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taking care of his big brother

“I got you”

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Prompt; 'Gettin' caught up in a moment, lipstick on your face'

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It wasn’t often you found yourself getting a moment alone anymore. Hunting had seemingly taken over your entire lives and left you with little time to enjoy the other things in life.

Yes, both sides do make valid arguments—they’re just operating from different lenses. Let’s get into it!

The “Jensen didn’t have to tell him” argument.

From a purely business standpoint, the spin-off is owned by WB. Jensen was operating under contracts, NDAs, and development timelines. Projects fall apart all the time before greenlight. Sharing too early can create risk (deal complications). So yes—legally and operationally, he likely had zero obligation to say anything.

And in entertainment especially, there’s a long-standing norm…until it’s real, you don’t talk about it.

From that lens, the fans defending Jensen aren’t wrong.

On the other side…the “He should have told Jared” argument.

This wasn’t just two coworkers that worked together on a random project. This was a shared identity, a co-built brand, a 15-year emotional equity with fans and (supposedly) a real friendship.

That changes the math.

Because now we’re not just dealing with IP…we’re dealing with trust, respect, narrative ownership and emotional impact. And here’s the part people miss…

The spin-off doesn’t just belong to the WB, the CW, or with CMP. It lives in the audience’s perception of BOTH Jared and Jensen.

So even if Jared had no legal claim…he absolutely had a relational stake. Plus, the whole situation didn’t blow up because Jensen got the deal. It blew up because of how the information was experienced.

There’s a big difference between…

“Hey, this may or may not happen, but I wanted you to hear it from me first.

Vs.

“Surprise—Twitter will fill you in.”

One preserves dignity.

The other creates humiliation.

And once embarrassment enters the picture publicly, it’s not “just” business anymore either. It’s betrayal—whether Jensen intended it or not.

What happened during prequelgate for me was the exposure of Jenson’s character…and the reveal of the type of leader he is.

When relationships help build the value, you don’t treat decisions like they exist in a vacuum. Because Brands are built on shared meaning. Audiences attach to relationships, not contracts. And silence can communicate just as loudly as action.

And from Jensen’s side, maybe it wasn’t that important from a business perspective…

Not everyone values relationships at the same level as I do. Or maybe as Jared does. But that’s awfully revealing about Jensen, isn’t it??

Some people operate transactionally or compartmentalized or that loyalty is a contract, not an emotional connection. (Considering Ackles marriage…the pattern fits.)

So what feels like an obvious courtesy to me, or clearly to Jared (and many others in the fandom). Maybe it felt like an unnecessary risk to Jensen.

Ethics at this level aren’t really about rules. They’re more about judgment. (Just because you can, doesn’t mean you should.)

Jensen wasn’t wrong legally. He may not have even been wrong strategically. But he missed a human and relationship moment—and that’s what people like me are reacting to.

You can operate “inside the lines” and still mishandle relationships. But when the relationship is part of the shared brand…that’s not a small miss. Leadership decisions reveal how people value others. And those choices eventually show up in public perception.

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