Here there be dragons my ever-growing master list of Supernatural meta and speculation:
The Great Season 7 Rewatch. An episode by episode revisit of the criminally under-appreciated Season 7, focusing on Dean/Cas’s relationship:
- Part 1: episodes 1-6,
- Part 2: episodes 6-8,
- Part 3: episodes 9-11,
- Part 4: episode 12,
- Part 5: episode 13 & 14,
- Part 6: episode 15, Part 6.5: episode 15 cont.,
- Part 7: Episode 16,
- Part 8.1: Episode 17, Part 8.2: Episode 17 cont., Part 8.3: Episode 17 cont., Part 8.4: Episode 17 cont. Part 8.5: Coda (NEW)
- Part 9: Episode 18 (NEW)
Season 8 Meta (HERE THAR BE SPOILERS):
- Not really meta, but this is where the “TOOT TOOT MOTHER FUCKERS” thing comes from (NEW)
- Ok so I really, really, loved 8x17 (NEW)
- Thoughts on Meg, Megstiel and Destiel post-8x17: 1, 2, 3 (NEW)
- I watch 8x01 with a casual viewer — and the results aren’t pretty (NEW)
- I hated 8x10. I mean, I really, really hated it. (NEW)
- 5 ways I would have changed the Season 8 plot (NEW)
- Holy shit “Man’s Best Friend With Benefits” was problematic. Super duper problematic. And I really hope it wasn’t intentional. (NEW)
- BUT WHY ARE THE LEVIATHAN GONE? (NEW)
- Daniel Loflin’s “woman problem”. Also: Follow-up (NEW)
- I rank my favorite and least favorite writers of Season 8 (NEW)
- My first impressions of the first half of Season 8
- My first reactions to “Citizen Fang” weren’t good ones with follow-ups: Where are all the black people?
- What the chessboard might symbolize in Hunter Heroici
- Why Sam’s face should be top billing for Hunter Heroici: 1, 2, 3, 4 (also, why Dean’s face is great too)
- “Southern Comfort”, sexualized violence, and non-consent, or why everyone needs to cool it with the raping Dean jokes (also, how an overabundance of rape jokes undermines Dean’s bisexuality) (Another follow-up on the subject here.)
- Benny isn’t Ruby — and that’s a good thing; or how the writers are learning from their mistakes in S4
- “Bitten” is one of the best episodes of the entire series — and here’s why.
- What “Man in the Wilderness” tells us about Dean’s mental state in S8
- My issue with the ending of 8x03, or: Goddammit, Sammy, learn your damn lesson already
- Why the Leviathan scare Cas so badly
- Linda Tran, racial stereotypes, and my issue with 8x02: Original Post, Reply 1, What’s a Tiger Mother?, Reply 2, Reply 3 (I consider this discussion closed, btw. Please don’t send me more asks about it. I won’t answer them.)
- Why Sam’s decisions in 8x01 make total sense
- Nope, Cas ain’t dead — and here’s why
- PTSD as the main theme of Season 8
Season 8 Speculation, and Beyond:
- Why I still want Dean to grip Cas tight and raise him from Perdition (NEW)
- Wouldn’t it have been fun to have a Purgatory Journey to the West? (NEW)
- Why does Cas keep getting resurrected? (NEW) and also, did Dean and Cas know about it in 2014? (NEW)
- Why Supernatural might end like the Lord of the Rings and follow-up
- The Big Bad I’d really like to see
- What the structure of serialized TV suggests about all those Dean/Cas parallels we keep seeing
- Will Jimmy Novak be the key to Cas’s return?
- What if Amelia and Riot join TFW?
- An analysis of “Duck Amuck”, and what 8x08 might have in store (NOTE: THIS IS NOT MY WORK. An anon sent this analysis to me by ask, and I post it here because it’s awesome and deserves to be read)
- Thoughts on Destiel and the Word of God
- Speculation on the axis mundi
- What if Mary Winchester is actually in Purgatory?
- Could Purgatory resemble Xibalba?
Season 6 Analyses:
- Jackets, and why I loved Rachel (NEW)
- Seasons 6 (and 7) were absolutely not “stand alones” (NEW) (nor did they meander)
- Death, Dean, and the choice between Sam and Adam (NEW)
- What “Appointment in Samarra” tells us about “Meet the New Boss”
- Thoughts on cages in “Exile on Main Street” and follow-up
Dean-specific Analyses:
- Yay for memory foam (NEW)
- Why Dean fears losing control (NEW)
- Dean isn’t stupid, but everyone thinks he is.
- No, Dean and Sam don’t share a Heaven, and they’re not soulmates, and that’s kinda the point of the show.
- How Dean fits the archetype of The Nurturer
- On Dean’s sexual fluidity
- Why Dean keeps “finding” women’s underwear in his things and all the wardrobe feels, including some on Cas’s outfit
- Is Dean an alcoholic? (an ask)
- Why Jensen Ackles is such an excellent actor (also here)
- Season 7 as Dean’s Journey Through Purgatory
- The Significance of Dean Winchester’s Coat
Cas-specific Analyses:
- Cas was totally faking it in 7x21! No, wait, he wasn’t! (NEW)
- Why Sam resents Cas, and Cas doesn’t much care for Sam either… and why that’s okay (slight S8 spoilers)
- Oh my god for the last time, Sera Gamble doesn’t hate Cas
- When I fell in love with Cas’s character and why
- Do I think Cas is asexual? (Also: romantic vs. sexual relationships)
- Where Meg’s nickname for Cas comes from—and why it may not be as cute as you think
- The symbolism behind Cas’s hospital bracelet and scrubs
- How Cas’s Fall was the height of impulsiveness… or was it?
