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misha collins can reclaim fag by the same logic thats like if two girls are holding hands on the street and they get called dykes the guy yelling at them wont stop to ask if one of them is bisexual and not a lesbian, actually. if they ever asked that man if he was a faggot before calling him one his answer did not change their minds

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I know the superhell memes were really pervasive but we do in fact realize that Cas was not dead in 15.20 right? We understand that canonically, Cas was raised from The Empty… right?

When Bobby is talking about the new heaven, he says “Cas helped” build it. Confirming that Cas had been resurrected by Jack.

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...what did misha do this time?

Tldr he's not being normal about gay people but also telling us he's an ally with the biggest, wettest eyes.

No it's part of the con thing where it seems like he's kind of split down the middle with giving thoughtful, earnest responses about destiel and queer baiting, and making jokes about how he and Jensen couldn't actually film any content because Jensen's dick would get hard about it. Which is. Uh. Not a punchline.

But it is also an insane way to fumble the opportunity to show how much of an ally to queer rights and queer rep he can be.

It's hitting people different, but as a bisexual "man" personally I'm like, you know what actually I am more interested in hearing about how Misha, as a straight man and ally to the queer community, would navigate filming an intimate love scene with a close male friend. Particularly after years of push pull between queerbaiting and homophobia from the network, and the way that that has probably affected their experiences on the show and their relationship with eachother. That's an interesting challenge to conceptualize for an actor, and it's an opportunity for him to be totally normal about this question and answer it the way he would if his costar was a woman.

Because the jokes *can* sort of throw a wink to the audience like, I get it I'm in on the joke, I'm cool with gay stuff, and a lot of people do just take them as fun and silly, but it's very much also behaving like real life homosexuality is not within the circle of "normal".

Imagine if Misha Collins was answering a question about filming a kiss with- let's say Daneel- and his response was something like, "oh Daneel couldn't handle that because everytime we hug her p*ssy gets wet (insane thing to type. Insane thing to say). AND he said it on stage at a convention- it would come off as a super not normal response to that question.

So it's like, "othering", right? This idea we have in dynamics of privilege and power where some people are on the inside of the circle and some people are on the outside. And joking about that does acknowledge the outside, and it's better then being like, "fuck those homos", but its not the same thing as representing queer people as like, people. To show like, I can answer this question in a normal was because queer experiences are normal.

But taking it in this other direction, of like, humor and shock value. Sure it makes Misha Collins trend and we have fun on the internet about it, but it also contributes to this very widespread and still growing belief that being queer is different. It's illiciate. It's titillating.

And the joke specifically about like, I can't film a scene with Jenses because his dick would get hard, sure a lot of us hear that and are like, "haha cockles" or "haha cockles (platonic) and we give Misha a lot of leeway because it *feels* like he's giving us representation with that, but what he is actually saying, what people who do not think "haha cockles" are hearing is, "I cannot film an intimate scene with my male co star because his dick would get hard about it (derogatory)" which unfortunately is like a pretty straight shot towards gay panic laws and shit like that.

Do I think Misha personally believes that using someone's sexuality is a justifiable defense for manslaughter? Absolutely the fuck not. But I also believe that he's smart and informed enough to make those connections himself. To he able to see how, on a larger scale, saying that your coworker getting a boner is a reason not to do a scene with him, feeds into homophobic propaganda that results in real life violence towards gay people, interpersonally and legislatively. And I think he's informed enough to see that, on a small scale, it just kind of puts us seperate from him, whether or not we think that's endearing or funny.

For someone who has demonstrated a knowledge of allyship over his career through the queer campaigns he champions and donates to, the way he's spoken out against homophobia and against the blacklisting and queer baiting of destiel particularly, AND in saying he was "sick to his stomach" at the thought of co-opting the struggles of the queer community by accidentally coming out as bisexual, I think he's definitely falling prey to the desire to grab onto the spotlight instead of consciously acting in the best interest of the community consistently.

And does he need to do that? No. Unfortunately, no actor has to. But he's *telling* us that he is, which raises the bar for him in a way he isn't passing. Because he actually *is* sort of co-opting queer spaces, and what hes saying is, "Ew, gross. Penis."

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I’m sorry but literally at what point do we cross the line between “I’m so cool with gay people that I can make jokes about myself and my coworkers” into straight up homophobia 2.0

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streets are saying that Misha stood on a convention stage today and said "If the CW hadn’t been so homophobic, Dean and Cas would’ve been balls deep for sure.”

now I know Misha’s said many noteworthy and occasionally unhinged things on stages in his time and he phrased this in the most chaotic manner possible

but I'm just here to say that I think what's noteworthy here is him explicitly calling The CW — the network itself — the homophobic obstacle to destiel

it IS a Big Deal because overall the censorship really just isn’t talked about, as we all know

but finally, there it is

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I'm killing that man

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that man

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to me the difference between travis mcelroy and misha collins is i think travis mcelroy curses god every night before he goes to bed for not making him bisexual but would NEVER touch a man whereas misha collins realised he was straight somewhere around his 14th blowjob

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balls deep fag and homo..... you better plan a trip to brokenose mountain pale coconut

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Q: abt 911 - how the network change let that guy kiss another man- would a network change let something happen between dean and cas?

MISHA: “if the cw had not been so homophobic dean and cas would have been balls deep for sure”

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How else am I supposed to explain Misha Collins sudden eruption of Destiel shipping?

[Image ID: The Destiel confession meme edited so that Dean answers 'RIP CW sniper' to Cas' 'I love you'. /End ID]

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I literally spit out my water

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personally if i accidentally came out via gay joke at the fan convention i would not keep doing gay jokes at the fan convention. but misha foot in mouths georg who lives at the convention and makes over 10000 gay jokes a day....

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people struggle with the idea that dean canonically talks about his feelings in the show because they seem to think the main obstacle in his life is his own obstinate refusal to reach out? and not the fact his needs aren't being met and none of the people in his life can fully help with that because THEIR needs aren't being met either. also all of them kill for a living. turns out it's hard to talk therapy your way out of that

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Talking about why this scene was rewritten/cut. Says he would get notes saying they know what the subtext is, bury it, use language less to the core but he wants to go straight to the core. Says its still clear Castiel is totally ride or die by Dean. He has to show it not tell it.

You were not crazy, folks, and I need to lie down.

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They are both called Bobby and have bisexual son that it's in love with his best friend