oh my chuck, this is so boring. so thats why the heros always have extra luck. it shouldn't be more boring (may they should play poker instead of pool)
[Well, you do enough talk, my little hawk. Why do you cry? Tell me what did you learn from the Tillamook Burn. Or the 4th of July. We're all gonna die.]
You know the drill by now, I’ll judge whether an episode has all the qualities of a canon one, or is it just shameless filler.
S15E1 HUMANCENTiPAD is FILLER
You see Liane's progression as a parent in this one, but there will be much clearer arcs for her in later episodes that will leave this one unneeded.
S15E2 Funnybot is FILLER
Our annual Jimmy episode got the short end of the stick again, this is the one gear that you can leave and the machine will still be working.
S15E3 Royal Pudding is CANON
You need the context of Canadians having royalty to understand later reappearances of the Prince of Canada. Otherwise Mr. Mackey's father is deceased now.
S15E4 T.M.I. is FILLER
Unless knowing which male characters have small dicks, that is.
S15E5 Crack Baby Athletic Association is FILLER
It's a character study on how likely Kyle is to be involved with Eric's schemes.
S15E6 City Sushi is CANON
This one is pretty big. You finally learn about Dr. Janus and his disorder that recontextualises the character you thought you knew until now.
S15E7 You're Getting Old is CANON
Perhaps the most continuity based episode of the season, or at least the only one that leaves us in a cliffhanger.
S15E8 Ass Burgers is CANON
Yes, in the end neither the previous episode or this one changed that much, but they are very important episodes. Stan's alcoholism will be a major part of Post-Covid, and Randy and Sharon having separated once explains a lot in later seasons why they are still together. The janitor and the farmer are a great duo who will return later. And this duo of episodes show where Trey and Matt's head is at going forward.
S15E9 The Last of the Meheecans is FILLER
The boys play border patrol on a large scale. Did you notice they reused the same fake-out twist as in Funnybot?
S15E10 Bass to Mouth is FILLER
A sequel to Death Camp of Tolerance, but neither Lemmiwinks' return adds anything to the overarching themes of the show, nor does Eric's pact with the school teachers.
S15E11 Broadway Bro Down is FILLER
I love this and I wish it mattered more, but ultimately it doesn't.
S15E12 1% is CANON
Eric has a war with his stuffed animals after the boys tell him to grow up.
S15E13 A History Channel Thanksgiving is FILLER
It's the classic four boys go on an adventure formula.
S15E14 The Poor Kid is CANON
Mysterion and Karen story. If you care about canon, you care about this one, easy as that.
SPOILER-FREE RUNDOWN
S15E1 HUMANCENTiPAD is FILLER
S15E2 Funnybot is FILLER
S15E3 Royal Pudding is CANON
S15E4 T.M.I. is FILLER
S15E5 Crack Baby Athletic Association is FILLER
S15E6 City Sushi is CANON
S15E7 You're Getting Old is CANON
S15E8 Ass Burgers is CANON
S15E9 The Last of the Meheecans is FILLER
S15E10 Bass to Mouth is FILLER
S15E11 Broadway Bro Down is FILLER
S15E12 1% is CANON
S15E13 A History Channel Thanksgiving is FILLER
S15E14 The Poor Kid is CANON
CANON counter:
S1: 9 out of 13
S2: 3 out of 18
S3: 6 out of 18
S4: 10 out of 17
S5: 8 out of 14
S6: 11 out of 17
S7: 6 out of 15
S8: 4 out of 14
S9: 8 out of 14
S10: 4 out of 14
S11: 4 out of 14
S12: 8 out of 14
S13: 3 out of 14
S14: 7 out of 14
S15: 6 out of 14
TITLE: Your Dreams Are My Reality
AUTHOR: seidenapfel (@seidenapfel)
ARTIST: Sailorsallyart (@sailorsallyart)
LINK TO FIC || LINK TO ART
PAIRINGS: Dean/Cas
MAJOR ARCHIVE WARNINGS: N/A
TAGS: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Post-Episode: s15e11 The Gamblers (Supernatural), Alternate Timelines, Post-Episode: s15e20 Carry On (Supernatural), Angst and Fluff and Smut, Idiots in Love, Castiel and Dean Winchester Use Their Words, Angel Wings, Angelic Grace-Powered Orgasms (Supernatural), Castiel’s True Form (Supernatural), Castiel and Dean Winchester Have a Profound Bond, Shower Sex, Anal Sex
SUMMARY:
“When are you finally gonna tell him?”Sam’s words hit home. Dean starts to wonder and watches Cas. Paying closer attention, he sees things, little hints that give him hope and make him bolder.But when he finally flirts with Cas and receives reciprocation, he panics and flees. Cas finds him hiding in the bathroom. With the door between them, they begin to talk. Cas mentions a promise Dean once made: He wouldn’t die a virgin.When they finally seal the deal, it’s too good to be true. Cas is fully powered, and happy.It’s a dream, or isn’t it?
