The Evolution of Destiel: A Video Essay 

“Cas is... his best buddy and roommate that he’s raising a child with at the age of 40” I CACKLED BECAUSE IT’S TRUE

"He's in love... with humanity" has the same energy as "Reki, my love......... of skateboarding"

It was the gaslighting that really pissed me off. I studied film analysis. I know what romantic tropes look like! Don’t tell me I’m seeing things that aren’t there.

“Supernatural fans are people who hate the show the most” as a current Supernatural fan, I wholeheartedly agree

i have NEVER watched a single episode of supernatural so that scene at 38:55 with no context literally just looks like two boyfriends breaking up. How did they have the *nerve* to tell their fanbase that they were crazy and then pull some shit like that????

The thing tho is that the Show Supernatural accidentally stumbling into this epic love story they never intended and then having said love story actively shape large swathes of the show itself feels weirdly.... on theme for spn? Like the whole fucking point is Team Free Will and somehow the TV Show Itself managed to Free Will itself with a gay angel,, like they wrote Cas Is The Only One Who Actually Defies God or whatever Into the show but also that’s exactly what happened irl TO their show

Guys-the finale was a nightmare wake up. Dean kissed Cas and they're both alive and living a nice life. As for Sam, he married Eileen and they had a bunch of kids. Your welcome :)

"but he also... wasn't his brother!" really got me, lmao

""The mixtape Dean gave Cas cannot be explained in a straight way", one of the best and truest lines regarding SPN.

"but i do think that the perspective of someone who actually enjoys and cares about the show is useful in this situation" exactly exactly, i've been waiting for a video essay made by someone who actually gets it

The way they stumbled into this extremely compelling love story totally unintentionally at first is so wild. And then to have it become this vital to the show's entire narrative... Nothing can be on this level again

Cas and Dean defying Chuck's narrative for them so perfectly mirrors their defiance of the people creating the show and how their love story was born despite no one expecting it

Funny how homophobic jokes made the show homosexual

"...by showering him in compliments which Dean is notoriously bad at accepting because he hates himself..." That wasn't even about me, and I feel called out.

Thank you for talking about how they won the award for best chemistry in 2015 while competing against other actual canon couples in other tv shows

SPN relationship with it's fans is..interesting to say the least. I just always got the impression they were making fun of their fans instead of laughing with them. Destiel is what drew me into the SPN fandom so it was nice that they finally acknowledge it.

In the end, they where only together in Spanish.

"He never got married or took a lover. He only lived with his best friend until they died in each other's arms of old age. Platonically..." Lmao I'm crying and after taking a Medieval History class in college can say without a doubt is how they talked about any figures from the Middle Ages that were definitely homosexual. This was wonderful as ever, Katie

I want to say that it's not completely true that any who saw Diestiel hetero and platonic all the way beyond the love confession won't be convinced by this video: because I was. I watched the whole show, even argued with the shippers, viewing the pair as completely platonic. I rolled my eyes at the Tumblr posts, the "there's no hetero explanation for this" content I saw plastered across the internet after every interaction. I've followed this show close to the very beginning. On and off at points, but followed nonetheless. I explained away the love confession through hetero goggles and even groaned because I knew what the Destiel shippers would say. Then I watched/listened to this while working one day, and my mind completely changed. Suddenly, I saw everything. I even felt the same retroactive disappointment for how hard the ball got dropped. I still love this show, but what wasted potential.

FINALLY someone mentions how romantically coded Dean's relationship with Benny was. I mean, I may be slightly biased because Denny is my favorite SPN ship, but come on, that entire Purgatory business was basically a Twilight-esque paranormal love triangle!

oh i wanna lock jensen ackles in a room to watch this sooooo bad i wanna make him watch this sooo bad omfg

As yes the gayest homophobic show I know. Jokes aside this show had some incredible moments and fantastic acting. It really could’ve been turned into something great if they would’ve just committed and had some consistently good writing.

This video essay absolutely gutted me. The fact that they accidentally built such a beautiful love story that would have absolutely been see through if the characters were straight hurts SO badly but this did give me more appreciation for what they did actually do

The crypt scene where dean said "I need you" was originally scripted to say "I love you" but Jensen thought it was too out of character for Dean to admit it. And Jared confirmed that parallel between Collette/Cain and destiel was real!!! Also back in s8-9 the writers were discussing making them canon!!! & Misha tweeted that Dean was just too stunned in the moment to reply but that it didn't mean he didn't also feel it. Misha also said that gay love saved the universe!!!

