I find it endlessly amusing that guest actors who have been big fans of the show for a while are like “Oh okay Jensen and Jared whatevs” but “OMG IT’S BABY CAN I TOUCH HER CAN I DRIVE HER PLEASE PLEASE????”
Why are those Samantha Smith tweets going around again? That was ages ago. And furthermore, why do some fans feel the need to ask the cast and crew questions like that? Shipping isn’t for them, it’s for us.
We don’t need validation from the cast. We’re in a fandom with thousands of other people who feel the same way we do/see the same thing we do when they look at the screen. We have endless amounts of fanfiction and fanart, and countless other fan creations that validate how we’re feeling. We have each other for validation.
We don’t need it from the cast and crew. We really don’t.
Nah. When someone reacts like this to the idea of the possibility of fictional queer romance, they have some underlying issue with homosexuality.
It’s not an issue to not ship it. But when you attack the people who do, call queer viewpoints ‘fabricated and irrelevant’ and generally clutch your pearls at the idea, the very idea, that your fake son might be bisexual, that’s not a matter of not shipping it, or having an opinion; it’s intolerance flavored with homophobia.
When Amy Gumenick (who plays young Mary) was asked about Destiel she said “Hey, whatever makes my kids happy” [x] That is how you should react to someone asking if your fake fictional son might be bisexual. Not by attacking and belittling the idea, mocking those who ship it.
I think the “women are mysterious” thing can also come from:
1) Women actually being quite clear, but not telling men what they want to hear. ”She said she doesn’t want to talk to me? So many mixed messages and confusing signals!”
2) Women not having cheat codes. ”I tried being nice, and she didn’t have sex with me. I tried being an asshole, and she didn’t have sex with me. Come on, there’s got to be some kind of solution to this puzzle!”
3) Women not being a hive mind. ”First a woman told me that she likes guys with big muscles. Then the very next day a woman told me she thinks muscles aren’t attractive at all. Make up your mind, women!”
4) An individual woman doing something confusing, and instead of asking “why is she doing this now?” men ask “why do women always do this?”
Jensen:
Mish and I will write a song for you real quick. Misha:
By the way I wanna go on the record and say that I feel like Jensen is painting us into a corner here. Jensen:
Nah, we're good, this is gonna be good. Jensen:
So the good news is, I have to put this down and play the guitar, so you're... Misha:
(DOES CRAZY LAUGH) I stand corrected, he's painting ME into a corner. Jensen:
You’re smart, you think on your feet, you make brilliant videos and put them on facebook, write amazing texts and tweets and stuff. Go ahead, spit out some lyrics.
