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Hayden, finding out Shane has a boyfriend: dude, so happy for you, congrats!

Hayden, finding out it’s Rozanov: like, I don’t get it. At all. But you seem happy, so, okay?

Hayden, finding out Rozanov’s been to the cottage: I mean … would kinda like an invite too? But, you know, when you’re ready

Catstiel in a Situation

Technically I’m through with all prompts for @valdelion and @niceworkhuggybear Restraintstiel Week, but then my friend asked- every one draws Cas as a cat so why aren’t there any restraintstiel art showing him in a carrier? The idea was too genius not to draw it.

So here it is! @aniona29 you’re the best 😽

Oops

So one year for charity different pro athletes get asked to participate in a live game based on one of those “how well do you know your partner” games but instead it’s “how well do you know your rival” and participating means you get to raise money for a charity of your choice and obviously Shane and Ilya want to promote the Irina Project so they agree and go up against other current famous rivals from other sports

And Shane and Ilya discuss ahead of time that obviously they’ll have to just play things off as they usually do, light hearted chirps back and forth and what not, “winning” is just for the show and won’t impact how much money gets made for their charity so it doesn’t matter. Except then they get there and become overtaken by the need to Win and Be the Best and they are the best. So without needing to discuss changing the plan, as soon as the questions start they lock in and decide that actually they have to demolish everyone else

The other rivals are laughing and making jokes at the questions but Shane and Ilya are deadly serious and the host starts to get a little weirded out by the fact that they actually know the answers and aren’t just saying things like “how many goals last season? Probably one less than me haha” and actually have each others stats memorized

Because the audience is loving it they go to a lightning round that’s just Shane and Ilya and it’s now the usual couple game questions and they’re still getting them right because they can make excuses for knowing later, right now is about Winning

“What is Shane’s favorite breakfast?”

“Kale protein shake with a scoop of peanut butter and a handful of blueberries.”

“Ok um, what is Ilya’s favorite breakfast?”

“Two sausage egg McMuffins with an extra slice of cheese and hashbrowns.”

“What is something on Shane’s bucket list?”

“Sleeping in one of those see through igloos under the northern lights.”

“What is something on Ilya’s bucket list?”

“That thing where you feed giraffes at a zoo.”

“Ok last one. I think we all know Shane’s answer is former paramour Rose Landry, but who do you think is the most famous person Rozanov has ever slept with is?”

*through teeth gritted so tight he is in danger of chipping one* “Probably a model. Or something.”

“… Yeah, let’s go with that.”

Rich: It definitely felt like a gender reveal party gone awry.

Bobo: And honestly, I think that kind of serves, I mean, not to bring this up, but kind of like- the intense pink pop of it all kind of ends up serving as kind of queer reading of an episode. That was definitely not intentional, but when I watch the episode now, I’m like- It really does feel like I’ve designed it to communicate queer subtext. A lot of it was incidental to the work I was doing, just, you know, managing the story that I had and the idea that I had.

Rich: You mentioned queer subtext. Was there something else in that episode that was queer subtext?

Bobo: Yeah, I mean, I like- Look-

Rich: I wish America could see the look you just gave me.

Bobo: It comes down to the Destiel of it all. You know, the Cas/Dean story, which- I’d inherited that Dean kicked Cas out  of the bunker at the end of the last Dean/Cas myth episode. So it was an episode of them kind of coming back to a bit of a reconciliation and I just watched the first 15 minutes of the episode this morning and I was just like- reading here is so clearly- that’s not that the intended meaning was romantic, but it is about  a relationship and that Dean feels guilt about how he treated Cas. So he leaves the bunker to go at the first opportunity to reach out and make amends for the fact that he was for various reasons still compelled to kick him out in the last episode. But what it can be read as and was read as by many fans is like, he’s sneaking out because he misses his boyfriend. Even like sort of  management of Sam and Kevin back at the bunker, it’s like “Oh, no, I’m going to this thing.” He’s kind of pretexting and they like “Is that what this is about?” It’s just a reading of this  that is kind of like a heartache for Cas. Which the intended meaning was really like he cares about Cas, he’s his friend, he misses him. But it ends up reading  as kind of this romantic story with like looks for over the gas station. I remember screen caps coming, flooding back to me on Twitter when the episode aired of like Dean looking at Cas through the glass in like- There is a romantic subreading of the episode that fits in extremely neatly and that plays out by accident very perfectly for readers who want to read it through that lens.

Rich: The only thing that I picked up on, just to prove that I’m not completely immune, is when Dean gets the phone call- “Well, well, well, you haven’t called me-” That sort of like watch for the silent treatment, you know, kind of vibe. That now is kind of like-  that had a little bit of a twinge what I would read into that as sort of romance or maybe romance is too strong of a term. But you know what I mean. That sort of like- There’s subtext there.

Rob: Well, also with Castiel’s character. There’s almost an asexuality to Cas, right? He’s- could go either way. You know what I mean? And Dean sort of showing him to unbutton his shirt and loosen up and “This is what women like”. There’s stuff that could be read in there of him TRYING to be straight or trying to do the thing that humans do.

Bobo: Playing those roles. And part of that story is about- where Cas is in his story is about Dean, you know, wanting to help his friend and seeing his friend in a situation where he kind of doesn’t know his way. And really that’s the meaning we were writing when we were breaking the story, but then you get screen caps of  Dean telling Cas to unbutton his shirt and you get a look over his chest as he does. And it’s like- that stuff became very quickly- The funny thing was, I think, some members of fandom already determined that I might be their sleeper agent inside the show because of some random, slightly jerky tweets I tweeted before I joined the show. About things like “Oh, it’s so boring writing straight characters.” They were like “Oh, he’s our guy.” And then episode kind of ended up fulfilling that expectation that was it for them.     

-Rob Benedict, Richard Speight Jr. and Robert Berens Supernatural Then and Now

Once they’re back together, Ilya has to decide whether to admit to the most insane thing he’s ever done or try to sell property in a country he doesn’t live in without Shane noticing.

shane starts thinking out loud during a trip up there together about whether he should go ahead and try to buy the adjoining lot in case they want to add a guest house one day or just want more privacy and ilya just

there is one thing i think about a lot of LUCKY DAY but it is a HUGE SPOILER so honestly buckaroos if you have not read it do not read onward this isnt small spoiler it is HUGE so do not read ahead if you have not read lucky day yet (in fact you can get LUCKY DAY here and then come back)

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