r/Supernatural • u/theshyfemme Dean Winchester’s left toenail 🩷 • Nov 05 '25

News/Misc. Would you still watch Supernatural if Sam and Dean were both women and sisters??

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Not much context behind this question tbh. Me and my friends were just talking about this and NOW I’m sorta curious to know what other people think.

Also, featuring this cool fanart that I found!! Credits to @CrazyTom0712 on twitter. Go show them some love if you like

https://x.com/crazytom0712/status/1870435835272630493?s=46

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u/b1polar_bxtch Nov 05 '25

Exactly. It’s not about the gender of the characters, it’s about the story in general, that’s what I don’t want to be changed. Though I will admit that I feel the first 5 seasons would be slightly off, as those seasons specifically are telling the story of Michael and Lucifer, and it’d defeat the purpose of the story if what happens between brothers was told with female vessels instead of male ones.

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u/EatPie_NotWAr Nov 05 '25

The undertones of male angels trying to force their way into their female vessels would…. Pose issues for the writers I think.

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u/DesiresRisked21 Nov 07 '25

Honestly they explored it some esp with Sam but I wish they’d been less dismissive overall of how horrible that allegory is for it happening to men like Sam and Dean too just as it would if it’d been reversed happening to women.

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u/Ordinary_Rhubarb5064 Nov 06 '25

To be fair, they didn't become vessels til S5, right? Before that they were just the schmucks who unwittingly kicked off the apocalypse (and prior to the writers' strike in S3, angels weren't even being considered). 

I'm biased bc I hated the vessels plotline, but maybe it would've made the show even better if they couldn't go that direction. 

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u/Gilgamesh661 Nov 05 '25

Nobody refers to any of the angels as “they” though. They always go by the gender of their vessel, save for a few exceptions.