- Why Sam doesn’t have a handprint
Sam-Specific Analyses:
- Why I love Sam & Jody together (NEW)
- What the hell does Sam do for fun? (NEW)
- Did Sam hallucinate the hunt in 7x17? (NEW)
Krissy Chambers Analyses:
- When Teenage Girls Save the Day, or Why Krissy Chambers Rocks (NEW)
- Krissy Chambers in the Mythic Tradition: Krissy as Divine Queen (NEW)
- Krissy’s animus, and more on “Freaks and Geeks” (NEW)
- And holy shit do you remember that time that Madison McLaughlin found my meta and praised it? (NEW)
- BECAUSE IT TOTALLY HAPPENED (NEW)
Other Character Analyses:
- Ellie rules — and here’s why (NEW)
- A few thoughts on why I love Benny and here’s a few more (NEW)
- Rufus deserved a better death (NEW)
- Gosh I just really loved Wendy the Ph.D candidate (NEW)
- Teenage girls - and Dean - as victims in “Scarecrow” (NEW)
- Dick Roman’s intelligence was actually his downfall (NEW)
- Did John Winchester hit his kids?
- 5 Reasons Why I Love Amelia Richardson
- The only posts I’ll ever write on Jo Harvelle and Abandon All Hope
- The importance of trucks and steeds
- CARVER TELL ME ALL THE THINGS ON AMELIA RIGHT NAO
- Daphne and Buddhism (more of a round-up post than anything else)
- What if: Could Sam/Jo have ever become a thing?
- Why I love Rachel and Hester
- Gordon Walker: Subverting the Angry Black Man Stereotype
- My ten favorite SPN characters, current as of S7
- My thoughts on Meg, that kiss in Caged Heat and Meg and Cas’s relationship in general
- What I feel — or don’t feel — about Garth
- In which I brim with feels about everyone’s favorite Advanced Placement student
- Why I Love Jody Mills (And You Should Too)
- Andy Gallagher is a rapist, or what happens when a Nice Guy(TM) gets superpowers
- Why Anna never joined Team Free Will (also more on Anna’s Fall here and here)(Oh and also here)(NEW)
- Why all the awesome characters die on Supernatural
- Why Crowley might actually be an Old God
- On Chuck, and God as a Writer
Other Destiel Meta:
- Is Destiel fanservice? (NEW)
- Silent grief, and why dialogue would’ve ruined the trenchcoat scene (NEW)
- The use of “boy” and “child” in Season 6 and 7 (NEW)
- Don’t compare Dean Winchester to Madame du Pompadour
- “Oh, she knows”: What Rose/The Doctor tells us about Destiel ‘becoming’ canon and follow-up
- Destiel in the context of other same-sex pairings
- Destiel and queerbaiting 1,2, 3, Final, Coda
- Where else we’ve heard the “sorry, but I’d rather have you” speech before
- What ELSE does Cas remember in “The Born Again Identity”?
- Yes, you actually can pinpoint the exact moment Dean realizes he’s in love with Cas
- Is Lydia a rebound from Cas or Lisa? And did Dean ever love Lisa in the first place?
- Why Jensen and Misha were right to change the trenchcoat scene
- Why Dean and Cas probably won’t ever kiss on screen — and, no, it’s not because of homophobic producers
- What was Dean really up to when he gave Jo the “last night on earth speech” in “Abandon All Hope”?
- On Choice and Luck, and what Dean and Cas still need to learn from one another
- How one scene in “Changing Channels” uses common romcom storytelling techniques to imply Dean’s feelings for Cas
- Why the line “Blow me, Cas” isn’t about Cas at all
- What Lydia’s sex scene tells us about Dean’s mental breakdown in Season 7
- This Soul Property Of, or A Jumble of Feels About Castiel, Dean and Narrative Symmetry
Other Miscellaneous Meta:
- Demons and gender identity in Supernatural (NEW)
- Who are the names on that chalkboard in the MoL Bunker? (NEW)
- An homage to Citizen Kane in one of the best known shots of Season 4 (NEW)
- A closer look at SPN’s writing staff and Follow-up (NEW)
- A “bitch” of a term (NEW)
- Favorite SPN songs - “Turn Into Earth” (NEW)
- My maybe-Megstiel headcanon
- I swear I really do like other writers besides Sera Gamble
- My top ten favorite Supernatural episodes and my five least favorite
- Why Season 5 is my least favorite season
- In which I give you permission to overanalyze pop culture
- In defense of Season 6
- The surprising similarities between Supernatural and Blue Oyster Cult lyrics
- What Supernatural and Babylon 5 have in common
- No Matter What Details You Alter: Why Supernatural Is Closer To The End!Verse Than It Might At First Appear
- The Muse’s Chokehold, or Why God is a Writer
The Supernatural 30 “day” Challenge:
- Day 1: Your Favorite Character: Dean Winchester Is A Douchebag
- Day 2: Your Least Favorite Character: Even God Needs To Be Saved
- Day 3: Your Favorite Season: Unraveling the Happily Ever After - Why Season 7 Is My Favorite So Far (Part One, Part Two, Part Three, Part Four, Part Five)
- Day 4:
Your Least Favorite SeasonLOVE ALL THE SEASONS (Part One)
