#destiel ily meme

[faramirsonofgondor]

I love tumblr because humanity could find out that world will end in 2 days and like 4 seconds later someone will post about it in the destiel meme format.

[charismatic-writer]

2024 has been a wild ride

[sasanka-27]

The oil under Impala mystery 🔍✨

(Inspired by the lady with expert wife tips from tiktok)

[marsbars1714]

Lowkey horrific to realize that the people around me are either unaware of or are willfully ignoring the fact that the votes still have to be counted in entirety

Like. Mirages are a thing folks? Rural votes tend to get counted earlier because there’s less votes to count in those areas and rural areas tend to lean more conservative?

Give it a few days for urban votes to be counted too? Maybe?? Please maybe???

[hopeshoodie]

hi i havent been here in forever but this reminded me of you https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTRqcSWpw/

SCREAMING CRYING THROWING UP THAT IS SO FUNNY

[imabiscuitinthousandworlds]

Tagging memes with the media they're from even when the meme itself has nothing to do with that is called Spam and Annoying As Fuck.

Tagging the "I love you" destiel meme with destiel and spn is called Contributing To The Problem and Keeping The Ecosystem Alive.

Hope this clears things up.

[lordstormageddidnt]

@cha0ticlesbian had this question on my last post:

Hi! Genuine question, I’m new to supernatural (I’m on season 4) and I can definitely see what people mean about dean and cas and obviously I know about the confession scene but I’m confused if it’s true that deans feeling are “up to interruption” or if he just doesn’t like him back? Also I’ve seen some people saying he’s like homophobic? Ive just really confused and dean is my favorite so I wanna know lol

So let's talk about that. Are Dean's feelings up to interpretation?

Simply put, yes.

Basically, in s15e18 "Despair", when Cas is giving his whole "I love you" speech, Dean doesn't say very much. At random intervals, he gives NPC-type comments* like "Why does this sound like a goodbye?" and "Don't do this, Cas". He does not ever say "I love you too" (unless you're watching the Spanish dubbed version, where he says exactly that).

On the surface, I know my friends (who only get their spn info from me holding them hostage in my discord server), took issue with the line "don't do this". They kind of read it as Dean not respecting Cas in Cas's final moments-- in their eyes, Dean didnt want Cas to confess because he's uncomfortable with Cas's feelings. But the speech isn't about Dean-- it's about Cas giving himself permission to be happy.

That line of thinking plus the past allegations of Jensen Ackles being homophobic is usually where people get the idea that Dean is homophobic. From what I can see, the "Dean is homophobic" is mostly part of the meme of the scene in general, and not something most people actually believe, but some people do genuinely believe he is homophobic. This belief is also supported by Dean's hypermasculine personality in general and the comments he makes; we never once see him outwardly homophobic to any of the openly queer SPN characters, but especially in earlier seasons, he makes jokes (like Sam being a girl because he has long hair) that you would expect someone homophobic to say.

I do think homophobic Dean a valid interpretation, but the logic kind of ignores some of the context of the scene.

For one, there's a moment after the confession where Dean gets a call from "Cas" (it's Lucifer) telling him that Cas is outside the Bunker and needs to be let out. Dean breaks into a sprint to get to the door, and I think this action speaks louder than words (or, lack thereof). Whether or not Dean reciprocates, he cares about Cas as a friend and he wants Cas to be alive again.

For two, when it comes to "don't do this", the more common interpretation is that Dean doesn't want Cas to sacrifice himself. Again, Cas starts the speech by explaning that he will die during his happiest moment, and then transitions into saying that confessing his love to Dean is his happiest moment. Dean doesn't want Castiel to defeat Billie by sacrificing himself.

As a destiel shipper, my interpretation of this scene is a slight variation of the previous one. In my general view of SPN, Dean has known he's in love with Cas since at least s11, and he's known Cas has loved him back for a while, but he's just never felt like it was the right time to start a relationship (constant apocalypses and everything) and he's worried that he'll screw it up. In my head, when he says "don't do this", it means more like "don't do this [love confession like this]". Like, Dean doesn't want their first ILYs* to be marred by the fact that Cas is sacrificing himself.

So, last question-- how do people read the scene as Dean liking Cas back when he never verbally reciprocates?

Some people see Dean's silence as him either not liking Cas back or not realizing he likes Cas back yet, but there's another option here. The reason Cas is dying is because he believes this is his happiest moment. His speech outright states that he believes Dean does not love him back ("the one thing I want is the thing I cannot have"). It's totally possible that Dean reciprocates, but in his mind, saying that really would trigger Cas's happiest moment. There are some great fix-it fics built on the premise of "Dean insults the sht outta Cas to spoil Cas's happiest moment and stop him from being taken by the Empty".

* okay last point. I wasn't sure where to insert this but I think it's insanely interesting. The scene in s15e18 is not actually the first time Cas tells Dean he loves him. In s12, there is an episode where Cas believes he is dying, and he says the line "I love you. I love all of you" to the small crowd of Dean, Sam, and Mary. NPC behavior from Dean ensues as he insists Cas isn't going to die without ever acknowledging the "I love you". The common interpretation is that the first ILY is for Dean, and the second ILY is Cas speaking to the Winchesters as a whole. Do with that as you will lol

Anyway, that's all I got :D thank you for the opportunity to rant about supernatural and feel free to ask me if you have any other questions!

[faramirsonofgondor]

Needed to put this out there

[charismatic-writer]

[outspirk]

Tim ily stop spamblogging I need to see the memes of brasil losing copa america on the quarter finals please this is bigger than destiel

[strandnreyes]

just saw two different versions of the destiel ily scene to describe american politics meme right in a row on the dash. sensational.

[classycoffeecat]

Destiel meme request:

ILY +

yellow sticky note on Dean's coverage that says:

"bury subtext"

OR

"show dont tell"

[tennant]

(same anon) ohhh thank u for enlightening me! now it makes sense why she keep reusing the destiel ily scene over and over again

you're welcome! yeah :/ sorry to spn mutuals but ever since she kept using the same meme all over and hers lacked the actual humour in it, n*costiel makes the meme not funny anymore

[theginkosakata]

[sunshine-zenith]

New information about anything: comes out

That one destiel meme, a blink and a half later:

[faramirsonofgondor]