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This project was inspired by the campaign the Cas Fan Network ran before season 10, successfully urging Supernatural to resign Misha Collins.

Go to mypostcard.com and click on “Sign in/sign up” in the top right corner

When creating an account, there is an option for a “Friend code.” ENTER THE CODE GSPZWX. This will give you a free postcard (though you are of course free to send as many as you want).

Click the “Send a card” button, then click “create your own.” Under the style options click the “postcard” button under classic. Click on and save one of the designs above to upload onto your postcard.

Enter your own personal message to politely share your thoughts about found family, representation, and fair treatment of characters with Jim, Bob and Andrew, or the CW! Sign with your first name, handle, or any other username you like.

Decide the recipient(s) you want your card to go to. To keep our cards from being too diluted, we have chosen Bob Singer and Andrew Dabb, Jim Michaels, or the CW office as our recipient. Addresses will be listed below.

Check the final product and click send, using the credit you gained from using your friend code as credit (MEANING NO PAYMENT IS NECESSARY). MAKE SURE YOUR PAYMENT METHOD IS BY USING AVAILABLE CREDIT. If sending more than one card, you can pay with a credit card or with PayPal.

Thank you for supporting the campaign and lending your voice to improving the show!

ADDRESSES:

Robert Singer and Andrew Dabb Supernatural c/o WB TV 3400 W. Riverside Dr. 7th Fl Burbank, CA 91505

Jim Michaels (be sure to choose Canada as the country) Supernatural Films Inc. 8085 Glennwood Dr. Burnaby, B.C V3N 5C8

The CW Television Network 3300 West Olive Ave. Burbank, CA 91505

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Supernatural has a particularly passionate fanbase, and ever since fan favorite character Bobby Singer uttered the words, “Family don’t end in blood,” the fans took it to heart. The phrase has become a staple of the show, resonating with the characters and fans alike on a deeply personal level. Over the years, we’ve formed strong attachments to so many of the recurring characters that Sam and Dean and Castiel have interacted with along their journeys to save the world. We welcome these characters into the fabric of our own found family with open arms as we watch the Winchesters do the same. Yet, a pattern has emerged where these family members are constantly ripped away from us too soon, and nearly always in a senseless or pointless manner.

While death on Supernatural is expected and even accepted, the amount of death that occurs for what is seemingly shock value and manpain has continuously risen. As time has gone by, many of us feel that this plot device has gotten even more predictable. There are times that it feels almost pointless to be invested in any of their friends and family at all.

We, as fans, find this to be a shame. The premise of Supernatural is built on the idea that “family don’t end in blood,” and we find it impossible to believe in this beautiful message when everyone the Winchesters let into their family only ends up dying in a tired attempt to fuel a plot we’ve seen again and again. When everyone else is canon fodder except your main leads, what is the point? The phrase “Family don’t end in blood,” rings hollow at this point. Why base a show on this statement when every creative decision violates that basic principle?

This isn’t to say that dying CAN’T be a good way to forward plot. But these particular and constant deaths are hard for us as fans to swallow not only when the dying seems silly, but when it happens to fleshed out, representative characters. Take Charlie’s death, or Billie’s, Alicia’s or Eileen’s. It’s hard to accept that their death is where the story was headed when they, as POC, women, members of the LGBTQ and Deaf community die and have no chance of returning while we can expect the Winchesters to come back again and again. Yet it’s not only the representative characters we object to dying. When characters like Castiel are threatened as well, we question what exactly the point of the show is, and why it seems that the Winchesters are not allowed to have family while the show claims to boast a message of finding one.

We are not just here for the Sam and Dean show. We are here for the Winchester family show, and we are tired of seeing a family, with new members we continue to welcome with open arms, die again and again. There is more to this story than constant death. We think it’s time we make our voices heard, and respectfully let the show know this.

We need the help of talented fans like you to make this happen, so we have a mission for all of you!