#heller king

[oh misha we love you ❤️, but jensen - aces 👍]

I don’t think we talk enough about how sad and touching this caption is.

This quote is from Henry V. At the beginning of the play the chorus sets the stage and acknowledges how bare and lackluster the set and props are and invites the audience to play pretend with them and imagine them in the grander circumstance of their story. It’s a play about a war and Henry gives the “Once more unto the breech dear friends, once more” speech as his army starts losing and it inspires them, but they are forced to retreat. That night the chorus describes Henry disguising himself to find out what his men really think. He visits every tent to comfort them and “thaw” their cold fear. The chorus speaks with such adoration and praise of him and says, “Behold, as may unworthiness define, A little touch of Harry in the night.” At this point they all know they’re badly outnumbered and Henry, having realized the burden of being king, prays for God to steel his soldier’s hearts. They go on to win the war.

Supernatural as a show and a story has always been an underdog. It’s closer to a cult classic than being a mainstream favorite and it’s about working class heros doing big, world-saving jobs. And the actors spent so much time with the fans and shared so much of themselves. Like the chorus calling king Henry, Harry, the fans got to know the actors so closely these past 15 years. I mean, it’s called the spnfamily for a reason. It’s such a touching caption because Henry was such a loving and beloved king and I could leave it there. I’d like to. But there’s more.

I’d like to preface that this is all speculation. I don’t know how intimately Jensen knows Shakespeare and this is one of the most quoted lines of Shakespeare but here’s the beginning of that monologue, anyway. Just for fun:

Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more, Or close the wall up with our English dead! In peace there’s nothing so becomes a man As modest stillness and humility,

It’s interesting considering the last episode is after the big battle is all done. The boys SHOULD be at peace. No one is calling them to battle but they seek one out anyways, and we all know how that ends. 

But what if this isn’t about that? What if Jensen really fought for Dean to have his happy ending and THAT’s the battle? Jensen has been so quiet (”modest stillness and humility”) and we know he was unhappy with Dean’s fate, so maybe he’s made his peace with it. The line, “ Or close the wall up with our English dead! “ could even be closing that door and leaving the story dead and done. BUT in this same post he says this is his last time playing Dean Winchester “for now,” and even though they lose this one, this isn’t king Henry’s final battle. He ends up winning the war.

So is this another clue in the the Supernatural season 16 conspiracy? I don’t know. Speculation aside it’s a lovely sentiment but all things considered, I think Shakespeare put it best. This is picking up RIGHT where we left off in that monologue:

But when the blast of war blows in our ears, Then imitate the action of the tiger: Stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood, Disguise fair nature with hard-favored rage,

Jared: *looks at production list* Who’s ‘Hugh Janus’? O.o