#''that's an angel?'' is the funniest part of this episode bc it's like. yeah.

[jackexmachina]

Mary & Castiel // Keep Calm and Carry On

image description: scenes from “Keep Calm and Carry On” (12x01)

Mary hides behind a pillar in the map room, then she turns to aim at Castiel saying, “Hands in the air. Get on your knees.” He continues approaching until he stands in front of her, furiously asking, “Who are you, and where is Sam?” She does not put the gun down, saying, “Hands, now.” Dean enters the room, and he runs to put his hand up to stop her, saying, “Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa! It’s okay. It’s okay.” They both turn to look at him, surprised.

Mary looks at Castiel and asks, “Are you a hunter?” He answers flatly, “No, I’m an angel.” at the same time, Dean says, “He’s an angel.” Mary turns to Dean asking, “Come again?” He explains, “An Angel, with a capital “A.” You know, wings, harp.” Castiel cuts in, “No, I don’t have a harp.” Mary blinks. Dean says, “This is Castiel.” Castiel looks from Mary to Dean, confused.

Dean turns to Castiel, saying, “Cas, this is... Mary. Winchester.” Castiel looks down and slowly turns to her, understanding, “Your mother.” Mary looks between them as Dean confirms, “Yeah.”

Mary and Castiel stand as Dean sits at a table, opening a laptop. Mary watches him and asks, “Is that a– a computer?” Castiel answers her, looking wary, “Yes. I don’t trust them.” She turns to him, concerned.

Dean, Castiel, and Mary stand at the opening of a garage. Castiel walks up to a man standing at the open hood of a car, saying, “The blond woman that you drove yesterday, what was her name?” The man answers, coolly, “Blond? Sorry, mate, you got the wrong–” but before he finishes Castiel grabs his shirt and headbutts him twice in quick succession. Dean interjects, “Cas!” but makes no move to stop him. Castiel pushes him down against the car, and Mary asks Dean, “That’s an angel?” He looks at her and shrugs.

Castiel sits down across from Mary, saying, “This must be difficult for you.” She looks away and drinks the coffee he brought her. He continues, “I remember my first moments on Earth. It was jarring.” She glances at him and raises her eyebrows a bit. She says, “One word for it.”

Castiel, Dean, and Mary stand in front of the veterinarian who helped the BMoL treat Sam who is sitting. Mary asks him, “And that’s everything you know?” He nods and answers too confidently, “Yeah. Totally.” Mary stares at him before telling Castiel, “Hurt him.” Dean looks at her in surprise, and Castiel quickly moves forward and grabs him, then the man quickly responds, “Okay, okay! Look, look–” before Castiel can do more.

The woman the BMoL sent to intercept Dean stands over him and Castiel on the ground, bleeding. She says, “Good things come to those–” but is suddenly stabbed, she manages to shoot Dean’s gun twice before falling to the ground, nearly hitting Dean. Dean moves away, and as she falls we see Mary standing behind where she was holding the bloody angel blade. Dean and Castiel look up from the woman’s body to Mary. Castiel slowly sits up as Dean pants, saying, “Thanks, mom.”

[soysaucecas]

oooh for the ask game 24, 30, and 44!

MAGPIE MY BELOVED HELLO

24. What are your favorite episodes?

The only episodes I've really watched are TMWWBK (which is my favorite episode and I'm certain would still be my favorite if I watched every single one because it has the only SPN character and the only SPN line), The French Mistake (which was funny enough but honestly in the Just Okay category for me, which makes me pretty sure I wouldn't enjoy actually watching SPN if this is one of the funniest/highest-rated eps), and Reading Is Fundamental (my best friend was watching it and asked me if I wanted to hop on Discord, I thought it might be fun to see Kevin's first introduction but instead this ep found the two of us taking like 90 minutes to get through it bc we kept pausing and screaming (derogatory) as the model minority stereotype jokes piled up and up and up... Unfortunately not a favorite even if we got Meg AND the "pull my finger" joke AND the "Sorry" shot). Other than TMWWBK, from clipping and transcript-reading, I like Wayward Sisters (who doesn't?), The Things We Left Behind (Claire!!!! Cas trying to be a dad! The diner scene aka my favorite destiel scene of all time bc being in love just looks so good on Cas! Also the parallels between Claire and Randy and teen Dean and the adults at that club in his story... woof.), Golden Time (Eileen gets to be HERE and be sad and loved and fight people with ghost powers and Cas gets to do a cool speech and a stabbing and do the Asian community a favor), and Lucifer Rising (just immensely sexy on all counts for Ruby, Sam, Cas, and myself). Also I am SO fond of Steve!Cas so I'll add Heaven Can't Wait even if I barely know anything about it.

