#supernatural season 16

[hospital-wh0re]

know for a fact that im going to find out about the us election results via the fucking destiel meme on my morning tumblr dash. i am resigned to this fate and will make no effort to watch the news, the results will find me the way god intended

[mypeopleskillzarerusty]

Some so-called Supernatural fans: "The actors have all moved on. There is no need for a 16th season."

Misha Collins: "I found Castiel in my carpet."

[rocksalt-and-pie]

okay, I'll bite. IF they really end up making a season 16, this BETTER end up being the biggest fan service ever. They had their shitty ending, now it's our turn. I'm talking body swap episode, human impala episode, gender swap curse episode, beach episode, jack and claire hunting together episode, freaky monster in the woods filler episode, "boring" old school haunted house case filler episode just for the sake of it like in the early seasons, which, speaking of, early seasons set design and color palette and lighting. I'm talking a season 5 level of back to back unique episodes. guest cameos of dead fan favorites. AND, the most important thing, and this is non-negotiable, full on canon lips on lips destiel. They have a lot to make up for.

[lovealwayssay]

Talking to my brother, who only knows Jensen Ackles from The Boys.

Me: I was dissapointed that they announced the Soldier Boy prequel before a Supernatural reboot.

My brother: Jensen would never do a Supernatural reboot. He's better than that now.

Me: You don't even know how wrong you are. There is no escape from Supernatural, especially for the Dean Winchester vessel himself.

[billiewena]

FOUR YEARS SINCE NOV 5TH, 2020, as summed up by Supernatural

past recaps: year one / year two / year three / year four

full context and sources below:

various explanations + resources/sources/extra reading on this year's recap:

balls deep: misha collins says the quiet part out loud at Cross Roads 8 Supernatural Convention, saying "if the CW wasn't so homophobic dean and cas would've been balls deep for sure" at a con (x) (x) (x)

garthbenny canon: supernatural actors DJ Qualls (who played hunter-turned-werewolf Garth Fitzgerald) and Ty Olsson (who played the vampire Benny Lafitte) reveal they're married, delighting crack shippers like myself everywhere (x)

spn spooky picture book: official supernatural children's picture book is released, retconning things like john winchester as a happy father figure and castiel being their cowardly childhood friend who sorta hangs around (x) (x)

boop button: tumblr introduces a feature people enjoy for once for april fool's day and halloween and allows users to boop each other, spn bloggers re-awake like sleeper agents to use it in full force (x) (x)

bedlund speaks on destiel: former spn writer ben edlund goes on a tweet fest replying to fans, talking about destiel multiple times including this profound tweet (x)

clear text, not subtext: jensen speaks out again on the confession at Purcon 8, this time taking a more open stance on how the relationship was textual, his take on dean's feelings about cas's feelings, and how the scene with cas deserved a resolution (x)

bury your gays: famed author chuck tingle (known for his plethora of highly specific and delightfully inclusive, if strange, indie erotica novels) publishes his second mainstream horror novel, inspired by TV network studios' infamous history of censoring LGBT relationships and openly killing off queer characters. In a non-subtle nod to supernatural fans, the main character is named misha. (sidenote: did end up reading this and this book is actually really good commentary on the industry in general and really good, 10/10 recommend) (x) also someone got the book signed by misha, to further break the fourth wall (x)

tracker: jensen ackles begins starring in a CBS show where he is basically csoplaying dean winchester, with the show featuring many non-subtle spn references (i.e. him pretending to almost get in an impala before going to his truck, characters wearing spn necklaces, etc.) (x) (x) (x) (special shout-out to clarice @youre-only-gay-once for expertly tracking the tracker show and these easter eggs, highly recommend their tag for their show)

cw's walker cancelled: fans rejoiced upon hearing the cancellation news for jared's post-supernatural show, walker, a remake of "walker texas ranger." in addition to generally being a copaganda show for the notoriously racist texas rangers, jared's inspiration for the show's direction caused much concern. the actor himself said the show was inspired by the US border crisis, not by the immigrant families affected by the separation and internment, but instead wanting exploring the POV of the law enforcement agents working at the border and the moral dilemmas they had to face (x)

pro-destiel Wonder Woman: Lynda Carter (aka the iconic and beloved original actress for Wonder Woman, not the z*onist one) says she could "go for some Destiel" when promoting #GeeksandNerdsforHarrisWalz and Misha's involvement (x) the rest of the spn cast and original Showrunner Kripke were also a big part of this event

chili's backfire: the chain restaurant chili's drags destiel while interacting with 9-1-1 bucktommy shippers on twitter, immediately gets backfire. notably, their stock takes a dip the next day. coincidence? maybe so, maybe not (x) (x)

samgirl voting fraud: "who is the gayest spn character" tumblr poll surprisingly gets heated, with a blogger straight-up admitting they used a bot on the "castiel vs. sam" poll to rig the poll in sam's favor, which they apparently also did for w*ncest in another poll in the past, and posting a guide on how anyone could do the same. luckily democracy wins in this one instance and castiel prevails anyways, leading to an also contested "castiel vs. charlie bradbury" round (x) (x)

pink pony jarpad: jared is spotted at lesbian pop star chappell roan's set at a festival, un-likely place for him to be (x) also may have been one of the "boring" people called out by chappell? (x)

pro-kamala castiel: in a last-ditch effort to get out the vote, misha uses the power of castiel photo ops to campaign for harris-walz and even shouts-out destiel. I feel depressed writing this sentence, if you've made it this long in your read and you're in the states I hope you're doing alright! maybe by the time I wake up things will be a little different though. (x)

[angel-fruitcake]

remember when jackles said at a con that he wanted to do a western/rom-com with misha? it's not too late jensen. spn s16 provides the perfect opportunity to play with that idea. just spitballin here

[abbys-universe]

this is going to ruin the tour.

