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homo-sex-shoe-whale · 3 years
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chapeldean · 2 years
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November 5th, a retrospective
It’s been one year since Destiel went canon. I asked 387 tumblr users how they’re coping.
Me? I’m coping by making surveys. This was a spur of the moment-one, consisting of six open question. The survey stayed up for about nine hours between Nov 5-6th and was posted here. 
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The first question was “Think back to one year ago: how did you find out about Destiel going canon?”. The answers could be divided into the following categories: Tumblr (for a majority, 48.3%), watching the episode live (13.4%), Twitter (10.6%), texts from friend(s) (8.3%), memes (site not specified) (4.7%), internet/social media in general (3.6%), watched the episode (not live) (3.6%). Discord, TikTok and Instagram were mentioned by a handful of people. The “other” category (3.1%) included answers that didn’t strictly fall into any of the above categories, such as “someone in real life/in class told me”. 
(Word count: 6.3k II Content warning: nsfw, mentions of homophobia)
Fifteen people said they found out specifically through the Putin memes. Eight people said the supermegaturbohell gif of “Castiel”. Two people specifically mentioned tumblr user previously known as anthonycrowley spreading the news. 
Some of the answers:
My bestie who worked in the news and had been texting me intermittent election updates so that I would stop compulsively refreshing fivethirtyeight dot com delivered the breaking news unto me personally 
my mutuals screaming and activating like sleeper agents on my previously spn-free dash
Twitter #1 worldwide trending topic
i can't exactly remember anymore - i'm not american so i found out on the sixth. i also hadn't watched any spn but i was a wholock fan in the day so i Knew. and was instantly in hysterics. I have a vague memory of lying sobbing flat out on the floor with my sister standing above me having no idea what was happening
On tumblr. I tried explaining it to my mom but she had no clue what I was talking about 
someone in a discord server I was in came into #general saying "I CANT BELIEVE THEY DID IT" and we were all confused because we were discussing the election
Just wanted to check twitter for election results, saw destiel trending, oh this can’t be right, rushes back home from school to watch, sees it definitely can be right
I was scrolling through tumblr and I saw some memes. It's also how I found out Putin was stepping down.
I’m english so I woke up at like 8am to a text from my canadian friend telling me. neither of us had watched it in YEARS
i was already an spn fan so i watched the episode as it aired and wailed “make outttttt” ironically the entire time until be became unironic. insane. cried after that. 
opened tumblr and it Crashed
While I was on Facebook because I wasn't in the hellsite, I saw the first meme about it and downloaded Tumblr asap to join the chaos. I watched the episode like... 7 hours after because I'm Latin ✌️ 
first thing i saw when i woke up. like first notification on my phone was a tumblr meme about it. instant killshot.
roommate’s screams
sitting in a room full of "normal" people, scrolling through instagram, seeing memes about it nsjsnsj
Watching an unrelated twitch stream, saw it in chat
I saw so many blocked spn posts I eventually clicked it and saw the I love you post. Then I told everyone 
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The second question was “What is your favorite November 5th-related post/ meme (if you have one)? (Could be from 2020 or this year). Either linking it or describing it is fine!”. The most popular ones (ten or more mentions) were the “I love you” “(insert news here”) (63 votes), this compilation video (28 votes), the aforementioned Superhell gif (22 votes), Putin resigning/because of Destiel memes (17 votes), the two pale coconuts gently colliding text post (14 votes), and the see you in hell you stupid fruit tweet (11 votes).
