Signal-boosting this, especially for any long-time Sheith folks from 2016-19: Donya Abrams, the writer who wrote everything Voltron for the website Hypable, is searching to see if anyone saved the text for one of her articles: https://www.hypable.com/voltron-shiro-lgbt-disability-importance/
She has the rest, but this one got lost when she had to replace her computer and Hypable failed to reach out to her directly before shutting down their servers. Wayback doesn't have a capture. If anyone happens to have it, please ping me!
(Also, this is my reminder to go through that window of tabs open to VLD articles and save them as well.)
âSupernaturalâ season 15, episode 15 screener secrets: Weâre âHighway to Heavenâ-ing this bitch
[everything is from this Hypable article]Â
This week on Supernatural, Amara returns and are angels solving people crimes now? Hypable previewed Supernatural season 15, episode 15 âGimme Shelter,â so read on to find out more.
After a sweet and fun return to ease us back into the world of Supernatural last week, things are heating up pretty dramatically â I knew there wouldnât be much more time for messing around.
âGimme Shelterâ sees Supernatural dip its feet into what the Winchesters currently believe is their big plan â eliminating Chuck by also taking down Amara, resulting in what they believe will be a cosmic-being-free balanced world. But first, they have to find her. Sam and Dean get a pretty good lead on her location, which results in a very interesting conversation between Amara and the boys â especially with her most favoritest Dean, of course.
Meanwhile, Castiel is persuaded into taking Jack to investigate a nearby case in Missouri â which all three adults suspect is probably the work of a human criminal â for the sake of humoring Jack and keeping him both busy and supervised. On the way home, they have a very interesting conversation of their own.
Spoiler Warning: This article contains generalized spoilers for Supernatural season 15 episode 15, âGimme Shelter.â If you do not wish to be spoiled at all, do not read this article in advance of the airdate.
The official synopsis for Supernatural season 15, episode 15 reads:
MATT COHEN DIRECTS â Castiel (Misha Collins) and Jack (Alexander Calvert) work a case involving members of a local church. Meanwhile, Sam (Jared Padalecki) and Dean (Jensen Ackles) go off in search of Amara (guest star Emily Swallow). Matt Cohen directed the episode written by Davy Perez (#1515). Original airdate 10/15/2020.
If you want to know what to expect from this weekâs Supernatural, hereâs 10 teasers plus 15 single word clues from our advance viewing of Supernatural season 15, episode 15 âGimme Shelter.â
âSupernaturalâ season 15, [10] episode 15 screener secretsÂ
1ď¸âŁ During the filming of this episode (27 January â 5 February) Jared Padalecki and Jensen Ackles both spent much of the week at home with their families in Austin, a detail which was made clear on their and their wivesâ public social media accounts â possibly the result of scheduled time off as theyâve mentioned occasionally requesting? The result is that the episode is weighted much more towards Cas, Jack and the murder investigation theyâre chasing than towards Sam and Dean, but on the flip side, the Sam and Dean arc is more crucial to the long game of the show, so what it lacks in minutes, it makes up for in impact.Â
2ď¸âŁÂ However, the episode still begins and ends in a grounded family group way, at home in the Bunker â one of those âwe know we should be doing this together but there are Reasons we have to split upâ situations. This detail, in my opinion, really speaks to the motivation of the creative team towards honoring the four leads as parts of a whole â in earlier days, this kind of episode would have been two entirely non-touching threads. This one is, if not a tapestry, at very least a braid â tied up together at both ends, and intertwined in the middle.
3ď¸âŁÂ You might have seen pictures or ominous trailer footage of Castiel and Jack digging a hole at the crossroads. We all know what that means! However, donât worry. They simply want to talk â and the demon they summon has some really interesting â and dare I say positive? â news about the state of Hell under Her Most Gracious Majesty Queen Rowena. Letâs just say the demon is actually pretty friendly⌠and extremely bored.
