a character and saw myself. The difference is that I had someone who loved me enough to push me to do the work and heal. Nobody ever loved Dean enough to live or to actually support him through the work of healing.

Ngl—I don't think toxic masculinity is really Dean's problem? That isn't to say I don't think Dean is a victim of toxic masculinity or that toxic masculinity doesn't affect his life. I just think "Men aren't supposed to feel x" is pretty rarely the reason Dean suppresses something from my perspective.

I actually think when Dean suppresses things (which I think he actually does far less—or at least less effectively—than Sam or Cas) it's usually with quite a lot of awareness about what he is doing (I have a post I need to make about this related to 3.10), and it's because he genuinely cannot afford to fall apart, or feels that he can't afford it. Throughout the whole show, Dean is actively in a war zone or he's repeatedly being thrust back into one and has to be ready to react at any moment. Take season 4—where Dean is freshly returned from arguably the most traumatic experience of his entire life, and is immediately saddled with an apocalypse in which he unwittingly and unwillingly plays a starring role. I haven't had very many experiences I would consider traumatic (and certainly not on Dean's scale), but the one that stands out was not a situation I was mentally capable of healing from while I was still trapped in the situation that was causing me that distress. I had to get out first. 15.19 does set Dean up to escape the war zone, but then 15.20 rips away his right to choose his own path (until The Winchesters) by killing him and writing through decades of time where Dean's feelings and voice are utterly silenced.

I think everyone has their own vision of what healing looks like for Dean. I think for a lot of people, healing looks like a deancas reunion. For one of my friends, healing looks like Dean leaving Sam and Cas behind forever and making his own path away from them jahgdjabjdfnj. For others, it looks like retirement and maybe therapy.

I think tbh the show itself ruined "Dean goes to therapy" for me (especially with 13.04) and also the idea of me really dictating Dean's path at all? (And when I said that to a friend, she said "So Dean is really a real person to you, huh?" jshbfjhsbdajhfb) but I think it's that... what I want for Dean after years of being objectified and used and having his voice silenced, is freedom and endless possibilities—including freedom from my own vision of his ultimate fate? It's so strange because it's almost as if the finale thinks it gave me that with the open road Dean drove along. Yet in reality, it gives me the stifling, nightmarish antithesis—a Dean devoid of determination who looks and feels like he has utterly given up and is just swept along by the tide, silenced, moving through a void, painted with forced happiness/contentment that doesn't feel real. For me, The Winchesters renewed that flame in Dean, but what I want for Dean—personally—looks probably more like... Dean having a knock-down-drag-out vicious fight with almost everyone in his life one by one, where he advocates for his own interest and his right to be heard, and well... wins. 🤭 And then goes on to do absolutely whatever the fuck he wants.

I think Dean does know—he really does—where most of these intrusive thoughts originate from, and a part of him knows these judgements of himself aren't fair ("Dream A Little Dream Of Me" shows us a lot of Dean's awareness, as does "Sam Interrupted") but... hm... I guess for me personally, therapy isn't what I'm looking for for him. But I think it's completely valid that other people want to see that—especially when speaking from their own experiences and the joy they now have that they'd like to share with him.

[oh-three]

Station 19 S7E5:

Oh, Maya, we love you.

The way the crew didn't respond to anything until Andy announced that Theo resigned.

Nooooo, not Crisis One.

Maya apologizing to Beckett (ayyy, we love character development) >>>

"Just because your last name is Herrera doesn't mean you have to lead from his shadow." I missed this side of Maya. Also, what an awesome quote. I miss Pruitt, but she's right.

Warren, you are not going the Sullivan route. Warren, tell me you're fucking not. I never thought he'd do this. Maybe he does need to take a step back.

Ayyy, Dispatch Jack!! Good for him. He still gets to help people, even if he's not in the field the way he used to be.

Never occurred to me they'd take a call in this tower.

I do not want to be Vic right now. I could never do that job.

