Dean's Not Fine

My most #UnpopularOpinion? Take away the introduction of the British Men of Letters, and Season 11 would have been an excellent way for Supernatural to end. IKR? People don't like to talk about Supernatural ending. But the Chuck and Amara storyline is so satisfying to me, and it brings the show absolutely full circle. Those who know me well have heard me wax philosophical about that... how the loss of Mary robbed John and the boys of the divine influence of the feminine, the maternal, and threw their lives irreparably out of balance. Years later comes the revelation that all of creation has been suffering under this split from the beginning... that the universe has a yin and a yang, a masculine and a feminine. Amara, the Darkness, is the Big Bad through the season, but really she's just an angry woman who has been silenced, who is screaming to be heard. I mean... we can relate, right? So the show-long theme of two halves being made whole comes to a brilliant end a...

God and the Scribe  aka “Every writer needs a good editor" A poem by Jennie  @deanisntfine Written for the #SPNBDAY2018 project    I recently rewatched one of my very favorite "Supernatural" episodes, Robbie Thompson's seminal "Don't Call Me Shurley." It's an hour that resonates with nearly everyone in the SPN Family, but with me in perhaps a different way -- I am drawn to the interplay between the writer and his editor. That our Show puts God, the creator, in the guise of author is something that strikes me as completely perfect. And, as an editor, the relationship is one I'm intimately familiar with. It reminded me of this piece I wrote for this past summer's #SPNBDAY2018 project. I hope you enjoy it. The writer creates. Tiny worlds of intricate dimension. He becomes God. The editor... seeks only truth. The creator is committed to His truth. He's sure of it. His story. His way. The editor challenges that cer...