THIS HAS TO BE THE MOST HILARIOUS FUCKING SCENE ON THIS SHOW it's Dean and Sam Winchester, the poster boys of "fuck all the divine rules of this universe" posing in as pseudo-family therapists to Lucifer and God, the oldest, longest, most convoluted recording of Daddy Issues.

Art vs Art 2023 Edition

Doubled again this year cause I was having trouble narrowing it down

What’s your opinion on the Chuck won theory?

I adore it! There's a wonderful GIFset that shows how similar the body language, manner of dress, and camera shots are with Chuck at the end of season 11 versus Jack at the end of season 15, and it blows me away every time. I'll see if I can dig it up. (Does anyone else know it and have a link to the one I'm talking about?)

I like most variations of "God won," from God-the-power winning out and leaving Chuck to jump into Jack to corrupt him a la Godstiel, to Chuck simply possessing Jack. The back half of episode 15x19 is so Charming-Acres-coded, too. I can't think of a GIFset that shows it in all its glory, but it's so conspicuous on rewatching.

EDIT: Just reblogged them a couple posts above this one.

this for mannerisms/body language and this for shots

Insane how for over 15 years Dean believed he was nothing more than a vicious murderer who destroyed everything he touched, right up until Castiel told him he wasn't, so he refused to believe it anymore. Dean ended up looking God straight in the eye and said He was wrong. "That's not who I am." All because Castiel said he was warm and loving, a good person who was worth everything. Castiel was fucking shit up for God from the goddamn Empty. He wasn't there, but his influence was. Getting Dean to believe he was loved, and a good person, was his last big "fuck you" to God himself. I love these two.

Cringetober Day 1 - Heterochromia

I shall participate in @icryink's cringetober because I see a lot of SPN possibilities but also cause it seems fun and I can.

Repost no, reblog yes 👁️‿👁️

GOD IS BISEXUAL AND CAN PLAY GUITAR

You know, Chuck being a writer makes so much sense because this finally explains why higher mathematics are more letters than numbers.

sounds familiar...

It's an old tale

dean meeting god it's like heads or tails, bud, He's either gonna be your father-in-law or your new brother, depending on which of his relatives you decide to marry

Gosh, Chuck really set up Amara to trust Dean and then lose hope, didn't he?

What a cosmic dick!

The truth is: Amara's love was an immature love, a love of childhood, and even a little like Harper Sayles. In her own way, she's struggling with the Idealization of Apple Pie and the Romanticized Notion of the White Picket Fence.

In season 8, when Dean was reeling from total 24/7-360-degree war and the uncomfortable grayness of real-world civilian life, he too became fixated on an unobtainable concept of love (and people) as something that will never let you down.

In season 15, we find Amara dressed in vibrant hues and exploring life. And it's lovely that Amara has gained so much wisdom in her time spent individuating.

She encourages Chuck to see meaning in his creation. She lectures Dean about how "now is always better than then." She laments the loss of the opportunity to get to know Jack.

However, she's not integrated in terms of how she conceptualizes love, and in particular, she speaks of Dean in always-or-never statements.

AMARA: Like I told you when we first met, you and I will always help each other.

On accepting the wholeness of life, we can turn to Buddhist teacher Pema Chödrön, who wrote in her deeply insightful book When Things Fall Apart:

“We think that the point is to pass the test or to overcome the problem, but the truth is that things don’t really get solved. They come together and they fall apart. Then they come together again and fall apart again. It’s just like that. The healing comes from letting there be room for all of this to happen: room for grief, for relief, for misery, for joy.

Amara is a long, long way from the disillusionment necessary to truly see another person as a complex individual. She's a long way from the mature disillusionment-and-choosing of real relationships.

In season 15, it's even more of a contrast than usual, as it's flanked by the disagreement-and-repair spousal dynamic that characterizes Dean-and-Cas. Dean became disillusioned with Cas as early as season 4, when Cas and Uriel attacked Anna and especially so in season 6 during the Angelic Civil War. Cas became disillusioned with Dean as early as Dean giving in to Michael in season 5.

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Chuck eases Amara into thinking that her love connection is real, in exactly the way she had conceptualized it:

CHUCK: The Winchesters have gotten to you, huh? Figures-- you and Dean have that whole weird... thing. AMARA (an awed, wondering smile): That wasn't you? Writing? CHUCK: Ugh! Not that part. Gross. Amara gives another, privately pleased little smile.

Then, once the plan he knows is brewing springs into action, he in turn snaps his jaws shut on her. He'd been grooming her for hopelessness and slaughter all along. And so, he consumes her.

AMARA: No, but... but Dean can't hurt me. CHUCK: No, but he can lie to you. He could send you into the meat grinder with a wink and a smile.

He capitalizes on and then leverages her naivete to cannibalize her. He cuts off her development in order to use her as fuel. "She's in here somewhere," is so ominous. It calls to mind how Amara talked about the beings she devoured, not an egalitarian shared mind-space of equals.

CHUCK: Look, I get it. You wanted him to care about you, but humans... they'll break your heart every time.

Chuck thrives on hopelessness.

the fact that eric kripke isn't even christian really adds something to the way christianity is depicted on supernatural. because its really not about being christian at all, but about living in america, a country dominated by christianity, and having to decide for yourself how to handle that. faith is huge in supernatural, and the mythology of the show is very bible-centric, but notably, christ is never there. even sam, who starts out revering the angels, who once said he prays every night, doesn't actually call himself a christian or imply that he believes in jesus--the show is steeped in christianity and biblical lore and yet neither sam nor dean are christians. in fact, over and over again the church itself is depicted as a haunted house that sam and dean will only ever enter as strangers, as outsiders. priests, preachers, faith healers, chapels, crypts, etc. are all just iconography that create an intense sense of unease that sam and dean respond to instantly. as a jew, its very relatable. an essential part of living in america when you're not christian is that exact sense of unease, of knowing that the culture of your country has ensured that you'll get knocked over by christianity no matter where you go, that you'll see hundreds of people truly believing they're good people while doing awful things in the name of their god, and you have no choice but to confront that. kripke gets it

Castiel: God, please, I need guidance. I don't know if what I am doing is right. Please help me. Chuck, who's been dealing with the fact that this Castiel keeps escaping his grasp like a wet fish and fucking up his machinations: WILL YOU JUST FUCK OFF ALREADY?????? Castiel, in the middle of ruining plan 951: Dean is dying and I need to find a way to save him. Oh wait never mind I saved him, there was a big loophole in the plan-- Chuck: FUCK SAKE I SPENT 3 YEARS PLANNING THAT ONE.

listen. the fact that supernatural refuses to stay dead (the winchester, jensen teasing a revival) is actually SOOOOO camp. I think the first episode of season sixteen should be dean waking up in a hospital after his rusty nail accident and telling sam he had a bad dream where he was wearing an ugly ass wig

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