*the piece of chalk with which I have been writing “I will not get sucked into spn speculation again” over and over and over and over for the past two years snaps in half* *before I can pick up another piece of chalk -- *
Did you see what Jared Padalecki just said at JIBcon a few days ago?:
JP: Jensen and I have talked about a great way to see some more of Sam and Dean Winchester – um – and without giving too much detail, and nothing’s been written! – but I think we’d like to see what would happen if somehow or another,* Sam and Dean ended up back on earth, somehow? Um. Yeah. Unfortunately, these last two years since we wrapped Supernatural, neither of us has aged well, and it would be too expensive to cover up in visual effects and makeup, so we’re gonna have to do it like thirty years in the future. [laughs]
*I've seen a tweet or two reporting that he said, “another Sam and Dean” – as in, AU Sam and Dean, from an AU world – but that’s an error: he's saying the phrase “somehow or another.” Referring to our Sam and Dean.
I don’t want to get ahead of myself – as he says, nothing’s been written. A continuation is not imminent! A continuation might not happen at all! Even if it did, there’s no guarantee that it would follow that plot!
But I can’t help going “augh” over him saying more or less the same thing that Jensen Ackles was saying a year and a half ago, last March:
JA: Uh, well, I think we caught a glimpse of what Dean does in Heaven. I think he drives around in Baby and he pops tops on the front porch of Harvelle’s and he probably goes over to Mom and Dad’s and gets some lasagna, and then he goes for a drive and, you know, he’s – I think he’s just trying to live his best life. I think at a certain point, he’s, uh, he’s gonna miss the life – and he’s probably gonna – probably get with Sam and tell Jack, “Hey. Put us in, Coach.” And that’s the Netflix, or the Amazon, or the Apple, or the, uh, whatever streaming (uh, Hulu) type of subscription you subscribe to – that’s the reboot. JP: Or maybe we just like grab a few GoPros and get in the Impalas and roll camera. JA: [laughs] And then just sell it to everybody! Hey, I know a production company that would actually do that. JP: Can we call them? Do you know their number? JA: I have their number. Yeah.
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I’m just kind of struck by, you know… It just seems like this is a concept that Jensen Ackles, in particular, is very into. First suggesting the “Put us in, Coach,” thing, and now (still? Again?), a year and a half later, reportedly talking with JP about “Sam and Dean ending up back on earth.” He’s been holding onto this idea. Or at least, so it seems.
(Dare I hope?)
Okay. Okay. *picks up chalk* I will n
*puts down chalk* It's just. The idea of the "Congratulations! Your reward and happy ending is that you get to be dead!" ending being negated in some way. The idea of them getting to live. I can't emotionally afford to be super optimistic about this anymore, lolol, but. I can't help but yearn. I'm yearning.