Once Were Fluffy

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I wonder if you press your ear to the...

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I wonder if you press your ear to the...:

deancasotp:

I wonder if you press your ear to the ground if you can hear Adam still screaming in hell

there are rumors of anguished noises drifting from everywhere and nowhere inside stull cemetery, the near-inhuman screams bouncing off faded tombstones

a few neighbors who live nearby claim to have a dream filled with brimstone and a terrible, beautiful blinding light

it’s enough to spook them, uproot and move someplace else

adam continues to suffer, his desperate and garbled pleas ignored

The Moment of Truth/The Diamond of the Day

Fri, 22 Feb 2013 10:40:17 +1300

The Moment of Truth/The Diamond of the Day

waywardxwings: Wing Head Canon; This is probably the...

Fri, 22 Feb 2013 08:00:51 +1300

waywardxwings:

Wing Head Canon; This is probably the best representation of how Castiel’s wings look. If you were staring at him and they suddenly became visible, this is probably what it would look like. I imagine his are as black as night with little hints of blue. He thinks they are ugly, but he’s a little biased. He’s seen so many beautiful wings that his own tattered ones just feel trashy.

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mydearestdream: flutiebear: Mr. Flutie and I had a long...

Fri, 22 Feb 2013 02:40:34 +1300

mydearestdream:

flutiebear:

Mr. Flutie and I had a long discussion about this scene when we watched TBAI the other night. I told him that there’d originally been dialogue here (quoted the script from memory, actually, because that’s how deep down the rabbit hole I’ve gone) but that it had been cut in the editing room, a choice that had left much of the fandom pretty angry. And oh my, was he was horrified. Like, we’re talking spittle-flying, arm-flailing outrage, all over the mere idea that Dean would’ve said anything in this scene. Mr. Flutie said, and I paraphrase, ‘dialogue in this scene would’ve fucked up not just the scene, not just the episode, but the entire season.’

I’ve come to appreciate the scene as is, though it took me some time. So I asked him to explain why.

Season 7 is about Dean’s grief, he said, and the rub about grief (and particularly the way men in our society experience grief) is that it can’t be communicated. You can talk about the symptoms and you can talk about the causes but you can never talk about the feeling, because some feelings defy explanation; some feelings must be felt to be adequately understood.

What’s more, men are particularly encouraged to experience their grief silently. They know they can talk about it, because this is 2013 after all, but that doesn’t mean they will, or even that they know how. And often that silence that will consume them from the inside out, prolonging their grief and making it even worse.

Combine that with the fact that Dean, like many men in our society, is not a verbal communicator. When he does express his emotions, he rarely does so vocally. Instead, he does it through action. Remember, for example, Dean expressing his grief and guilt over his father’s death by smashing the half-fixed Impala, or how he expresses paternal feelings by teaching Ben how to fix his mom’s car. Non-verbal, perhaps, but still expressions of emotion. Even when he DOES express his emotions verbally, Dean still tends to frame them in the context of actions — the best example I can think of is when Dean finds Cas again in Purgatory, he communicates his unwavering faith in his friend and their bond by saying, “We ganked those [Leviathan] sons of bitches once, we can do it again.”

But the thing that makes Dean and Cas’s bond profound, said Mr. Flutie, is that their silence DOES communicate, far better than their words ever do. They are men of action, not words; after all, once you save someone’s soul from eternal damnation, what words could you possibly say that would carry anything close to the same amount of meaning? We’ve seen this from the very beginning. Consider the finale to season 4; Cas tells Dean that he is forsaking Heaven not through words, but by staring him down and giving him the demon-smiting knife; in response, Dean doesn’t say anything but silently nods, indicating that he understands the meaning and gravity of the action. Likewise, their “profound bond” broke in Season 6 not because Dean and Cas didn’t talk to each other — watch the season again, they actually do plenty of talking to each other, attempting to explain why they do what they do — but because they didn’t trust each other. Again — not words, but action (or the lack of thereof). They understand each other innately. Words often aren’t necessary, and sometimes even get in the way.

So mending that bond, assauging the grief over its loss, it can’t be done with words. It must be done in actions. That’s just how Dean and Cas communicate. And just as Cas once wordlessly gave Dean a demon-smiting knife to symbolize the cementing of their bond — one man granting the other his ultimate innate power — Dean had to wordlessly give Cas a blood-stained coat, to symbolize that bond’s reaffirmation. (Because to Dean, coats aren’t just coats; they’re identities). Cas gives Dean power, Dean gives Cas identity, and the equal gifts symbolize the heft and, well, profundity of their profound bond.

Sorry, this got a little long, when all I wanted to say was that maybe Jensen, Misha and Bob Singer were onto something when they decided to amend — and later cut — Sera Gamble’s original dialogue.

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brilcrist: Tom Hardy Portrait paint for Amy / Deancaneatmypie

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brilcrist:

Tom Hardy Portrait paint for Amy / Deancaneatmypie

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"You never see a gay actor getting asked what it’s like to play straight — to my knowledge, at least,..."

Thu, 21 Feb 2013 05:20:34 +1300

“You never see a gay actor getting asked what it’s like to play straight — to my knowledge, at least, there is no difference in how heterosexual and homosexual people fall in love.”

- Daniel Radcliffe when asked what it’s like to play a gay character in his latest film “Kill Your Darlings” (x)

quinn being pretty hotter than ever - volume 2

Thu, 21 Feb 2013 02:40:25 +1300

quinn being ~~pretty~~ hotter than ever - volume 2

petite-madame: beccj: Man of letter Sam Winchester…basically...

Wed, 20 Feb 2013 21:20:29 +1300

petite-madame:

beccj:

Man of letter Sam Winchester…basically just an excuse to put his hair in a ponytail and give him those cute glasses - both at the same time!! :D

Wow! He’s beautiful! （-＾〇＾-）

scottishshortbread: kmykmykmy: Gryffindor: I’m a fucking hero.Slytherin: I’m fucking...

Wed, 20 Feb 2013 18:40:25 +1300

scottishshortbread:

kmykmykmy:

Gryffindor: I’m a fucking hero.
Slytherin: I’m fucking badass.
Ravenclaw: I’m smart as fuck.
Hufflepuff: My dorm is near the kitchen.

dinagastuff: Tiny Cas with wings. is making a nest.

Wed, 20 Feb 2013 16:47:08 +1300

dinagastuff:

Tiny Cas with wings.

is making a nest.

—What the hell was that?!

Wed, 20 Feb 2013 16:00:52 +1300

—What the hell was that?!

#okay while this line is hilarious and whatnot #i actually read...

Wed, 20 Feb 2013 13:20:31 +1300

#okay while this line is hilarious and whatnot #i actually read it as something a little bit sadder #because in this episode Dean is pushing everyone away #trying to make them WANT him to say yes so he’ll be gone #he tells Bobby ‘you’re not my father’ #knowing that’s where it’ll hurt him the most #he tells Sam ‘I don’t believe in you’ #knowing that will cut the deepest #but what does he say to Cas? he makes a bunch of mocking sexual references #I think he knows that Cas is attracted to him #and this is him calling him out on it #to try and makes Cas angry and hurt #this episode is Dean trying to convince his family that they don’t want him #so he goes for their weak spots #and Cas’s weak spot is the fact that he’s in love with Dean