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Service and Other Acts of Disobedience

Writer: @quwarichi Artist: @solstheimart Summary: Captured Castiel meets King Dean during his sentenced service. (And there's falling in love and shenanigans and stuff.)

So, forgive me because I didn't sleep last night and this might not be as coherent as I want but:

If you simply try to “de-age” someone by removing facial lines and rounding the face from an adult picture it’ll ultimately leave you with one of those medieval, middle-aged man-baby monstrosities: 

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I mean, ffs someone go get the holy water and Sam Winchester to exorcise the demon immediately, amirite?

In short, there are different proportions to consider for kids compared to adults. Ex:

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(Thanks, Loomis!)

And this image kinda breaks it down a little simpler:

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In short, the most accurate way to do it is to reference pictures of the person you’re trying to draw from the age you’d like to draw them. I will add that FaceApp *might* be a valuable tool in helping you with that, as it could do a reasonable (if not slightly uncanny valley) de-aged image you could also work with. IDK though, I’ve never tried.

You could also make it easier on yourself and just take into account the general facial proportions of the age you’re trying to render and throw in some staple Cas/Dean characteristics like freckles and giant-ass blue eyes. 

Edit: or maybe don’t waste your time with FaceApp. Not only would I not register that de-age as Jensen, I would also say it didn’t even come close to looking like he did around that age:

I just wanted to say thank you for helping me believe long enough to turn fantasy into truth. I love you and your blog and thank you. Thank you thank you thank you.

Listen, I 100% understand, because honestly?  I was right there with you.  I’ve studied the episodes, I’ve looked at the arc, studied these characters, spent every moment thinking about the way that this would go.

I believed it, of course, but I had my doubts.  I sometimes thought that I was reading too much into a show that maybe is just surface level.  Could I be wrong?  Could I be making things up where they aren’t really there?

I am so so so happy I could help quash some of those negative thoughts, I’m so glad to have you on this journey with me.  Because I’m like you, I’m trying to make sense of a show that I love more than anything giving me exactly what I’ve wanted since I was 17 years old.