Y'know, it's been a while since we've had such a big fire. I do miss those episodes.

And there goes the fucking medkit.

Ayyy, Theo got a new job fast. And in the same field. Good for him.

Beckett, give a warning next time, man. Like, sooner. What the fuck.

Travis having a moment and being scared for Warren, regretting fighting with him. I knew he wasn't really upset with him. Because he's right, they never fight. I hope they don't kill Warren off like this. He's earned the right to be able to retire/

Not Carina being reminded of her brother 😭

Warren asking how Sully wants to propose, because he wants to talk about something exciting in what might be their final moments 😭

Stu is great, just wanted to say. Best person to have with you in this sort of situation.

"Hey, Gibby…I'm gonna need you to help look after our little girl. Alright? And tell Miranda…she was worth waiting for." 😭 😭 😭

EXPLOSION, NO.

Please, please only be unconscious.

Damn, those extinguisher spheres are fucking neat.

AYYY, THEY MADE IT. THANK FUCKING GOD.

It's hasn't been long enough since Dean for us to lose someone else.

Oh, fuck, the ring. Why did you even take it on call.

Oh, neat, Ross found it.

Beckett and Maya having a heart to heart >>>

"I will always have your back." 😭

Vic having a freak out on camera…that does not look good.

Andy having to play bad guy and send Vic home is rough, and definitely hurts everyone a bit, but it was the right choice. She is lucky she didn't get fired on the spot.

hugs Carina

God, Sully's hands are huge.

LMAO, SHE STILL LET HIM PROPOSE. The fact that she knew the ring came from him in the first place is fucking hilarious 🤣

AYY, SHE SAID YES.

Theo still coming to the ceremony despite resigning says everything. He didn't resign because of Andy, not at all. He's one of her biggest supporters, has been since they met, always will be. ❤️

Vic better not do a spur-of-the-moment thing and quit. I don't think she would, but people do things unlike themselves when they're emotional.

Ayyy, Jack's there. And he's recording it 😭

looking back on the series with nostalgia on how far the station and Andy have come

She deserves this. I'm so happy to see her here.

Fuck, the flashbacks read my mind. 😭

THEY'VE ALL COME SO FAR.

[destieltaggedfic]

Hello! I love your blog. (I discovered some of my favorite fics/authors thanks to you.) I wondered if you have any more Unsupportive or Estranged Sam stories because they are difficult to find and they are my jam. Anyway, your blog is great <3

So glad you've found some favourites. Yes! Love unsupportive Sam! Also the estranged thing is great, since I've been wanting to do something with that topic too, (its just slightly harder to find - at least in canonverse) Basically all great stories if you wanna be annoyed at Sam for a while. (from the below, Haunt Me... and Propensities of Good Men are great for a 'Sam's being a dick' angle)

Unsupportive Sam.

You'll Get Him Back - coffeeaddict13   Ao3

Set 15x20 didn’t happen AU.  When Dean tells Sam that he is in love with Cas, Sam doesn’t react well at first.

Word Count: 3k                                 No Sex

Sam lies. - Petra1999   Ao3

Nonspecific timeframe.  He’s happy for them, he really is.  It doesn’t stop Sam being jealous that Cas gets so much of Dean’s time now that they’re together

Word Count: 1k                                 No Sex

The Propensities of Good Men – thevinegarworks   LiveJournal

Set S4 AU.  When Dean gets whammied by a sex demon, things aren’t looking good.  Despite knowing the danger he brings his brother, Sam is more than happy to facilitate going on the run because he is untrusting of the new relationship that sprung up between Dean and Cas. (There is a bunch of grey-area non-con because of the mentioned sex demon compulsion)

Word Count: 140k                            Graphic Sexual Acts

These are specifically stories where they become estranged during the course of the show, not Stanford era.

