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some images from the archive

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they should make a show about two brothers and another guy

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oh hey

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“Dean, promise me something?” “What?” “Don’t look away.”

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this is my favourite poem

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this really is thee destiel website huh

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We hope you had an effervescent November 5th.

Friday marked the first anniversary of Castiel’s love confession and subsequent immediate death—which happened to coincide with the US presidential elections, Guy Fawkes Day, and unsubstantiated rumors of Vladimir Putin’s resignation—and wow y’all really went all out with the celebration this year. The much-anticipated update to Animal Crossing: New Horizons dropped early and we hope your islands are looking spiffy. In film news, Marvel’s latest movie, Eternals, was released in theaters, and Chris Pratt was tapped to voice Garfield in an upcoming film. Finally, folks are posting tons of weird and disconcerting AI-generated artwork made by neuralblender. This is Tumblr’s Week in Review.

Destiel | Dean Winchester & Castiel, Supernatural

Supernatural

Halloween

Animal Crossing: New Horizons

Critical Role

Deltarune

Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir

Neuralblender

Eternals

Castiel | Supernatural

The Dream SMP Minecraft Server

Artists on Tumblr

Dean Winchester | Supernatural

Helluva Boss

November 5th

What We Do In The Shadows

The Last Life SMP Minecraft Server

Chris Pratt

BTS

Star Wars

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MARK SHEPPARD RETWEETED THIS??

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Here's to all the destiel shippers who were called crazy for more than a decade, to all the Hellers who got queerbaited year after year, here's to all the deancas truthers who sobbed after every season finale because 'look, destiel is not canon. Again.' This one is for all the destiheller who were told it's all in their head. This goes for all the fic writers who helped in building an empire of 100k+ destiel fics. Here's to the twelve year of wait, to the slowed of all slow burn, to a decade long of character development, to the night they met, to the greatest love story ever told, here's to Dean and Cas. And at last I want you to raise your glasses cause here's to Misha Collins.

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based on @mlekonya ‘s awesome comic lmao

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he was in love with him when he said this<3

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I re-re-edited this. Now, I feel satisfied with the final product. I give you:

Still Beautiful, Still Dean Winchester.

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Destiel. Is. Canon.

These are words we never thought we’d be typing in a Year in Review, but, as par for the course, 2020 had other plans. November 5th, 2020, was one of the best days on the internet in recent memory. A night akin to February 26th, 2015, except our runaway llamas were Nevada and Georgia counting votes, and our Dress was a love confession from an angel named Castiel. Only this time, there was a sprinkle of Russian politics, too. #Superwholock, who? This is #Superputinelection.

The Road So Far

In case you are somehow unfamiliar with The CW show Supernatural, it follows brothers Sam and Dean Winchester as they continue the family business—saving people, hunting things, no big deal. In 2008, as the show entered its fourth season, Dean (Jensen Ackles) was gripped tight and raised from perdition by none other than an angel in a trenchcoat and a loose tie, Castiel (Misha Collins). From the first stab, fans felt the immediate chemistry between Dean and Cas, and so Destiel was born. 

Supernatural writers became aware of the ship over time. For a show that gets as meta as SPN does, they were bound to write Destiel in somehow. In their 200th episode, titled “Fan Fiction,” the Winchesters are faced with a high school play based on the in-world Supernatural book series. The students playing Dean and Cas are an IRL couple, and Dean Winchester is introduced to the concept of Destiel for the first time.

Enter: Despair

Approaching the endgame, the episode “Despair” aired on November 5th and saw Castiel give an impassioned speech to Dean about how much he cares about him—actually saying I love you—before being killed immediately after (shoutout to @lithiumionbatteries​ for predicting this in July!). This confession of love was not something anyone in any fandom was expecting. In the week following the episode’s air date (11/5 - 11/11), Tumblr saw huge spikes in #destiel original posts (up by 2,083%) and reblogs (up 11,042%) with an overall 5,065% increase in all engagements around the ship’s tag.

While Supernatural fans were dealing with the fallout of another bury your gays moment, many people on Tumblr were on their third day of waiting for results from the US Presidential Election. The conversation expanded, weaving in jokes about Nevada’s ballot-counting speed and Georgia turning blue, which many found out about via Destiel shitposts. Things continued to snowball into discussions around how people were learning anime news, like Dabi from BNHA’s real name, and provided the perfect backdrop for the rumors that snuck into the meme cycle: Putin stepping down, a new season of Ouran High School Host Club, or a new Sherlock season. And this was just twenty-four hours. 

Let’s take a moment to go back to a time before the finale and the Spanish-language dub. Our team has curated all the best posts from this incredible day on the internet. Pour one out for Castiel as you scroll through.

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Finally

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i wish i could say yes...

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Was not expecting to get full on bodied by one of my favourite newsletters today but here we are.

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You don’t understand…he was the ONE thing he wanted and thought he could never have.

But he always had him he just never knew