Chapters: 2/2
Fandom: Supernatural (TV 2005)
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Castiel/Dean Winchester
Characters: Dean Winchester, Castiel (Supernatural), Amara (Supernatural)
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Post-Episode: s15e11 The Gamblers (Supernatural), Alternate Timelines, Post-Episode: s15e20 Carry On (Supernatural), Angst and Fluff and Smut, Idiots in Love, Castiel and Dean Winchester Use Their Words, Angel Wings, Angelic Grace-Powered Orgasms (Supernatural), Castiel's True Form (Supernatural), Castiel and Dean Winchester Have a Profound Bond, Shower Sex, Anal Sex, Dean/Cas Switch Bang 2023 (Supernatural), Top/Bottom Versatile Castiel/Dean Winchester
Summary:
“When are you finally gonna tell him?”
Sam’s words hit home. Dean starts to wonder and watches Cas. Paying closer attention, he sees things, little hints that give him hope and make him bolder.
But when he finally flirts with Cas and receives reciprocation, he panics and flees. Cas finds him hiding in the bathroom. With the door between them, they begin to talk. Cas mentions a promise Dean once made: He wouldn’t die a virgin.
When they finally seal the deal, it’s too good to be true. Cas is fully powered, and happy.
so had an infuriating ep, a light (in theory) funny ep, so what's up with this possible alaska excursion. recap was full of a whole mess of things including some random class of angels i forget 2 seconds after hearing it
are they truly driving to alaska
reminds me of this tiktok i saw today of a guy from the uk who lives in the us now and had his mind obliterated when he just realized how close alaska is to russia
but wait, garth says road between barrow and kotzebue, which is nowhere near each other. kotzebue is ....
ok so driving 3800 miles - on a budget, as sam reminds dean - in their like... i'll be generous and say 12mpg impala. that's 316 gallons of fuel, one way. we'll say $3/gal? $950 gas one-way? sounds like any way you slice it, that's a lot of money
lol nic, please, drop it. it's just picking alaska is so wacky because it's so so far away from the rest of the US and it's so big and so sparsely populated
DEAN
What can we get for, uh, $4.60?
WAITRESS
Um, a slice of pie and a cup of coffee?
DEAN
Two forks?
SAM
A-A pool hall that makes you lucky or might kill you? I mean, it sounds like a demon or a witch or…
DEAN
Or it could be awesome. It’s pool. The- the- the game of champions, kings. My game. Hell, our game. How many honest-to-goodness great memories do we have hustling pool?
SAM
Yeah, because we had to. To eat.
DEAN
Okay, well, my point is, that if pool is the way we get our mojo back, then maybe we ain’t as screwed as thought.
but how good are they at pool under the chuck whammy.
day 2, still boggling over driving to alaska. also this whole thing reminds me of the poker playing for years thing from whatever, 5x07 let's get into it
DEAN
Man, I’ve been slinging pool cues since before you were born.