"Died in each other's arms of old age...platonically." 😂🤣

Talking about the female love interests saying they were "either also objectified or killed off. Sometimes both!" [Insert shot of Thee Jessica Lee Moore] this whole video really hits Every Point and I love it thank you Edit: spelling

I'll never forget that poor bi girl that was humiliated at that panel. Really soured everything for me.

On the topic of Dabb, I honestly believe he used destiel during his era as q*eer bait. Although he gave the "go ahead" to a lot of great destiel centric episodes, he said (during an interview which aired before the final episode) that about 30% of people would like the finale (aka bibros). To me, this seems like he's entirely aware of the effect the semi-cannon portrayal of destiel would appear, yet he did nothing to solve that issue except blame it on covid. He's also said before in interviews that he doesn't like working with Jensen, and that Misha was "disposable." Although they came off as sarcastic during the interviews, people pointed out that Jensen had unfollowed Dabb from most of his accounts, yet he continued to follow the other writers, producers, etc. Plus, Jensen has voiced his original opinion on the finale many times and said he was basically told "take it or leave it." That's not to say that Dabb was the one saying that, but it's likely he could be grouped in with the other execs Jensen tried to appeal to. You'd think that the writers would listen to their lead actor of 15 years when he brings up a point like this, but apparently not. Again, this is entirely my opinion I just thought it was some interesting information :) Amazing video, you're seriously doing the lords work!!!

it’s so sad, that we all still feel delusional sometimes even after all, agh. this essay made me feel validated, thank you!

Season 12-15 deancas rights, nobody talks about it in their analyses and they should, you're doing god's work

it all relates to what castiel said when they first met, “you dont think you deserve to be saved.”

"this struck a chord with a lot of fans whether they were gay or *gay and didn't realize it yet*" I feel exposed.

Also misha said in an interview that he knew the ending before jensen so he was playing accordingly (as in love with dean) from s13 and the fact that fans literally thought this was just regular cas dean stuff but more blatant just shows that destiel was cannon from the start. As an active fan myself i cant explain how much grateful i am for this. Explaining someone how destiel wasnt something in our heads was the most painful thing ever this was beautiful thankyou so much

Thank you so much for making an essay on this topic from the perspective of a current, unironic fan because many aspects cannot be fairly judged by an outsider. Judging Dean's reaction from an outsider's perspective isn't very fair because like you said, one of his biggest and most consistent character traits is being slow to process and except emotion most likely due to long term trauma. Not only this, but Dean has *never* once in the entire show been shown this much non physical/superficial affection completely divorced from the context of simply being better than someone crappy or being needed. This is a trait that's rarely represented (correctly that is) in media because, as this situation demonstrated, its not very viewer friendly to casual or first time audience members. I really admire Jensen's choice to hold true to his character rather than go with the reaction that would communicate the easiest visual shorthand.

Obsessed with the phrase “homoerotic angel buddy” can’t wait for part two

SPN writers' plan 1. Introduce a g ay ship 2. Q ueerbait fans to keep the ratings high 3. The ship actually becomes canon 4. The ship actually becomes canon (formatted like the "Gru's Plan" meme)

Not me crying over Cas' confession for the hundredth time lmao. This was such a good video, well done

can't believe it's been two years and i've never gotten a hate comment about me calling supernatural a sci-fi show 20 seconds into the video when it literally isn't that at all. i don't know why i said that.

Cas deserved so much more than the slap in the face the last two episodes gave him. I love this show and yet I detest so many of the choices made it's absolutely maddening.

Spn writers will portray God as bisexual with no hesitation, but are too chicken to show one romantic scene between Dean and Cas 🙄😂.

Watching the confession live that night LITERALLY felt like I was high

This is so well made I am both mad and incredibly happy about it. I've seen a lot of non-fans/ex-fans of the show talk about it so it was really nice to hear the perspective of someone who was still emotionally invested in the show before we even got the confession. And I can't wait for the next part!