30. What is an unpopular opinion or headcanon you have about the show?

Ooh okay hm I think. So I adore confession scene, but I don't think the "I cared about the whole world because of you" is like. The Objective Truth the way that most bloggers seem to take it. Cas was lobotomized tons of times before he met Dean, he was described as coming off the line with a crack in his chassis, he's always been the weird little angel who likes humanity too much! I don't think Dean came first, and although gay love was part of what helped Cas invent free will, he *Ruby voice* didn't need the feather to fly, Dumbo! I do think Cas believes what he says in the moment, but I also think he sorta... made himself believe it? This is probably just me deciding that cas-coding should go both ways, but like. I very much crush as a coping mechanism and I very much overascribe my actions to love because it simply seems more noble/poetic to do so. Being miserable because school is hard is cringefail but being miserable because of unrequited love is Good Shit. And I have been in unrequited love with my best friend for at least 7 years (probably 9 but I didn't realize it earlier) and if you asked I would 100% say that she taught me love and defined love for me and that she will be my first and last, but I also know that that is not entirely true; it's just the narrative that I like for myself. And I think that being in an Empty deal contingent on whether or not he LETS himself feel happy would lead Cas to do plenty of mental maneuvering, which I think involved intentional self-poor-little-meow-meow-ification via overascribing his choices and happiness to Dean (and I also think he'd already been doing that for a while just because of personal self-worth issues and because it's a nice narrative). I know as Cas's last Moment on the show it was probably written to be The Objective Truth, but I am perceiving him and I say no.

44. If you could write an episode of Supernatural, what would happen?

Oh scream okay! This is a fun one! I am going to start out with two ideas from other people:

1. Months ago Nate from the pocnatural discord had the idea of an episode from the "monster"'s perspective where the Winchesters are just clearly the antagonists while not doing anything different than they usually do. I think the idea was that all these supernatural beings live in a self-regulating community together and we have one Very Likable pov character who's a member of this community, but one of the newer members messes up one day and kills someone and the Winchesters come on a case and wreak havoc on this Very Much Functioning (there was going to be a whole rehab and reparations thing for the new member who messed up!) system and kill pov character and in the end you just HATE Sam and Dean for it.

2. It's hard to adapt anything from bad moon rising (aka my favorite spn fic) very well because the point of an Arab Winchesters season 1 rewrite is that it doesn't really work with the white characters we have now, but I think I could see a version of chapter 2 adapted as long as Haley (an Ojibwe hunter who lives in the area affected by what Sam and Dean are hunting) takes the lead. I'd especially like to see this section:

Dean laughs, a little disbelievingly. The question has never crossed his mind. “Do you like it?”

This gives Haley no pause at all. “Yeah,” she says. “I mean, it’s not really about killing monsters, though, for me. Or, it’s not always about killing monsters. It’s about community. Not violence. It’s a spiritual thing to build a home, you know?”

“Oh,” Dean says. He can’t think of anything else to say. It has never crossed his mind before that hunting could be compatible with a community.

I don't have any original episode ideas to add to the hunting discourse, so we're on to my ideas about character-driven eps. I think I would like to see a version of my sastiel possession fic (ty again for beta-ing that! you're a real one) as an ep around the time of 9.11 because Sam deserves to work through their trauma, but idk what the Dean plot should be for that. Another thing I would like very much is TFW drunk history storytime (so like. Tall Tales bass boosted), where for some reason they all need to go over what they were doing during Stanford era but each of them is telling someone else's story. It's gonna be either Sam->Dean->Cas->Sam or Dean->Sam->Cas->Dean. It starts out very funny (they all have terrible wigs and makeup in the flashbacks. Cas is Jimmy wearing a giant mask with googly eyes on it.) but as it goes on it gets increasingly sad how much these three don't really know each other.

