#destiel december 2020

[aturnoftheearth]

i have been following you in spnblr for three years and i am genuinely delighted at your lord huron victory, i hope it brings you much happiness

i’m late to answering this but THANK YOUUUUUUU it is genuinely bringing me so much joy and we don’t even have an actual single yet akdhskhskfjf

[charcubed]

not sure if this is a hot take but I have always believed Dean’s (English) “me too” was either ad-libbed in one face-to-face take so there’s footage or it was scripted for when he was sitting on the floor crying. but I have never thought (and never will) that it was scripted for him to say it to Cas, because it would defeat the point of the confession triggering the deal and would have changed the tone of the scene / Dean’s reactions entirely

[thvrsdaysangel]

just remembered this. i need to lie down

[garbagequeer]

every time i come across a destiel fic with a bad premise thats so indulgent it's just way too out of character but then i see it's from like december 2020 im like oh okay. we were all going through something so it's fine

[visenyaism]

Stuff about American election night that you should know:

We’re one week out! Crazy. So I know too much about US politics because I explain this for money, so I figured it might be helpful to talk a bit about what we should expect from election night. If you're not American, are new to our insane election system, or are anxious about what's happening next week, here's the deal with next Tuesday:

1. Most important thing: Do NOT expect to know the winner on election night. Different states have different laws about when they can start counting early/mail-in votes, which often slows down reporting time.

2020 took until the Saturday after to call because of the high mail-in vote count due to Covid, and while that isn't happening this time, it'll take longer than 2016, 2012, or 2008 because the polls are predicting that this one's going to be a lot closer than those. Consider just going to bed instead of staying up for the results.

2. Because of the Electoral College, popular vote doesn't matter as much as who wins each individual state does. Every state has a certain amount of electoral votes based on population, whoever wins a state gets all their votes, whoever gets to 270/538 wins. We know how most states are going to vote. The Electoral College puts the election in the hands of 7 "swing" states that could go either way. This time, that's Pennsylvania, Georgia, North Carolina, Michigan, Wisconsin, Arizona, and Nevada. These are the states to watch. Here's the map:

3. No one will know anything until polls close and states start reporting results. Doomscrolling is kind of pointless anyways, but it's especially pointless before 7pm. here's a map of closure times:

4. Data will shift throughout the night. Rural counties report results first because fewer people live there. This means the earlier you check, the more conservative the state maps might look. Do not look at the election results for any state with less than 90% reporting and freak out, especially if the state hasn't been called (deemed mathematically impossible for the other candidate to win) by multiple news outlets.

5. Voter fraud happens way less than you think it does. Pretty much never, actually. One study claims you're more likely to get struck by lightning than you are to witness actual, impersonation-based voter fraud in a modern US election. Be extremely skeptical of any voter fraud claims you might see.

6. Avoid getting news from social media accounts that aren't news outlets. There's a lot of disinformation out there, especially as AI/Deepfake tech is getting worse. Fact-check everything you might see. Anyone can make a destiel meme about the election. make sure it's true before you reblog it.

7. The electoral college sucks shit and does allow for a 269-269 vote tie. In this case, it goes to the House of Representatives, who are majority-Republican and will pick Trump. Some states might be within 1% (like 49.3%-49.7%) and candidates can demand recounts, which might delay official results by weeks or months. It HAS to be over by mid- December when the Electoral College officially votes.

8. take care of yourselves. if we're not going to know on election night, you may as well power down your phone and go to bed at a reasonable hour.

[fuckspn]

use any definition of “favorite” you want—most fun, the one you have the fondest memories of, the one you think was funniest in hindsight even if it was annoying at the time, whatever

because this is the show where insane events continue to happen years after it went off the air, i’m defining the spn renaissance as november 2020-december 2021, for all the people who are going to ask why misha collins accidentally coming out as bi for three days isn’t on here

*i did not participate in grant mcdonald night so i don’t know when it was but i’m pretty sure it was around february or march. it was that night when we all found out that grant mcdonald, creator of ram ranch, had also used an old photo from jensen’s modeling days as cover art for a different album of gay cowboy-themed erotic songs

[chlochette-sunde]

Know your Destiel/Cockles history: a calendar 

As a newcomer on Tumblr and on the Supernatural fandom, I first had trouble following all the past events that were regularly reminded and celebrated.

On this very special day (December 14th, European time), the following post is an attempt at listing those events, focusing on Destiel and Cockles (with a hint of Jenmisheel). Feel free to advise me for more (or less) dates!

