let those old men kiss!

hi I'm Cal and this is a receptacle for all my destiel bullshit

[intricatedemonicrituals]

Canon Destiel Timeline Masterpost

I wrote this all in a fugue state while listening to Green Grow the Lilacs on repeat so forgive any mistakes. @gay-fae ask and ye shall receive

So much has happened in the long and storied history of his fandom so I've decided to try to document it. I've started by looking up every time that canon destiel, destiel event, misha collins, jackles, or some other search terms have spiked on Google and cross referenced them with tumblr or twitter posts from that day. I know a lot of this is Misha stuff, but he does tend to be the one to say things

November 5th, 2020: Season 15, Episode 18 "Despair" airs and Castiel declares his love to Dean. The presidential election, Georgia turning blue, the presumed retirement of Vladamir Putin, Dabi from My Hero Academia, Ouran Host Club season 2, Sherlock season 5, the president of Bolivia being attacked with dynamite, ongoing BLM protests, a twitter artist making racist art of Ted Bundy, Hetalia returning, a dead man being elected Representative for North Dakota, V for Vendetta, scientists discovering a "hell" planet that rains rocks and has lava oceans, and half of Europe being in lockdown all became tumblr news around the same time. Some of these are true, some not.

November 8th, 2020: Misha Collins, in a panel with Richard Speight, states that the confession scene was a "declaration of homosexual love", and that when Castiel goes to the Empty, it is an example of the "Kill your gays" trope.

November 19th, 2020: The finale airs and it is not well loved to say the least. The episode is short, Dean dies by falling on a nail to death fighting vampire clowns, and there are several characters left with dangling unresolved plot threads and arcs, including Castiel. The car is in heaven though. There is very little heard from the cast and crew, if anything.

November 22nd, 2020: Misha Collins, in a livestream, tells a fan that Castiel and Jack are remaking heaven together, Cas has his wings back, and they are rainbow-colored. He had, however, mentioned the rainbow wings before.

November 24th, 2020: The Spanish dub of the confession is released and a "rogue" translator has written "Y yo a ti" or "I love you too" as Dean's response. Destiel goes canon in Spanish. Tumblr stops working as a result.

November 25th, 2020: tumblr user @thebloggerbloggerfun claims Jensen Ackles said "I had a member of the film crew record the confession scene on my phone for me" #unsourced #releasethetapes

November 26th, 2020: Misha doesn't appreciate the rogue translator, but walks that opinion back later the same day

November 27th, 2020: A "leaked" Italian dub of the confession scene shows a mutual confession.

November 28th, 2020: President Obama follows a destiel account on Twitter

November 30th, 2020: The supposed "Italian dub" is revealed as a fake created by user @iotiamo using sound clips from other parts of the Italian dub on show.

December 1st, 2020: Twitter user @mothdean says "misha I know you have a stan acc and spy on us so can we have a hazel update please"

December 3rd, 2020: Misha tweets about Hazel snoring and this is taken as possible confirmation of Misha's secret stan account

December 11th, 2020: A script from Cas's perspective leaks. It says "We see Cass's POV of Dean again - his face drawn, drained of hope. But still beautiful. Still Dean Winchester."

December 16th, 2020: Newsweek runs an article about an article that Misha wrote about the Lewinsky affair while interning in the Clinton White House in which Misha comes off as rather thirsty for Bill

December 20th, 2020: All Supernatural related materials disappear off the CW's website due to a copyright dispute with Warner Brothers

December 31st, 2020: Mishapocalypse redux

February 9th, 2021: Spn cast members Chad Lindberg and Samantha Ferris tweet about a party at the Roadhouse and it grows to become a full Destiel wedding

February 16th, 2021: @steveyockey made a fairly benign post about Jensen Ackles. The notes went wild in a variety of ways and started a rumor that Spn writer Steve Yockey was dead

February 20th, 2021: Steve Yockey is not dead and he should say it

March 3rd, 2021: The German dub drops and it is also romantic in tone

March 6-8th, 2021: A virtual con happens where Jensen discusses Chaos Machine and Jared says he wants to be in their next project. They also show that WAP video. Jensen is giving full mountain man preparing to play Soldier Boy.

