Since the start of Season 8, Iâve just had this feeling that something is off, that something feels weird, and I hatched this crazy idea a few episodes in that maybe, there is something that is blurring reality, manipulating it so each character sees something slightly different, that maybe tiny details are off, for some odd reason.
Except, now, it doesnât seem as far-fetched, as twice to what weâve noticed, there has been a flaw in this ârealityâ. The sign behind Sam reads âEl Solâ, a beer brand which featured heavily in most every dream or dream state there has been in Supernatural, in Deanâs djinn dream, and Bobbyâs coma dream, and others have pointed out in every other dream. El Sol seems to be the thing used to tell if itâs a dream state or not, and funnily enough, El Sol turns up the first time we see Amelia outside of flashbacks, a character many fans believed to have been fabricated by Samâs mind as a coping mechanism.
The second flaw comes from the episode âTorn and Frayedâ where Naomi, in real-time, not in flashbacks, appears transparent, allowing us to see right through her, giving this idea of her not being real, or at least not true to what we see of her. Maybe sheâs a coping mechanism Castielâs mind has come up with, to punish himself for killing all those angel, and something powerful, the same thing that is manipulating reality, has taken this idea from his head, this need to be punished for everything heâs done, and made it as real as an imagined figure can be. Notice, Castiel doesnât recognize Naomi at all from his time before ditching Heaven, which is a little odd, seeing as most all angelâs seem to know each other, whether or not theyâre part of the same Garrison, making Naomiâs presence even more mysterious.
Which brings me on to Dean. Yes, there are only two flaws in this proposed manipulated reality, but notice each one of them stems from a character which could well be consider a coping mechanism if they werenât real? Dean had someone too: Benny. In a place filled with monsters that would love to take a shot at the famed Dean Winchester, Dean just so happens upon the one vampire that is willing to help him as he is about to be mauled to death by another vamp. Not only does Benny help Dean through Purgatory, he stays in contact with a hunter who kills things like him for a living when they get outside. Oh, and Benny is played by an actor who just so happens to have played a different vampire a few seasons back, a vampire that Dean sees. An interesting fact about dreams is that everyone you see in a dream is someone you have seen at some point in your life, whether itâs just walking past them or actually talking with them. For Dean to have the need for someone he could rely on whilst in Purgatory, and for him to put a face to it that he doesnât remember seeing, and for that then to be manipulated into a false existence in the same way Iâve proposed both Amelia and Naomi were wouldnât be surprising.
Amelia, Benny and Naomi are all relied on in some way by Team Free Will, some for comfort, some for punishment, but each and every one of them is relied upon, and for these âflawsâ in this proposed manipulated reality to center around them seems rather ironic, with them likely being the biggest fabrications in this variation of reality should the theory actually come true, because theyâre what would take the most effort to sustain, even for something with the power to manipulate reality.
Which is why I think itâs possible Metatron is behind the manipulations. Weâve seen one Archangel manipulate reality time and time again with ease (âMystery Spotâ had a time loop, âChanging Channelsâ was a whole new reality built without braking a sweat), which means that all the Archangels can, and as much as I like to hope, only one Archangel is thought to be alive and not in the Cage.
If it turns out true, Metatron might get one of the best character introductions yet.
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