@NILSPLACEE@RaakhiDave Unless someone has gone through all that footage and proved it's always the same people, it's still just speculation. To me, it seems far more likely that many of the people asking are simply newer fans who haven't heard every answer he's ever given 🤷♂️
@NILSPLACEE@RaakhiDave You assume it's always the same people asking the question. Do we actually know that? New fans join the fandom every year. Not everyone has watched every convention panel from the last decade. Every panel is recorded. Every question is recorded
@NILSPLACEE@RaakhiDave Everyone is entitled to their own interpretation. My point is that when he talks about it publicly, some anti-shippers take it as validation to mock and harass Destiel fans. We've seen that happen before. And honestly, you're making an assumption too
@NILSPLACEE@RaakhiDave That doesn't really make sense, though. Why would people spend money to attend conventions just to harass one half of a ship they love? 😂 I already know Jensen doesn't see Destiel the same way I do, and that's fine. I can't force him to like the ship, nor would I want to
@jayden292893421@knowles_sommer@sickaqua The funny part is that shippers seem perfectly capable of living with your interpretation, while some people get extremely upset that the other interpretation exists at all 🤷♂️😂
@jayden292893421@knowles_sommer@sickaqua Dean being attracted to women doesn't automatically make him straight. Bisexual people exist. 😂 Also, Dean was never explicitly confirmed as straight in the show. What people are doing is interpreting the character based on his behavior, relationships, subtext, and
@jayden292893421@knowles_sommer@sickaqua The point is that many fans see Dean and Cas as more than that because of the way their relationship was written and developed over the years. You see friendship. Others see romance. That's how fandom works.
@jayden292893421@knowles_sommer@sickaqua interactions throughout the series. You don't have to agree with that interpretation, but pretending it came out of nowhere is ridiculous. A huge part of the fandom picked up on the same things independently. And no, nobody is saying that two men can't be close friends.
@NILSPLACEE@RaakhiDave Nobody is saying Jensen isn't allowed to have an opinion. The point is that public figures know their words have consequences, especially when they're speaking to thousands of fans
@NILSPLACEE@RaakhiDave And let's be honest, people aren't asking the question because they don't know his answer. New fans join the fandom every year. Not everyone has memorized every convention panel from the last decade. Having an opinion is fine
@NILSPLACEE@RaakhiDave If every time the topic comes up a portion of the fandom takes it as a green light to harass, mock, and attack other fans, then it's not unreasonable to ask for a little more awareness about how those comments are received
@NILSPLACEE@RaakhiDave Yes, the convention and the show benefit financially, but shippers are also a significant part of that audience, they are not "just a few people". In fact, Destiel and the queer reading of the story helped keep interest in the show alive for years...
@NILSPLACEE@RaakhiDave The issue isn’t that anyone is trying to "forbid" a guest who brings in views or money because of shippers who "can’t move on." The point is that comments like this often end up encouraging anti-Destiel fans to target and harass shippers
@dxccanon What exactly happened now? 😭 And before anyone rushes to defend grown men, please stop. A huge part of the Supernatural fandom is LGBT, and those fans spend real money to attend conventions, buy tickets, photo ops, autographs, merchandise, and keep this fandom alive
@dxccanon When certain comments are made, some people immediately take them as permission to mock, harass, and attack others. We've seen it happen over and over again. They're grown men. They don't need random strangers defending everything they say. If they say something wrong, people...