March 10th, 2021: The French dub is released. Cas says, "I love you, Dean" and Dean now responds, "Don't do this to me, Castiel"

March 13th, 2021: The company Amazon tweets about Castiel and Misha Collins asks if they ship Deancas or Wincest. Subsequently apologizes.

March 16th, 2021: Misha says he can't speak as Castiel because Warner Brothers" specifically forbade it. #cwsniperconfirmed

March 17th, 2021: Sam and Eileen are getting married! I have no idea how this came about but I'm happy for them

March 23rd, 2021: Chad Lindberg and Samantha Ferris claim on Twitter that the Roadhouse party was about Valentine's day and not a wedding. Ferris specifically said that she worked on the show and that people tried to make Dean/Cas into "something that it wasn't", She also stated she doesn't "know what queerbaiting is" and that it was due to an "agenda". This led to #deanisbi trending on Twitter and Tumblr.

March 31st, 2021: Some possibly fake leaked scripts come up for sale on eBay. Also, Jensen is Batman.

April 1st, 2021: Mishapocalypse redux

April 6th, 2021: Leaked scripts from the 2 final episodes pop up and have several mentions of Cas in them that were omitted. Dean even thinks about Cas's confession when confronting Chuck.

April 18th, 2021: Scripts from seasons 12 and 13 leak. These include scenes from after Cas's death

May 17th, 2021: Jensen's band Radio Company releases an album including the song Watching Over Me

June ~5th, 2021: Misha says at a convention that Watching Over Me is about Castiel. Jensen neither confirms nor denies this when asked about it

June 11th, 2021: It is announced that Misha is publishing a book of poetry

June 18th, 2021: The Russian dub airs and Dean's line is changed to "Don't you dare, Cas"

June 24-28th, 2021: Jensen and Daneel Ackles reveal that they are making a Supernatural prequel series following John and Mary Winchester (a story that NOBODY was asking for). Jensen will reprise his role as Dean and will narrate. Misha hints that he would like to be involved, as do Ruthie Connell, Samantha Ferris, Matt Cohen, and Julie McNiven (the perils of having a cast of mostly immortal characters). But Jared Padalecki first says that he is happy for the Ackles's, he later said he was "gutted", then responded to Robbie Thompson's tweet calling him a "coward" and saying "what an awful thing you've done". The next day, Jensen and Jared both do damage control and say they'll always be brothers

July 17th, 2021: People are asking if Destiel will be canon in Space Jam, Misha's poetry book's cover is revealed to lukewarm reviews and people are talking about a particular poem about piss, and Perfume Genius releases an article that is a self-insert vore fanfiction about having sex with Jensen Ackles

August 2nd, 2021: Perfume Genius is at it again with "Last Friday, I had my eyes removed by Jared Padalecki". No, I do not know why she is doing this.

August 9th, 2021: Destiel fics hit 100k on Ao3. Misha tweets his support and people remember that he sometimes reads fanfiction and theorize he has an A03 account

September 1st, 2021: Misha makes his first Tiktok. There is a short intro before he calls cut, walks behind a screen, and strips his clothes off

September 3rd, 2021: Jake Abel uses Michael and Adam to help sell his hot sauce brand

September 4th, 2021: Misha confirms that the love between Castiel and Dean was "reciprocated"

September 9th, 2021: A clip of the real Italian dub of the confession scene goes viral as it is revealed that, unlike the Spanish dub, they change the line to "ti voglio bene" or essentially "I love you like family". Misha responds with a video saying "Ciao Italia, ti amo" with the subtitle "Love is love in any language"

September 21st, 2021: Misha drops the fact that one of his poems is from Castiel's perspective.

