Parallels between Supernatural the series and Chuck’s Supernatural
It’s interesting how Castiel was only supposed to be part of Supernatural for 3-4 episodes and has been here for 11 years. He unexpectedly became an integral part of the series in a way that couldn’t be ignored. What a parallel to Chuck’s story—Cas wasn’t supposed to stay in his story, but he did, because he unexpectedly became an integral part of Dean and Sam’s lives in a way that couldn’t be ignored. This wasn’t the intention of the SPN writers initially, and it wasn’t the intention of Chuck, either. Sometimes stories and characters grow in ways we don’t expect. Writers will often say, “I don’t control them [the characters] anymore; they do what they want and I follow.” That’s what’s happened here, both for SPN as a series and in Chuck’s stories. Chemistry happened. Choices happened. The characters are their own, independent selves now, hurtling toward an ending destined for them based on their choices, not based on what the writer(s) of the story want them to do. I’m very optimistic about a positive end for Supernatural.
