#*spn 8x13

On January 29 2016, Ben Edlund answered the quoted tweet below with this tweet:

ben_edlund: “T.E.P. (think they used middle init.) It’s a real person, whos biography fits as far as period and profile. Guess:) ‘niccolyte: SuperWiki do we know what he initials are on the #DeadGuyRobe?’“ - 1/29/16, 1:36 AM

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(Screenshot of the episode 13 of Season 8 “Everybody Hates Hitler” for reference, not a part of the thread. It depicts Dean in the M.O.L. bunker wearing a bathrobe with the initials T. E. P. embroidered on it.)

ben_edlund: “man that was fast :) ‘castiheller: ben_edlund tyrone edmund power’“- 1/29/16, 1:39 AM

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[castiheller tweets have since been deleted]

ben_edlund: “a better swordsman than most, a wartime pilot, had a heart attack while shooting a duel in Spain. Def Man Of Letters ‘castiheller: ben_edlund tp from the 40s, he was my first thought. i googled to get the middle name tho.’“ - 1/29/16, 1:48 AM

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[castiheller tweets have since been deleted]

An hour later Adam Glass replies: 

ben_edlund: “a better swordsman than most, a wartime pilot, had a heart attack while shooting a duel in Spain. Def Man Of Letters https://twitter.com/castiheller/st... ‘This Tweet is unavaliable.’“- Jan 29, 2016

SuperWiki: “ben_edlund castiheller thank you so much!! This is such a brilliant backstory!!” - Jan 29, 2016

AdamGlass44: “SuperWiki ben_edlund castiheller Fond memories of sitting in your office dreaming of Men Of Letters. The future seemed so bright. #SPN” - 2:35 AM Jan 29, 2016

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Then about an hour and a half later Edlund quote tweeted Adam Glass (who not only wrote episode 12 of season 8 which introduced the Men of Letters, but was the writer who introduced the Men of Letters to the team):

ben_edlund: “Thanks for Men Of Letters, Mr. Glass, a superb expansion of the universe :) ‘AdamGlass44: SuperWiki ben_edlund castiheller Fond memories of sitting in your office dreaming of Men Of Letters. The future seemed so bright. #SPN’“ - 1/29/16, 3:35 AM

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 Jibcon 4 Sunday - Jensen solo panel 

Start video at 18:36 Fan: Hello. Uh, so this is really something small, and it might be nothing at all, but I was interested. Uh, one of my favorite episodes this season was the Nazi episode. Um, I thought that was great. But, there was one moment, um, where Aaron is flirting with Dean, um, and Dean does this thing with his FBI badge where he’s, like, holding it, and the camera zooms in, and it felt really significant (laughs) to me. So I wondered if that was a scripted thing like a CG- something by Ben Edlund or if it was an actual... Jensen: Um-

Fan: If you even remember. Jensen: The wallet thing? I remember I flipped a badge and…

Fan: Yeah, that’s the bit. Jensen: Um, but it was (laughs) it was, it was my idea to lay it down (mimics laying it down and slide it over) and to slide it over. Because I thought it was, you know, like, Dean was being kind of (chuckles) cheeky. And he’s like, “Hey pal, (mimics sliding badge and nods head), y’know, why you following me?” And, then when he, when he does the- the flirting thing, it was- it was a pull-back thing. (mimics pulling badge back) “Oop, stepped into that trap.” (audience laughs) (shrugs) That’s all it was.    And Phil- Phil laughed when I did it in rehearsal, and he’s like, “Yeah, do that do that.” Phil Sgriccia was directing and he was like, “Hey, do that, do that.” And he might have just put a camera on it because- Phil’s a- Phil is, comes from an editing background, so he shoots a lot of extra little bits and stuff so that he can play with it in the editing room when he gets- when he gets done filming. So I never know what, y’know, what’s gonna make it. I just- I just play the scene. And- and, uh, and Adam Rose who played Aaron was hilarious and-    The scene wasn’t written to be that kind of, um- I mean, it was- it was written to be awkward. Ben Edlund wrote the- my favorite line of that scene was, uh, “Carry on, citizen.” (Jensen and audience laughs) That was- I- uh, I almost couldn’t say that with a straight face, I was laughing so hard. Um, but it was, y’know, it- it was, it was comedy. It was- it was a comedic moment in the show and- and fortunately Dean gets a lot of the c- the- the comedic moments in the show. And- and it was just, y’know, Ben was poking fun at the fact that, you know, how can- how can we make this very kind of manly heterosexual guy uncomfortable. Uh, y’know, or- or, like have him back on his heels and throw him off his game a little bit.    And I think that was the- that was the full moment. It was just, “Let’s throw Dean off his game and see how he reacts.” And I think it was just the, y’know, you kind of walking into a situation that you think is going to happen, and then it’s a total opposite situation, and Dean was just like, uh- (looks down and stands up) “Uh, carry on, citizen” (mimics leaving fast) (audience laughs) An-(laughs)-d (turns around and returns to his chair) the stumble, that all- that wasn’t written. I just did that. It was just comedy. That was just for fun, yeah. But, uh, (sits back down in chair) yeah, Adam- Adam and I had a really fun time with that scene. That was really funny.

Fan: It was a great scene. Jensen: Yeah.