September 30th, 2021: Jensen will be appearing at a con on the same day as Misha and not with Jared for "professional reasons"

October 4th, 2021: Misha responds to a fan's tweet by saying that Jensen has "crazy eyes and a knife in his pocket"

October 10th, 2021: Daneel posts a picture of Jensen intently reading Misha's poetry book in front of a roaring fire on Instagram. Misha responds that he misses them even more

October 12th, 2021: Jensen is cast in Rust, a (rather ill-fated) western and Misha says "Yippie-ki-yay" and calls him a stud in the comments

October 16th, 2021: Denvercon. Jensen and Jared reunite for the first time since THE INCIDENT

April 24th, 2022: Misha Collins says in terms of being an extrovert, an introvert, or a bisexual, he joked "I'm all three". This led to the internet celebrating Misha's newly revealed bisexuality.

April 25th, 2022: Misha Collins comes out as straight. Oops!

June 19th, 2022: According to Misha, Dean's heaven was supposed to be at the Roadhouse with all his friends and Cas was going to be there with him

November 7th, 2022: Misha calls Elon Musk a snowflake

November 12th, 2022: Tumblr starts planning another Mishapocalypse

January 24th, 2023: Jensen and the cast of the Winchesters throw Dean Winchester a birthday party, including wearing silly little hats

February 26th, 2023: At JIBcon 11, Jensen sings an improvised song about an angel while Misha sits cross-legged on the floor looking up at him

April 1st, 2023: 10 year anniversary of the Mishapocalypse

April 16th, 2023: A year after his bisexual whoopsie daisy, Misha says that Warner Brothers asked him to "let it go" and keep pretending to be bisexual.

August 23, 2023: Rogue Spanish translator is revealed to not have gone rogue at all but instead to have followed the script he was given, confirming the existence of a mutual love confession that was cut at some point.

If you can remember any events and dates that I haven't found, please let me know and I'll add them! I haven't really rounded out 2022 and 2023 yet.

[intricatedemonicrituals]

May 26, 2024: At Purcon 8, Jensen goes on a panel and says there is nothing that needs clarification about the confession scene. He says it was "not subtext. It was clear text." and explains that Dean clearly knew it was a romantic declaration.

[intricatedemonicrituals]

June 18, 2025: the official Supernatural YouTube channel posts a pride month video called Collection | June is Destiel's Favorite Month, which is a compilation of famous Destiel scenes

[tea-and-violence]

spn fan watching heated rivalry and I feel spoiled. fat cat licking up cream from a golden bowl. they dont hate queer people 🥹🥹. it's actually Text and not just Subtext and also the point of the entire show 🥹.

we've come so far.

[juiche]

I love treating my blorbos like dress up ken and barbie dolls 😌🎀

[evvrythingisawesome]

The Fanart Knits Collection continues! Say hello to Stiles Stilinski 🫀

Read the series that inspired this work here, and click through below to learn the thought process behind this piece.

Why these colors?

Warm white and shades of gold for all the good he tries to do, for all the love he has for his family and his friends, for his sense of humor and his cleverness.

Glistening near-black for the corruption the Nemeton left in him after his sacrifice, and for the remnants of the Goa'uld that possessed him.

Red for the blood he spilled as host to the Goa'uld, for the blood he spills even after he's freed of it, for his struggle to hold on to his humanity and the people he loves.

Why this pattern?

Modified from Shawlography by Stephen West. Check out my project page on Ravelry for technical details.

Same pattern as I used for the Sheriff, but with different modifications and colors, to show their strong family connection but also the ways their lives have shaped them into different people.

We start with his heart, how deeply he loves those who matter to him most and the strong sparks of magic he discovers within.

His love is still strong, but corruption seeps in and creates a foothold for darkness.

He discovers his magical spark and starts to use it to protect the town and his loved ones, despite the darkness pulling at him.

He's taken as host to a Goa'uld.

The Goa'uld uses him to try to take the town, leaving death in its wake.

He's freed from the Goa'uld, but its influence remains, taking root in his mind.

He ends up joining Cora's pack, falling in love with Derek, consulting as the resident expert on the Goa'uld for the SGC.

Scott betrays them all, Cora dies and comes back.

The pack grows, their bonds strengthen, Stiles keeps his grip on his humanity.