You guys brought a lot of memes, though. Some honorary mentions:
I won't be able to find it, but it was a post that said something like, "the reason it's called coming out is because of the black goo that instantly comes out of the wall to drag you to gay super-hell". I just found that really funny for some reason
The sniper who has someone else w/ a gun behind, it's great
*Dean cocking gun* "Cas is gay. Empty's got him" "What???" "THERE'S NO TIME"
"I love you🥺" "putin stepped down"
tbh being gay and going to superhell is gonna stick w me for the rest of my life. my queer ass is gonna be in a home one day and joking about how i’ll be pulled into superhell any day now
the one with the gif of someone on fire falling thru fire and op is like i rly thought this was castiel being dragged to super hell and someone posting the actual gif of castiel being taken to super hell and someone responding “VENOM TOOK HIM?”
does that tiktok of the roommates finding out destiel went canon count
From 2020. The destiel meme template, Dean says "I like your shoelaces", Cas replies "Thanks I stole them from the president". A reblog added the "wait you guys-" meme, saying "wait you guys know who the president is?" Peak November 5 energy I love it
Madagascar skipper supernatural fandom its been a fucking nightmare
oh i know the johnlockers are sick rn
That video with a Bollywood movie where there's a girl America and this famous Bollywood actor enters the room and is Destiel. Everything while Putin and Elections watch from the distance all shocked, and Twitter and Tumblr are just being chaotic. The music of the vid just gets me. 
The first omega president is pretty damn good 
Throw me my election results. I thought you said destiel! What would I say destiel?!
What if you wanted ELECTION RESULTS but God said DESTIEL IS CANON
"hi my name is destiel nevada putin elec'tion covid way"  
The third question asked how you were celebrating the 5th (if you were celebrating). And pretty much all of you were! It was very heartwarming to read about all the little ways in which you made that day special. To everyone drinking to celebrate: cheers! To everyone baking: I hope your cakes, cupcakes, and pies turned out amazing! To everyone ordering/cooking their favorite food: bon appetite! To everyone listening to Angel with a shotgun/The night we met (the two most mentioned songs) - hell yeah turn it up! To the people taking the day off from school/work: great decision, you deserved that! To the people making their roommates/family members/significant others/friends watch Supernatural or listen to you talk about Destiel: you have my FULL support lol. And, to the people who got tattoos: I love you oh my god. Also, dying to see photos. 
Here are some ways you celebrated:
The night we met on loop
wearing flannel and scrolling through Tumblr
Crying and listening to Angel with a shotgun and Night we met on repeat
took the day off work, uncorked a bottle of rosé, watched all of the DeanCasnatural supercut, generally being deranged online
Sobbing over fanvids, reading fic, might fuck around and make a PB&J, for Cas.
Watchin amv's, listening to my cas playlist, and pretending the bonfire night fireworks are for gay angel love
being productive and doing my hw just like cas would have wanted 
Looking at the memes, laughing out loud at reblogged posts from That Night as I remember the exhilarated insanity, hoping no coworkers notice and ask what I’m laughing at because god where to begin 
Baked a cake, bought a tacky wedding card, watched 15x18 and some other highlight eps and listened to my nov 5th playlist
Chocolate Milk, not really celebrating but I like chocolate Milk
Reblogging like hell
telling myself it is ok to take a break from school and spend time on tumblr
no joke I got a tattoo. I really actually got 11.05.20 tattooed on the one human body I have
Rbing spn stuff despite not being in the fandom lmao
I did two drawings of the confession scene! And also reblog memes a little. And cried three times
met up with an online friend for the first time in 10 yrs 🙏😔
my friend got me a cake that said happy birthday destiel on it
i wore one of spn shirts to take my drivers test (i passed!) 
Cosplaying Castiel in public. 
Watched spn w a new frend!
To the person who passed their driver’s test, congratulations <3 I’m gonna be earnest about the Supernatural fandom again now, but genuinely, it’s so good to hear that hundreds of you took a little extra care on the 5th and did stuff that made you happy. Or, you know, sad - lots of you mentioned crying - but I hope it was in a good way, the way crying from a show you love is good. Either way, most of you seem to have had a good time, and I love to hear it! To the ones who didn’t, and were stuck with work or essays to write, I hope all your projects and tasks went well!
Okay, so for the fourth question... I am sorry for using my surveys to check in with all of you at once, but I really want to know how we’re all doing. And how we’re coping. Especially since this date actually had a pretty big impact on people’s personal lives (it definitely did for me!). So the question was “The Destiel therapist is in. How are you feeling? About today's date? In general?”. (Should go without saying that I’m not a qualified therapist - but I am a good listener). 
celebrating? babe, i'm like an ant in a microwave, running away from these massive electromoagnetic storms of emotion that keep popping up.
