Eileen: I’m cold.

Sam: Here, take my jacket.

Cas: I’m cold too.

Dean: *sets the world on fire*

for @assigned-boyking-at-birth ’s birthday event day 3: enochian

spent an absolutely ridiculous amount of time looking for this because i wanted to reread it so here’s a fic rec (and an archive of the link on my account for when i wanna find it again)

there is rest for the wicked by fleeceframe on ao3

dean gets some rest and it’s really cute. go read it for yourself

I have been trying to understand why I was so disappointed with the Supernatural finale. After all, being a writer myself, I wouldn’t like anyone telling me how to write the climax to my story, and therefore, I more than the average viewer should have been able to respect the freedom of the writers and showrunners to take their story to what they believed to be the right conclusion.

The problem, I realized is that every story has a structure that it has to follow to get it to make sense, even the ones that are not overtly formulaic.

So I looked at a few beloved older shows that I watched through the seasons and understand what made their endings more palatable.

The Mentalist – Like supernatural, The Mentalist is not a show about romance; it is a police procedural show, with a murder solved by the team in each episode, and more importantly it is about Jane’s obsession and quest for revenge from the serial killer Red John and finally the journey towards Jane’s catharsis. But as the characters evolved, Jane and Lisbon’s equation changed from friendship to something more, very organically I would say, and the show ends with them together and even expecting a baby – a satisfying happy ending that works thanks to not just Jane’s character growth but Lisbon’s as well.

House MD – Again, not a show about romance or even friendships. It’s a hospital show and a ‘medical procedural’, that unlike Grey’s Anatomy and similar shows, is almost fully focused on the titular character. The showrunners have spoken about how House and Wilson were inspired by Conan Doyle’s Holmes and Watson. During all the ups and downs over the seasons, their friendship remains the heart of the series, and while the pairing was wildly popular in the fandom, with slash fiction being written prolifically even now, ten years after the show ended, the showrunners chose to keep the relationship platonic. As the characters were introduced as canonically straight, the writers probably did not dare take a wild leap to sexual intimacy on the show, despite the immense popularity of the pairing. However, we see the characters falling out and getting back together, thereby strengthening their bond, and the protagonist, a self-professed selfish and ‘bastard’ character, giving up on everything that meant anything to him, and driving off into the sunset with his best friend aka the person who is most important to him, again satisfying though bittersweet.

Elementary – Yet another police procedural. Most people read Sherlock and Joan’s relationship as platonic, a change from the shipping heavy pairings. Here too, the show ends with the two friends taking steps to becoming platonic-life partners after all the turmoil and physical dangers they faced over the series.

Now, in Supernatural, the story demanded a happy or at least a bittersweet ending. Why? Because of the death, resurrection, pain, literal hellfire, loss of loved ones that Sam and Dean went through, only a happy ending makes sense, and heaven, that is canonically in the control of manipulative angels is not a happy ending at all, unlike say ‘The Good Place’.

If I were to take the story to its logical conclusion, the finale would have both brothers taking the call to be semi-retired. Sam and Eileen would probably set up a Hunters Headquarters in the Men of Letters bunker. Dean would either start a Roadhouse-style bar named after Ellen and Jo or an Auto restoration business for classic cars named after Bobby. A full blown romantic relationship between Dean and Cas wouldn’t work so late in the game. So, again a platonic life partner setup, that’s open for interpretation, with Dean, Cas and Jack buying a farm where Claire and the rest of the found family frequently visit them. 

So the brothers would find stability and “the peace when you’re done” that we were promised. Dean and Cas, as both soldiers with a fair amount of PTSD, would help each other on the path to healing. Sam would never get out of hunting as he wanted at the start, but a semi-retired approach would give that to him partially, and let him indulge in research that makes sense for his academic type personality. 

The final shot would be of the brothers in the backyard of dean’s farm, drinking beer, finally at peace, not just with the world, but with each other, as having their own support system in the form of found family, and their own space would let them get over the annoyance of constantly living in each other’s pockets, forever on the road, with no control over their destiny and mistrustful of each other. We were so robbed of this – a logical, meaningful bittersweet ending that made sense for these beloved characters.

Currently on 15x7. This is about Eileen. I love her as an individual character. She’s a fucking queen. But….

She and Sam better not be endgame or some shit because, I’m sorry, they have NO FUCKING CHEMISTRY AT ALL YOU GUYS!!!!!

The “me and the bad bitch I bagged by being autistic” is literally my favorite trope for queer coded m/f media.

It’s so perfect Fr Fr.

Fic: What If... It was Castiel at the Bunker Door?

I just realized today is the second anniversary of the Supernatural Finale, and while this fic was written as a gift for the Profound Bond Discord Gift Exchange, but it seems very appropriate for this anniversary.

This fic is a reimagining of 15x19 and 15x20 with the premise of - what if it actually *was* Cas at the Bunker door instead of Lucifer? A lot of things change, as you will see - and all of them for the better.

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Title: What If… It was Castiel at the Bunker Door? Rating: Teen and Above No Warnings Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, A reimagining of 15x19, Includes the Barn Scene from 15x20, Alternate Universe - Everyone Lives/Nobody Dies, Happy Ending, Spoilers for 15x18/19/20, Fix-It, Episode Fix-It: s15e19 Inherit the Earth, Episode Fix-It: s15e20 Carry On Summary: In 15x19, Dean's phone rings, Caller ID says it's Cas - which should be impossible because the Empty took him to save Dean from Death. But he runs to the door anyway, throws it open... and it's Lucifer. BUT... What If... it's actually Cas? Words: 11153 AO3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/42919878

you know what?! fuck you! [t4t’s your saileen and sabriel]

Stardate: 202307.14 ▫ 1 year after Dean's death, Sam is hunting with Eileen Leahy and ends up caught in a monster conspiracy led by the oldest monster ever. 😈 @jaredpadalecki @shoshannah7 @cw_supernatural #jaredpadalecki #samwinchester #shoshannahstern #eileenleahy #samandeileen #supernatural #spn #supernaturalseason16 #spnseason16 #supernaturaluniverse #spnuniverse #supernaturalfan #spnfan #supernaturalfans #spnfans #supernaturalfandom #spnfandom #supernaturalfanart #spnfanart #supernaturalfanfiction #spnfanfiction #supernaturalfamily #spnfamily #fanart #fanfiction #fanartfriday #fanfictionfriday #fanartfridays #fanfictionfridays

hey guys wanna see how hard I can cry

HAPPY 45th BIRTHDAY DEAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

supernatural movie reboot but its a ghostfacers mockumentary about their attempt to make a “serious film” about sam and dean winchester. opens on ed and harry going “CUT!” and the camera pans to a guy that looks kind of like jared padalecki pulling off a party city wig. turns out the finale was actually part of the ghostfacer’s retelling of supernatural. Sam Dean and Castiel spend the entire movie chasing after ed and harry trying to stop the thing being made. (its a huge commercial success and they screen it at the destiel wedding)

<3 how 12x17 the british invasion seems to imply sam and eileen have been facetiming regularly offscreen. Yes he has friends Yes he has worldly connections Yes he talks to them

more spn doodles i did instead of working////

gaslighting all of you (and myself) into thinking this was the real spn finale, where the fam and wayward sisters go to the beach and have a good ol time (i am never gonna finish these so i might as well post them on this special day)

i just made the most stupid thing