The journey continues - still prickly, but still loving fiercely; still fighting good, but haunted by darkness and death.

Would the character wear this?

Normally, no, probably not. But if we're pretending Cora was the one to make this for him, then actually, he'd kind of love it. He'd still likely only very rarely wear it in public, for very special occasions, but he'd wear it constantly around the house and feel so exceptionally loved each time he did. And it'd be the perfect stim toy, with all its different textures and architectural features - he'd squish the welts, hook and unhook the loops, spin the beads, poke his fingers through all the different holes, feel the softness of the yarn, watch the beads sparkle when they catch the light, watch the silky yarns gleam as the fabric moves, etc. Endless fascination, all while keeping him cozy.

[chocolatecakecas]

happy international women's day

[soft-pine]

thinking about how out of john, mary, sam, and dean, who all did variations of non-hunting partners/domesticity, dean is the only one who ever explained to his partners what his world was and did his best to keep them informed and gave them agency in how to handle it. like he never used someone as an escape and put them in danger without explaining the stakes.

anyway i love him

[bluegiragi]

posting this take on my tumblr too bc i stand by it

[yellowmonday-deactivated2022120]

yall i thought it was impossible but i did it. i pinpointed the exact moment that dean figured out he was in love with cas

[yellowmonday-deactivated2022120]

ok IT HAPPENS IN 11x11 INTO THE MYSTIC BUT BEFORE I GET TO THE EXACT MOMENT. context:

1. casifer hand-on-shoulder. intimate moment ALL the crueler because we know it’s a deception. also this comes right on the heels of dean admitting that he has “a connection” with amara—he is evaluating what “attraction” means because he is desperately hoping he is NOT attracted to god’s evil sister. this means he has to think about what attraction DOES mean to him.

2. dean gets targeted by the banshee (because he is vulnerable. yes he WILL obsessively analyze what the shit that means)

3. mildred can tell he’s “pining” and tells him to “follow his heart”

in this episode dean has confronted 1) “cas” out of his jacket and also touching him 2) the definition of attraction 3) the fact that he has been targeted on account of some kind of vulnerability 4) the fact that he is Very Obviously romantically pining for somebody (who we KNOW is not amara, based on writer input). dean is THINKING. man is RUMINATING. keep that in mind here comes the pinpoint

[yellowmonday-deactivated2022120]

first off...laying in bed trying VERY hard to sleep. unable to sleep. he sits up.

REALIZATION FACES? EPIPHANY FACE?

this moment is so long please i couldn’t fit all the caps in

this moment is so long please i couldn’t fit all the caps in

oh sickening. whatever he is realizing (insert eggplant emoji) led directly to this face. which i cannot name but it’s the same face i make whenever i think about MY life too hard. maybe i will call it Dawning Reality. SICKENING he is sickened and i am also sickened

hello. head in hands. fun fact: other times head has been in hands includes the 15x18 revelation

and then for the final shot of the episode we get...slow zoom on his face...his staunch american man face....cut up and bruised and all alone in the darkness. he is VULNERABLE he is HAVING A MOMENT he is considering the fact that angels don’t have the equipment to care and that whenever they try they break apart.

please let me stress how absolutely long and devoid of any other focus this scene is. we are watching his epiphany and his reaction to WHAT? to what he has been percolating on all day. someone pointing out how heartsick he is (NOT for amara) the way he feels around amara (NOT attraction) so what is his epiphany? what is he so conflicted over? he’s figured it out. connections attraction pining following his heart. the way he feels around cas. the way he feels about cas. he can’t follow his FUCKING heart

[corvussky]

Liking for the post, reblogging for the excellent discourse in the notes

[buffythevampiresideblog]

[becauseofthebowties]

NEW YEAR NEW GIFS - Day 17: BIPOC character appreciation ↳ Rufus Turner

[thefriendlypigeon]

The world was still half-asleep.

Pink fog clung to the gravestones like sleepy cotton candy, and the sun was just beginning to stretch its rays across the quiet cemetery. Everything smelled faintly like damp earth.

And freshly salted ghost remains.