RU-vid automatically deletes any comment with the word q*eer in it and I cannot figure out how to change that so if any of your comments get deleted that’s why 😩 try to censor it if you can

This was BRILLIANT! I originally started this as background noise to scroll through Tumblr with but about 5 minutes in (even less) you gained my full attention!! It's so well-spoken and so well-written and you brought up a lot of information I didn't know about

I CANNOT WAIT FOR THE NEXT VIDEO. DEAN WAS THE CHARACTER THAT MADE ME REALIZE I AM BI AND NOW I FEEL ERASED. SO ERASED TO THE POINT WHERE I FEEL EMPTY...

Thank you for making this, is still so frustrating how they created one of the most unique, special and organic relationships on tv by freaking accident and decided not to embrace it and make it worth it. Is everything a show and their writers could dream of. Making characters so special and played by the perfect actors that goes beyond themselves... It could've been so much more... And some people just don't get it, how much Destiel meant for the overall topic of the show of free will, growing up and changing, or the people who realized about themselves by seeing love that is not just heterosexual love as the industry keeps pushing as the only valid/epic/groundbreaking one. Such a good video, you did amazing, someone finally got it!

I'm firmly of the belief that the actors and the writers had VERY different takes on their relationship and what scenes meant

i liked ruby :( they could've done something better with her character

Doctor: you have 52:43 minutes to live me: _plays The Evolution of Destiel: A Video Essay_

Bro 38:55 is SUCH a breakup scene. Cas looks absolutely crushed, like he can't even believe they've gotten themselves to this point.

This video essay is the best response to all unfinished "In this essay I will..."

48:06 Thank You! People need to leave Jensen alone. It is fully in character for Dean to shut down when he's upset. That or yell and punch something, and as there was nothing to punch, he went with option 1. His Bff just said that he made a suicidal deal to save their adopted son and that he was going to use that deal to save Dean thus killing himself and oh by the way I've been in love with you for years, BYE!!! The way Dean collapses against the wall with his head in his hands and ignores a phone call from Sam as the world is ending shows how upset he is. We will now proceed to ignore most of the next two episodes. ;)

I need someone to acknowledge the fact that my mom is a huuuge supernatural fan, watched every episode live for years, and absolutely interpreted that "I love you" as platonic and says it's athematic for it to be anything but familial. I am gay and I got into such arguments with her. We agree that season 15 only had 19 episodes tho 🤣

38:57 Look at them..they're so broken💙💚 And now after 15×18 anything cas said in this scene make sense He was so alone and no one was there for him😭

I’ve never seen more than three episodes, and I still recognize the tension between those two.

ohhhhh the shrimp emotions are FLOODING back thank u for your services icon

Really appreciated the commentary on the carver era, which was when I stopped watching the show. Congrats for sticking it out through all 15 seasons, braver than any US marine.

I've been riding on the good ship Destiel since season 8 was airing. It's been rough, and the finale and everything going on now in spn fandom after is not helping, but the fact that Cas and Dean invented true free will and defied God and the network and certain producers/writers/etc to fall in love... Like damn. They really did pass on the most amazing love story ever written.

you were right i hadnt watched supernatural in so long ive been totally disconnected from all the development in the last five seasons, this analysis actually made the ending hit different.

incredible. finally some good fucking video essay food. thank you to your service to explaining how absolutely bonkers this all was I had such a good time and I am SO excited to see your next video!!!

Dean “If I add man/buddy to the end of every sentence it isn’t gay” Winchester getting a love confession from cas: 😳😧😶😥😢😭