In the Sam->Dean->Cas->Sam episode, Sam's telling of Dean's past veers wildly between "crushing pussy and killing things" and "feels like absolute shit all the time" and it's funny but Not Right and afterwards Dean goes "I didn't know you thought of me that way" and Sam says "... I am basically reading off the voicemails you left me back then" and Dean has to sit there and contend with the mythology he himself wrote for Sam to believe in. Dean->Cas provides the comedic beats for the episode as Dean awkwardly narrates Cas's Life As A Weird Little Guy who watches trees grow and heals babies and in the end Dean goes "so how did I do" and Cas is like "well actually I was either getting lobotomized or murdering people so like 3/10?" The moral of this plot line is that Dean is bi. Cas gives a fairly faithful retelling of Sam living her trans little life at Stanford and veering between trying to be Normal and being a total weirdgirl and feeling guilty and angry and happy and free. It becomes clear that Cas admires Sam a lot (but also feels like. guilt and some self-recrimination for not being that) for rebelling from their dad and exploring their queerness during a time Cas was still to his knowledge in total soldier mode, and Sam is having an a_good_soldier's Thesis 5 moment about how she failed the kid she used to be and how very sorry they are about all the things that happened to them, and Dean hates that this is the first he's hearing about so much of this but is also quite emo about the parts where Sam is struggling. The ep ends with them all in the same room not looking at each other and not knowing if they want to group hug or never talk again.

Dean->Sam->Cas episode is similar but the storytelling dissolves a lot faster as it becomes clearer way faster how much their own emotions are getting in the way. Dean is upset that Sam could leave their family so easily and probably swing a normal life, Sam keeps wondering what it would be like to live millennia just KNOWING that you were right and good and clean, and Cas is gay and veering between fitting Dean's life into a larger Righteous Man narrative and just being very tender (and sad and angry) about Dean's pain. Episode ends in a rather cathartic shouting match where they all end up apologizing to each other for many things.

Oh also I would like to see Cassie again but I don't have an episode in mind there. Also would love to see Kaia adjusting to life in Sioux Falls and befriending the others and dealing with Bad Place trauma.

tysm for the questions sorry for taking so long!

(ask game)

[alexshenry]

2gether, for the ask game!!!!! i love you, i hope you're well!!! 🧡🧡🧡

Anon - 2gether for the ask game pls !!

Faiza!!!! My angel!!!! It’s been a good day! I’ve been binging TOL and omg it’s so good?? Love you too, my love! Hope you had a great day aswell <333 

Anon: Hi anon!! Thank you for the ask <333  

Favourite Male Character: Tine :(((. A lot of the reason is because I really identify with Tine to the point where its v v uncomfortable. His self esteem issues.. his overthinking nature and anxiety, the way he sometimes has a hard time standing up for himself and voicing his opinions. just yeah... watching Tine is like watching myself on screen at times and it can be very hard, but also very healing. I understand where he is coming from and it makes me love him so much more. But overall, he is such a ray of sunshine – he’s so caring and lovely to everyone around him, and he has the biggest heart with so much love to give. And when he is sure of someone, he gives it his all to make it work Just.. yeah, he is just pure joy. Honestly whenever I feel sad and watch 2gether feel better immediately just by watching him. 

Favourite Female Character: Earn!! Aww I love Earn so much. She is so pretty and talented and bubbly and sweet and she has the prettiest hair. Her hair is beautiful idk why this matters but it does klasjdlka. And I like how she willingly helped Man with his psychotic plan after he promised her the concert tickets. And she’s so cute!! in the flashfoward scene!! So cute! Just everything about her is perfect, I wanted more of her :(((

Least Favourite Character: Mil.. I’m sorry to Drake and his beautiful eyebrows but *screams* I really wanted to love Mil, but his inability to leave Tine alone when he was officially in a relationship with Wat was just very, very gross and creepy, especially whenever he touched Tine and Tine was clearly uncomfortable. I didn’t like it. His treatment to Phukong was also horrible. Like, the last 2 eps sort of made me warm up to him a little and I by no means hate him bc again Drake and his luscious eyebrows, but I wish there was more to his character bc there’s sooo much potential!! So much!! I’m going to cross my fingers for still2gether to give me the Mil development I desperately want bc I know deep down that if he did he would be one of my favourite characters but the way he treats Tine is not it. OH ALSO P’BEAM!  I nearly forgot about him dear GOD I hoped Man would run him over with his bike

.Prettiest Character: MISS PAM!! The loveliness that she exudes? THE BEAUTY IS UNPARALLELLED. Looking at her.. is an experience. She is so pretty. Her smile could cure anything? She is an angel. And again her fashion sense is goals. I wanted all of her clothes. 

Funniest Character: BOSS! Give me a Boss spinoff pls pls pls.

