Monster in the abandoned manor
This is sort of a mix between Lord of Amara Cas meeting pagan God Dean (which was a prompt) and this AU. (Clearly, this kind of plot has been haunting me for a long time...)
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the fact that eric kripke isn't even christian really adds something to the way christianity is depicted on supernatural. because its really not about being christian at all, but about living in america, a country dominated by christianity, and having to decide for yourself how to handle that. faith is huge in supernatural, and the mythology of the show is very bible-centric, but notably, christ is never there. even sam, who starts out revering the angels, who once said he prays every night, doesn't actually call himself a christian or imply that he believes in jesus--the show is steeped in christianity and biblical lore and yet neither sam nor dean are christians. in fact, over and over again the church itself is depicted as a haunted house that sam and dean will only ever enter as strangers, as outsiders. priests, preachers, faith healers, chapels, crypts, etc. are all just iconography that create an intense sense of unease that sam and dean respond to instantly. as a jew, its very relatable. an essential part of living in america when you're not christian is that exact sense of unease, of knowing that the culture of your country has ensured that you'll get knocked over by christianity no matter where you go, that you'll see hundreds of people truly believing they're good people while doing awful things in the name of their god, and you have no choice but to confront that. kripke gets it
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When Amara said “I can see inside your heart. Feel the love you feel. Except, it’s cloaked in shame.” And later we find out Dean was never in love with her…yeah so what does that mean exactly
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Thinking about how Dean Winchester was an atheist before he got caught up in the biblical apocalypse because in his mind, the two possible realities were an absent God and a cruel one. Thinking about him learning God was real and he had a Plan for him. Thinking about how that robbed him of his faith that a God wouldn't be capable of such cruelty. Thinking about how quickly he came to put his faith in Cas, despite his distrust of the divine. Thinking about The Man Who Would Be King. Thinking about Dean's only on-screen prayer to God being a plea to "bring him back."
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Dean had his fire powers locked away and felt the cold for the first time. Since he hates it and knows how hard winters were on mortals in the past, he might overreact to people being out in the cold, just going about their business.
(It’s the modern coffee shop AU version of my Pagan Gods Verse. Dean doesn’t have a good track record with the cold.)
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listen. the fact that supernatural refuses to stay dead (the winchester, jensen teasing a revival) is actually SOOOOO camp. I think the first episode of season sixteen should be dean waking up in a hospital after his rusty nail accident and telling sam he had a bad dream where he was wearing an ugly ass wig
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