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Jody and Dean in Celebrating the Life of Asa Fox, 12.06
for @thevorpalsword
This is a very important reference.
Thank you to the lovely @godshipsit for this fantastic gifset and for being so kind to this non-giffer :)
The Destiel puzzle: singularity & plurality in season 12.
Supernatural is subtle but often leaves us so many clues over such a long time to piece together. This is like a glorious Destiel-themed puzzle to be consolidated throughout the season. In the season so far these two-lined clarifications have been used recurringly in key moments.
The first is singular/precise and the second is plural/comprehensive.
I just wanted to point this out. For reasons.
And in case anyone thinks hey, you might be over thinking it. Remember all the other parallels and call backs this season. Just a small sample:
12x03 A parent’s grief causing him to hurt and entrap children he felt he cared for.
12x04 Doing the ‘wrong’ thing for the ‘right’ reasons. A mother hurting her children out of fear and believing she is doing the right thing.
12x05 Blood might relate you to family but it doesn't mean you are family. Ellie was not in any way Hitler’s true family in the SPN term. The Thule son wanted to make his father proud but eventually realised that he didn't want to follow him. The Thule father makes a whole speech that could be right out of the BMOL old men’s book.
12x06 Lies. Damn lies. Mistakes can be made but lies are more difficult to forgive. Mary is their blood mother but Jody acts like their ‘true family’ mother figure, directly mirrored to Mary in the immediate succession of their conversations.
There are so many more but basically, given the repeated continuation of all the other callbacks, I’m going to go with this was definitely done on purpose ;)
12x05 : Call forward to the speculation going around that Sam and Dean might be playing the BMOL….
12x06: Asa’s mom: “After you, Asa got so….hunting was his whole life. He never got married, never had a family, kids, and now…..enjoy the wake”.
Mary to Sam: “All of this, it’s on me?”
It was kind of inevitable….
12x14: Mary on working with the BMOL: “I’m doing this for you”.