I still feel the confession was kind of homophobic. It was still ambiguous, which is why most of the fandom who are not destiel shippers don't even read it as a romantic love confession. They just see it as Cas telling his best friend that he loves him in an emotional, yet platonic way. And yes, I hear the line, "The one thing I want is the one thing I know I can't have", and I agree it's suggestive of romantic feelings, but then again, I'm gay and a destiel shipper. For people who aren't, they probably need a little more hand holding to get there, especially considering the show's long history of writing this relationship the way they did, but never taking the next logical step, all while telling destiel fans that they're "delusional". The rest of the fandom heard those messages too. Straight confessions of love are rarely this ambiguous. Even if they're unrequited, they either use unmistakable wording, eg. "I'm in love with you" rather than just, "I love you", or the reaction of the person being confessed to tells you that this is being received as a romantic confession of love. A kiss, or attempted kiss, a returned declaration or an "I love you, but not like that". You can't really use the "Dean didn't have time to process his emotions" excuse. Dean is not a real person, and this was not a real situation. It was written by the writers, and if Dean didn't have time to react, that's because the writers deliberately wrote it that way. They could have written it so that the Empty didn't come until Dean did have time to react. They chose to write it that way specifically so they wouldn't have to show Dean's reaction. Once again, they were trying to have their cake and eat it too. They didn't want it to be obvious to ALL fans of the show that this was a romantic confession because they feared the backlash of those fans that might be homophobic (the show may have ended, but there's still lots of money to be made off of it). Meanwhile they feared the backlash of the destiel portion of fandom enough that they felt they had to do something. This was the result. This doesn't mean that no part of it can be affirming for lgbt fans or destiel shippers, but it's still a problematic resolution to a longstanding "q-wordbaiting" problem. And Cas dying and getting hauled into a place of eternal torment directly after confessing his romantic gay love, as a direct result of that love, is still "bury your gays", even if fans knew it was coming. Fans knowing that a harmful trope is happening doesn't make it not harmful. Part of the reasons why these tropes are harmful are not just how they play to lgbt audiences, but how they play to straight audiences as well. Anything that confirms or bolsters the homophobic views of straight people that gay people and the love they feel is somehow othering, and deserving of punishment, is harmful. Not to mention that many people will obviously read it as a gay unrequited love situation that was so hopeless for Cas that he couldn't experience any true happiness that wasn't loving Dean, and basically decided to die because he couldn't be loved by this one person, which is actually a whole other harmful gay trope.

You. Are. Phenomenal. This video is so very eloquent, it's lyrical poetry. It's calm, and both objective yet emotional simultaneously. I can't praise highly enough. You had me completely enthralled from the very beginning. I didn't expect to be so enraptured, but damn me if I wasn't glad I was! This has to be one of my penultimate examples of a video essay. It felt like you did the show so much justice, and almost paid it homage in a way by gifting everyone who views this with a brilliant analysis. A love letter to a show both a tragic failure and a resounding masterpiece that broke a heart (SPN felt that way to me) It's humorous, empathetic, gentle, straightforward, and not afraid to critique what needs to be. I'm amazed, seriously love this. Certainly going to share it around a lot, even to non-spn fans lol. It's just that good.

Holy shit. This is actually making me insane.

i watched the show on and off, my husband was the actual fan and so i never really saw the full story and i wasnt really interested in all the action and monsters. I liked Cas and I liked Dean because they had great funny and cute scenes but i never caugth the narrative because i'd mostly be listening and not watching while it was on. I caught the gay jokes but thought it was just another show doing gay jokes about straight guys🙄 . then the last season came out and i told my husband to wait for me because i wanted to really see it and see how it finally ends, will God come back? what happens to jack? what about crowly.... and then the ending was so odd. like there seemed to be more there than i could understand like,...the last scene seemed too emotional and i felt like i was missing something like why did cass say that? why did he look at him that way? like i dont get it...and then i saw a youtube recommendation that was about "destiel" and realized, oooooohhhhh thats why! i had to start the show over and watch the whole thing by myself. there is no way there isnt a romance story here. Now that i looked at how they looked at each other or how they reacted to most of the jokes, that played out exactly like other tv shows where they are leading up to a romance. sooo many scenes are contrasted with other relationships and topics about being gay. i think a big part of why many people didn't realize this IS because, a lot of people, especially straight dudes may be watching more for the fights and the monsters. I showed my husband certain scenes and he just didn't remember them or he wasn't paying attention to the relationships but he can recall all the fights and the details about the lore. now that i've shown him these big scenes and my brother started watching it again, they can't NOT see it. its there.

I'm not even a Destiel shipper but this is the best video on this topic so far, making the most valid points. I may end up crossing over

I feel exactly the same way watching this as I did on the night the episode aired (elated that he said I love you, indescribably upset that he's gone) and even though I know it doesn't get better, I still keep hoping it does. This was a great analysis. There will never be another will they, won't they story like this. It was literally 12 years, in real-time.

i can already tell this is one of those videos i'll come back to repeatedly for years. "sherlock is garbage and here's why" levels of "rewatchability despite being longer than an episode of the actual show" in this bad boy

It just makes me sad sometimes because some fans at conventions asked jensen to admit he played dean as bi, asked him extremely personal and inappropriate questions about destiel and how he saw Misha, which made him so uncomfortable that he started outright denying the existence of Destiel. Except ofcourse until recently, specifically his panel with Misha in DC in 2019 ❤

I was BUSTING laughing at some of the way you phrased things in this video. Like "someone to ship dean with... that wasn't his brother!!" and "the roommate he's been raising a kid with for 3 years" and "if he could process all of that, he wouldn't be dean" like.... these are GOLD 💛 also, thank you for talking about the actual gay fans who were really burnt out from the show runners/writers constant denial of anything gay in their script, along with their HORRID representation in the show. just. in some ways I'm glad it's over lol. can't wait for the next videos! I want the tea on the finale 👀☕

I'd love really love your take on the additions of the deleted scenes and how they might have changed the perception of the ending and why some definitely should not have been removed, specifically the one in 15x19 when they toast to Cas and Jack and everyone they've lost.