Hyped ig 
My focus was 100% shot yesterday and today isn't looking much better lol.  Lots of general excitement.  And since I missed the original Nov 5th it's so fun to see all the blogs celebrating.
Hah. Ha. I've been insane for a year because of this damn date. I thought I was over supernatural but here we are. An entire year later. I am unironically wearing the Cas shirt I got at hot topic when I was 14.
last year i was a teenager. now i’m in my twenties. fuck.
Normal. I feel soooo normal about this.
Ufffff I went through all the stages of grief in a second. 
like a fork in a microwave
I feel lighter in my heart since it happened, like it somehow reversed some of the horrible damage done to me after the 2016 election. But I’m definitely crazier now too. Cheers to the happy couple
I'm feeling pretty good! I found out one of my real-life friends is also a heller (she used the phrase 'shrimp emotions' and I said '...wait'). 
im in a good high but also a bad one
Full of love
overwhelmed. spiraling. feral. insane. #girl
kinda depressed and very out of reality but I'm holding onto today to forcibly make me feel better, kinda working
[car crash noises]
i think ive managed to repress the feral 12 year old in me
Pretty good! I got a new job :)
See above I am REELING. I am HYPERVENTILATING. I thought I was gonna have a fucking heart attack when they got to the dungeon I knew it was coming but OH MY GOD I DID NOT K N O W. I am experiencing shrimp emotions. I won't be sleeping tonite
I would say the general consensus was “sad about Castiel, the way Destiel ended, but excited about the activity on tumblr and excited to talk to/hang out with people online about it.” A couple mentioned that the attempt at recreating the hysteria of Nov 5th 2020 did not really succeed, and I am inclined to agree; to be fair, I don’t think that would have been possible. I mean, you were there, but… pre-vaccine pandemic and the world holding their collective breath waiting for election results, and in the middle of that, canon Destiel. I don’t think we can ever recreate that! For better or for worse. Some people said tumblr was calmer this November 5th than they had expected it to be, which is also fair.
On a more serious note, though. Some of you talked a little about how you’re doing in general, and how it’s not all good. And I might not know what you’re going through, but you have my full support, whoever you are. All of you! And you can always message me, on or off anon. I might have answers; I might not. Regardless, I have an excessive amount of encouraging words, and I am terminally optimistic, so if you ever need support, you’ve got it. Mutuals or not, ya know.
The fifth question read “Any predictions for the outcome of this weekend?”. Lots of people predicted either something insane or nothing at all from Misha, Jackles dropping the tapes, and Jared being homophobic. 93 of 374 people predicted something that (to my knowledge) came true. These prediction ranged from “a white man puts his foot in his mouth” to “Not Enough. The tapes WON'T be released and they SHOULD. bite chomp kill. Predict anticlimactic” to “the most frustrating milquetoast” to “Whatever happens we're all gonna clown about it on the hellsite anyway”. 42 people predicted more homophobic comments happening at the convention. 38 people predicted that the Queen of England would die. 
Prediction time!
Con will make people angry, con will make people happy, everyone on apps will hate that destiel is back except for us
joe biden is outed as a heller
after the last con I promised myself I wouldn't pay attention anymore and I'm actually p proud of how I'm doing with that. I don't even know who's there or what's when and normally I get obsessive about it so. now every time I wanna check when jensens panel is on I just ask, what does he know about dean winchester that I don't? and the answer is always nothing. anyway I don't think anything will happen and everyone will be vaguely disappointed 
epic highs and lows
A bitterly disappointing con that, like so many bitterly disappointing cons before, drives out a huge chunk of vocally active fandom until it's just Padalecki stans.
i hope the abba album is good!
I know better than to predict the future
I think dmitri might finally snap
I think we'll be disappointed that none of the cast says anything at all and we'll sit and make memes and be sad and no big world events will happen. I hope that's not the reality, but I think it will be. 
jackles breaks his silence by getting into twitter beef w misha when misha makes a commemorative post which implies cas tops
Jensen Ackles or whatever is gonna come out as a robot because his performance was too obvious.
