hello Kilgore Trout
No Supernatural this week, so let me give you my latest theory. Obviously all the writers work on all the characters but I think we can see that for the core writers, a particular character could be considered their avatar:
Eric Kripke is Sam Winchester.
I’m a little brother and I have a really close relationship with my big brother, and also I have several best friends that I have a tight relationship with.
I’m from the Midwest and a tight-knit family, in a family business that goes back for generations. I left that family business, which is scrap metal, to come out to California, which sort of made me the black sheep of the family since my older brother is in the family business. So those issues of having to be a part of your family, and free will versus destiny, and family versus individuality were real issues that were playing into my life and I ended up making a show about it. source
Sera Gamble is Dean Winchester
Dean always has a great comeback line, so it's always fun to write him. Dean's introduction to us in the pilot was him hitting on his brother's girlfriend, specifically pointing out her boobs. It set a tone for him that's really fun for me. I think that somewhere inside, I'm a chick, and I've got my inner goth girl and my inner gay guy and then I have this beer-swilling, cowboy-boot-wearing guy all the way underneath that, and he gets to come out to write Dean.source
Ben Edlund is Castiel
He's a very trippy dude, he's an angel, he's from Heaven. And I tend to, in the room and in my scripts, be a little trippy. So it's not anything that codifying or planned…I think that overall, we get along well, myself and the character of Cas. But it's more like it develops between us -- the other writers, myself, and the character of Cas. When it's time for me to pitch a story or for us to start working on the story I'm going to write, I might say the word "Castiel" four times more than other people say it. [Laughs] That just lends itself to where we end up.Source
Bob Singer of course exists in Bobby Singer, as created by Eric.
For me, the character was avuncular, paternal and crusty and at that point of the show I was sort of this young lieutenant in homicide, vomiting in the corner. The two people that were like father-figures and showing me the ropes were Bob (Singer) and Kim (Manners). Actually the character’s name originally was ‘Bobby Manners’. But when the name went through legal clearance they said that there was a real ‘Bobby Manners’ that lived in South Dakota. And if legal finds things like that, you have to change the name. So I made it ‘Singer.’ And Bob, to his eternal chagrin, wasn’t in that day. And when he came back he was all ‘what the hell is this?!’ At that point it was a done deal. And that’s how Bobby Singer got his name. (from Paley Fest 2011)
But where is Bob the writer in the characters? Eric credits Bob with bringing the boys’ relationship to the forefront. According to Eric, Bob said right at the start: "The horror stuff is cool and good, but at the end of the day it’s just set decoration. The brothers’ relationship is what you need to focus on."
So I like to think Bob exists not in the characters, but the relationships between them. Well at least the straight blokey part, Sera brings the slash. I mean she was the one who coined the phrased 'The Epic Love Story of Sam and Dean'!
Eric Kripke is Sam Winchester.
I’m a little brother and I have a really close relationship with my big brother, and also I have several best friends that I have a tight relationship with.
I’m from the Midwest and a tight-knit family, in a family business that goes back for generations. I left that family business, which is scrap metal, to come out to California, which sort of made me the black sheep of the family since my older brother is in the family business. So those issues of having to be a part of your family, and free will versus destiny, and family versus individuality were real issues that were playing into my life and I ended up making a show about it. source
Sera Gamble is Dean Winchester
Dean always has a great comeback line, so it's always fun to write him. Dean's introduction to us in the pilot was him hitting on his brother's girlfriend, specifically pointing out her boobs. It set a tone for him that's really fun for me. I think that somewhere inside, I'm a chick, and I've got my inner goth girl and my inner gay guy and then I have this beer-swilling, cowboy-boot-wearing guy all the way underneath that, and he gets to come out to write Dean.source
Ben Edlund is Castiel
He's a very trippy dude, he's an angel, he's from Heaven. And I tend to, in the room and in my scripts, be a little trippy. So it's not anything that codifying or planned…I think that overall, we get along well, myself and the character of Cas. But it's more like it develops between us -- the other writers, myself, and the character of Cas. When it's time for me to pitch a story or for us to start working on the story I'm going to write, I might say the word "Castiel" four times more than other people say it. [Laughs] That just lends itself to where we end up.Source
Bob Singer of course exists in Bobby Singer, as created by Eric.
For me, the character was avuncular, paternal and crusty and at that point of the show I was sort of this young lieutenant in homicide, vomiting in the corner. The two people that were like father-figures and showing me the ropes were Bob (Singer) and Kim (Manners). Actually the character’s name originally was ‘Bobby Manners’. But when the name went through legal clearance they said that there was a real ‘Bobby Manners’ that lived in South Dakota. And if legal finds things like that, you have to change the name. So I made it ‘Singer.’ And Bob, to his eternal chagrin, wasn’t in that day. And when he came back he was all ‘what the hell is this?!’ At that point it was a done deal. And that’s how Bobby Singer got his name. (from Paley Fest 2011)
But where is Bob the writer in the characters? Eric credits Bob with bringing the boys’ relationship to the forefront. According to Eric, Bob said right at the start: "The horror stuff is cool and good, but at the end of the day it’s just set decoration. The brothers’ relationship is what you need to focus on."
So I like to think Bob exists not in the characters, but the relationships between them. Well at least the straight blokey part, Sera brings the slash. I mean she was the one who coined the phrased 'The Epic Love Story of Sam and Dean'!