[frog-and-toad-are-gay]

No but if they do revive supernatural (and that's a big if), how are they gonna deal with destiel? If Misha isn't in it. We riot.

But also if he is, are they just gonna try and get away with the queer baiting again? I can't see that going down well.

But Jensen and Jared don't seem at all into that idea (destiel), so what are the options?

[destiels-assbutt13]

me coming back to tumblr after basically radio silence for two and a half years because there’s likely going to be a supernatural reboot, and twitter has been annoying me for a while

[wisefoxluminary]

Welcome back Dean Winchester

[emeraldsummers]

When If the Supernatural revival gets announced, God bless the first person to break the news with the destiel meme.

[mypeopleskillzarerusty]

To the people who say Misha is queerbaiting when it comes to Destiel...bitch, please.

*WHEN* they go forward with season 16 of Supernatural, he will have Jensen pressed up against the wall with his tongue down his throat before they can even say action.

[rocksalt-and-pie]

alright I've made a more in depth list of episodes I would like to see in a fanservice season 16 as previously mentioned in my other post:

- human Impala (should be portrayed by a 55+ years old actor or actress with a strong Detroit accent and a very loud deep voice. they have arthritis in their shoulders because Dean never oils their creaking door hinges)

- Sam and Dean body swap (the potential for jokes is just top tier and the outtakes from this will be out of this world) (Jensen playing Jared playing Sam and the other way around sounds like absolute chaos)

Cas immediately recognizes Dean even in Sam's body and it's revealed that all this time he has been looking directly at Dean's soul 😭 (no kissing in this episode though. God the psychological damage a Misha/Jared kiss would cause)

- parallel universe with female Sam and Dean that they get sent to and meet each other / alternatively: some kind of gender swap curse that makes them turn into women (the potential for misogynistic jokes turning into more understanding and therefore changed behavior is just chef's kiss)

Bonus points for Cas off-handedly mentioning that he doesn't think it's weird that he wasn't affected by the curse because technically he has no gender and the body he inhabits is just a vessel (close up on Dean's face Thinking Thoughts)

Rowena takes care of it and compliments the female versions of them and it's kinda gay ("do we have to turn you back? Shame, would have been nice to have some female company, we could have formed a coven! Or done other fun things" cut to irritated glances being exchanged between the brothers/sisters)

- Jack and Claire teaming up for a hunt (preferably saving their damsel in distress father and step-dad that got trapped in some dangerous place where they finally have nothing but time to talk things out because there is no way to escape, you have to be freed from the outside)

- stanford era Dean flashbacks (feeling lost and alone on the road)

- Bobby and Rufus in the 80s flashbacks (including baby Winchesters!)

- Bigfoot hunt (the teddy bear episode doesn't count) but it's just an escaped gorilla or something. I just wanna see them hiking again okay I like the woods

- some, like, desert monster idk. filmed on location in Arizona or Nevada in the sweltering heat. the boys being forced to remove layer after layer of plaid. show me Dean in a tank top (handprint included)

- birthday episode (either Sam's or Dean's idc. How come that in 15 years there was never a case taking place during one of their birthdays!)

- an actual wedding, either Sam and Eileen or Jody and Donna or Dean and [gun shots]

- beach episode, show me those bathing suits. give me a Bond girl moment

- another Wayward Sisters episode please

- reverse French mistake although it would be absolutely fucking insufferable and I would hate it with all my heart (but it would be sooo funny)

- resolve all the other loose threads of open ended episodes (there are so many! The tulpa from season 1! The girls in the hotel from the haunted house episode in season 2! Jesse the antichrist kid from season 5! The witch twins and how one of them brought the other back from the dead! The kid of that monster friend of Sam's that Dean killed in season 8 i think and told him to his face to come looking for him when he's grown up! That's five whole episodes right there!! and those are just the ones i could come up with from the top of my head but I'm sure there's more)

- BRING BACK BELA FOR JUST ONE SCENE PLEASE

- a lot of you mentioned a proper musical episode, which. sure why not. a curse that makes you sing/perceive everything happening as music perhaps?

- and then of course. The coconuts gently colliding but this goes without saying

[simpleellegance]

Strawberry wine by Noah Kahn is so Dean and Cas coded and I will not be taking any criticism, just know that I’m writing a fanfic.

Of course it’s not gonna be cannon compliant. Probably gonna be an AU, but who knows. Just know that this has been rattling around in my little noggin like the dice in a magic 8 ball, but someone let all the water out.

[gostlyspaghettihoops]

Supernatural Ideas

So, obviously there’s all the rumours about season 16. Here’s what I’d like to see

1- Sam and Dean remain dead. Controversial, yes, but it leads into the rest of my idea. Monsters are getting into heaven, and they have to try and kill/stop them

2- Jack focused, with him and his struggles with being god. Bonus points for Sam and Dean working with him to fix his mess

what do you all want if there’s a season 16?

[angel-fruitcake]

if destiel becomes explicitly romantically canon on both sides in the potential spn revival, you can find me laying back sipping on a frozen margarita on a little boat with a rainbow sail floating down a river made up of the tears wept by all the wincesties and destiel-antis. positively thriving 🏳️‍🌈