#winchester destiny

[insanesonofabitch]

8x10 Torn & Frayed one line schedule | 8x11 LARP & The Real Girl production draft script | 8x09 Citizen Fang | 8x10 Torn & Frayed transcript | 9x08 Rock and a Hard Place

Good fucking morning.

[iamharryhale]

Castiel:… and when I saw him through the eyes of a human vessel, he was no less wonderful than when I'd seen him from my true form, all fury and green eyes and—

Jack:

Jack: —Dad… Dad. I meant today. Have you seen Dean today?

Castiel: Oh, no, I haven’t. I’m sorry, love.

[lost-and-cursed]

Some amazing analysis of themes in supernatural, how finale has broken them and how it could have been fixed

[strawlessandbraless]

Reblog for science

[incesthemes]

and it makes you as bad as them. || 1.14 x 1.16

[mrcowboydeanwinchester]

sorry i still find it so absolutely batshit insane that dean rationalises his death in 15x20 as something that was "meant to happen", that he was "supposed to go out this way". you are the free will boy. you have just spent the last season, nay, the last FIFTEEN YEARS fighting to escape every narrative and boundary to be placed upon you that told you you had to go out blaze of glory hunting style. the idea of destiny and fate has driven you so insane you almost killed your child and raised a gun to your brother's head. and you have literally just killed god. AND THEN. you are stood dying in the FINALE saying it's okay because it was always meant to happen this way???????????? WHAT WAS THE POINT. OF ANY OF IT.

[winchestress]

wait... are these mfers still in Brazil???

[toasty-broski]

Sam Winchester, the boy who lived

[sastielsfandom]

An ancient deity, as old as the empty, maybe even older, feeds off of powerful beings. Unique powerful beings, it traps them in false realities that keep them sedated and unaware until there is nothing left of them. It has stalked Castiel from the very beginning, but couldn’t touch them while they were reserved in Heaven. It kept tabs knowing something like Castiel would only grow more powerful, and was interested in Sam when he was born. This boy was destined to be a tragic hero that would be painted as a villain. The power in him was unlike any human this entity has seen yet. The delight when these two crossed paths, nearly swooped in at that moment, but saw a future where the feeding would be sweeter if they waited. And they were so happy that they did wait. Watching these feats from a mortal that immortals didn’t dare try, trapping the Devil in a vessel of your to throw him back in. But what was truly interesting, was Castiel’s decision after, going after Sam and succeeding. This entity knew God had meant to make them unique, but they had escaped Him, and He couldn’t take back His creations, they refused to die and play their parts. When this entity closes in on them, it made the same mistake as God, it allowed the two to meet, it tried to wipe their memory, but it was too late. The two together are a scary pair, but the biggest mistake was the entity’s timing. Not only were they desperate to get back to each other, they had a kid waiting for them, and it had underestimated the parental instinct and rage, especially when it tried to sink its teeth into their son. It never stood a chance. 

[hoziernaturalevents]

Someone New

Hozier song: Someone New

Author: @nickelkeep

Artist: @deancodedcastielenby

Beta Reader: @imbiowaresbitch

Main Characters: Cain, Crowley, Benny Lafitte, Castiel, Dean Winchester

Pairing/s: Cain & Crowley, Cain/Benny Lafitte, Cain/Castiel, Cain/Dean Winchester, Dean Winchester/Castiel/Benny Lafitte, Dean Winchester/Castiel/Benny Lafitte/Cain, Past Cain/Colette

Tags/Warnings: No Major Archive Warnings, Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Widower Cain, Blind Dates, Casual Alcohol use, Polyamory, Non-binary Character (Castiel), Minor Misleading Information, Omitted facts, Established Dean/Benny/Castiel, Adding to the Polycule, Eventual Smut, Foursome - M/M/M/NB

Summary: Cain has been mourning his wife Colette for two years. Despite the promise he made her, he hasn't attempted to date again. Enter his best friend Crowley with a devious plan to help him find Someone New.

[insanesonofabitch]

Today I learned that deancasbenny is sometimes called destiny and God. I’ve never seen such a name for a ship that’s equally poetic as it is ironic. I would’ve called it poetic irony but that would wrongfully imply that they’re given what they deserved. It’s hauntingly beautiful.

[mittensmorgul]

unfortunately, this god required killing to free john and carlos. unless they wanted to remain trapped there john had to kill the god, even if he didn’t want to. in his case here, it wasn’t enough to reject the fight. it was kill or be killed. “prove” you’re just like the god, prove you’re up to the task of killing the akrida, or perish.

(and carlos too, in a way john could NOT have coped with...)

it wasn’t enough to just keep standing up, taking blows, and refusing to stay down.

in a lot of ways, this reminded me more of s4 Sam, feeling like he had to “make himself strong enough” even as his methods were destroying him. why does the task of defeating the akrida fall to john alone?

like he was the Chosen Warrior of this nebulous battle, and he can’t fight destiny or whatever...

