Sunshine Challenge #7

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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.