SAM
What? When you were four? Really? What, between nap time and snack?
seen gifs of that one, classic. even knowing it was coming, made me laugh. sam's face, perfect
DEAN
Look, we barely made it out of that monster fight club, okay? We need this. And you know it. Now, look, you’re better than me at pretty much everything, okay? That’s okay. I’m not mad. I’m proud. But I can wipe the floor with you when it comes to pool.
that's very sweet. i will take it
i don't even know what's going on with this little heart-eating jack sidequest for cas
Grigori were watcher angels, some of the first placed on Earth to watch and protect humanity. They were an elite unit that turned rogue and were thought to have been wiped out. However, a handful survived and hid on Earth, feeding off of human souls.
literally only appear in 2 episodes, this one and 10x20 - one thing i really got tired of (which i also understand because the show went on for so long with so many episodes) is just piling on random lore and creatures and weapons and devices and secret societies, etc.
having the pool playing sucking away luck from nice rando humans as opposed to the witch or whatever is kind of an interesting twist. a moral quandary!
the roman goddess of luck, ok. these are the episodes i watch and almost immediately forget :p
FORTUNA
When I play someone, I get a read on them. And you… you’re just a beach read. Sexy, mm, but skimmable.
DEAN
Beach read? Lady, I’m Tolstoy.
cringe
JACK
Fair? The last one I killed was pretending to be a doctor. Feeding on the souls of humans he was supposed to heal. You do it, too. Only you like children.
KABAIEL
Who told you that?
JACK
Death.
so billie yanked him out of the empty to go kill some bad guys? okayyy??? and eating the hearts because...??? laughed out loud when cas popped up to have a sword fight?? with the angel blade
i was on board with jack and my 3 dads and i feel like this should be heartwarming but i'm just 😐
dunno why this remote alaskan bar has jazz music as a theme but whatever. cheaper than licensed music :p (christopher lennertz and philip white on music this ep)
FORTUNA
When you apes first climbed down from the trees, you didn’t pray to him. You prayed to the… the sun, the womb, the rain, and the stars. Well, at first, the creator was furious. How dare you not recognize his beneficence? But soon enough, he birthed us… Ra, Anu, Hera, Mixcoatl, all the rest.
DEAN
Why?
FORTUNA
Why? [scoffs] Why?
To take the blame. Bad harvest? Stillborn child? Our bad. Not his. Plus, we made for epic stories. But his ego could only handle that for so long. Now he’s happy to behind whatever religion has the best syndication deal. While we survive on scraps in the wilderness.
feels like they're trying to finally wedge in an explanation to how the christian god is The god, by way of like oh no, he's just some generic creator and he's actually responsible for everything in all religions which just makes my head hurt if i think about it too long
FORTUNA
You little minx. You got me talking. You’re good.
SAM
I learned from my brother.
there is a lot of cheesy dialogue this episode, i dunno what's going on
the people matter to me. to us. i cannot take this seriously :p
EVIE
Because of you. She said she thought your kind had gone extinct.
SAM
Our kind?
EVIE
Heroes.
loll. whyyy. am i just being an ass again? so cheesy!
EVIE
And, uh, she gave me a message. She said, “Don’t play his game. Make him play yours.”
okily dokily. whatever that means
awkwarrrd
sweet and weird, respectively
JACK
Because if I don’t stay hidden, if I use my powers, my grandfather… he’ll know I’m back, and he’ll try and kill me… again. He’s afraid of me. And that’s why we had to wait.
CAS
Billie kept him hidden in the Empty until Chuck went off world.
JACK
She let me out when it was safe.
DEAN
Safe to what? Eat a bunch of angel hearts?
JACK
Safe to do what I have to. The hearts, they were just the beginning. They made me strong, but I-I’m not strong enough. I… If I do exactly what she says, if I follow her plan, then I’ll get stronger and… I’ll be able to kill God.
LOL ok, sure. to say this season has lost me would be an understatement. i know when i'm like this i'm gonna pick at every little thing, where i let things slide a bit more when i'm fully engaged. i regularly complain about the main plots but usually i'm still here for the character beats, but i'm having a hard time staying connected with even that at the moment
ALL RIGHT, LET'S DO THIS. LET'S MAKE THE CHEESE SAUCE. GREAT. SO WE'RE GONNA START WITH OUR HEAVY CREAM. AND THEN WE'VE GOT OUR 2% MILK. WE'RE GONNA PUT OUR CHEESE IN THERE. WHAT TYPE OF CHEESE? AMERICAN, WHITE AMERICAN....wow.