fan activism isn't new - it's been building power for 60+ years. what's new is recognizing it as legitimate political force.

so, what's your fandom doing for change? 👇

right now, fandoms are:

- raising money for palestine through fan-led auctions
- organizing climate strikes using fandom hashtags
- fighting book bans with fan fiction advocacy
- supporting trans rights through fan creator funds

the work continues. 🌍

we all know that november 5, 2020 will live forever in internet history.

tumblr crashed. twitter exploded. and fans turned heartbreak into mobilization- between destiel posts, fans were sharing polling updates, voter protection resources, and election anxiety coping strategies.

fast forward to today and fans:

- saved the expanse (amazon picked it up after #SaveTheExpanse)
- saved star trek: prodigy from being a tax write-off
- secured the dexter finale rewrite
- got a sense8 finale movie

fan mobilization has never been stronger.

that star trek campaign didn't just save a show - it created the template for fan organization. trimble's how-to letters taught fans to form clubs, coordinate messaging, and target decision-makers.

sound familiar? she pretty much invented what we now call "fan mobilization."

ik i say it a lot, but fan activism IS real. here's how fandom has mobilized for good across the decades 🧵

from saving shows to changing elections, fans have been carrying advocacy on their backs for literal decades.

honorable mention to: cas being nerfed in the later seasons bc he was too OP, angel lore being literally all over the place, and the fact that amara got eaten by her own brother and it was never addressed.

purgatory logic:

- supposedly IMPOSSIBLE to escape
- dean escapes
- cas escapes
- benny escapes
- dean escapes AGAIN
- man treated it like a revolving door lmfao

chuck writing the supernatural books ABOUT sam and dean IN THE UNIVERSE WHERE SAM AND DEAN EXIST???

the meta levels were so insane we just accepted it and moved on even tho there's so much to unpack. 😭 the french mistake walked so the finale could... stumble.

the men of letters bunker is supposedly WARDED AGAINST EVERYTHING.

things that have gotten into the bunker:

- demons
- angels
- witches
- the literal Darkness
- pizza delivery guys (the most powerful entity)

and can we discuss how heaven's security is worse than a suburban mall?

castiel: "heaven is an impenetrable fortress"

also heaven: *gets invaded every other thursday by literally anyone with daddy issues*

the angel blade situation is so funny lmfao

season 4: "these are RARE and PRECIOUS weapons!!"

season 12: everyone has seventeen angel blades in their trunk like they're buying in bulk from costco

let's start with the elephant in the room: HOW MANY TIMES CAN ONE SELL THEIR SOUL??

bobby sold his soul for info. dean sold his for sam. sam tried to sell his for dean. so on and so forth. crowley definitely had a whole excel spreadsheet just for winchester soul contracts

bored so here's supernatural lore that genuinely makes no sense: a thread 🧵

because after 15 seasons, the writers were just throwing spaghetti at the wall and seeing what stuck to the ceiling (looking at you, leviathans)