Haunt Me Through the Night – KissingTinyFlowers   Ao3

Set 15x20 didn’t happen AU.   Grieving and knowing that if he goes hunting he likely won’t come back alive, Dean leaves the bunker and its memories (and Sam) behind, ending up in Sioux Falls, where he learns Bobby left everything he owned to him and Sam.  Giving the collection of cabins to Sam so he can set up a hunter network that Dean wants nothing to do with now that he’s retired, Dean rebuilds Bobby’s house to live in, while he figures out what to do with a life with no Cas in it.  But maybe he won’t have to worry about that.

Word Count: 83k                              Graphic Sexual Acts  

Balance And New Beginnings - Hekate1308   Ao3

Set S12.  When he finds out that Sam as well as Mary are working for BMoL, Dean says goodbye and walks away, going to hunt with Cas.  Together with Crowley they start to develop a new way of hunting, which is only targeting the supernatural creatures who are causing harm and protecting the benign ones from the BMoL genocidal plans.

Word Count: 54k                              No Sex

[elementaldoughnut12]

"Broken But Loved"

*contains angst, crying, suicidal thoughts, self harm scars, and Seth being paralyzed*

*Happy birthday Seth Rollins! You are revolutionary and freaking awesome!"

*This is based around Backlash 2023*

Seth still gets nightmares when he goes to sleep about that night and the man that took everything from him. Every night he sees that evil smile of Shinsuke Nakamura and the fatal words he said in Seth's ear after he slammed that steel chair with full force on his back. "I broke you…" Shinsuke whispers with a cruel laugh.

Seth wakes up in a pool of sweat and looks around to see where he's at when he feels puffs of air on the back of his neck and he realizes where he's at. He's at home in his bed with his husband, Dean cuddling him from behind. Seth takes a breath of relief as Dean cuddles Seth while asleep. "It was just another bad dream" Seth thought as he wiped the sweat from his forehead.

 "Maybe splashing some water on my face would make me feel better" Seth whispered to himself. Seth gently moved Dean's arm off of him and went to go to the bathroom until the heart sinking realization sunk in for Seth. He realized he couldn't walk to the bathroom… not anymore.

Seth's paralyzed from the waist down because of Shinsuke. When the steel chair went down on Seth's back, all Seth heard was a sickening crack and felt immense pain until he couldn't feel his legs anymore. It felt like Seth's world came crumbling down when all he heard was Shinsuke's cruel laugh as he tried to get his legs to move but failed when all he felt was nothing. 

He remembers seeing Shinsuke about to slam the chair on his head when Dean came out with a crowbar and busted Shinsuke in the face with it. Dean then picked Seth up bridal style and drove him out of the arena and to the hospital. Dean was pacing in the hospital room and talking about all the things he's gonna do to Shinsuke. When the doctor came into the room to tell him the news, it was there that Seth felt like he flatlined. Next thing he remembered was Dean holding him while he screamed and cried into his husband's chest. 

After that night, Seth had to give up his championship and retire from wrestling since he couldn't walk anymore. He's been using a wheelchair as a means of moving around and Dean takes care of him when he isn't working at AEW every Wednesday and Friday night. Seth feels like a burden whenever Dean has to help him get dressed or comfort him when he has a breakdown. Dean tells him constantly that he doesn't mind taking care of Seth and does it cause he loves him but sometimes those words pass right over Seth's head.

Seth comes back to reality when he feels Dean turn him around and wrap his arms back around his waist and pull himself into Seth's chest. He feels how Dean's hands tighten around him for a brief moment then go back to a loose grip and it makes Seth feel even worse. Seth knows that Dean's arthritis has been getting worse over the years and knowing Dean is dealing with that on top of taking care of Seth is too much for his mind to handle. "Why are you still with me when I'm just a burden to you now?" Seth quietly asks his sleeping husband as tears stream down his cheeks.

He must've been crying a bit too loud cause he hears Dean groan and watches as his eyes flutter open. "Seth? Are you ok?" Dean asks while half asleep. "Yeah I'm fine, it was just another nightmare…" Seth says as he quickly tries to wipe the tears from his eyes. Dean sits up and gives Seth a look which means he knows that Seth is lying out of his ass. "You wouldn't be crying if it was just a nightmare Seth now can you please tell why you're crying?" Dean asks gently. 

