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What do you like about season 12? :) I'm watching that one now.

SEASON 12 MY BELOVED!!!!! Okay SO individual banger episodes aside, my main thing would be how much I love how s12 leans into an ensemble in a way spn didn't really do before!! The brothers, Cas, Mary, Rowena, Crowley, Kelly, Mick, Ketch, Toni, even Lucifer (ugh) have an arc where they had some change throughout the season. We see everyone have their own individual emotions and motivations that ACTUALLY push the plot and each other forward, that ISN'T JUST WINCHESTER MANPAIN. And it was really fun and interesting to me!!

Like sure, Dean and Sam argue but they're not actively pitted against each other and we see a lot of sweet brotherly moments. S12 concluded with learning to let go of each other. Especially with Dean's whole life mission being about caring for Sam--with Mary back and almost losing Cas, his priorities have shifted, and this allows them to both let go and see each other as equals. I will forever think about the climax with the bmol where Dean and Sam willingly and encouragingly part ways; that would have never happened before. They grew so much in s12 to trust each other and have other people to care about so they could go in different directions. This was the beginning of Sam's leadership arc and Dean settling into domesticity and finding peace in both that we see into develop more in s14!!

I love that we got to see Mary on her own too! Bringing her back was a brilliant idea and they dismantled the pedestal as this perfect mother and show how she's a flawed human like everyone else and it was PERFECT. I love Mary and I love that we got to see the complexities of the situation she was in because her kids by now are literally older than her and they're in this life because of her and everyone she knows is dead, and how tf do you cope with that!!

And God, Cas my beloved. I think s12 was when Cas learned how much he meant to the winchesters. I know everyone is mad about how no one said I love you back to Cas and while I agree, I don't think he felt unloved. They called him family, which is so important to the winchesters, and they stayed and fought for him. Dean wasn't just willing to risk his own safety, he was also willing to risk Sam and Mary's for Cas. And same with Sam and Mary risking each other and Dean's safety for Cas. Cas still has issues with self esteem and we see him flail without having a purpose, he still struggles to see where he fits in but part of s12 is understanding how much he means to them and why by s14, he's says that they're a family!!

(I have my issues with how they handled the deaths of characters in s12, like a LOT of issues but I really did love what they did with the others!)

And none of this would have been possible without having more of an ensemble because we wouldn't see how they all act individual of each other and their actions wouldn't have had that big of an effect on the story. Even earlier characters like Bobby, while having a significant role in the show, rarely had motivations and actions that were conflicting or even that different from what the brothers wanted. But in s12, everyone has thier own personal agenda and sometimes they align and sometimes they don't, but it never felt like they were manufacturing conflict for the sake of conflict--it very much felt in character for each person and what they wanted!

So yeah, I absolutely LOVE s12 and could sing praises about it forever