I was thinking about Supernatural (as one does) and I was surprised to realize that in no episode- not a single one- does Dean turn into a girl/woman.
I was surprised not by the fact that this is a good idea (it isn't) but by the fact that it hasn't been done.
It's the sort of horribly cliche, fan fiction esque, thing the writers would pull around season 9-11 but they don't.
Then I realized why.
The writer's eternal struggle was to not make Dean Winchester look/seem like a member of the LGBTQ+ community. And that would be literally impossible to avoid in an episode like this as they would have two options:
Make Dean a hot woman and run the risk of having guys hit on her- a "joke" the misogynistic runners couldn't resist (for the sake of convenience I'll use she/her pronouns when referring to Dean as a girl)
Make Dean a masculine/butch woman and run the risk of her being perceived as gay.
Either way it'd be the worst of both worlds. On one hand the writers would have to confront both Dean's flirty interaction with men and their own misogynistic writing when the stupid pick up lines aren't funny (because its Dean). But on the other they'd have to let Dean flirt with women as a woman and that's a whole new can of worms.
But now I've talked myself into wanting to see this be an actual episode if only to see which one they'd pick.
Spidey at some rally of MJ's talking about anti-homeless spisek etc.: ngl the only solution I see is arson. Oh the politician won't have were to live? Oh no, how sad, karma's a bitch boo hoo.
Yelena: Can I join?
Steve: Please can we join?
Cut to Yelena, Steve, Spidey, Kate (Yelena dragged her), Loki probably because ✨arson✨ (he doesn't need a reason), Harley, Shuri and MJ sitting in a car. (MJ went just to film them).
Spidey and Kate would absolutely yell songs at the top of their voice.
And when they get arrested, the only one who avoids arrest is MJ. Not highly trained spy Yelena, not a trickster god, but MJ.
Harley: Who do we call? I'd message Tony but I'm safer here.
Spidey: Can confirm.
Shuri: T'challa would freak and Okoye and mom would be so mad..
Yelena: Natasha might be angry. Just a bit.
Kate: No way in hell I'm calling Clint.
Loki: Mobius would act all disappointed. So would Thor. They'd make me feel bad. And Sylvie will set me on fire for not inviting her.
*They all stare at Steve. *
Steve: Why do you assume Bucky will help instead of laughing and hanging up?
Thor, while he and Loki are looking for Odin on earth and are standing outside the demolished building: Ah! Tiny earth child! How is the team doing? You know my brother Loki, don’t you?
Me: *side eye*
Me: yeeeees I know of him.
Loki: not a fan are you?
Me: to be fair, your hair is oily enough for you to start a whole oil company.
Thor: ha
Loki: I beg your pardon?
Me: you heard me Rudolf.
Loki: I am a god! How dare you-
Me: Imma call Nat and Wanda to see if I can join you on you’re journey.
Thor: we were just looking for my father, Odin an-
I've slowly been chipping away at drawing scenes from that imaginary Muppet retelling of the Princess Bride, figured it was about time to share what I've drawn on Tumblr!
a They Deserve Each Other shipping scale where on one end of the axis you have the “no one else is good enough for them” ships, and on the other end you have the ships that need to be together monogamously forever as a quarantine measure. whatever the fuck is wrong with both of them must be contained for the greater good.
No "show results", if you're not a fanfic writer just be patient.
I saw a post about an anon saying it was embarrasing to have an ao3 account in your 30s (it's absolutely not), so I want to do a poll and see what the age range actually is.