Rewatching season 5 and it’s amazing how Sam, the abomination, Lucifer’s vessel, was the only one who had faith in the most desperate times. Cas lost his faith, Dean lost his faith, they had an unfaithful Adam on their hands. Dean was inches away from completely giving up and throw everything into the fire. And Sam had to hold it for E V E R Y O N E. He had to keep reminding everyone that there’s still hope, that there’s still a chance to win the fight, that they’ll find a way, while there was absolutely no one to tell him the same thing. He had to lift everyone. Dean told him to his face that he doesn’t believe in him, that he will say yes to Lucifer one way or another, and he WILL say yes to Michael, and after hearing all that, Sam still believed in him. It was because of Sam that Dean found the strength to say no to Michael. Sam had to lift him from the pit. For a significant period of time, the fight was entirely on his shoulders. And all of this came from him because of what he is. Because everyone around him kept telling him he can’t run away from his fate, he’s the one that fought harder than everyone to prove you can choose your own path, that you have free will. Sam Winchester is amazing and strong 

I don’t see a bond at all. I’ve always seen them as a case of keeping your enemies closer.

I’ll never forget the JIB where Jared wanted to deck M because of his queerbaiting (and impact on Jensen). I think Jared is better at managing M, he knows the man is a loose canon and can’t be controlled so he’s always meeting his “antics” head on and M doesn’t like that. He likes to be the one in control.

I think Jensen has learned through Jared to tolerate M better and to answer the rabid fetishisers more neutrally so he won’t be attacked. I think he’s learned to share space with M on his own terms so M doesn’t get the chance to take advantage of him. Even with that, if Jensen can avoid being on stage with him, he will keep that to a minimum. Their interactions are still awkward (one armed hug, 2 chairs distance between them) because Jensen (correctly) doesn’t trust what the man will do if he’s given an inch.

J2M panels are always 90% J2, 9% Mishalecki and 1% cockles (and that’s being generous on the 1%).

There's no bond. I'd say their on stage persona just plays off each other better than Jensen and Misha's does. It's an act they play into. It seems obvious Jared goes out of his way to avoid him actually. He doesn't promote his other projects when the others do. He only associates with him at cons because he has to. Misha is the guy that wanted to replace him and takes shots at him when he can because he's mad he never got to. He's a petty man and that hasn't gone past Jared at all. He's just remaining professional.

Yeah I feel the same that Jared does try to keep the separation between himself and Misha a lot, coz it’s always backfired on him irrespective of how gracious he has tried to be so he has taken that conscious decision with him. Obviously if he has to, he doesn’t his best like he does with everything he does.

what baffles me the most is how people are so quick and easy to say that john was abusive (he was) but dean wasn’t (he was)

I would go further and say John's abuse was mainly via neglect- we hear implications that there was other abuse, but it is not on screen and there is the very high potential for it to be more the case of unreliable narrators. Whereas we see, on screen, actual abuse - physical, emotional and most often around control/autonomy and so much gaslighting and shaming from Dean.

Just quietly adding this to my folder labelled "the spn set was a mess" . . . .

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Only - Jared didn't beg, asshole. We saw when Kripke begged him to join. And the following interviews. How do you even live with this much hate in you?? Does a former CW actor really get under your skin that much?? What a miserable person you are, salty.

That’s why Jensen annoys me so much, there was no need for him to tell this story knowing fully well how his hateful fans were going to interpret it.

A story in three pics

And hellers celebrating "We're so back"? Yeah, back to Jensen drinking alcohol to get through the panel. And back to the vast space between him and Mishit.

What are they back to???? They got nothing this con. I'm loving it!!! 😂😂😂

You really should be kissing her ass. Those are one of the few you get throughout the year. What if she stopped them altogether??

Yup even she stopped bothering for two years with the Jenmish panel.

glad that something hasn’t changed, hellers remain insufferable from their couch.

Don’t give them views everyone….their article is inconsequential

Someone save this so we can laugh at it later.

You're right he's not a stupid or delusional man. Which is why he focused his publicity on Jared and didn't even mention Misha. If he were more interested in highlighting Misha over him, he would have at least talked about him don't ya think? Jared is one half of the spn brand that Kripke desperately wants to use on his show. No matter what you personally think, this does not change. Jared and Jensen are his gold mine. This isn't even about acting, it's about brand recognition of spn which centers on Jared and Jensen.

Kripke cast Jared as Sam Winchester. He knows his talent. And in fact he actually thought Misha did a bad job in his initial audition fun fact.

Misha is not a better actor. He never had one performance that stood out and any time he tried, it was just hammy, over the top and unintentionally hilarious. He is in a different tier for sure but it's far lower than Jared. He is no where near his level in career, recognition, talent and in fact he's unemployable. He has had no significant job offers. There are other extras on the show that have had better careers than Misha.

I do find it funny this just turned into a competition for Misha stans....

Oh that’s one less panel where I need to bother myself with Misha…..this is good news. 🙌 Also, glad the Mishalecki panel is shorter

Jared Padalecki and Mark Sheppard | Fan X Cleveland 2025

i don’t really vibe with the “sam is dean’s baby” reading, yes dean does view sam as a kid, but canonically it’s more about the power imbalance: it’s about the big brother in charge & submissive little brother who adores and hero worships him (the ideal version of their relationship in dean’s mind). and honestly, dean isn’t that soft or caring towards sam in canon (in comparison to fanon!dean)

Y’all to any Jared Padalecki fans out there this man is funny as hell dude. And boy do I have a funny story to tell.

Warning: if you’re a brand new SPN fan like me semi-spoiler alert, if ur a The Boys fan or Gossip Girl or anything else, please disregard this message.

So, while I was in line for autographs with my friend (who was actually getting the autograph), I was yapping about how in S4 Sam had this addiction to demon blood and I was pissed at him at the moment. I was also curious as to What The Fuck™️ this demon blood could have tasted like because imagine doing retakes and all that and constantly having to consume demon blood.

Now, as it happened a staff member overheard me and dared me to ask him. Idk why but in my head Jared is Huge (I mean like two inches taller than my brother but still) and from Texas. I’m just a curious Midwestern girlie abt S4 demon blood. And also atm a little upset abt Sam’s weirdo addiction.

However, I don’t back down from Dares. I asked him. I don’t know how I did without freaking out but I did: the answer was sugar syrup and that he also got addicted to it and he actually needed a detox after all that fake demon blood consumption bc friggin sugar. And I don’t know why but like the question just made me laugh awkwardly but he started laughing too and was like have a fun con. And it was great.

He also was the first celebrity I met and I’m still freaking out about this two days later.

(Ps I also met David Tennant and Dante Basco but those are separate stories)