I'm just gonna stand up and applaud the hell out of this on behalf of everyone who has been writing Destiel meta on Tumblr for the past 12 years (myself included) because holy cow dude this video was like watching the commentary of my own brain. Thank you so much for setting things straight (ha) with Destiel. I think if I come across one more RU-vidr mocking it, calling it homophobic, misunderstanding the love story or turning it into a rant for attention I'm gonna pull my hair out. This video is an accurate, fair and honest explanation of the ship and I hope everyone even remotely interested in Supernatural comes here first from now on rather than making assumptions based on loud idiots on social media, fandom rumours, or non fans making destiel memes for attention. Really well done. Bravo.

as someone who unexpectedly became a destiel shipper within the past few days due to watching youtube compilations and video essays about destiel after years of staunchly avoiding it bc i knew it was queerbaiting, this video was very enjoyable and informative! i can't wait for part 2

Let us never forget that Destiel is canonically requited IN SPANISH!!! CHECK IT OUT IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW!!! Of course Latin American translators had to have the balls and ovaries to do what the English version didn't!!!!😂😂😂

I’m not even a SPN fan but I have been in Tumblr for a LONG time and it is impossible not to hear of Destiel even I knew about the season finale and what happened to them and I was so shocked. You video essay is really well made

thank you so much for creating this. it helps me knowing that even though my comfort show is gone, the amazing fans are still making fan art, fan fiction, fan videos, edits, its amazing really.

Tbh I kinda like "Better luck next time, I guess," as a sign off.

I haven’t seen supernatural in years but I’ll quite literally never been over “we need you.....I need you” BITCH ARE YOU KIDDING ME THEY’RE IN LOVE

bestie it’s the first positive 15x18 review i’ve seen and i gotta say i feel good after hearing you. it’s been so difficult to feel something other than frustration when doing rewatches. so thank you for that

this makes me want to watch the show just to see how much i can make myself suffer

You know, Castiel and Dean are supersoldiers. They are brought up to be ones by their (very similar) fathers. They don`t let themselves to be led by emotions. Or, if they do, they don`t show it and pretend to be led by higher purpose (like when they risk the whole world to save each other, but in the end it appears to be for the best for the cause). So, until the fight is over, they can`t be together. Although, as we see in those 15 seasons, as long as they live, the fight is NEVER really over. So they can be together after death.

nothing will parallel the collective disappointment we all felt watching the pre-finale show where they called Castiel (and somehow also the impala?) the "third brother" ... it was all downhill from there

Me watching the Destiel plotline play out and clearly taking the same "you will be punished if you experience true happiness" concept from the Buffy/Angel plotline: My boy didn't even get to nut.

Oof, what a vid! I love/hate the fact that I have enough context for the show to fill in the dialogue in every clip you showed. Very good analysis, and I'm looking forward to the next part!

Thank you so much! I was waiting EAGERLY for an actual fan to do a video essay about this topic. I couldn't be happier because you put everything so clearly, and the whole time I was like YES! This is exacltly it! Big kudos to you bc its an extremely large topic and you managed to compartmentalize it and make casual fans and outsiders understand a little about the magnitud of the whole thing. Thank you for the represantation of loving fan who critically engages with the show, can't wait for the video about season 15!

THIS WAS SO GOOD like i can never properly explain this stuff to people its so ridiculous

This was such a great watch!! I love hearing an opinion from an ACTUAL Destiel fan for once... like you KNOW your stuff!!! Can’t wait for the next video!!

You are really right about the whole "15x18 was not intended as homophobic" thing. As a loooong time fan, I was so excited even though it did have some homophobic implications, I felt that they would wrap it very nicely in 15x19 where Dean would save Cass and actually then have time to process his feelings in 15x20 and confess to him that he loves him as well. BUT THEN 15x19 aired and I was like "OK, but now they can ask Jack to bring Cass back and have the confession after that" 15x20 will do it for them, a nice closure. I WAS SO WRONG. I FEEL HATECRIMED SO HARD.