4ď¸âŁÂ The two main guest stars on Cas and Jackâs side of the episode are both actors who have been briefly featured on the show before, in a couple of pretty famous episodes â one from season 2 and one from season 5. I donât think thereâs meant to be any meta or Easter Egg element to this, just the usual Vancouver casting industry cycle (see the âWerenât You In Another Episodeâ reference page on the SuperWiki) but one of them is one of those cute âI appeared on Supernatural as a child and now Iâm here as an adultâ situations, and the other, well⌠the original characterâs very name has become the stuff of Supernatural legend, and if I were in charge of this episode I would have put the actor in a particular piece of footwear and made sure we got a shot of it, just for kicks.
5ď¸âŁÂ Castiel steps into a prayer circle when the church group members are meant to give a testimony â presumably of their journey so far and their relationship with faith. Thatâs what Cas chooses to share, at least â in a non-specific, humanized way â and fans of the character will be moved to hear the ways he verbalizes his own growth.
6ď¸âŁÂ Speaking of growth, some of Deanâs is spelled out for him in the most miraculous way by Amara. After Sam and Dean meet up with her and have a conversation about Chuck thatâs ultimately a bit of a non-starter, Dean returns to ask her another, more personal question. Her response gave me legitimate chills. Itâs a very weighty mic drop and the combination of the level of impact and the level of clarity (itâs entirely airtight, no room for interpretation) feels like the culmination of all the self-actualization work the show has been doing on Dean in the last four years. (I wish I could tell you Sam got a big special moment like this in the episode, but he doesnât. Amaraâs return was always going to be Deanâs thing.) Amaraâs speech to Dean⌠it doesnât feel isolated, like the idea of it was invented just for this episode. It feels more like concrete evidence of what the show has been trying to prove for ages. And the funny thing is, Amara is the anti-Chuck, right, and all season, weâve learned about the version of the story Chuck thinks is good, and weâve been told to root against that. Chuckâs version of Supernatural isnât how the writers really feel. But I think Amaraâs might be. Dean has obviously struggled to see what she tells him, all in one piece, but here it is â this was the point, laid out on the table, from the entity behind the curtain â both onscreen and off. Amara knew what she was doing, and so did the writers. This was always, always the point.
7ď¸âŁÂ Even before this massive scene, Amaraâs return is just great. Emily Swallow does such an incredible job with this character â she really is the anti-Chuck even without the whole writer comparison. Swallow imbues this character with such an incredible peace and stillness in comparison to Chuckâs histrionics â this was true in the way she spoke and behaved even in season 11, but this Amara also feels kindness and patience and tolerance. She radiates power, even when sheâs also slightly goofy. Thereâs no fight, thereâs no antagonism, but the boys in her presence are like little fish in a vast ocean â they quickly realise they have no real control in this conversation. The way that we leave her indicates sheâll be back and has more to say or do, and what she shared during her reunion with Sam and Dean makes me really curious about the role sheâs due to play in the showâs endgame.
8ď¸âŁÂ Iâm not very religious but I really like the version of a church group or âfaith-based community,â as they say, featured in âGimme Shelter.â Supernatural has a shaky history in terms of how the show portrays people in-universe who believe. Sometimes theyâre treated like a joke, or stupid, or dangerous, or hypocrites, but occasionally civilian acts of faith are shown as great and powerful things, even in a world where we know that what they believe in isnât strictly accurate. That concept became an even bigger question mark for me when we got the reveal that Judeo-Christian God is not only absent, but our actual villain. However, this was a really nice look at why faith can still be a framework for a good way of life â loving thy neighbor â for some people, no matter the truth about Chuck. The episode also features a callback to writer Davy Perezâ very first Supernatural episode âAmerican Nightmareâ in terms of the way that some people have weaponized faith and religion to the detriment and harm of others or even themselves, but this factor does not negate the positive point mentioned above.
9ď¸âŁÂ Supernatural alum and newly minted director Matt Cohen really got the full old-school Supernatural episode experience when it comes to leaning into the spooky horror element. The murderous case-of-the week featured in this episode is heavy and lingering on the gore and even contains a little bit of a jump scare, so view responsibly.
đ So, um, you know that line, in this weekâs teaser trailer? The line that a lot of people are freaking out about because it seems to pertain to something important that we know about Casâ fate that Dean and Sam arenât aware of? Yeah, it is 100% absolutely not about that at all. It is about something super important, but itâs not that. Itâs also the last line of the episode, but trust me â itâs not a cliffhanger and itâs not a red herring and itâs not a twist. The information is gleaned within the episode and youâll know exactly what Cas is telling Dean about after seeing it â narratively, thatâs the reason it isnât in the episode, because the show clearly assumes youâll get the picture and can skip a rehash of information. But what you were probably expecting â maybe even hoping for â itâs not that. Youâre gonna have to hang on for that one.