Loss.jpg
Mundanity because we expect absurdity
no predictions really, hopefully good memes
I want to say a few words on this. It wrecks me that we expect homophobia. It is also very depressing that people dread the conventions rather than look forward to them. And I don’t want to brush it aside with a “but that’s how it’s always been for Destiel shippers”, because I do not think the problem is us. I also don’t think the problem is caring too much about the cast’s opinions. They all have jobs because we care. So on one hand, not paying attention to what the actor men says is a good and healthy call (and several of you mentioned this in the survey); the show is over. The narrative is ours now. Expecting nothing prepares you for when things inevitably go bad at cons. But on the other hand, you can’t always choose what affects you and how you react to information (such as Jensen or Misha’s takes on Destiel). Caring, and being optimistic, and having high hopes for conventions cannot be a bad thing either. We need to expect and demand better than homophobia and hopelessness. And we need to look after ourselves. This is not me saying how anyone should feel, or act; I don’t even have solutions for how to make conventions a safer place for queer people and Destiel shippers. I’m aware it is a question that should have been solved ages ago. That doesn’t mean we should stop trying. I am being so idealistic here, but seriously, when people are anxious they might have to read about what’s been said during certain panels- that’s when you know it’s bad. 
Alright. Time for the sixth and final question. “How are Dean and Castiel celebrating? One year later, where are they, what are they up to in the good spn in your head?” First off, thanks to the person pointing out that the in-show timeline doesn’t line up with our timeline so these events didn’t happen on November 5th for them (something I keep forgetting...)
First of all, remember the timelines! The events of the first and the second half of s15 follow each other, therefore for the characters the confession happened somewhen in the summer, july the latest, and not november. And for celebration - I think there isn't one, cas doesn't realise what date is it and dean is nervous all day because it makes him remember loosing cas and think about it and then they talk about it and cas just keep telling dean that he loves him to prove that nothing bad will happen to them this time
Second of all, I didn’t really think much when I wrote this question, of course “celebrating” is both the wrong word and activity - celebrating the death day of Castiel would be traumatic - but rather… assuming Dean gets Cas back somehow, how do you guys think they would celebrate a year of love? These headcanons are organized loosely by theme, since there were a couple of recurring ones. A lot of you mentioned just chilling, having dinner with Jack/the family, sleeping in, cooking, dancing, kissing, cuddling... I’m sorry I couldn’t include all of them! 
So without further ado, this is what Dean and Cas are up to in 2021 <3
Lake House
Living their happy lives together in their cabin by the lake, fishing every day and driving down to the Roadhouse to meet up with the rest of the family (Sam, Eileen, Bobby, the Harvelles, Charlie, and everyone else they picked up along the way) to celebrate a year well spent together
they're taking it easy at their lake house, just the two of them. everyone else is arriving tomorrow for the weekend <3
They're on a date and they have a lakehouse and a little farm :')
in the good spn in my head they’re alive, human, happy in a house by the lake, Dean cries today and denies it, but is especially sweet to Cas, Miracle stays out of their way, there are some things an innocent dog doesn’t want to see :) Jack visits in the evening and isn’t subtle about today being their anniversary in any way.
they're in a little lakeside cabin and its cold outside but its sunny, and they're making pumpkin pie. baby jack took their first steps last week and now theyre toddling back and forth between cas and dean!!!
They're still remodeling that house near the lake, taking care of a garden, and fixing cars. Dean will make them a nice dinner at home, but they're just enjoying each other's company today. Jack and Claire will be staying with them next weekend though so they'll get some good family time in
They slept in today in the bed in their lil lakehouse. When they woke up they were warm and safe and in love in each other’s arms.
More somber occasion for them I think, light reminiscence from the lake house in 12x23 where they now live and making themselves a nice dinner
They’re happy, your honour. They’re in their lake house in Heaven, they’re married. Sam, Eileen, Jack, etc. visited today, and now they’re spending time alone together.
