So, there is this canon.
There are these two brothers. They are hunters. But not just any hunters, they are special type of hunter - they are hunters of otherworldly/magical/supernatural beasts/creatures/monsters.
From a very young age, the shorter (if only in comparison) but older not-so-special normal-joe brother was parentified and responsible for bringing up younger (very tall) very powerful and special brother - who was suspected to be weird and something bad/wrong/demonic from babyhood. The younger brother grew up knowing there was something wrong/demonic about themself, but the older one was oblivious to this, and just loved his little brother wholeheartedly.
Older brother spent most of his teen years doing odd jobs to take care of the younger brother and eventually dropped out of high-school because of his responsibilities since the younger brother was the "smart one" who was good at school and whose education was more important.
Unfortunately, the younger brother ended up running away from / leaving home as a teen, leaving the older brother - who largely defined their identity as someone whose job was to take care of their younger brother - feeling adrift and confused and lonely.
So the brothers have been estranged for quite a few years, before getting back in touch at the point when the canon opens. The younger brother has been doing very well for himself and is a very successful person as per societal norms, while the older brother is a washed out weirdo who has been living on the edge of legality and society and with a history of a drinking problem to boot.
They then reconcile and embark on a breathtakingly codependent relationship, as they also try to save the world.
At some point the younger brother dies in the older brother's arms - kneeling, stabbed through their back - leading to the older brother doing very drastic and desperate things to reverse the younger's death. This decision is a big plot-pivot point for both canons, which changes the trajectory of the plot and worldbuilding. This death is caused by the intervention of a demonic other-worldy entity, who feels overwhelmingly powerful at this point in canon, but ends up small potatoes and is killed by the the older brother in revenge.
The consequences of the older brother's desperate actions also end up causing even more powerful otherworldly beings from two opposing factions to get involved with the plot and the brothers' lives. While in the beginning it seems one side is good and the other evil, it's ultimately not so straightforward after all, and the brothers ally with and fight against people on both sides as the plot proceeds.
Along the way, they gain many friends, including some very badass women who have lesbian-tension with each other, and powerful kid(s) who are varying levels of adopted.
It gradually becomes clear that actually the not-so-special older brother might be the special one after all, given that he attracts crazy powerful people like flies to honey, including one case of millenia-old person, who gets to experience new and unique experiences for the first time in their long long life after encountering the older sibling and also dies way too often for a supposed-immortal.
This character and the older brother go through multiple breakup/divorce arcs without ever actually being together, and are canonically supposed to have a very special bond/relationship. The fandom jokes about this character's existence being genre-breaking and being difficult to explain as straight - he's the very definition of queerbait/stereotypical-BL character.
This queerbait boyfriend's signature look involves formal wear with a tie and a long coat. Despite being pretty traditionally masc presenting, this queerbait boyfriend is canonically utterly indifferent to gender (their own or others). At one point, he loses his memory and attacks the older brother with overwhelming force, but his "inner self" is able to take back control and stop himself from permanently damaging the older brother character.
So! Am in talking about the CW tv show Supernatural? Or am I talking about the knovel S-Classes That I Raised?
Both, it's both.
(Btw, I can't find the source of the above artwork, if anyone has the link please message me. Artist credit is included but i can't find the account anywhere T_T)
If I had a nickel for every bit of weirdly specific similarity between the two canons, I would have many MANY nickels. Which is a lot and also very weird. Anyway, this is the spoiler-free version, the version that spoils some later plot points and some vague trajectories of the endings of the two canons nets me at least 4-5 more nickels, minimum!
Anyway, read "S-Classes That I Raised", people. It's good. It's great.
And now I am craving a SCTIR SPN AU, where Yoojin and Yoohyun dress up as fake govt agents and fight spn-type monsters in the Korean countryside instead.
(Song Taewon is probably Victor Henriksen in this AU. Yerim is Adam, and both of them get a way better endings than the actual SPN characters.)
More images under the cut!
