Mostly Just A Round Of Applause - Tumblr Posts
Happy birthday Castiel. You rocked an awful lot of socks that day.
I didn't watch Supernatural until this year and I spent all that time avoiding plot-significant spoilers like the plague, but two got through to me in real time in my other-fandoms bubble: 15x18 in 2020 when fandom convulsed in agony... and this unbelievably iconic 4x01 entrance back in 2008, when fandom gasped, then squeed its panties off at the smokin' chemistry of this scene. Spot the common denominator. ;)

Few scenes make fandom history all on their own, but this one did. Like... WOW, Supernatural. And this performance did. Like, wow, Misha Collins (and the genuinely-startled-looking Jensen Ackles oozing the "what the fuck?!" vibe of a lifetime!)
16 years ago today Supernatural peaked with the most iconic introduction in the history of television





Happy Sweet Sixteen to Castiel, the only character ever