They live in a cabin in the woods by a lake, Dean has miracle and Cas has a sweet cat named Jill (bc his other baby is Jack) and they live close to all the people they love <3
they are in their lake house and they had pancakes for breakfast and sam and eileen video called them and then they watched the sunset and made out. and then. they had old man sex <3
[Holt voice] BOOOONE
idk how nsfw im allowed to be but they are definitely boning
they be fucking everywhere in the bunker
those old men are ******* lmao no they are having a stupid sweet little movie date and dean is letting cas say very sincere sappy things without arguing for once
they fuck speaking only in spanish
They have a house and they’re retired and they ARE fucking
Well Jack took Dean to the empty to get Cas, obviously, because why wouldn't he?? He wouldn't just walk away into the sunset without saving Cas first. That would be ridiculous. Cad is top priority. That's his dad! And Dean would obviously demand to be brought to Cas. Because why would he all the suddenly not be like ""where's the angel?!"" So Dean finds Cas and then they kissed. and then Jack was like 'ew dads that's gross'... But anyways, its the anniversary of when they got together, and Dean celebrates their anniversary by giving Cas a blowjob when they wake up because happiness is also in the having. the having of gay sex.
WOW great q. definitely fucking
fucking 24/7
they have gay in love sex good night
heh
...you know ;)
They are having lots of old man gay sex. I feel like cas might go out and pick Dean some real nice wild flowers :)
Ooooooooh bestie they are playing a SPIRITED round of ping pong ;)
having so much gay sex you couldn't imagine like they be going crazy
Two coconuts gently colliding in kisses. The coconuts spooning. They are renewing their wows. Coconut sex. Coconut love. Coconuts continuously breaking free from their narrative and continuing to choose each other. 🥥💗🥥
probably having very sad n sappy sex (for thebfirst time.) or spending time with their gay and transgender son
i hope they have a bbq in their garden with those ugly white plastic chairs and claire makes dean's own pulled pork recipe and they glaze the chicken Jack wanted with honey from the bee hives in the garden. sam and eileen come over and they bring charlie and her wife and they have a little party <3 or nsfw cas and dean just fuck the entire day to make up for their 12 years of eye contact.
dean is getting into brewing beer and stuff and brings cas to a brewery. Cas hates it and thinks it’s boring but there’s some type of special thing going on there so he tolerates it BUT he insists on playing his pop girly music on the ride there. He gets drunk as dean talks about beer stuff with people and then he fucks dean in the bathroom before dean makes a super fancy home cooked meal (maybe he makes bread with beer or something idk). Cas is making plans for their one year wedding anniversary in February it’s probably gonna be some bee thing that dean will hate. They’ve decided dean gets to pick their activity for the one year dating anniversary and cas pick the one for the one year wedding anniversary because they couldn’t agree on something. Either way the day ends with lots of sex
They be fuckin
They are being domestic and hosting a family dinner. Afterwards their going to make out like teenagers. At some point they will both cry, and cas Will put his hand on deans face and say “I’m here, my love, I’m here.” Dean will say I love you over and over again through his sobs. Then they screw.
I don’t think they care as much about this day as their wedding. I think they’re just in bed, in the bunker or in their house. And Jack and Claire and Sam have something small planned for later but for the start/middle of the day they just get to sit in bed and kiss and fuck (fuck Jared) and they’re just HAPPY yknow? Cas tells him that, he says that if he had another moment of true happiness it would be today.
they fuckin. all day. ain’t even getting out of bed. so much gay sex
the same way they always celebrate: truckin' and fuckin'
enjoying married life, going on little dates where they just drive around and enjoy each others company, going to rock concerts, having lots of hot sex, idk
Well since it's fuck him on the floor Friday I assume they are having a nice anniversary fuck on the floor and Dean is crying bc emotions yes but mostly bc his back hurts.