Acknowledgement: The idea came from @youchangedmedestiel who also contributed to the content. The present post would never have been possible without @livebloggingmydescentintomadness 's Cockles masterlist. Color code: Destiel / Cockles

Honorary periodic event: FIMMF (Finger In My Mouth Friday)

January

12th: "Mish. Dee." (2021) - 1

16th: Broadcast of 15x09 “The Trap” (2020) - /

17th: ‘Isn't the season you met Misha?’ ‘Taste the rainbow’ JaxCon (2016) - 1

18th: The abandoned Jenmisheel podcast (2022) - 1

24th: Dean's birthday + ‘Jensen's the horse’ HousCon (2015) - / + 1

February

2nd: Broadcast of 12x10 “Lily Sunder Has Some Regrets” (2017) - /

14th: Destiel wedding anniversary (2021)

16th: Broadcast of 12x12 “Stuck in the Middle (With You)” (2017) - /

26th: ‘Which is funny, because so do I’ JIB11 (2023) - 1

28th: ‘Misha's been working out’ ‘He has though, hasn't he?’ NashCon (2016) - 1

March

1st: Jensen Ackles' birthday (1978) - 1 2 3 4

18th: Danneel Ackles' birthday (1979)

20th: Broadcast of 8x17 “Goodbye Stranger” + Gag reel (2013) - / + 1

23rd: Broadcast of 7x17 “The Born-Again Identity” (2012) + Broadcast of 15x13 “Destiny’s Child” + Gag reel (Jensen's infamous fart joke) (2020) - / + 1

April

1st: Mishapocalypse (2013) + Mishapocalypse 2.0 (2023) - 1 2 + 3

10th: “When Harry Met Sally” JIB2 (2011) - 1

13th: Season 15 EW Photoshoot (2020) - 1 2

15th: Broadcast of 5x18 “Point of No Return” + Gag reel (blowjob+‘we’re missing the gay angel’+‘confetti it’s a parade’) (2010) - 1 + 2 3 4 

15th: Bishagate 2.0 NJCon (2023) + Misha’s Cas essay (2022) - 1 2 + 3

23th: Bishagate ‘I’m all three’ NJCon (2022) - 1

25th: ‘I happen to be straight’ (2022) - 1 2

27th: Broadcast of 12x19 “The Future” (2017) - 1 2 3 4

28th: ‘Balls deep’ CR8 (2024) - 1

29th: Broadcast of 6x19 “Mommy Dearest” + Gag reel (2011) - 1

May

6th: Broadcast of 6x20 “The Man Who Would Be King” (2011) - /

7th: First release of 'Watching Over Me' (2021) - 1

19th: Straddlegate JIB10 (2019) - 1 2 3 4

21st: Jensen's bear underwear reveal JIB8 (2017) - 1

23rd: ‘Okay babe’ (2021) - 1

24th: Misha tenderly rescuing Jensen+’We like you the best’+Hitch scene JIB5 (2014) - 1 2 3

26th: ‘It’s not a subtext. It was clear text.’ PurCon8 (2024) - 1

27th: ‘I talked to Jensen and Danneel this morning because I couldn’t sleep’ PurCon7 (2023) - 1

June

July

1st: ‘I miss my blanky’ + ‘I love you’ VS ‘I need you’ (2021 (yes, on the same fucking day)) + ‘Also, Cas is gay.’ (2023) - 1 2 3 + 4

14th: 'Destiel is Cockles Fault' Day SFCon (2024) - 1

24th: ‘Wow, that was really informative. Thank you.’ SDCC (2011) + ‘How do you know’ SDCC (2016) - 1 + 2

August

9th: Destiel fanfics first ship to reach the milestone of 100,000 stories 'I have to admit, I like being on top' (2021)

13th: ‘I’d love to do a Western…slash romcom with Misha’ VanCon (2017) - 1

17th: Cockles day at sea (2015) + ‘I would probably choose to be the car, because Dean would ride me all day’ SPNDEN (2018) - 1 2 + 3

18th: Destiel winning TV Choice Best Chemistry (2015) - 1

20th: Misha Collins' birthday (1974) - 1

September

8th: Release of "Some things I Still Can't Tell You", poetry book by Misha Collins - Men in the Woods (2021) - 1

13th: First broadcast of Supernatural (2005) - /

18th: Broadcast of Lazarus Rising, first appearance of Castiel (2008) + First release of Jensen publicly singing 'Angeles' (2012) (+Bonus: Jensen serenading Misha at JIB11 (2023)) - 1 + 2 3 4

24th: Broadcast of 5x03 “Free to Be You and Me” (2009) (Bonus: reference of ‘personal space’ at SFCon (2024)) - 1

