Finding Some Consolation After the Ending of Supernatural

I think this should be my last blog on the subject. I’m starting to feel calm again, regaining my composure after an emotional week following the series finale. Finding some consolation.

I have been reflecting, reading comments on fan sites, following the controversy about censorship and silencing. I’m not going to ascribe ill motives to the CW network, or argue that the principle stars of Supernatural: Jensen Ackles, Jared Padalecki and Misha Collins are being manipulated and gagged with NDAs, and so forth. I’m sure Jared, Jensen and Misha are having conflicted and mixed emotions about the finale of the show. The show was a big part of their lives for a long time, and many of the fans are not happy with how the show ended.

We will see over time how things work out, and if there were any ill intent or manipulations, those will eventually come to light. The stars will eventually speak to the fans on social media and at conventions and share their feelings.

For me, I’m trying to wrap my mind around what happened with Supernatural’s finale and get a sense of closure, so I can happily go back to being a Destiel shipper without any angry feeling toward the show and those who made it. And maybe look forward to a reboot or reunion where that awful ending can be revisited.

As you know from my previous post, I wanted Dean to Live and Love Castiel, but that’s not the ending we got. So I have been thinking, why did we get the ending we got? What were the consequences of ending that way?

I Want Dean to Live and Love Castiel: Another Supernatural Blog

I’m still not done grieving the loss of Dean and Cas. The CW aired it series finale of its long running paranormal show Supernatural last week (Nov. 19, 2020) leaving me an emotional wreck and in grief and morning for Dean and Castiel. Cas was lost to the Empty in episode 15×18, and Dean was killed in a hunting accident in the final episode 15×20.

This is the fourth blog I have posted on this subject. The ending of the show hit me really hard. And the way in which the show concluded its story seemed wrong to me.

Here are the previous three posts for anyone who wants to review:

• Supernatural is Ending (2020) (written before the show concluded but with post-finale update)
• Supernatural’s Terrible Ending (2020): Responding with Storytelling: Write Your Own Ending
• Supernatural “told the story it wanted to be true” (2020): One Last Supernatural Blog

In that third post, I was trying to convince myself that the ending was proper because it was Sam’s ending, and Jared, who played Sam had embraced that ending. But, I really didn’t care about Sam’s ending. The ending we got for Sam was pitiful and inadequate. He got married, had a son who he named Dean, and grew old and died, and was reunited with Dean in heaven all in a span of about one to two minute of air time. Whatever Sam was supposed to accomplish in his life didn’t seem particularly monumental. This ending even shortchanged Sam.

The ending I wanted was for Dean and Castiel to live and love each other here today, in this world (not some vague sketchy heaven) that I as a fan don’t have any imaginary access to. I argued in the second post that fans of Supernatural needed to engage in fanfiction to redeem this terrible ending and bring Dean and Cas back to life and in love in their stories.