They are. Having a nice lil dinner and crying during sex
They're balls deep my dude
ok so they are ******* right now and dean is ******* cas ****
Old man sex!
dean sucks cas good and hard through his jorts <3
Touchy
Ok well this isn't their wedding anniversary (they'll have lots of ppl around then), it's a pretty upsetting anniversary actually. So I think Dean is Super clingy because Cas died a year ago and they have a quiet day in with lots of hugs. Maybe Dean doesn't verbalize at first what's upsetting him, but he's trying to do better so he gets it out and Cas ofc already understands because it's not exactly a perfect memory for him either and they work through it. And they're ok. They're really genuinely doing ok 😭💙💚
this whole mess was TRAUMATIC for dean he is Trying Not To Think About It!!! he is just holding his husband close trying to remind himself he’s here, they’re both here, they’re safe, they made it out alive
Both on earth (Dean didn’t die in the good spn in my head; that’s very important. Somehow, Cas returned). They’re being very touchy and reassuring with each other today, probably because of bad memories about what was going on a year ago.
OUGHGHGHGHHG. dean is clingy today and cas indulges him. they get bored mid-afternoon (bored! dean thinks. ive never been relaxed enough to get bored before!) so they play would you rather on the porch of their fixer upper. cas asks dean would you rather stay here with me for the rest of your life or be sent back in time to date harrison ford. dean pretends to think about it so cas tackles him to the ground and wont let him up until he says ""obviously id stay with you you're the love of my life"" but dean's laughing too hard to get the words out so theyre trapped on the ground for five minutes. and then their old man backs are fucked up so they lie in bed next to each other on their bellies with hot water bottles on their backs and fall asleep. im fine."
Beach
They’re in love and hanging out at the beach. Dean gets sunburned
Sand between their toes sammy!!! I cant think about this or ill
THEYRE EATING AT THE BEACH WITH THEIR KIDS IM RESPECTFULLY NOT TAKING ANYTHING ELSE AS AN ANSWER
2 words: Beach Date
They are on a beach vacation to some random America beach, drinking cheap beer and being in love.
They are on a beach on Oahu, Hawaii.
Sipping cocktails on a beach together holding hands and blushing
babe they are on the beach for sure
by GOD they are at the beach toes in the sand and fruity cocktails in hand tysm for asking
Castiel flexing his newly healed wings to take Dean on an international vacation. Beach time baby
Help... (alternatively, responses that made OP go “oh my god”)
Literally anything. Anything that means that the two of them get to have each other.
soft epilogues are nice
They’re in Switzerland looking over the alps having a beer and pie while their spawns run around in the house with Uncle Sam babysitting them.
went fishing together 🎣 cas has a lot of interesting fish facts to tell dean
Having a burger calling each other buddy and pal and then kissing on the lips
dean is sitting in his dead car. he has been looking for cas for the last year. he is so close.
theyre old and gay. theyre feeding ducks unhealthy bread while dean complains about tiktok
Married, parenting, dancing, kissing. Some humanity, some wings.
shhh rn they are sleeping bc they forgot what date it is bc theyre stupid. i love them<3
There are a couple hundred different versions of the good spn in my head. My favorite right this moment? Cas organized a roadtrip to visit all of the (still living) gang (and Jack) and Dean keeps bragging about how he got Cas out of the Empty (like when he killed Hitler).
fuck they’re happy so happy
They spent most of the morning in bed, not having sex just not wanting to move away from each other. They have syrupy pancakes and read with Jack all squished up together. They are in a HOUSE with WINDOWS and NOT FILLED WITH REMINDERS OF THEIR AWFULNESS. Dean tries to convince Cas to call in sick to his work at the local afterschool daycare but Cas takes it very seriously and will not br deterred. He comes back with 3 illegible anniversary cards made by 5 year olds. Dean cries.