October

11th: Danneel Ackles, sharing a picture of Jensen, reading "Some things I still can't tell you" by the fire, Misha tagged on his heart (2021) - 1 2 

13th: Broadcast of 12x01 “Keep Calm and Carry On” + ‘You're poking me’ Gag reel (2016) - 1

16th: ‘He’s like an angel plushie’ DenCon (2021) - 1

20th: ‘I can say whatever I want because Danneel is in love with you' HCCB (2024) - 1 

21st: Broadcast of 10x03 “Soul Survivor” + ‘Aloha cowboy’ Gag reel (2014) - 1 2

23rd: ‘I should have said ‘I love you too’ and hugged him’ VanCon (2022) - 1

28th: Broadcast of 11x04 “Baby” (2015) (Bonus: reenactment of the CasDean scene at JIB7 (2016))

November

5th: Broadcast of 15x18 "Despair" - Destiel's anniversary (2020) - /

8th: ‘Homosexual declaration of love’ Darklight Online Con (2020) + 'I live it' (2021) - 1 (no official proof because the panel has mysteriously been deleted from social medias around the 26th) + 2

11th: Broadcast of 10x05 “Fan Fiction” (2014) - /

12th: Broadcast of 9x06 “Heaven Can't Wait” (2013) - /

16th: Broadcast of 13x06 “Tombstone” (2017) + ‘Release the tapes!’ Day (2020) - / + 1

19th: Broadcast of 15x20 "Carry on" -> Last episode of Supernatural (so far 🕯🤞🏻) (2020) + Misha sharing by mistake (?) “The epic love story of Jensen Ackles and Misha Collins” blog (2013) - / + 1 2

24-25th: 'y yo a ti' (2020) - 1 

24th: ‘His ferret goes other places’ (2024) - 1

26th: Misha having to live stream and do PR during Thanksgiving, in mid divorce, following 'y yo a ti' (2020) - 1

December

1st: Danneel sharing a post to promote "The Adventurous Eaters Club", featuring Jensen and their kids (2019) - 1 2

5th: ‘I love you, not like a brother, but like a lover’ CCXP (2024) - 1 2

6th: ‘Cas was supposed to have his arm around Dean in the bar’ CCXP (2024) - 1 2

14th: Cockles anniversary (2009) + Introduction of 'Eyes Like The Sky' beer (2020) - 1 2 3 + 4

19th: Jenmisheel holiday package (2017) - 1 2

[destieltaggedfic]

Sam Needs to Learn to Knock - Part 3

Its his own fault when he sees something he'd rather not

5 Times Cas Wore Dean's Clothes And 1 Time He Didn't – ihearttexasroadhouse   Ao3

Nonspecific timeframe.  It starts small, but Sam notices that every now and then Cas wears Dean’s clothes.

Word Count: 2k                                 Non-Graphic Sex

Netflix and Hand Holding – Dovaah   Ao3

Nonspecific timeframe.  One night while watching tv Dean asks why Cas keeps reaching for his hand.  Cas explains that Dean’s soul is constantly touching Cas’ grace and that he doesn’t see the difference

Word Count: 2k                                 Non-Graphic Sex

The Most Gracious Feeling - Mydestielbabies_67   Ao3

Set 15x20 didn’t happen AU.  A day playing games in the bunker takes a turn when Cas starts using his grace in a rather adult way and Dean needs to keep it together because this is not how he wants Sam to find out about them.

Word Count: 4k                                 Graphic Sexual Acts

Cas and Dean (Destiel) December 2020 Challenge (series) - arcticfox007   Ao3

Set S12.  In an attempt to distract dean from Mary’s departure, Sam calls Cas home to help celebrate Christmas.  In the remaining days before Christmas, they cook, work out what presents to get each other and generally make the effort to be closer

Word Count: 27k                              No Sex

Called Down the Thunder – wookieefucker   Ao3

Set S13.  Now that he’s back from the dead, Cas has decided its time to talk about the things that he regretted not telling Dean.

Word Count: 6k                                 Graphic Sexual Acts

[dean-is-love]

i want to present to you this absolutely unhinged slide i made in december 2020. it contains all phrases we used to circulate around destiel tumblr, the desticule as one would say. all the "hellerisms" if you will.

[random-musings-of-life]

A (Mostly) Comprehensive List of Tumblr Holidays

I saw this post about Tumblr holidays/celebrations, and there were a ton of them, so I decided to make an organized list and their meanings. I am also adding famous "fandom holidays" to this list. Feel free to point out any I missed/explained incorrectly and I'll add them!

