I told myself I’d be done with the DenCon drama but - I finally found the J2 panel on YouTube and skipped forward to The Question. The worst part about this whole thing, to me, was that…the person who was asking? She was a mother, who said she has kids who are part of the LGBT community. And she was saying how grateful she was that the show did bring in queer characters in a natural way, Charlie being the prime example. And she asked about Cas and his relationship to Dean with that preamble in mind.
And from the start, Jensen sounded like he was giving her a very honest and heartfelt answer…until the opportunity to speak was stolen from him and the question took a brash and unfortunate turn.
This was a mom who was grateful for the way SPN represented the LGBT community with characters her kids could relate to, and instead of the sincerity that we almost got, Jared - unintentionally or not - turned it into a shit show. I only hope she sees the more honest response Jensen gave another fan during autographs, because that one? That one was so much more worthwhile.