Would you look at this masterpiece

Via @alexrybakofficial on TikTok

For context:

The violinist is Alexander Rybak, a Belorussian violinist whose family defected from the USSR to Norway. One of the songs he’s mashing up is his own “Fairytale”, Norway’s entry that won the 2009 Eurovision.

The other song, which is the one playing on the amp, is “Stefania” by the Kalush Orchestra, Ukraine’s entry that won the 2022 Eurovision. The song is about the writer’s own mother, and also about mothers who protect their children from war. Once Russia invaded, the song became a war anthem.

So this isn’t just a gorgeous piece of music. It’s a political piece about unity between people who have been oppressed by the same empire.

so I think I figured out why the in-universe SPN fandom is almost entirely comprised of Sam girls. look at the list of titles of the Carver Edlund books published prior to 04.18:

apologies for the bad quality on the first screenshot, trying to get a good one before Sam starts scrolling was hard

there's no Dead In The Water. no Something Wicked. no In My Time of Dying (I think we can reasonably assume that Salvation covers the events of both Salvation and Devil's Trap all as one but they jump straight from that to Bloodlust). there are only three episodes from season 2 covered at all, and it seems to completely leave out John's demon deal, and seemingly Dean's as well. there's no What Is And What Should Never Be. it completely skips past All Hell Breaks Loose and jumps straight from Heart right to Sin City.

no wonder there are no in-universe Dean girls: fans of the Supernatural books have barely even met Dean.

furthermore, we knew Chuck had left Sam's blood drinking habits out of the books because he wanted him to appear more sympathetic to the audience, but based on this list, it seems like the entire demon blood plotline was left out entirely.

like, with the exception of Fresh Blood and maybe Mystery Spot, this is a list of books basically tailor-made to make Sam look as good as possible and place Dean firmly in the "funny but violent sidekick" role. this explains so much about the in-universe SPN fandom actually

#actually this has startling implications for how the in universe fandom views JOHN#there's no something wicked no dead man's blood#no in my time of dying#they have Dean's initial defense of him to Sam and Sam's john apologism as it develops#the in universe fandom probably believes that john was well intentioned and did the best that he could#considering both the chuck:john parallels and the john:sam ones that's a set up for some interesting character takes

@swordofsun you are absolutely correct about this actually. the in-universe SPN fandom almost definitely interprets John much more charitably than the real-world SPN fandom does, because they're lacking crucial information about John Winchester's A+ parenting. the closest they probably ever got to a real insight into that was Nightmare, and the exchange between Sam and Dean at the end... the implications of which are almost entirely done in the form of a long, poignant pause, a camera angle, and Jensen's incredible microexpressions... all things that wouldn't translate well to prose, especially in Chuck's style if the examples we get are any indication.

the in-universe fans don't know that John was a horrendous father... because Chuck doesn't want them to.

A destiel fic a long time in the making…

for @aoitrinity

Read It

oh you mean my most favorite piece of fiction of all time, ever?

if you haven’t read this fic you need to stop what you’re doing and go read it.

sending y'all in blind, chickadees, godspeed.

i know it was kind of an accident but the way supernatural said god is a petulant little man who seeks nothing but violence and suffering and control. god is a washed up hack of a writer who has a drinking problem. god is an absent father and the creepy guy who comes into your job sometimes and if you’ve ever wondered how god could allow suffering it’s because he thinks it makes you more interesting.

➥ PSA: KÄÄRIJÄ IS A GROWER, NOT A SHOWER.

FINLAND WERE FUCKING ROBBED

The juries' votes

for all of you who don't understand why Croatia is GENIUS:

anyway vote for Croatia y'all

Estonia adding to the eurovision canon of haunted pianos

europe during the performances:

europe during the voting:

I was about to complain about this opening act BUT OH MY GOD WHAT DID THEY JUST PULLED OUT

THE ONCE AND FOREVER VERKA

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Once this policy was announced the other day, I realized what that meant. So I went back to check Shon's Twitter, and...

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one is a brilliant anti war song with clever lyrics, meaningful message and captivating staging and the other one is switzerland's entry

second esc 2023 semi without context

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