Supernatural - a fannish love letter

[emella]

You know, I have been watching this show since February of 2006. I have lived so many changes over the course of these seasons that I can't even believe that it's only been four years. I feel like I've lived eons since I started watching, but it's been such a short time in the episode count. I have lived and loved and bled with these characters so

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[kittratty]

I'm crying again. This was absolutely beautiful. What you said about Dean, and what you said about Sam (I'm a huge Sam girl, and what you said touched my very soul), and what you said about fandom... My life has changed because of this show, in ways I don't even recognize. This isn't just a show to me, nor is it just a show to the rest of the fandom. It's become part of who we are. I wish everyone that works for Supernatural could read what you wrote and realize, even just a little, how much what they do matters. It's changed lives.

[emella]

I know! Swan Song kind of made my emotions crazy and my brain went poof because even throughout all the sadness it's like holy crap I'm upset about this show because I love it so much and really to feel those kinds of emotions you have to love something.

I'm glad you agree, I think there are so many people, as I have experienced myself, that have probably been changed by fandom, especially SPN. I will never not love this show or this fandom.

[yourlibrarian]

In the last couple of months I've been very anxious about Supernatural fic. It seems like no one has been writing good Sam/Dean and I've been so longing lately for the old-school, feel-good, tension-free, wonderful, creative and beautiful stories that made me love these characters so deeply.That's interesting to hear. I'm still reading fic as often as in seasons past but very little of it is Sam/Dean. And until you said that I hadn't been wondering why but I think it's because I almost always read from recs and what has been recced has often been coda fic. I'm rarely interested in reading codas because they tend to be both brief and quickly Jossed

[emella]

Oooh you've got some good points there

[yourlibrarian]

Absolutely, always welcome :)

I think the growth of Dean/Cas fics has been interesting to see. It took off incredibly quickly, but I suspected that this had less to do with Castiel, specifically, and a lot to do with other factors. For one, he's an angel, which means anyone who is into wingfic is going to fall on the character ravenously (see also the Gabriel fics). Also, super powered characters always tend to get more fic written about them, so that would also be an incentive. And, of course, in this fandom it's an opportunity to pair leads who aren't related to one another.

But the other factor is the one you mention, which is that the storylines favored writing Dean/Cas and worked against writing as much Sam/Dean.

I hadn't realized there was a lot of Sam/Gabriel out there. It didn't strike me as a particularly obvious pairing.

[emella]

Yes, I think your right about the supernatural characters getting more stories written about them in general, and I think that SPN is in a unique position because of the way the writers were basically shoving Dean away from Sam and at Castiel.

The Sam/Gabriel fics threw me for a loop because like you I didn't really see it. I was out of the fanfic aspect of fandom for a while and when I jumped back in I kept running into Sam/Gabriel, but after my first 'WTF? What is wrong with you fandom!?' reaction, I realized that Gabriel was a way for fic writers to bring those light and fun storylines that we had been missing back into the game. The Trickster aspect of his character has kind of inspired this fun atmosphere to the dense angsty darkness of the show and I guess that's why I(after an adjustment period) and others find it refreshing to add him into the mix.

[kwhiteshark]

Came here through spnnewsletter. And I just have to say that this is beautiful. :)

[emella]

Well thank you! I love our show!! :D