Dean Winchester stood with his hands shoved deep into the pockets of his canvas jacket, chest rising and falling as he caught his breath, his breath leaving him in white foggy clouds. Sweat clung to his temples and his hair stuck up in ways that said he had just run for his life twice in the past twenty minutes. The last of the burning bones crackled behind him in a shallow pit, pops of ember echoing in the otherwise peaceful dawn.

Castiel, in contrast, looked like he had spent the morning in a botanical garden rather than a haunted graveyard. He had wandered off a few minutes earlier without explanation, his coat swaying behind him calmly.

Now he walked back toward Dean with quiet purpose.

In his hand was a small white flower. Cas held it with the same gentle focus he used when handling fragile relics or newborn kittens.

Dean straightened slightly. “Uh. Cas? You good?”

Cas ignored the question. He came to a stop in front of Dean, the distance between them filled only with fog and the faint smell of burning spirit goo. Dean glanced at the flower, then at Cas, then back at the flower again.

Cas lifted it with both hands like it was something sacred.

Before Dean could speak, Cas reached forward and eased the flower into the right breast pocket of Dean’s jacket. He adjusted the stem until it sat perfectly upright, the petals aimed forward like a tiny banner.

He stepped back and admired his work.

Dean froze completely. His head dropped so he could stare at the flower sticking out of his pocket. His eyes, however, flicked upward at Cas, slow and bewildered.

Cas looked almost smug. “There. Much better.”

Dean blinked. “Cas. What. Why.”

Cas folded his hands behind his back. “You looked in need of something pleasant.”

“I looked what now?”

“Pleasant. Softening. You have been engaged in violent action for the past hour.” Cas nodded toward the smoking grave. “It seemed appropriate to introduce something gentle.”

Dean stared at him as if Cas had just invented the concept of flowers. “So you picked one off a haunted grave. And put it on me.”

“Yes.”

“Like I am what? A vase?”

Cas tilted his head. “More like a very important surface.”

Dean’s mouth opened, then closed again. He squinted at the flower like it might offer answers. The delicate white petals swayed gently in the early morning breeze. He was too tired to process this. 

He was too tired for most things, really. 

Cas took a small step closer, his expression earnest. “Do you dislike it? I can retrieve another if this one is not aesthetically balanced.”

Dean felt his ears get warm. “No, no. It is. I mean. It is fine.”

Cas brightened with quiet satisfaction. “Good.”

They stood there, surrounded by fog and gravestones and the fading crackle of ghost fire. Dean still had his hands in his pockets, his shoulders slouched, breath slowing. The flower looked ridiculous on him. He knew it. Cas definitely knew it. 

Dean chanced a look at Cas’s face. There was a softness there that made his stomach go strange.

Cas, noticing the stare, simply said, “It suits you.”

Dean swallowed. “Yeah. Well. You, uh… picked it real straight.”

“Thank you.”

The sun finally broke over the horizon, casting gold over the two of them. The fog turned peach. The graves shimmered. A bird chirped somewhere, far too cheerful for the hour.

Dean cleared his throat. “You wanna get breakfast?”

Cas glanced at the flower in Dean’s pocket and seemed unreasonably pleased. “Yes. I would like that.”

Dean nodded once, still not removing the flower.

And Cas walked beside him, very proud of his decorative choice.

[my social media links]

[noxusegirl]

omg someone is proposing in the toilet

[jacksally]

I killed two angels this week. My brothers.

SUPERNATURAL 5.02 — Good God, Y'all

[tiktaalic]

Supernatural is great because Eric kripke said I am going to make such a kripkean little tv show and Kim manners said I’m just gonna shoot moody small towns like the xfiles again and jensne ackles said dean winchester has tricked me, texan triple pisces male model jensen ackles into being here, so I am going to make this the problem of homosexual high schoolers, and jared padalecki went I’m in a jared padalecki commercial!

[recklesswizardcowboy]

he's had the names memorized since before starfleet academy

[swedenis-h]

Misunderstanding !

[postpunkdean]

A heart-to-heart: Dean & Cas in 14.14 Ouroboros