Seth started to cry even harder which caused Dean to hug him and slightly rock him. “It's ok Seth, let it out…” Dean says gently as he kisses the top of Seth's head. “W-Why are you still with me?” Seth says through tears. Dean stopped rocking him and looked into Seth's eyes. “Why would you ask me that Seth?” Dean asks worryingly. “Cause I'm just a fucking burden to you now!” Seth yells into Dean's chest. 

“How are you a burden Sethie?” Dean asks gently. “I-I had a nightmare about the night I got paralyzed and it made me realize that you risk your body every week and then you gotta come home and take care of me… it's not fair to you” Seth says sadly. “I don't mind taking care of you Seth” Dean says softly. “You say that but do you really mean it? How do I know you're not just gonna leave one day cause you can't handle it anymore?” Seth says as he looks into Dean's eyes. “To be honest Seth, I ask you the same thing every single day you're with me” Dean says truthfully.

They sat in silence for a couple minutes until Seth spoke again. “You know Dean, if you ever want to kill me you can. Just put a pillow over my face and suffocate me and I wouldn't fight back. I don't know why you love something that's so broken” Seth says as he looks away and starts to cry again. He hears a low growl and feels Dean squeeze him a bit tighter from behind. “Why the fuck would you ever ask me that? Why would you think I would ever wanna do that!?!” Dean says angrily. Seth feels Dean's tears wetting the back of his shirt.

Seth didn't have the chance to answer before Dean spoke again. “Do you know what would happen if I lost you Seth? I would be so fucking lost and alone without you. If I woke up one day and you weren't there next to me, I wouldn't be able to handle it. If it wasn't for you I would've put a bullet in my brain a long fucking time ago cause if you die then I die too” he says through tears. “I mean that much to you?” Seth says as he turns around to wipe away Dean's tears. “I love you too much to just walk away from you Seth” Dean says as he presses their foreheads together. 

“Even if I'm broken?” Seth says as he looks into Dean's eyes again. “Just because you're broken doesn't mean shit cause I'll always love you and besides I'm broken and you still love me” Dean says with a small smile. “How are you broken Dean?” Seth asks curiously. “I'm broken mentally, I'm not the “resident crazy guy” at work for nothing and you know about my incidents” Dean says as he pulls his sleeves down. Seth grabs Dean's arm, pulls the sleeve up and kisses the scars on his wrist. 

“We can't live without each other can we?” He says with a quiet laugh. “Is that a bad thing Sethie?” Dean says as he pulls Seth back into his lap. “No Deano, it just means no matter how hard I'd try I'll never be able to get rid of you” Seth says, causing Dean to laugh. “Nope! You're stuck with me till eternity as it was your idea to marry me twenty years ago” Dean says causing Seth to laugh as well. They sat in silence for a couple minutes until Seth said something…

“I'm sorry for asking you to kill me earlier, I would never make you do something like that to me. I love you too much to ever put you through that” he said truthfully. “Please don't ever ask me to do that again cause I don't wanna be the reason I lose the most important person in my life” Dean says while giving Seth a kiss on his forehead. “Promise me you'll never ask that again? I don't think my heart could handle it” Dean says with a sigh. “Only if you promise not to end your life if something happens to me” Seth says back.

“We'll say it on three ok?” Dean says and receives a nod from Seth. “One…two…three!” Dean says calmly. “I promise” they say in unison. “Jinx! Now you gotta kiss me!” Dean says with a laugh and receives an eye roll from Seth. “Are you proud of yourself?” Seth asks and takes the opportunity to kiss Dean before he can respond. He puts his arms around Dean's waist and pulls him in to deepen the kiss. He pulls away and sees Dean blushing. 