So...I've never watched the show, just loved the fandom. So I'd seen the *moments* and knew the arcs, but I didn't realize. It, frankly, looks like whoever filmed it just cut away whenever there was PDA between Dean & Cas...for 11 seasons. Just stick them in two twin beds like they did with the old sitcoms, and they wouldn't have had to change anything. Like...I haven't seen anyone talk about this, but Cas literally *begins* his love confession by extolling Dean's ability *to* love. Starting off a confession with 'your greatest ability is to love others' and ending with 'I love you' doesn't seem particularly unrequited.

i just want to say a massive thank you for taking the time to make this video essay! it’s incredibly informative and the way that you delivered your points remained clear and concise throughout the entire piece! the accidental unplanned romance between these two has always been something i struggle to explain/put into words and yet with this video you’ve done it perfectly and covered all the bases! thank you so much for your amazing video essays :)

Can I just- Y’all know how in 11x11 Mildred told Dean he was obviously pining for someone. But- Amara was obviously ‘into’ Dean (?) and even kissed him so he couldn’t be pining for her since she reciprocated his love (If it was love idk I literally just watched 11x11 lol). In my book that can only mean one thing. He was pining after someone else, and that someone else may or may not have been Castiel (of course it was him, who else could it be???) Thank you for coming to my Ted talk, see you in the next comment section :)

Look. People can be gay and they can be not gay on a tv-show. That's okay. But hinting at something so that more viewers get hooked on your show, and even playing into the ship by having scenes where the two characters are very evidently not behaving entirely platonic, is basically showrunners eating their cake while they still can and playing and disrespecting audiences who were very invested in that ship and also had high hopes, hopes that the talents behind the show had INTENTIONALLY CONTRIBUTED TO, hopes that weren't there without very valid reasons. And the worst part is, doing so and then trying to gaslight the audience into thinking that they are a bunch of weirdos who just want to watch people of the same-sex hook up like some sex-crazed perverts as if they themselves didn't ENCOURAGE THAT SHIP, albeit not openly. This is exactly what happened with Supernatural. And let's just say it- had a fandom made a heterosexual ship that they really believed in (whether or not the show eventually pursues it), nobody in the show would give as disgusted reactions as they give to "made up" LGBTQ+ ships. P.S - It is mind-blowing how many people just came here to type "destiel is not a thing", despite the fact that it is so evident that they did not even watch the video.

Oh wow, ya'll really were baited.

Destiel got me into fanfic and tumblr, it ruined my life basically (Not going to mention the role of Glee because I've been taught by society to be ashamed of that). I gave up on this show in season 9 but remained invested on whether Destiel would ever become cannon and this huns was shocked and appalled!

Leaving things to ambiguity.. Semi canon Destiel is one of the results of that. Creators think ambiguity is the best option which wrecks more havoc. For example if they had made Dean's emotions reciprocated, ppl wouldn't be arguing here about "close friendship". Go watch the show again! Destiel was written with romantic tropes and pretty explicit one too if you wanna go deep into narrative analysis.

nothing has made me more batshit than learning that the original plan for s3 was for sam to save dean from his hell contract and the reason that dean went to hell instead is that there was a writer's strike and they had to wrap up the season early- it is literally incomprehensible how many times the show just tripped and fell into being incredible over and over again. destiel is inherently anti-capitalist and i think that's very sexy

38:55 if you showed this to someone with no context theres no way they wouldn't think these two are a bit fruity

1. FINALLY a video from a fan perspective! 2. why would you make me look at the confession not even a minute into the video?? and 3. you made me remember just how cool the women they introduced for the brothers to date were and how they could have had such interesting storylines were it not for misogyny

Just wanna thank you for actually knowing what you're talking about. Other videos/reactions to Destiel and 15x18 have been so clearly made by people who didn't watch the show or understand a lot of the behind the scenes/fandom dynamics of the entire 15 year ride, and it really showed in not only their flippant and borderline hateful tone, but in the information they presented in their video and the context in which they presented the info. Thank you so much for making this video, I EAGERLY await your second part!

Me: there’s nothing to watch :/ Media Buzzkill: hold my beer