#nashcon

[mlobsters]

probably a weird thing to ask you but you seem to have watched a lot of those panels. why do you think they keep doing those cons. outside i guess of the money. i'm asking as someone who hasn't seen their panels at all. maybe one day i will. but like, i think, what do you think j2 (and the rest of the cast presumably) get out of it.

thank you again for this ask, i am very happy to have an excuse to talk about this! i have not been in this fandom very long (about 2 years now) and i mostly just make stuff so i think i still have a slightly outsider perspective, so i suppose take all this with that in mind. :)

straight away, for sure the financial aspect is gonna be part of it - and i imagine especially so for the cast that participates that had smaller roles. but that aside, i don't genuinely believe that the main cast would continue to do these for so long unless they enjoyed it and got something positive out of it, especially being that they are actively working on other projects too. they actually talked about this, in a way, at this most recent con (nashcon 2024) so i'm going to include some of that - and a bit jared talked about the connections fans have made (chicon 2023). for reasons stated below*, i'm sure there are a bunch of examples of times they've talked about these things i'm not aware of, because i haven't read or watched that much panel content. but here's a small sampling.

jared and jensen main pain, nashcon 2024 question: what has it been like to watch the entire fandom change and grow over these last many years, and people who have been at these conventions change and grow?

jared and jensen gold panel chicon 2023 question: what's your favorite fan interaction over the years?

to go along with this, i think it's part and parcel to the topic; i really do believe they truly are invested and care about their characters and the story. the way they've talked about the revival/season 16/whatever you call it, they're all in to go back to it. jared even mentioned at one point if they had shorter seasons (which they asked for repeatedly), they might still be making the show. i don't have concrete examples i can point to in panels, but i think if you do watch them talk about their characters much, there's a lot of thoughtfulness and care there.

Would you be open to returning to Sam Winchester? I feel like there are more stories for that character and, with The Winchesters done, it's a weird time to be a Supernatural fan with no new Supernatural on television for the first time in almost 20 years. It is weird, right? It's weird for you to say that and weird for me to realize it. The simple answer to your question is 100%. I will play Sam Winchester again. Jensen will play Dean Winchester again. It's more of a timing and availability thing. In hindsight, Jensen and I have always said "always," if we ever have the option. I think in the last two or three seasons of Supernatural, when we realized somebody might want more, we said "2025. In 2020, we're ending this. Let's get together in five years and see what Sam and Dean are up to." I'm going to see him in a few weeks to talk to him about it again. We've talked about it a few times. He and I are both champing at the bit to see what these boys have been up to and what else good they can do in this world or the next. I'm excited about it. My only contingency about it is, with Jensen and I being so protective of the show and the characters, the story has to be absolutely right. I don't just put on flannel and big coat, get in an Impala and say "Dean!" That won't work for Jared. It needs to have a purpose, as Sam and Dean always did.

via cbr, walker season 4 interview with jared

and i think they just have fun! they've developed a relationship with fandom that works for them in this format and they get to play around on stage with their friends and entertain people that love them. at the end of the day, it is a job for them, and they are putting on a performance; but i wouldn't be so cynical to think they aren't being somewhat genuine within that framework.

jared and jensen dccon 2023 main panel question: How long have you guys been friends?

and not to be totally j2 brained, but when you have a connection with someone like this, maybe it also isn't such a hardship to keep working together

*i actually haven't actually watched many panels! but fortunately for me (us), i have seen a lot of gifs and transcriptions. i have a hard time with the video format for reasons. when i decide to make gifs, it's often because i saw a quote or snippet somewhere and i go looking for the conversation to get a clip of, and sometimes might bump into something else that grabs me while i'm there. fortunately, a lot of the videos on youtube have at least autogenerated captions so i can scroll through the transcript there/search for keywords, etc. @eisforeidolon transcribes selections of questions from cons periodically, which i'm forever grateful for. a not insignificant chunk of my panel related show/cast trivia has been gleaned from those.

[inacatastrophicmind]

[newobsessionincoming]

In the words of Jensen Ross Ackles himself

[strawlessandbraless]

Dean going from teaching an angel about personal space to getting a rough under the table hand job from him at the Roadhouse in Heaven

[positivexcellence]

misha: Jealous Jensen is not a pretty thing.

[annazima]

J2 | Nashville 2024 | gold panel

[hyffae]

what what what what fucking hell i love my coworkers they got me an autograph and then i came into work early AND WAS JUST BARELY ABLE TO MEET MISHA!? anyways, obviously i am starstuck cuz i dont think i have ever met an actor or general celebrity. especially not like this.

(this happened this morning. made the post and chickened out of posting it but saved it as a draft lmao)

[destiels-assbutt13]

dean lost basically everyone he ever loved, including his parents twice, had his brother addicted to demon blood and die multiple times, his other brother in hell for centuries, was possessed by michael, took the mark of cain and unleashed the darkness, had a hand in starting the literal fucking apocalypse, and his biggest regret was still not being able to save cas

[jacklesthings]

Nashville J2 Gold Panel 2024

4k version

[mishacolinsackles]

What happened?

[let-me-be-your-home]

J2 Panel | SPNNASH 2023

[mlobsters]

jared padalecki and jensen ackles nashville con 2024 - main panel

Q: What is something you have learned and now value about friendship because of each other?

j2 on their friendship part 3 of ?

+bonus

[inacatastrophicmind]

Nashcon / JIBcon

[aborddelimpala]

Classic J2 at #SPNNASH 2023 [x]

[strawlessandbraless]

Cas’s arm wrapped around Dean’s lower back and hip, hidden by the Roadhouse bar top. Dean is going to finally have peace when he is done.

[positivexcellence]

J2 | Nashville 2024

📸:fangasmspn