“I love you so much Dean, I'm sorry I ever doubted that” Seth says with a smile. “I love you too Seth and I'm glad you stayed with me all these years. Now can we go back to bed? I'm tired and I wanna cuddle!” Dean says as he plops back down and lays on top of Seth's chest. Seth kisses the top of Dean's head and wraps his arms around him. He closes his eyes and goes to sleep knowing he's broken but loved. They both were…

[goodluckdetective]

You know what, I’m 2/2 when it comes to Supernatural predictions (Destiel becoming canon in the most homophobic way, Robbie Thompson being on the reboot), I might as well go for a third and tempt Apollo into interacting.

So ahem: here is my prediction to what is going on in the Winchesters with Dean

First, some info/reminders to start with:

1. The multiverse is canon in Supernatural. For the sake of being able to keep track of things, we’ll call seasons 1-15 of Supernatural Universe A.

2. The multiverse existed because Chunk kept trying to write his edgelord Supernatural fic, and all the other universes were his drafts. Universe A was his favorite until-

3. The boys catch onto that they’re being played in season 14. Chunk throws a tantrum and goes off and destroys the multiverse leaving Universe A for last because he’s a shithead. However instead of deleting Universe A, the boys trick him, he loses his God powers, Jack becomes God and Dean dies by rusty nail.

Now all of this tracks (well as much as anything in Supernatural tracks) but there is one thing I’ve always mused on: what was Chuck’s plan if he won? Even if Sam and Dean killed each other like he wanted, it wouldn’t exactly be the finale he expected since he was written into it so heavily. Not exactly an epic tragedy if the author has to write himself in to say “do it coward.” So, I always wondered if he would have started another draft. Back to the drawing board, as it were. And where does the Supernatural tragedy start? Well, Mary and John.

My theory is that Chuck did actually make his draft before he got defeated. Just got it started, that’s it, nothing more. And Jack takes over and goes “oh shit there’s an extra Universe here still, well I’m trying to play hands off I shouldn’t touch it even though it’s gonna end in tears.” But he also loves his family, so he does ask Cas, Sam and Dean for advice on it.

Sam wants nothing to do with it, he’s retired (or maybe even still alive this could have taken place between Dean dying and Sam dying). But Dean, who has always hopelessly loved this picture of his parents and what his family could be is like “I’ll be damned if we let this shit play out again.” And when Jack is like “if I touch it, I’m doing a Chuck” Dean goes “we’ll just send me over there, I don’t exist yet, let me try to nudge it in a good direction.” And because Cas loves him, Cas gets behind this plan and Jack goes “okay fine.” And so Dean is now alive in Universe B (home of the Winchesters) trying to subtlety prevent the horrific tragedy that was his family and ensure his parents are happy for once. Cas might be there too, someone had to give him a ride.

TLDR: the Winchesters isn’t a retcon: it takes place in the new universe Chuck was going to use if he won. Dean is there to try to prevent the same old sob story from happening. It’s probably a bad plan and I salute him.

[robzxccc]

Hi! I am Rhovic! Let me show you who i am.

My name is Rhovic L. Telar 21 years old. i was born in San Francisco Quezon. But i grow up in Gumaca Quezon the reason is that my late grandfather brought me in in Gumaca even though that im only 3 days old because i was their first grand child they are very excited and all of their daughter and son are working they decided to brought me in their side moreover due to the fact that they don't have other things to do. They said that i was put in a shoe box while traveling aurora to gumaca. I grow up there until first year high school my personality back then was a spoiled brat cause my late grandfather buy all the things ,food and whatever i demand they always give it to me. My life back then revolve to computer games sometimes i don't go to school because i was really into the online games such as special force , dota , idate, and other softwares. There was a time when i don't go back to our house because of the addiction of computer games it is still fresh in my mind, it was exactly three days straight that i was only in the computer shop. It was all that fun until when the turning point of my life came which is my grandfather died i came back in San Francisco, Quezon. My life was tough and i was in the darkest time of my life in that period in the view of the fact that i have nowhere to go and I'm not very close to my family their attitude was different from mine i used to think they are crazy. Furthermore my siblings don't resemble me so i used to think that i was adopted. Their treatment to me are very harsh the point of view of my younger self. Everything i do the way i talk, the way i act, even breathing and when im eating there eyes are fiercely that i think that they are judging me. That when i develop my trauma to them i don't talk to them i only respond to them when they are asking me or they giving orders to me after that i usually tend to cut off the conversation because of my fear to them and the other factor is that my father is very abusive he was an alcoholic, playboy, gambler and the most thing i despise him is that his using drug but now i learn and slowly adopt my life. Im happy in my college life now because of the got my wings spread away from the toxic family. Additionally i met my friend that i hangout everyday then the sinag banahaw that bring back my confidence and social skills and also thanks for the opportunity that is coming from the Bachelor of Culture And Arts Education.

