having an early seasons nostalgia (I've literally watched them a month ago) meltdown. man I loved seasons 4/5 but I miss when spn pretty much only depended on those two brothers. it still does and I love some of the newer characters but there was something SO magical about that s1-3 vibe that I can't quite describe. it's as spn as spn has ever felt to me. it's not perfect and it's p much what it says on the tin, just two dudes saving people and hunting things. no apocalypse to prevent or shit like dat. it's just Sam and Dean's microcosm. there are no other mcs aside from john and bobby,but they're not nearly as important as Sam and Dean. I don't even know where I'm getting at but it was just so enthralling to see these two dudes who haven't seen each other in a long ass time immediately deciding to hit the road together and even though their relationship is far from perfect and they're shit at communicating and there are so much unresolved conflicts it's nothing compared to the almost built-in love they have for each other. they're ready to risk it all immediately. idk I haven't slept much today but I had to dump this somewhere.
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Jensen Ackles Disney Prince | The Boys, behind the scenes [x]
Jared’s smile for the masses.
“With Dean Winchester, Ackles uses every part of himself, anger, humor, tenderness, thought, sexuality, frustration – you name it – he’s a kaleidoscope – all filtered through this specific character – and not once does it seem like he’s pushing. Everything is at his fingertips, it’s all natural, it flows. This is what I mean when I connect him to the John Wayne-Gary Cooper brigade, with a little Cary Grant thrown in, a little Brigitte Bardot there for seasoning. Or Theda Bara. Ackles has a Vamp in him, which he was able to use - to often comedic but sometimes destabilizing fascinating effect - in the role. He vamped organically. He’d turn it into a joke, but that was only because he couldn’t help himself. He gravitated towards the Vamp. (This is connected to the Burlesque aspect of Dean Winchester: how he “plays” himself.)
“And just to make sure we don’t get too comfortable, the Vamp has some FEELINGS about other people NOTICING the Vamp-ness. He’s not sure he likes it. But maybe he likes it. He’s confused! Dean is not entirely in control of what he’s putting out there. He tries to maintain control. He fails. Repeatedly.
“Ackles never got sick of exploring this contradiction. He was able to show it as funny, but also as a trap, he was able to show how Dean used it, but then regretted using it. It’s amazing.”
Sheila O’Malley - Jensen Ackles: The Beauty, the Burlesque, the Schtick, and the Erotic-Muse Reality Distortion Field
Jensen Ackles | Flaunt Magazine (Michael Muller), May 2006 issue.
Here's how the revival should go for maximum heller pain. Misha should play Jimmy in one scene. Cas should have a new female vessel, AND Dean should familyzone them. Then after that Cas should go back to being a beam of light. And the rest of it can be Sam and Dean, as it should be.
I tell ya, i can't wait for the revival to happen just for the meltdown that will come from Jensen disregarding the confession. Either just completely friendzoning Cass or using it as a dismissing it with a joke. But then again, the hellers would make up some dumb bullshit and queerbait themselves.
Yeah, I think at this point, it's pretty clear there is literally nothing hellers can't convince each other is actually ~*proof*~ of the validity of D/C because [absurd batshit nonsense]. Hell, with no new SPN-related content airing, they've resorted to applying the same old myopic conspiracy-think to completely unrelated shows to explain how D/C will have to be made canon, FFS. Literally nothing.
Of course, no matter how many times they echo chamber each other into believing a revival must inevitably validate their fanfic? It doesn't magically alter reality and actually make the CW homophobic or canon!Dean bi and into Castiel. It doesn't make Misha reliable or them the majority of the audience. It doesn't give Castiel Sam's place in the narrative or make Jensen secretly have the complete opposite opinions from what he publicly says. Or or or.
So yeah, when Castiel's pre-death wordvomit about lurve is inevitably danced around entirely or Dean politely familyzones the angel because SPN is pointedly not a romance story? They'll throw another huge tantrum, scream about being oppressed, and then start inventing new conspiracies left and right to to explain why a storyline that never existed outside their fanfic and stereotype-tastic meta still continues to not exist in the revival ... but will totes be canon for real next time!
love yourself despite it all. love yourself even when you said the wrong thing. when you messed up in class. when you got a grade you didn’t like. when you haven’t been outside in a week. accept yourself in spite of it all. accept yourself even if you didn’t get into the university you wanted. when you broke up with someone you thought you would stay with forever. when the guilt is eating you alive. when you feel like you can’t take it anymore. you are already whole, you are enough.
Dark Angel Interview
That’s a fair assessment: