that's so strange
pumpkinschester replied to your post “While its not true that Misha linked his last tweets to that article...”
yeah, i thought he might have referred to that fiasco. maybe he's just nice. or maybe he knows something other people involved don't. or both.
It's all speculation, of course, and instinct would push us to want to see the best in him, I think. idk, I've always felt Misha seems a bit invested in the idea of representing a m/m relationship- he humors it more, that's obvious, but he also seems to have some serious notions about the pairing because he's chosen, more than once, to disclose some honest opinions about the topic. Which is kinda good, I guess. It might not mean anything, but what's going on in fandom right now is that the people in charge aren't owning up to their shit. They know what they're doing and that's what pisses me off- because it's not just the fucking writing. It's everything. It's a whole team of people working on this show, using filming tricks, using lighting tricks, using music, and then, after all that, using lines and basic romance tv/film tropes to play at something they know the audience likes. That's marketing and they know numbers, they know that last season was a huge recovery from season 7 was partly due to their exploring and nodding at the Dean/Cas dynamic. I guess the only thing I feel like complaining about is that, that this team knows how to milk something when it conveniences them, but when they're called out on reverting it or becoming problematic (god knows some of them really don't know how to fucking apologize for how problematic the show is) it's a shitstorm. Which it shouldn't be. Because I don't want to be tugged around. Making things fucking clear. If you have no plans to make a ship canon, then do something to fix the issues at hand- give us queer representation, give us healthy relationships, give us something convincingly platonic between the characters in question. Don't lead people on and give them hope and then laugh it off because, haha, queerness doesn't fit this narrative how silly of you! Haha, what's this pairing you're talking about why are you getting upset about a story that doesn't exist? I don't know. I'm complaining. I just get this vibe that by the time the show is over, we're going to get this really annoying comments like "oh, we knew it was romantic but we didn't see the space for it", "oh, it was definitely more than friends between Dean and Castiel but we didn't want to push anything", "oh, yeah, they were right but they were in the minority and we didn't want to change the tone of the show" And then there's people like Misha, who get withdrawn at conventions and frown and tell people not to get their hopes up about the gender of his love interest. There's people like him who go on interviews and feel okay about talking about kissing and a canon romance and who tell fans, time and time again, they're not just seeing things. Because we aren't. But that doesn't mean we're gonna get what we want.