Finally, have 15 random yet significant words from this weekâs episode without any context whatsoever: Gaia, Ronald, mother, pierogies, cats, philosophy, target, blind, permission, lockdown, Kool-aid, buffet, gift, trial, choice.
âSupernaturalâ airs Thursday at 8/7c on The CW
'Arrow''s Stephen Amell and Emily Bett Rickards hit the main stage at C2E2 2020 to reflect on eight seasons of memories, mayhem, and Olicity.
Arrowâs Stephen Amell and Emily Bett Rickards, who played Oliver Queen and Felicity Smoak, hit the main stage at C2E2 2020 to reflect on and celebrate eight seasons of memories, mayhem, and Olicity.
With seven plus years of friendship and collaboration under their belt, Amell and Bett Rickards have such a wonderful rapport with each other, not to mention a relaxed in-person chemistry that would make even the best bffs jealous. During the panel, they constantly finished each otherâs sentences, seamlessly picked up where the other left off, and fed off of each other to create some pretty hilarious moments.
The C2E2 Arrow panel marked the end of an era and the first time these actors participated in a panel since the series finale. It was a true celebration of the show and its legacy (Olicity included), so we wanted to highlight some of the best quotes that came out of it.
âThis wouldâve been pure hell if I had hated you for eight years.â
The topic of the two starsâ friendship came up early on in the panel, about how they clicked right away and have grown to have a real appreciation for one another. And then the inevitable âWhat Ifâ started getting tossed around: âWhat if they had hated each other? Would Olicity ever have become a thing? Would either of them (or the show) have lasted as long as it did?â As Bett Rickards mentioned, the past seven years wouldâve been absolutely miserable for both of them if they had hated each other. She and Amell poked fun at each other and acted like they hated each other, but their love and respect for each other couldnât help but shine through.
âI got a season eight poster and it was signed by everybody, and that was all that I needed.â
Audiences and fans are always curious about the items and small tokens actors have taken away from their sets, and so the question of âWhat did you take?â was inevitably posed to Amell and Bett Rickards. While Bett Rickards lamented the fact that she was unable to take a cookie jar that was shaped like a cactus wearing a sombrero (and even fought other crew members for it), Amellâs response had quite a different tone to it.
âFor [younger] Emily and Felicity, Iâd tell them the same thing: Constantly be more present⌠and eat more peanut butter.â
One audience member asked what each star would tell their younger selves as well as their younger character selves. Amell simply told both of his âalter egosâ to relax. Bett Rickards dug in a bit more and highlighted the benefits in just being present in life and how this sort of mindfulness makes a difference in everything that you do. She also circled back to her answer to the previous question of âWhat do you geek out about?â by doubling down on her love for peanut butter. Even though Felicity is regrettably allergic.
âFixing the entire universe.â
Toward the end of the panel, the Arrow actors were asked what they hope their characters legacies are. Bett Rickards discussed hers at the top of the panel, celebrating the impact Felicity has had on girlsâ excitement over STEM, so Amell took the reins here and kicked off his answer with the joke above. It was a hilarious, almost-mic drop moment.
He then pivoted and discussed his pride in Oliverâs character arc and journey, as well as his gratitude for being able to take Oliver through all of that. Thatâs what he hopes Oliver Queen as well as the show will be remembered for.
Have you seen the article from Hypable about K & A being the healthiest couple ever? Unbelievable. K literally has to sacrifice his entire individuality & personality in order to dress, act, & look like someone he isnât. E is always going to be first (as it should be). Aâs heart is already taken. A is in love with the idea of marriage & doesn't love K in the way he needs. K is too obsessed with her & she is too obsessed with the idea of marriage. Thatâs not healthy for either of them. Itâs toxic
I agree itâs toxic but have you looked at Hypableâs recruiting process?
They let anyone whoâs interested in writing for fandoms to become a writer there.
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See? Any fan can write for them. That tells you everything you need to know about the article.