They’re just together, they are one of those people who say I love you so much throughout the day. Just out of nowhere. Doing the most random things. They’re soft. They light up whenever they look at each other, they can’t believe they actually made it. They can finally be happy and at peace. They can finally have each other.
dancing in the kitchen bay bee
Thank you for basically writing fics <3
I don't have a solid post-canon plan for them, but if I had to come up with one... they're living a life similar to cowboyjen68 on tumblr. A little rural property with a cozy much-repaired farmhouse, a mostly coherent themed bedroom for Jack (space themed?), a horse for each of them, a dog. Lots of flannel. I like to think that Cas gets involved in a mutual aid group in the nearest town that actually has a need for one, so he goes out to help serve food and distribute care packages once or twice a week. He gives great life advice/reassurances to anyone who seems like they need it. Dean will usually make some food for him to bring, like chili or casserole, but the actual serves aren't really his thing. Dean is the primary earner, I think he does either general handyman type stuff or gets into a specific trade, like fixing cars or maybe electrical. For some reason I'm picturing Cas working with sheep part time.... I think he might connect with animals that find comfort in being members of a herd, but it's non-hierarchical and they don't have any schemes or evil grand plans to bring about the apocalypse. Maybe he helps farms in the area shear in the spring. They both like visiting neighbors to help with big tasks, like putting in posts for new fences or barn raisings. Jack... hm, when they move there Jack is like old-elementary-school-aged. He forms a little circle of friends and joins 4H with them. Their parents help Dean and Cas learn how to be the parents of a 4Her who shows horses, because there's a LOT to learn.
Kid Jack, having given the god energy back to the universe so there is no one god, is being raised by Cas and Dean. Dean saved Cas from the Empty before Jack gave up his powers. They have a cute house with a yard where Cas has a garden and Dean has a shed. They’ve spent the last year fixing it up. Dean decides to use his hands to build things instead of destroy. He does woodworking and he’s a freelance mechanic too. Baby is still the finest car around. Sam and Eileen live a few houses down and they have dinner together at least once a week. Jack goes to school. They get visited by the Wayward gang every week. Cas helps Sam run the bunker (which is now hunter headquarters. Sam’s the leader). Cas gives new hunters knowledge and helps run the phone lines. He also paints. And reads. And keeps bees. He sells the excess honey at the local farmers market. And does crappy pottery crafts but Dean loves every crappy thing Cas makes and he decorates the house with them. Most of the mismatched, uneven bowls in their kitchen are handmade Cas originals. They catch up on all the TV shows and movies they’ve missed out on over the years. They’re currently watching Friends. Cas finds it frustrating. Dean finds it hilarious. They sleep in each other’s arms every night. Cas talks in his sleep, now that he’s human, and Dean has a running list of all the crazy things he’s said. They stare into each other’s eyes soulfully all the time. The eye loving never ends. Cas likes to hold Dean’s hand and when Dean plays with his hair. Dean likes forehead kisses and to be held. Cas rails Dean at least once a day to make up for twelve years of sexual tension. They have their family. A home. They’re happy and at peace. All is actually fucking well. And for their anniversary, they go on a beach trip with the family, Hawaiian shirts and all. Dean grills barbecue. Claire helps him. Kaia and Cas teach Jack how to swim. Jodie, Donna, Sam and Eileen build castles. Alex and Patience flirt with the local eye candy. They have a bonfire as the sun sets. Jack stays with Eileen and Sam for the night. Dean and Cas go back home, take a nice, relaxing bath together, dress comfy and go out into their yard to stargaze. Cas tells Dean about the story of each star’s creation and Dean tells Cas about his newest woodworking projects. Cas tells Dean that he is his heart and Dean tells Cas that Cas is his sunshine. They kiss. A lot. They have insanely great sex and Dean wakes up on November 6th, right at dawn, and watches the sun rise over Cas’s cheekbones and thinks to himself that his entire life of suffering was more than worth it because this is where he ended up: with his family. With a son. With Cas. With this life. Cas wakes up and makes a snarky comment about it being “creepy” that Dean is watching him sleep. Dean whacks Cas with a pillow. They laugh. They live.
This survey reached the Supernatural meta fandom (I assume), because I got a bunch of answers from people who have not watched the show and/or doesn’t really care. I put their headcanons in a separate post, because they’re not really the vibe for this one. Nothing horrifying, just wanted to spare you the mood killer (unless you’re curious lol). The post can be found here. 
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