and he is not our co-conspirator.

From what I saw at the panel, fandom thinks he is, and he is playing along with it. He agreed with the fan who said that she thought the subtext in canon supported Destiel. He also talked about Jared groping him out of frame in various shots. So my theory is that he's playing fandom chicken with the people asking inappropriate questions, saying whatever outlandish thing pops into his head as a response. I just don't know if the questioners have realized he's playing chicken with fandom.

fandom thinks he is

Yes.

he is playing along with it.

And yes, but...it's not his passion, and it serves him well to encourage this slavish adoration and costs him little. Also, I've no doubt that some of this is very amusing, but then he also gets people stalking him to his home, so maybe he should pull back a bit (Colin has gone from the guy I told should look to Misha for twitter advice to the guy who wants to tell Misha to erect a bigger buffer in front of fandom).

There is no good reason so many people should be a) taking all this shit so seriously and b) assuming he's taking it that seriously too, and I really don't want to be within earshot of what feels like an inevitable shitstorm when he doesn't make the right move someday.

and I really don't want to be within earshot of what feels like an inevitable shitstorm when he doesn't make the right move someday.

No, you don't. He made some offhand comment about Twitter being like a social experiment to him, and all of the Tumblr people rumbled at that. The fan at the mic explained about Cole Sprouse and that Tumblr "social experiment", and Misha said he didn't realize the term was loaded.

All the while I was thinking "If you people don't understand that his interaction with fans IS a social experiment, your level of denial is breathtaking."

All the while I was thinking "If you people don't understand that his interaction with fans IS a social experiment, your level of denial is breathtaking."

No kidding. He's totally the mad scientist in this scenario and we are in pretty glassware that is probably from IKEA because most tv labs appear to be created this way.

All the while I was thinking "If you people don't understand that his interaction with fans IS a social experiment, your level of denial is breathtaking."

So true. I applaud what he's done with Random Acts -- that's exactly why you want to develop a fan base. The rest of it is him seeing what he can get away with, and he's welcome to do it, but I can't believe fans don't KNOW that's what he's doing.

And it's obvious he's having fun with the social experiment. I know the young lady in the Goblin King costume in this photo: [link]

She was delighted that Misha went along with the nonsense.

I don't even know what's happening. I definitely need to freeze a couple frames.

Wow, me either. I'm not sure I like the idea of an "unholy trinity" either, especially since it wasn't exactly that before.

Misha's resume up to this point seems to be a clear preparation for having subjects to mess with--I'm not sure why minions would think they're anything else...but say the level of conviction displayed by people who discuss their interactions with him is valid...10% of the time? That's easily enough for me to want to yell at them to gird their feelings, because they're investing way more than he is.

Even the best-educated actors about social media are ill-prepared. This shit takes time, and we have it, and the reason we know who they are is because they don't have the time, they've spent it getting an acting career and maintaining it. Never mind implied life having and baby raising, etc.

The Unholy Trinity was in the preview after last week's episode, and it confuses, because we have to wonder--is Castiel part of it under Naomi's orders? Her explicit orders, or is it what he has to do in order to achieve her goals? I do think the background of the white room flashed for a second, but I'm not clear.

I'm so sorry! I just...if you want to know another reason why Dean and Castiel must get together: [link] it's because of how their interaction has mapped to traditional myth so far, and clearly now that these commitments have been made in the incantation, this is the only possible narrative outcome. Free will? What free will? This is destiny, cupcakes.

is Castiel part of it under Naomi's orders? Her explicit orders, or is it what he has to do in order to achieve her goals?

Completely unclear to me. Also, I don't love Meg as a blonde, not that that has anything to do with anything.

This is destiny, cupcakes.

I got to the graph and nodded off. Uh huh.