(with a quick reminder that “akrida” is literally defined as a “king’s pleasure garden” and this is also the monster john is being set up to destroy...)

[fandom-hoarder]

I am forever thinking about this moment in 15x13 Destiny's Child

1) We assume the car is THE car, the impala, Baby; and in context wtf else CAN we assume? We've seen some vehicles in the bunker but no other car that Dean cares about enough to get angry

And

2) the sequence of scenes sure makes this feel like Dean is rushing them off as soon as they get back (albeit they're back in their own clothes)

But

3) TFW took the impala with them to get the Occultum

HOWEVER

4) it honestly would've made more sense plotwise for them to leave the impala in the bunker and take a different car; they should know by now that Chuck sees the car as his special character also

And, all that set aside...

The way this possible writing gaffe opens up the possibilities of og-verse Sam and Dean and Huntercorp Sam and Dean cohabiting long enough that Huntercorp Winchesters can joyride Baby 👀👀👀👀👀👀👀

[julyhatesflowers]

You want it darker - Leonard Cohen

[mmaeeve]

daily dean quote #148/366:

“black market. yeah, that’s what i was gonna say next. that was the next one.”

- season 15, episode 13, destiny’s child

[incesthemes]

as i've rewatched seasons 1 and 2 of supernatural i've been pondering and hypothesizing reasons why john was so adamant on not letting sam know about his destiny. why he was so intent on keeping this secret, why he didn't want sam knowing about monsters, why his role in their hunts appeared to be research-oriented and thus away from the action. my perspective on ignorance and censorship is that it enables further harm, so if john were going to effectively protect sam, it would stand to reason that sam should have a comprehensive understanding of his destiny and what he's up against: give him the tools to fight.

this is obviously not the route john went, so then i have to question why that is—what about censorship was so appealing to him that he thought it not only the best way to keep sam safe, but perhaps even the only way to keep him safe, based on how he begged even dean to keep sam's fate a secret from him in his final words?

so i got to thinking. namely, about the fact that azazel wants sam to be hunting: he killed jessica with the intent to drag him back into the life, which implies that if sam is hunting, he is going down the path azazel wants him to go—he's following his destiny. this aligns with the everpresent theme throughout season 1 that hunting is a monstrous lifestyle, that hunting turns people into monsters. if sam is destined to become a monster, then hunting is the most sure-fire way to get him there.

if azazel wants sam to hunt, then john would need to take the logical opposition and keep sam out of hunting—so, he wouldn't tell sam about monsters until he has to, he'd give sam more passive roles once sam is participating in hunts, he'd train sam in self-defense but not explain why. and importantly, he wouldn't talk about mary, who is the root cause of this lifestyle, the impetus for their revenge quest, more than he has to. if the goal is to keep sam as far away from hunting as possible, and if john is someone who thinks ignorance keeps someone safe, then this more or less explains most of how sam was raised: on the fringes of the family, excluded and sheltered.

but weirdly enough, it wasn't until i was reading east of eden the other night that i finally understood the perspective being presented: late in the novel, the character lee says "when the first innocence is gone, you can't stop."

it made me remember that sam picks. he is a character who wants to understand the world around him and his place in it. if something is bothering him, he turns it over in his head until it consumes him. dean places doubt in sam's head in 2x10 and it obliterates him by 2x11. he's convinced he's going to become some horrible monster because he never stops thinking and trying to figure things out. when his memory is wiped in 4x17 and normal guy sam wesson finds out his coworker is the guy from his weird dreams, he pursues him relentlessly until they're back hunting. when he discovers the wall death put in his mind to keep his hell trauma out in season 6, he pushes and can't stop until it starts crumbling around him. he's intelligent and clever and he wants to know everything. and when he doesn't know, he picks.

and the only way to stop a person like that from picking is to not let them know that there's something to pick at in the first place. that's what the quote from east of eden means: once you catch wind of something, you want to pursue it until you're satisfied. curiosity kills the cat.

and what john is up against is fate itself. something that isn't supposed to be messed with, something that's supposed to be unavoidable. so trying to thwart it is tricky business. he has to be careful.

i think working under that logic his response makes sense, even if it wound up being a self-fulfilling prophecy anyway—sam was always going to find out, and sam was always going to pick. there was nothing john could do in the end to stop it, and trying to keep sam ignorant only made him that much more desperate to know. but that's the great tragedy of it all: john was given an impossible choice, and he's a deeply flawed character. he did what he thought was best, and it only made things worse.

i like this interpretation because it ties all of john's choices together really well; it explains a lot about his character and gives a nuanced and rather reasonable explanation for why he did what he did: a dad who wants the best for his kid does what he believes will set him up on the path to success. when the first innocence is gone, you can't stop—so john does his damnedest to keep sam innocent, even to his dying breath.

the problem comes down to that someone's damnedest isn't always good enough, and that sometimes someone's damnedest ends up benefiting the enemy instead.