PADALECKI “Houses of the Holy” was the first time we ever talked about angels on Supernatural. [Jensen] and I both were like, “Whatever your religious beliefs, whatever ours, we’re not here to proselytize. We’re here to make a serialized television show, but we want it to be universal.” So we actually had a conference call with Eric Kripke, and we were like, “Hey, man, we don’t know how we feel about this.”
ACKLES We didn’t want to be a mouthpiece for writers’ religious views, because it wasn’t the show that we had signed up for. Our argument was: “We trust you. You’ve done good by us so far. However, this is our one concern, and we’re just bringing it to the table so that we can discuss it.”
PADALECKI And they heard us out, and I think that’s why they waited another year and a half before introducing our second and most famous angel. I think it’s the one time we’ve ever called them together with a complaint. Because I’m not a writer. I don’t want to be a writer. I enjoy my job as an actor. But that was legitimately like, “Listen, if you’re going here about religion, I don’t want to be a part of it.”
MISHA COLLINS And now amazingly, 11 years later, so much of the show has been hung on biblical lore and mythology that is actually drawn from the Bible. One interesting thing for us is that we end up talking along the way to priests and pastors and ministers, or even nuns, who love the show.
ACKLES [To Collins] You and I went to the Vatican. We went in St. Peter’s Basilica, and there was a priest there from South Carolina. He was a fan of the show, and he did a private mass for us in front of the mural of Michael slaying Lucifer. He goes, “I thought this would be appropriate for you guys.”
COLLINS That was pretty magical.
ACKLES It was amazing, but my point being that we’re in one of the most religious places on earth, and they’re catering to people from a show that deals with religiously inspired storylines.
PADALECKI But not telling the story that the Bible tells.
ACKLES That’s the out. That’s where we get a pass is that we’re not trying to tell the story of the Bible. The writers take inspiration from biblical elements and then elaborate on them. So when we got into that original discussion, Eric came back with: “We’re not here to tell the story of Jesus Christ. We’re here to take that element and use it as inspiration for the story.” I think that alleviated any concerns that he and I had. And at the same time we really trusted Eric and still do to this day.

The stars of Supernatural break down the moments that changed the show


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Regardless of how soon the audience discovers the priest’s guilt, [Kim] Manners says, “Jared and Jensen and I had great concerns over a Catholic priest committing these murders, over it being blasphemous… even though he thought he was doing the right thing. We had quite a lengthy telephone call with Bob [Singer] and Eric [Kripke] about it, who were convinced we could pull this thing off. At the end of it, I said, ‘What this means is we have to make this the best damn show we can and be as sensitive to the material as we can, and really play how wrong this priest was.’ And we pulled it off without ruffling any feathers. I’m sure there’s a priest out there who has done something just as egregious, but to portray it on TV as entertainment is a pretty daunting task. I’m very proud of that episode.”

Source:
Knight, N. Supernatural: The Official Companion Season 2. Titan Books, 2008: 77.

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rehfan:

kaible:

caecilius-est-pater:

sarahruhlofficial:

the oompa loompas are a greek chorus

First of all, I hate this so much. Second of all, imagine if the two switched places.

(Veruca falls into the trash chute)
Chorus: Pray thou no more; for mortals have no escape from destined woe. Wisdom is the supreme part of happiness; and reverence towards the gods must be inviolate. Great words of prideful men are ever punished with great blows…

(Oedipus stabs his eyes out)
Oompa Loompas: Oompa loompa doopity do
I’ve got another riddle for you
What do you get when you sleep with your mum?
A curse on your kids for decades to come~

1) this is hysterical and 2) think about the eons of culture that have lead to the creation of this joke. I am humbled by this.

too good not to repost

elizabethrobertajones:

mittensmorgul:

bisexualdemondean:

dinosaurrainbowstarfish:

ozonecologne:

prairiedust:

Did I miss something? Does the bunker have a couch? or are we as a fandom sort of willing one into existence?

willed into existence, for sure.

reblog to will a bunker couch into existence

Wtf are you talking about we definitely have a couch

You’re welcome. Hey guys, I guess the tulpa thing works! Enjoy your tulpa sofa.

(also wtf is my new MO just reblogging stuff with links to lizbob fic? 

A List of Reasons the Bunker Shouldn’t Get A Sofa:)

Guys I am expressly anti-sofa can you not read. Stop trying to will it into existence before it’s too late! 

mindfulwrath:

Here’s a hot take: villains should be relatable.

Not every villain, not every time, and certainly not to everyone at once, but there should be moments. We should, occasionally, be able to see ourselves in the bad guys, be able to understand how they got there.

Because it reminds us not to fucking go there.

Antis who get upset about villains having relatable qualities (often couched as being “romanticized” or “woobified”) are people who cannot bear to ever think of themselves as having the capability of being wrong.

Every human alive is capable of being a horrible person. Relatable villains remind us to keep an eye on that shit.

Reasons I love Dragon Age 2 so much. It’s possible for everyone in that game to be a terrible person. Varric aside, perhaps.