Me and my dream.

I am a student performer I am part of Sinag Banahaw Cultural Troupe. Also a member of Rondalla. A Dean lister A former band member of On the Spot (Cajon drummer) In my whole life i grow up playing different online games from Dota 1 to current Online games in the present time. Futhermore, I am interested in music, dancing, watching movie, reading novels especially the genre of thriller and mystery or mind games. My dream are simple to be successful moreover have a stable life in where i don't think about financial crisis and can provide what my family needs. But my current dream as of now that within my reach is to graduate college. Also i want to marry Yohanna Lyn Villaverde and have a 5 kids.Then after that i want to take a risk and go to abroad then save as much money then retire go back to Philippines.

My road to becoming an educator. Being a educator is not exactly in my mind and heart i was just forced to take but now i like the course but still my future of being is a bit unclear i am still finding my passion in teacher but maybe i will have a change of heart. Then let me tell my road and my vison of becoming an educator. The road to becoming an Educator is a long one. The sleepless nights, all the time and energy spent, stress, anxiety, and financial conflict will give you challenges that are part of becoming an educator and also to other courses. Sometimes i want to give up but due to the fact of i need to consider my future im not in the right position to be a selfish person. But fortunately all of the efforts will bear fruit because. It's like business i am investing in myself and future to become a well discipline educator. However obtaining a diploma and passing my Board Exam will comes first and even though it's hard and challenging i will take this challenge also i want to change the lives of my future students. PADAYON BCAED!!What makes me happy? I am just a simple person and a shallow person even just a small thing or act that makese happy. I well appreciate that moreover I love spending time with my friends and playing games. When i gather with them for a dance rehearsal , games nights, share laughter, and enjoy each other's company, that's likely what makes me happy. The sense of connection, fun, and shared experiences contributes to my happiness. Essentially, doing things you love with people you care about tends to bring happiness.

[watching-sam-and-dean-again]

This gif set is actually really interesting. Even without the juxtaposition of his hunting/Sam memories to drive the point home, Dean is clearly not entirely happy here. He’s functioning, but even waking up with Lisa or working on the vehicle with Ben, Dean is clearly trying to be happy more than he actually is happy. His smile never reaches true joy, but is strained.

Now, I think much of that is because he is still missing Sam like a lost limb, even a year out. But, Dean was also very fast to jump into hunter mode as soon as one little thing seemed off. I wonder if Sam never came back, if Dean would have fallen back to hunting eventually, especially if some big bad showed up. I think Dean's dream of Apple Pie Life is partly a "grass is always greener" situation. That being said, I’m glad he got the chance to experience it, even though it just added to his heartache in the end.

Still, a big part of me thinks that if it was normal Sam who showed up in his garage, a Sam who hadn’t been back for a year without telling him, Dean might have been gone by the end of this episode (maybe not preeminently, but he’d go back to spending much of his time with Sam). I think his hurt over how Sam was acting made it easier for him to let him go off and hunt with the Campbells.