Tuesday:

Supernatural Tuesday --- an episode of Supernatural was about a time loop where it was always Tuesday. Can be posted on any Tuesday.

Leave the Bog --- a meme with a drawing saying "When it's safe to leave the bog" and an arrow pointing to Tuesday. Can be posted on any Tuesday.

Thursday:

Out of Touch Thursday --- a video of the cast from the anime Lucky Star dancing to the song "Out of Touch" by Hall and Oates. Can be posted on any Thursday.

Thursday the 20th --- a screencap of a rapper in The Simpsons with a gold necklace that says "Thursday the 20th". Can only be posted on Thursdays which are also the 20th of their month.

February:

Galentine's Day --- February 13th. From an episode of Parks and Rec where Leslie dedicates this day to celebrating female friendship.

March:

Pi Day --- March 14th. The first digits of pi, 3.14, line up with "March 14" or 3/14.

The Ides of March --- March 15th. The day that Julius Caesar was assassinated. Many memes and jokes are made about him, the assassination in general, or bad luck.

Evergiven/Suez Canal Anniversary --- March 23rd. Refers to an event where a ship, the Evergiven, got stuck in the Suez Canal.

94 Meetings Day --- March 31st. From an episode of Parks and Rec where April doesn't think this day exists and books all of Ron's appointments then.

April:

April Fools --- April 1st. Also a real world holiday. The most popular prank is Rickrolling.

Mishapocalypse --- April 1st. On this day, Tumblr users spam one specific photo of Misha Collins, who played Castiel on Supernatural, where he is looking at the camera wide-eyed.

Neil Banging Out the Tunes --- April 13th. Refers to a photo of a rat by a children's keyboard with the caption "Neil banging out the tunes April 13th 2006".

Homestuck Day --- April 13th. The birthday of Homestuck, a web comic. It is/was one of the most popular fandoms on Tumblr.

It's Gonna Be May --- April 30th. Comes from a GIF of Justin Timberlake singing the song "It's Gonna Be Me". In the song, he pronounces "me" like "May".

May:

Star Wars Day --- May 4th. It comes from a pun between "May the force" and "May the Fourth".

Revenge of the Fifth --- May 5th. It comes from a pun between "Revenge of the Sith" and "Revenge of the Fifth".

June:

Let Papyrus Say "Fuck" Day --- June 16th. Someone who was annoyed with mischaracterization of Papyrus from Undertale established this holiday and it caught on.

July:

Dashcon Anniversary --- July 11th. Dashcon was a poorly organized attempt to hold a Tumblr convention.

September:

21st Night of September --- September 21st. The day referenced in the catchy disco song "September" by Earth, Wind, and Fire.

Frodo and Bilbo's Birthday --- September 22nd. The joint birthday of Frodo and Bilbo Baggins from The Lord of the Rings.

October:

Mean Girls Day --- October 3rd. This comes from the part of the movie where Cady's crush asks her what day it is.

Treat Yo'Self --- October 13th. From an episode of Parks and Rec where Tom and Donna have a day to pamper themselves.

November:

November 5th --- Multiple holidays. It's Guy Fawkes Day (a holiday in Great Britain where effigies are lit to celebrate the failure of a traitor), and some people post screencaps of the movie V for Vendetta, where it's mentioned. November 5th, 2020 specifically had three huge news items: rumors of Vladimir Putin's resignation, Destiel (a ship from Supernatural) becoming (one-sided) canon, and the controversy over counting electoral votes in the U.S. election.

Life Day --- November 17. The equivalent of Christmas in Star Wars.

December:

Christmas Adam --- December 23rd. It comes from a Tumblr post making a pun on "eve" and "Eve" (from the Bible). As the original Tumblr post describes, it "comes before Christmas Eve and is generally unsatisfying".

Almost Christmas (Means It Wasn't Christmas) --- 11:59 P.M. on December 24th. This is from Ace Attorney, a video game where you're a defense lawyer. The fact that it's not quite Christmas is a crucial piece of evidence in one of the cases.

DL-6 --- Christmas/late December. This is when one of the most famous cases from Ace Attorney (mentioned above) occurs.

Other:

Annoy Squidward Day --- either January or February 15th. This refers to an episode of Spongebob where Mr. Krabs votes for Employee of the Month; a screen cap shows Spongebob pointing to the 15th day on the calendar with a sticker of Squidward on it.

Fuck this Post and Happy Birthday [Fictional Character] --- any character's birthday. The original Tumblr post starts out with a user saying "People who celebrate fictional character birthdays are annoying, pass it on", and another retorts with "FUCK this post and happy birthday, Sonic". "Sonic" can be replaced with a character of your choice.

