What? I like past you.
For anyone who is confused about the chronology of the whole Croatoan thing in 5.04 ‘The End’, the uppermost screencap is what supernaturalwiki has to say on the subject. It boils down to this:
- The sign tells us that Kansas City was ruled a ‘Croatoan Virus Hot Zone’ on August 1st (hence our weeping and wailing today is justified).
- Assuming that the newspaper Zachariah leaves behind for Dean to look at is current to the day Dean pops up in 2014, he actually arrives on August 4th.
- He is in 2014 for three days; from the 4th to the 7th, and then he is sent home to 2009. (So technically, we could have a week-long Croatoan meltdown, from the 1st to the 7th…)
- On the Season 5 DVD commentary for ‘The End’, Eric Kripke and Ben Edlund state that this version of 2014 is an alternate universe, rather than time travel.
Hope that helps^.^
5x04 | 9x18
↳There’s something different about you.
It doesn’t matter what timeline or universe, whether he’s human or angel, or even stoned out of his freaking mind…Cas knows Dean.
You know it’s funny. We can think up theories of how this portent will come out, how Sam could end up being possessed by Lucifer (or something similar) by late 2014. But what I keep forgetting is - Sam isn’t even in this scene. This entire conversation is just Dean and Lucifer talking. So when Lucifer says “we will always end up here” - that we could mean “you, me, and Sam.” But initially, Lucifer says “you will always end up here” - you, addressing Dean and excluding Sam.
Let’s move to another interesting point. We just had an episode about Cain and Abel. Remember the last time the show mentioned Cain and Abel?
Michael referenced Cain and Abel when he was talking about how, although Dean is his true vessel, he could actually possess anyone in the Winchester bloodline, including Dean, Adam…and Sam, if he wished to. And if that’s true, then we must assume that Lucifer could, if he were in a pinch, possess Sam, or Adam…or even Dean.
But that’s silly, you say. Dean would never knowingly let a piece of Lucifer into himself! Except…
So there’s a small possibility that, in late 2014, we may still get this conversation between Dean and Lucifer. Only this time, the conversation may be a little more…internal.
headcanon: ACCEPTED
reblogging again because of reasons
Welcome to the end of the world, Dean.