#note: how to spot a Bucklemming episode: zero nuance + explainery dialogue crammed into every scene + plot is wibblywobbly :

[found--family]

thoughts, questions + headcanons for 15x13:

Billie lays a hand on Jack’s shoulder in comfort/reassurance. has Death ever touched anyone before? this seems significant. 

Savage Garden lyrics: I want you, I don't know if I need you, but ooh, I'd die to find out.. want, need, and dying for love. sounds familiar.. 

Alt!Chesters’ car arrives (and remains) in the bunker’s armory and later becomes a gift for Jack’s soul-renewal day!? (honestly it’s so smol they could probably wheel it through the bunker’s corridors no problem) Scene idea for coda: Cas riding shotgun while Jack drives around in the fiat (because Dean refuses to set foot in that thing). 

Dean’s been reading paperback tales of adventure in his downtime and wants a non-monstrous one of his own; Dean gets his wish in the form of a scavenger hunt. 

Sister Jo was already on Earth when the Angels fell, ie. Anael still has her wings!! gimme Anael flexing her feathers before the end, pretty please. 

Ruby was two-timing Sam with Anael back in the day #PartnersInCrime (no, you cannot change my mind). 

Jack eating (everything) to try and /feel something/. interesting contrast to how humans eat their feelings, ie. bury them with food. but food makes Dean happy and i believe Jack has noticed this. 

Cas knowing Dean /feels things more acutely than most/ is directly related to Cas being able to see Dean’s soul, ie. it’s bright and beautiful and colorful and its sight correlates to how Dean /feels/.  

Cas knew exactly what drawer that flask was stashed in. also: the flask belongs to Dean; Cas smiles because he knows his essence will be safe in Dean’s metaphorical hands. 

Rowena is not in her throne room; we haven’t seen Amara in a while.. can i barter a piece of my soul for them to be off scheming together in the background? 

when a Demon (Ruby) turns out to be more trustworthy than an Angel (Anael) no-one is surprised. Cas is and always will be the only not-selfish Angelic exception when it comes to lying. 

Alt!Dean holding up his phone trying to get a signal while trapped between dimensions is hilarious and should not be overlooked. 

i’m sure Alt!Chesters commented on Cas and Jack’s presence and asked questions; i’m sure this was followed up with a brief one-on-one convo where Alt!Dean mentions to Cas what happened to their his Castiel. 

we were robbed of Cas and Alt!Bros interacting; we were robbed of Alt!Bros talking about whether or not they have had their own Cas (but it’s Bucklemming, so).

all that glitters is not gold: the Alt!Chesters’ lives are not all they’re cracked up to be, which is why they’re not broken up about losing their world. 

Alt!Dean yearns for a simpler life just like our Dean. Freedom is a multi-universal dream. It’s nice to see someone admiring the little pleasures of Dean’s life. 

i don’t like the sound of this Hunter Corp. it reminds me of the British Men Of Letters and we all know how that went down.. 

how long was Team Free Will 2.0′s roadtrip to the church? what did they talk about? i need anecdotal codas now, please. 

clouds are blown away from the moon in the nick of time. cosmic luck restored or not, that there was Amara lending them a hand (no, you cannot change my mind). 

Eden is added to the list of canonverse realms we can utilise in fic. it’s a much nicer version of Purgatory. i wonder who else is hiding in there.. 

no-one mentioned the Impala by name, in fact the Impala was with Team Free Will 2.0, so the Alt!Bros must’ve found some other car in the garage and taken it for a spin - my bet’s on the pimpmobile! 

Alt!Chesters fly to Brazil and retire on a beach. Alt!Sam starts a Fashion & Lifestyle vlog. Alt!Dean takes some time to figure out what he actually wants to do with his life - step 1: he buys a beautiful vintage vehicle and hits the open road.. 

Jack’s soul is restored and i have missed him. Team Free Will 2.0 is truly back :’) 

bonus: there is officially another (hunter) Sam and (hunter) Dean out and about in the world; cue all the mistaken identity fics where they cross paths with familiar faces they kinda-sorta know.

Coda scenes i need: Alt!Dean conversing with Cas about Alt!Cas; Dean trying to keep an eye on Alt!Dean while Cas is around (whether out of curiosity or jealousy); Alt!Dean marvelling at the vast collection of flannel in Dean’s wardrobe; Alt!Dean poking through Dean’s room and finding his Fun Draw; Alt!Sam commending Sam on his array of hair products but sourfacing at his abyssmal wardrobe; Alt!Sam being judgy of Sam’s diet not being healthy/organic enough; Alt!Sam poking through Sam’s room finding references to Gabriel and feeling a pang of loss; Alt!Chesters complaining about the lack of natural light in the bunker being harmful to their complexions; Alt!Chesters marvelling at the magical weapons in the armory and collection of lore in the library.. there will be more XD.  

#spn 15x13 #watchnotes #summary #lol #thoughts #s15 spec #headcanon #questions #15x13 #s15 #note: how to spot a Bucklemming episode: zero nuance + explainery dialogue crammed into every scene + plot is wibblywobbly :/ #i enjoyed the ep! i liked the different things that happened - characters and places and magic - but it was 99% surface-level #i'm glad for Jack's self-discovery journey though i would've preferred a more fleshed-out version #where he spends a considerable amount of time in Eden working through his memories/doubts/hopes/fears etc. #kinda like how we got all those scenes of Sam+Chuck doin the time-travel vision thing in 15x09. #fixit idea: time works differently in Eden and Jack was there for ages (even if he doesn't remember) and now i need that coda okay? #another thing about Bucklemming: they're very standoffish when it comes to physical contact. hardly anyone touched anyone this epe #everyone just.. kinda.. standing around. keeping to their marks. it was stilted in that respect. and i gotta point out a major OOC moment: #no friggin way would Dean just stand there and do nothing while Cas was technically dead at the table a few feet away. #dude would rush to his side and check his non-existent pulse-points or whatever. also the thing in the church with Sam holding the door - #not sure whether they were just giving Sam something to do because they didn't know how to write him into the convo between the others #OR if its symbolic: like some of the awesome meta out there says Dean and Cas and Jack have a symbolic thing going on. #but even so it didnt really /work/. they couldve had Sam barricade the door with something at least while he kept guard? twas unbalanced :/ #oops #somewhat salty #but with SO MUCH going on in this ep (another Bucklemming trait - i mean we all remember 15x03) theres much to analyse during the hiatus!