Favourite Season: N/A

Favourite Episode: Like DBK, every episode was my favourite so it’s very hard to choose. Even the two last episodes had some things that I now look back and really appreciate and like, but.. between episode 6-7 and 9. 6/7 because it was a culmination of Tine coming to terms with his feelings towards Wat and it was so well written and so well done. The part that he admits his jealous was SOOOO GOOD. And then the revelation that Wat met Tine a year ago was the best plot twist! The music at the end of episode 6 gives me chills even now that I rewatched it 38294 times. And then 9 bc it was so soft. Also the sofa scene??? The tension!! “ keep looking at me like that and I’ll kiss you till you drop” “how do you kiss someone till they drop?” THEIR PLAYFULLNESS. Like the whole episode honestly showed how intimidate their love was and how deep it ran. It was so soft throughout. Their feelings were so palpable and beautiful. Poetic freaking cinema, honestly. 

Favourite Romantic Ship: who else but the gaybies. Sarawat meeting Tine a year prior and his eyes changing bc he knew Tine was the one? Tine slowly but surely falling in love with this boy who was meant to be nothing but a means to an end but who he was now praying that nothing came between them?? The guitar being their thing, music being the symbolism for their love?? Fate bringing them to each other’s paths, but destiny not being the reason they are together; it is them and their willingness to work through their problems and overcome whatever obstacle comes their way. God-tier ship. They are The Standard™

Favourite Family Ship: Tine and Type. I really like Type being overprotective but it’s because he wants to make sure that Tine isn’t going to get hurt and Wat is right for his little bro. Idk, we didn’t get a lot of them, but their scenes were great. 

Favourite Friendship: Man/Boss/Wat: The support they constantly give one another is beautiful. Man and Boss concocting ways to help their bro out with Tine was so cute to watch. Like it’s obvious they go above being best friends and are each other’s families.

Worst Ship: That stooopid Oishi honey whatever the fuck drink. Faiza and anon I s2g if I have one more scene ruined for me bc of the blatant advertisement I will akjsdakl. It is so annoying!! I was so annoyed whenever I was taken out of a scene because they did the most!! when advertising that thing. I know it’s a stupid thing to be annoyed at but OMG OH MY GOD. It irked me so much :((

[theythemsam]

spn 6x15, liveblog, collected posts (all 19 of them) or as i like to call it: They break fourth walls and at least four windows in this one. Also we’re back on the r@pe joke train with a sprinkle of transphobia and misogyny added for flavor later on.

Ah yes, it’s the episode that just breaks all the walls (and windows)

  Honestly that must have been one of the funniest episodes to film ever

 Aaaaaand I knew it was too long. Two episodes without rape jokes are fine, but three? Uh not in this season!

#dean said “I feel like this whole place is bad-touching me” which… is especially bad for me bc of its connotations with csa

 Misha playing Misha playing Cas is so funny asdfghj

 Generally Misha is so funny in this episode, I love him so much

 “this is fake me! So this must be fake mine!” nice

 Also just the idea that an actor would sit in their trailer watching… themselves??? Act???? Asdfghj like that must be so boring! You already know what’s happening!

 Remembering Jensen had long hair at some point now made me (and my roommate) think about Jared with a buzzcut and honestly? I am afraid and if theres pictures of that I Don’t Want To See Them Thank You!!!

 Gen!!!! I love her so much

#the awesome eye roll!!! #you married fake ruby?!? #... I should figure out her name…

 Sam speaks Spanish! I love my beautiful smart son!!

 “Ohhh priority! What’s in it?” “I bought part of a dead person.” Misha, taking a sip of his coffee, completely unimpressed “oh… cool.” Asfghjk

 “It appears that Jared and Jensen were seen beating an extra to death.” “It wasn't all the way to death.” “He could definitely still run.” I Love The Dialogue in this episode so much!!!

 Virgil don’t you dare kill Misha!! STOP IT!!!

 “the scary man killed the attractive crying man” asdfghj

 The dramatic fucking slow motion no and the music as Kripke is just shot a few times and just keeps walking until he finally falls asdfghj FUCK YEAH

 Asdfhh that one dude that just leaning back and forth fucking doges the bullets completely stonefaced, not giving a single flying fuck. My new favorite character.

 The fucking freeze frame asdfghj

 Aaaand Dean again with the unnecessary gendering of angels and the casual transphobia… how cool :-)

 Cas is such a fucking badass in that scene