Sunshine Challenge #7

[autodach]

Challenge #7

The Ferris Wheel
Journaling: Life in fandom goes through ups and downs. Reminisce about the "wild ride" of your time in fandom or in other online communities.


I was, and still am, part of the Supernatural fandom. And oh, what I ride it’s been!
I’m choosing to focus on the slasher side of things, because SPN has so much going on I feel I have to pick a topic. So let’s not get onto Mishapocalypse, but instead talk about Destiel.

We started out with Wincest as the most popular ship, sporting an impressive portmanteau, and also truthers who thought it would go canon.
Then Castiel joined the cast four seasons in and immediately Destiel eclipsed every other ship, prompting ship wars, antishipping, and general mudslinging. And, of course, truthers who thought it would go canon.
For 12 years Destihellers held on, zigzagging towards and away from canon-status, alternately being mocked and encouraged by the cast and producers, being told we’re both valid and delusional.
And then. THEN. It went canon.

…one-sided canon, that is. And Cas died.
And then, all hell broke loose.
After episode 15x18, I remember the reception being positive overall in my circles. The death scene was seen as either a fitting end for a beloved character, or a set-up for Castiel’s return in the finale.
But Castiel wasn’t in the finale, crushing the hopes of shippers. The finale was TERRIBLE in general. Destiel went fully canon in the Spanish dub. A meme spawned that is tumblr’s main news source to this day. The canon status of Destiel is still hotly debated.
We all lost several of our marbles, and never recovered them.

I wouldn’t have it any other way.

Comments

[trobadora]

Destiel went fully canon in the Spanish dub.

What a time to be alive! *g* Really, the whole Destiel-Nevada-Putin thing was so wild, I've never seen anything like it.

A meme spawned that is tumblr’s main news source to this day.

This is one of my favourite tumblr-fandom things. :D

(I was never in SPN fandom, but sort of on the fringes since about season 5, and even from my perspective, what a ride. :D)

[autodach]

It was somehow the worst and best of times at the same time. I'm glad I was there for it :D

[pauraque]

I was never in SPN fandom but I watched a lot of this from the sidelines and man, you all went THROUGH IT in those last few episodes.

[autodach]

We so did!
And we are still waiting for Jensen to release The Tapes of the confession scene XD

[muscle_wizard]

I hadn't been in the SPN fandom in years but when that night happened I fell back in momentarily to lose my mind with everyone else lol.

I also couldn't see it happening any other way given what SPN is/was.

I started in the wincest camp and when S4 came out, I multishipped Dean with ease. That tumblr news meme is so excellent. Sometimes I can't believe that all happened 5 years ago...

SPN fans old, new, or true have experiences like no other lmao.

[autodach]

Multishipper high five! 🙏
Omg 5 years already... and we are still going more insane about it every day.