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[ash48]

I am considering (considering) opening a topic for discussion on whether destiel will become canon in the show sometime soon.

What do you think?

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[quickreaver.livejournal.com]

This is something I've been puzzling over lately. As a straight woman (married with children, no less, to be even more boring), most of my straight male friends indulge in exactly the same kind of ribbing the SPN cast does, and those same friends are decidedly smart and nerdish. They ain’t the cool kids.

That being said, my brother is gay (living in San Francisco) and I've asked him about this before. He believes (and this is just his belief) that sometimes folks are too sensitive to the teasing and that's mostly what it is: teasing. As a gay man in San Francisco, though, he probably doesn't feel as marginalized as some might in less-diverse areas.

I don't always think the remarks are meant as insults, but sometimes, yes, they can sting. I also don’t think Dean and Cas were ever meant to have a sexual relationship so the public pursuit of D/C as canon (at cons, to the actors) is futile and frankly, often a little extreme. It would help a GREAT deal if, say, Jensen just made a blanket statement that sure, Dean and Cas have a “profound bond” but that will never mean they’ll date. (Has he done this already at some point?)

Misha goes out of his way to sympathize with the LGBT fanbase – he’s simply more liberal – but maybe that’s as bad as boo-ing when “Wincest” or “Destiel” is brought up, even obtusely.

SPN created Charlie as a direct nod to the LGBT quadrant of our fandom. But it wasn’t enough. Will it ever be enough? Probably not.