Ironically, if it was normal Sam who came back, he probably would have encouraged Dean to stay with Lisa and Ben, and he probably would have even quit hunting himself (we know he is capable of that). This could have been the chance for both brothers to retire, if the Sam who came to Dean here had his soul. 😢

[dirigibleplumbing]

When do you think Castiel consciously knew he was in love with Dean? Like he’d been down bad for a WHILE and clearly he loved him, but him canonically knowing he was in romantic love with Dean means there’s was a point of canonical realization and oh boy :3

(And when do you think Dean knew he was in love with Cas? I think it was Purgatory 1 at the earliest or the widower arc at the latest, barring the idea he doesn’t know until Cas gets taken by the empty and THEN he gets it.)

I don’t actually have strong opinions on these! I like how open to interpretation it is. It can be frustrating how the show presents certain things in a different light depending on the story a particular episode is trying to tell--how the boys feel about John or killing “innocent” monsters being prime examples of this--but in other ways I think this is a really beautiful part of the show. 

It’s also a necessary one because of how serial fiction like long-running TV shows are constructed. If some show bible or consistent showrunner had had and executed a 5-season or even 15-season arc planned for the whole show, it would look wildly different, and likely not include Cas at all.

Thinking about fic I’d write or enjoy reading, or about what I’d want to see from a s16 or sequel movie, I think the answers to these questions could vary depending on what else is going on. For fic, fill in the blank with any post 15x18 fics you enjoy and how they handled it.

For further examples:

A sequel movie that is just about Dean rescuing Cas from the Empty, from Dean’s POV while Cas is “asleep,” could be served well by Dean not realizing he was in love with Cas until the aftermath of Cas’s confession, from some combo of denial, self-awareness, self-identity, internalized homophobia, etc. It could even leave the answer ambiguous--Dean knows he’s in love with Cas now, and maybe he has for years (this would be harder to pull off but still possible, I think).

On the other hand, a Cas-POV Cas-narrated “Man Who Would Be King”-style movie about Cas being rescued from the Empty could save money by relying heavily on clips from early episodes and Cas describing when and how he figured out what he felt was romantic love for Dean, and I think almost anywhere from “the moment he laid a hand on him in Hell” to “the second he rebelled at the end of s4″ to “during ‘Free To Be You and Me’“ to “when Cas was in a circle of fire at the end of s6″ to--etc., etc.--would ring true

A s16 where Jack decides to stop being God and he and Cas, Dean, and Sam go back to right before 15x20 along with fan favorite dead characters and do monster-of-the-week hunts could have an arc where Dean initially thinks he’s just not into Cas at all, they struggle to find their footing in friendship now, Dean eventually realizes he’s totally butt-crazy in love with Cas and that he really wants to retire, and the season builds up to a Dean love confession and happy retirement

A s16 where Jack is at least partially controlled by Chuck and some version of Team Free Will (could include any character on Earth, Heaven, Hell, or the Empty!) works to free him from it could literally BEGIN with Dean finding Cas, going “um, hey, me too” and a kiss, and then it’s just a variation on their regular dynamic as they try to defeat Chuck for real this time. The specifics of when they realized could or could not be revealed in further episodes--there’s plenty else for them to misunderstand and fight about!

A s16 or movie that’s paralleling the Purgatory 1.0 plotline in terms of an Empty rescue could decide that Cas realized when Dean prayed to him every night, and Dean realized during “The Trap” (or even vice versa)

A s16 or movie that’s paralleling seasons 4 and 5 in terms of a defeat of Chuck / freeing of Jack could pick any time during those seasons for either Dean or Cas

and so on!

If any of those were done well, they would ring true for me. 

AND I would still read and write fic where they realized at times other than what’s told by the new canon.

[prodigil]

true facts? true tea? is that everything after s5 is ooc, for the sole reason that (while theres a lot ooc, we’re discounting it for the sake of this post for now) were sam to actually return from the cage, he would not contact dean, and he would make an active effort to ensure dean got to live a new, peaceful life. he would never put himself back in dean’s life and ruin whatever form of happiness he could claim.