#2021 spnblr vibes

[how-the-feathers-have-fallen]

You know its got that nov 5th/2021 spnblr edge to it when you're scared to go to bed incase shit goes down while you're sleeping

[lampgate]

wtf is j2 fallout. i’m new to the fandom so ive heard it referenced but have no idea what it is

Okay okay so let me paint you a picture here.

It's June 2021 in the heat of post-SPN fandom. The parasocialism is at an all-time high, as well as some of the funniest bloggers Tumblr has ever had. Like, I don't think people who weren't here in 2021 understand how ACTIVE spnblr was. There were mass block lists, there were fights every day, your mutuals are getting 10k notes on spn text posts within a day. Like it was BUSY up in here and that definitely added to the chaos of this day.

Anyway. So this random day in late June, Jensen announces that he, his wife, and Robbie Thompson are producing an spn prequel together. Most of us are kind of confused and not super hopeful for it, just because most people don't really care enough about John and Mary to warrant a whole show about them...but of course we knew absolutely nothing about the plot so we couldn't say much about how it would actually go.

Tweets from past spn cast and crew start pouring in, mostly all positive, congratulating them on the show--and many of them seemingly suggesting that they already knew about the show in advance.

And then Jared tweeted THIS:

Immediately the vibe shifted. Nobody is sure if he is joking or not. the whole dash is full of "????????" and "he's just joking guys" and "he got hacked" for about 6 minutes. Before he then tweeted this:

And along with that reply, he tweeted the (now deleted) absolute funniest twitter breakdown tweet of all time:

I can't even begin to explain what the energy was like on here after these tweets were published. It was like giving unlimited amounts of tennis balls for a field of dogs to play with. EVERYBODY is online and locked in now. Nobody wants to log off just in case more happens. j2 stans were abandoning ship and choosing sides and fighting each other. destiel bloggers were having the best day of their lives. nearly every post about this is getting 10k notes. Like it was electric and I don't think even explaining it can do justice to what that day was like.

...and then in the end they did some damage control and pushed it all under the rug like nothing was ever said. the end.

[angelsdean]

i wasn't on spnblr in 2021, but i can say any post i see from that era just exhausts me. i know i couldn't have handled all that drama, especially the petty stuff. the fandom i was in at the time was already prone to bouts of drama—i'm sure being on spnblr at the same time would've been a trip

yea it def seemed very exhausting and just, not fun. i was around but not very active at the time and there was just such a catty energy. lots of meangirl vibes and ppl being petty / rude / putting others down for having different opinions that diverged from the Fanon Approved By The Big BloggersTM. lots of blogs who thought they were the authority of the fandom or who thought their personal headcanons where the only acceptable interpretations and if you dared disagree you'd be bullied or shunned. like the only good thing abt that era was how active the fandom was bc most ppl were still working remotely and just home a lot so everyone was online. people participated more in creation events and people were writing and posting lots of fic. (and i had the time to READ lots of fic). but the actual fandom vibes were pretty rancid. things feel waaaay more chill now and i think we've moved away from a lot of the bad fanon takes and allowing for more open discussions in good faith.

[aturnoftheearth]

i think about her every day (2021 spnblr)

[pinknatural]

i keep seeing people say stuff like "here are my takes that would've gotten me run off spnblr in 2021" and then i read them and a lot of it is stuff i've seen a lot before or thought was commonly accepted or something and like maybe it's cause i don't remember 2021's vibe? or maybe i was just living in a fantasy world? lol this has happened like 2 times now

[desticuleconfessions]

Highkey I feel like a desticule metamour like,,, yes I follow the blogs and yes I know all the inside jokes and yes I watched the birth of casmick consequences and how it would lead to endgame destiel. But have I watched past s1 or regularly reblog or post about destiel? Of course not, I’m afraid of confrontation.

Like from a scale of 1 (invalid fake fan) to 10(actual heller trash) where am I.

I’m just gonna actually reply to this one bc I want some genuine good vibes on the dash rn, honestly we are living in the Wild West, no rules no gatekeeping I think if you’re here with us in the year 2021 on spnblr you are a heller along with us all

[aturnoftheearth]

why can’t i have all my current mutuals with me but 2021 spnblr’s vibe :/

[aturnoftheearth]

top 5 events that irreparably damaged the 2021 spnblr vibe

i think about her every day (2021 spnblr)