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

I just love this scene. A lot.

May I? No. vs Gimme! As you wish.

it really is. the show of lucky accidents

supernatural post-season five doesn't even count as canon to me its just some weird fanfic version. except without the fun parts of fanfic (gay sex) and all the annoying parts (half-baked plot ideas and terminal hewouldnotfuckingsaythat disorder)

Fan question: So you're probably very busy but I hope you see this @therealKripke. A lot of us fell in love with Dean when we saw him interacting with Lucas in these scenes. Was Dean's affinity for children already written into the character, did the writer come up with it or Jensen perhaps?

Eric Kripke: Combo of both! Started with script (1st by @serathegamble & @RaelleTucker). Dean's core is a hurt child with a thick shell of bravado, so we figured he'd connect with kids. Then @JensenAckles made it sing with gruffness & warmth, so we kept doing it. #SPN #SPNFamily #Supernatural

my most universally cancellable SPN opinion, in terms of the sheer variety of factions & grudges it manages to clip in passing:

Sera Gamble could've fixed the Gadreel arc. and the results would've FUCKED.

When I get sad about the spn finale, at least I can think on how Kripke ended his run with his stupid little Dean Winchester lavender marriage nuclear family suburbia shit show only for Sera Gamble to then spend a season systemically disassembling it in such a thorough and nightmarish way nobody else had ever attempted it again

I’m glad we all agree that Sam Winchester is both predator and prey, but he’s also a secret third thing: a parasite.

He’s like a bad case of fading kitten syndrome, but it’s not his fault, he’s just hungry and eating until he’s full but sometimes ‘full’ for the host means ‘dead’, but he isn’t a killer on purpose and he wishes he could be better but this is just his nature. He latches onto the things he loves and drains the life from them and he can’t stop, won’t stop, even if it means he dies too. This is how he loves when he isn’t prey (the lamb on the altar, between the wolf’s teeth), this is how he submits when he isn’t the predator (the feral dog ripping apart everything in its path).

Being a parasite is hard for him in ways being a predator or prey is not — he is controlled by his hunger and he’s terrified of what it will make him do.

supernatural s7e10 death's door (w. sera gamble) / the magicians s4e5 escape from the happy place (w. mike moore, showrunners sera gamble & john mcnamara)

No, deep like… crap you do not want to think about. So you bury it. You shove other crap over it and you don't go there ever. The one you seek though is difficult to find, it’s hidden well, even from you, it hides in the place you think of least because… you don’t wish to. Why? Because it’s so terrible.

Sera? Sera Gamble? Showrunner for seasons six and seven of Supernatural? Retweeting THIS Richard Siken quote? What?

(I was looking through old photos for something else and found this again. The date on my screenshot file is November 11, 2022. 👀)

in the previous poll i only included past showrunners, robbie because of the winchesters, and jensen because of his dean winchester derangement syndrome. in this poll i've replaced the previous showrunners with the least number of votes with the most popular answers from the tags.

it was a threat

when dean goes “cas, are you god?” in swan song, castiel thinks “now wouldn’t THAT be a good idea?”