[aturnoftheearth]

like i was so stressed and scared about the 2020 election that i had my tv on the kitchen table turned to the news while i barely worked on my online classes and then i logged on to tumblr for a little break from the nonstop “we still don’t know who’s president” news and destiel was everywhere and so were the memes and i was like “oh good for y’all!! or sorry that happened? anyway, on with my life 😁” and then two weeks later i was reading destiel fic in bed at 3am after watching my sister sob over the finale for 2 hours

[codecicle-archive]

would u say chuckle sandwich ending ur destiel confession

November 5th, 2020: supernatural ends with the destiel confession, permanently changing the entire show and fanbase. During the middle of the election.

November 5th, 2024: chuckle sandwich ends with schlatt and ted announcing their final chuckle week (which will last through december) confessing that they had a 3-way with charlie, before killing each other. During the middle of the election

[frankenstein-ate-my-left-shoe]

just keepin' track of my fave tumblr holidays, don't mind me

miscellaneous:

any thursday the 20th (this one too)/thursday the 4/20th

@is-it-out-of-touch-thursday

yesterday was tuesday, but today is tuesday too

will the wise wednesday

schedule this post for your birthday!

january

24th: dean winchester's birthday

february

3rd: VANILLA SWEEP (2023)

13th: galentine's day

14th: dean and cas' wedding anniversary (2021)

also 14th: nick valentine's day

24th: twin peaks day (11:30 am)

29th (if applicable): leap yeap

march

10th: mario day

14th: pi day

15th: the ides of march

27th: that one post that says 'tomorrow's halloween!', ''it's'tomorrow is march 28th', 'TOMORROW'S HALLOWEEN', then has that gif of ben wyatt getting hit with a skeleton

31st: i didn't think march 31st existed

april

1st: mishapocalypse (2013), boop day (2024)

2nd: dashcon announcement post (2013)

13th: neil banging out the tunes (2006)

also the 13th: homestuck day (2009)

25th: the perfect date

30th: it's gonna be may

may

one

two

4th: star wars day

5th: revenge of the fifth

june

11th: today i realized this is not a typewriter

16th: those are his hooves you bitch (2014)

19th: don't hug me i'm scared

july

2nd: tumblr code (2012)

4th: the only day americans are patriotic

12th-13th: dashcon heritage posting (2014)

august

1st: spn end!verse/croatoan date (2014)

this is what being alive on Thursday, August 8th feels like (next in 2030)

september

first monday of the month: todaybor day is labor day

18th: castieliversary (2008)

21st: do you remember?

27th: someone sewed a fried egg to a t-shirt

october

last friday of the month: Frankenstein Friday

3rd: "on october third, he asked me what day it was" (mean girls) and 'don't forget 3.oct.11' (fma:b)

9th: happy leif erikson day!

13th: TREAT YO' SELF (2011)

19th: none pizza, left beef-iversary (2007)

21st: the day marty mcfly goes to the future (2015)

24th: the day frodo wakes up in rivendell (10 am)

30th: tomorroween is halloween!

31st: todayoween is halloween!

31st: Garrett's birthday

november

1st: "there's only 365 days left 'till next halloween!", "364!"

1st: yesterween was halloween!

5th: destiel is canon (destielputinelection day, 2020)

5th: remember, remember

11th: barack obama signs 'thanks, i stole them from the president' into law (2012)

december:

21st: the day the would should have ended (2012)

24th: 'cause there's only one more sleep 'till christmas

[tothebbarricades]

I think taylor swift has the opportunity to do the funniest thing rn and drop a a destiel centered album on the one and only 5th of november just like she did with evermore in december of 2020 on the same day when "Still beautiful, still Dean Wichester" was found in the original draft of the confession scene scripts

[castiellesbian]

I’m looking for a comprehensive chronological timeline of destiel events. There’s so much that’s happened - script omissions, you’re not crazy, bisexuality gate, valentines wedding, all orientations - we have got to make sure we’ve got this history all recorded. I’m sure there’s a post out there somewhere I just can’t locate one. Any ideas on where to look?

oh god yeah i don't know of any entirely comprehensive project like that... closest i have is spnscripthunt for the script omissions and such... there's also apparently this blog that kept track of spn fandom news mostly in 2021. and of course whyissupernaturaltrending. and this older post from december 2020 that gives some more specific rundowns of this corner of the fandom during that time lol

[angel-derangement]

just saw a post that was made on December 13 2020 and my first thought was wow this was made on taylor swifts first canon destiel birthday so yeah doc that’s the symptom what’s the diagnosis