It's a real burden being right so often.

Mal ,'Bushwhacked'


Supernatural 3: Family don't end with blood

[NAFDA]. This is where we talk about the CW series Supernatural! Anything that's aired in the US on TV (including promos) is fair game. No spoilers though — if you post one by accident, an admin will delete it.


Beverly - Nov 23, 2020 2:15:32 pm PST #760 of 806
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.

There is definitely a sense of--both completion, and relief, as at the end of a long span of work, or the end of a beloved's illness, or the end of a prison sentence. Fulfilling the requirement and the commitment, and being finally free. That may be an odd thing to say about a show I have loved deeply and to distraction, but an ending, closure, a clear--if teary--eyed goodbye is better than being cut down by bad ratings or a pissy network exec who wants more T&A onscreen. Or 17 year old males instead of 37 and 40 year olds.

Rambling, sorry. The reality of ending won't finally hit until fall premiere season and there won't be a new SPN season. That will be the final nail, for me. But even with that, there are constant TNT reruns, Netflix rewatches, and glorious fic of fifteen years of fabulous writers, incredible art by amazing artists, and also incredible graphic art by photo manip magicians. And vids! This fandom taught me about vids, for which I'll be eternally grateful! The fandom arts are endless. And the charities spun by this fandom will go on, and keep the show's name forefront in people's minds for a long time. People with stories of time on the set, or random encounters with cast, or other meetings with people who made the show over all those years will continue to come forward. We haven't seen the "end" of Supernatural. All those reaction gifs? Those will still be relevant ten years from now...they will have passed into cliche, if they haven't already.

We saw Whoserface on Lucifer recently and I pulled up Jus im Bello and had DH watch it with me to meet "Nancy" as I first met her. He'd seen it, years ago, but his brain doesn't have retention for fandom and film stuff. So the Netflix archive is handy. And failing that, I have DVDs. Including the first Paley panel. It still ticks me off the second never made it onto a Season set of dvds--but at least we have the "Jensen doesn't think he's funny" segment on YouTube.

Tl;dr--I'm sad, in a way. But as the Major General said when the constables kept singing rather than going after the pirates, "Mabel, they *don't* go!" The Winchesters and friends are still around--wherever I look for them, they're there. It isn't goodbye, not really. Though I am glad their journey's done, and they ended up together and on their own terms.


Amy - Nov 23, 2020 2:45:38 pm PST #761 of 806
Because books.

Aw, I love that, Bev, and you.


Beverly - Nov 23, 2020 5:57:05 pm PST #762 of 806
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.

Thanks, Amy. You too (smooch)! And everybody in this bar!


-t - Nov 24, 2020 3:29:31 pm PST #763 of 806
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I didn't notice they were wearing the same outfits they wore in the pilot

Oh my goodness, thank you for mentioning! I did not notice either and I love that they did that

The he wig and old man makeup were atrocious but as soon as I saw them I just decided not to care about that and suspended ye old disbelief. It’s actually kind of endearing. This show has always had an underdog quality for me, and that kind of thing just strengthens that. Which is silly, I guess, but there it is. I was never fannish, as such, but I watched every episode from the pilot forward and the finale left me with a warm glow for Show as a whole.


-t - Dec 03, 2020 11:54:53 am PST #764 of 806
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

A coworker just sent me an email that was just an SPN gif

I am not sure how to react

I mean, I know what he meant to communicate in the context of our conversation, but shall I squee a bit next time I see him or was this a random gif that just happens to feature Castiel?


Amy - Dec 04, 2020 3:40:18 pm PST #765 of 806
Because books.

I say yay! Maybe it's me but I don't think Castiel is a universal gif personality.

Anyone have Dean-centric songs? I have all the usual suspects (Zeppelin, etc). Or Sam songs!


Beverly - Dec 04, 2020 4:24:55 pm PST #766 of 806
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.

Old Sam died wearing the watch Dean had on when he died. Just a Sam thing Jared thought of. He wasn't expecting viewers to pick up on it, necessarily.


-t - Dec 06, 2020 3:57:59 pm PST #767 of 806
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Aw. I love those little things.


Amy - Dec 11, 2020 12:56:13 pm PST #768 of 806
Because books.

Oh, my heart. [link]

"Still beautiful. Still Dean Winchester." Aw, Bob Berens. You were Destiel all the way.


-t - Dec 11, 2020 1:39:39 pm PST #769 of 806
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Aw