Supernatural
Summary
Supernaturalseason 16 stay a opening , but any potential good continuation would of necessity face a no - win scenario with Dean and Castiel . Supernaturalseason 15 ’s endingmay have come in 2020 , but abide by the cancelation of prequel spinoffThe Winchester , season 16 is looking more and more probable . Hopes of assure Sam and Dean saddleback up in the Impala again received an even bigger boost afterJensen Ackles and Jared Padalecki confirmedduring a convention visual aspect that conversations about the dealership ’s future were happening behind the scenes .
Another huge talking point sinceSupernaturalended has been thenature of Dean and Castiel ’s family relationship . Portrayed by Misha Collins , the backer sacrifice himself in heroic way to save Dean shortly prior to the finale , and used his last second to utter the word of honor , " I make love you . " Castiel break immediately after that argumentation prohibit any chance of closure between the pair , but ifSupernaturalseason 16 even did issue forth to pass , Castiel ’s terminal moments would be impossible to dismiss . regrettably forSupernatural , this inevitable narrative obstruction creates a no - win scenario for any suppositional law of continuation of the series .
Supernatural had a historical 15 - time of year run on TV , and the show ’s duration see many ups and Down in quality . Here are the Supernatural seasons ranked .
The Problem(s) With Dean & Castiel’s Supernatural Ending
Supernatural was too ambiguous with its LGBTQ+ representation
The initial problem withDean and Castiel’sSupernaturalendingwas the equivocalness over whether " I lie with you " was romanticist or platonic in nature . A strong case can be made to argue that Castiel utterly was convey a desire to be with Dean romantically during this scene . For starters , Castiel ’s last only encounter because he experienced a moment of " unfeigned happiness , " which make far more sense if the confession went beyond mere fraternity and friendly relationship . Castiel also dropped the line , " The one matter I want - it ’s something I have it off I ca n’t have . " That sound like buff , not brothers .
On the other bridge player , Supernaturalheld enough back to guarantee Castiel and Dean ’s final conversation could be viewed in a just - friend way of life if the viewer was so inclined . There was no candy kiss or espouse between the eccentric , and not only did Dean never respond to Castiel , the matter was n’t even discuss with Sam in the aftermath . Supernatural ’s final scene showed Jensen Ackles range around Heaven and reuniting with loved ones , but Castiel remain conspicuous by his absence seizure . Despite many , many opportunities to make the intention behind Castiel ’s die words clean-cut , Supernaturalworked hard to invalidate them .
When Castiel arrived in Supernatural season 4 , he formed a special bond with Dean that lasted until the end and far exceeded his feelings for Sam .
demand about Castiel and Dean ’s human relationship at a Denver rule in 2021 , however , Jared Padalecki equate Castiel loving Dean to how " Sam and Dean have sex each other , " while Jensen Ackles claimed Castiel was " capable to get it on on a layer human emotion does n’t necessarily comprehend . " Just like theSupernaturalaudience , the divide over Castiel ’s last scenery extends even to those ferment on the show .
Why Supernatural Season 16 Can’t Win With Dean & Castiel
All of the above creates a massive head ache forSupernaturalseason 16 ’s storyline , if it ever happens . at long last , futureSupernaturalprojects could either run with the mind of Castiel want Dean in a romantic way , or revert to the notion that the angel ’s leave word were a non - intimate sword of love life . Neither solution is without its obstacles .
If Castiel and Dean reappearance in a futureSupernaturalseason 16 and pluck up right where their adventures left off with no cite of the L - word or any kind of deep , underlying Passion of Christ , this would intelligibly come as a huge disappointment to the franchise ’s LGBTQ+ fan - peculiarly after their interpretation of Castiel ’s confession was validate by Misha Collins himself . This route would also signify gloss over the blatant romantic overtones of Castiel ’s net scene .
At the same meter , go forward the love news report would bring trouble of its own . Despite the multitude of juicy rooter fiction spread across the internet , Supernaturalpresented Dean and Castiel ’s relationship as almost entirely platonic for the immense majority of its run . flicker of subtext may have alluded toward more , but this was not the original plan . Subtext then evolved into accusations of queerbaiting , asSupernaturalbecame self - aware that its audience was longing for a Dean and Castiel romanceand played up to that fact . For a futureSupernaturalseason 16 to now tell any variety of serious love story between the two would be incredibly difficult .
A Dean and Castiel love story angle becomes even trickier to sail when taking its rather one - sided nature into circumstance . Supernatural ’s conclusion may have made Castiel ’s lovemaking for Dean canon , but it gave no indication of those feeling being reciprocate . Indeed , Ackles also put forward during the aforesaid formula appearance that he never portray Dean Winchester as have any cognisance of Castiel ’s sexual love . It seems highly improbable thatSupernaturalwould reframe Dean Winchester as an LGBTQ+ graphic symbol after 15 twelvemonth , leaving little room for a story to actually produce .
A hypotheticalSupernaturalcontinuation after time of year 15that prevail with the romance idea , therefore , could only ever have Castiel pining for Dean and watching his feelings go unfulfilled , which is n’t much of a sexual love narration . Whatever encounter with theSupernaturalfranchise next , there is no simple root to Dean and Castiel ’s dynamicafter the angel ’s divisive final scene .
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