I think the fandom has become their own
family by extension they they feel
connected to the cast but they feel
connected to each other
your guys's fans they I don't even
really know what to say about them I
mean this year alone I've seen some big
shows come and go and yet
supernatural remains my main stage um
what's the secret sauce like what are
you sort of pinpoint as the reason
behind you guys loving the show as much
as you do and also the fan I think I
mean the the stories are still there I
think that the characters I mean I love
like I'm a fan of the show
like I really enjoyed telling you
stories and playing playing this
character and I think you know if if
there was a secret sauce I don't know
exactly what all the ingredients would
be but I do know that some of it would
be the fact that a we all really do get
along very well there's no drama on the
set it's you know it's we have a we
genuinely have a very fun time working
and I think if you've ever seen the
blooper reels that's very obvious but I
also think that that we all that all of
us collectively still love telling these
stories still love playing these
characters and I think that that that
love and passion for what we're doing is
is an S is a necessity for for something
to run this long and to be the
successful what's the secret
like what do you feel like is the
special thing you guys have you know if
I knew I would bottle it and sell it I
think well I think a lot of the stars
aligned I think the show didn't start
out with as such a big hit that had
everybody watching and judging it we
kind of were the little engine that
could and so people who found out about
the show way back when were really like
hey you got to see the show and they
told their friends so they found it
through word-of-mouth for people they
loved I suppose like there's a massive
billboard for blah blah blah and I think
it's safe to say supernatural fans are
unlike anyone on the planet
what do you think the secret is to being
a part of a show that's been on the air
longer than any other Syfy show I mean I
think it comes a little bit comes from
Jared and Jensen
relationship you know they really love
each other I don't think anybody could
work together as intensely as you do for
12 seasons if they didn't like that's a
big part of it
and their attitude towards their
position and their attitude then how did
she everyone who comes on say and I mean
I know I'm spoiled it's ruined me for
any other job I do because I do think
I've landed in the base and you know
family set imaginable really honestly
it's amazing being a part of a show with
such a strong fan base to show that on
the air twelve seasons
what do you sort of attribute the
success to in the fandom to on this show
well coincidentally as the season is
centered around is family I think that
the show even without Mary being there
and John only being there somewhat it
has always been about the brothers and
the love of family and their adopted
family
I think the fandom has become their own
family by extension they they feel
connected to the cast but they feel
connected to each other and I think that
when you share a love it grows and I
think it's been exponential the love we
feel at any convention or any fan
related Gathering is its it's still
unexpected after all this time and it's
still sort of surprising and it's very
cohesive it's and we all enjoy the story
even the cast we enjoy it we love it we
love where it goes and I think it's
interesting and they seem to have never
run out of directions to follow I mean
this was a surprise to me I didn't know
this was coming until a spring and I was
like wow they still okay I'm in I'm in
they want to bring them back yay
I love closing out my con every year
with supernatural the fans and their
energy is just infectious um what do you
think the secret is to building a fandom
that's so passionate boy the red bottle
it but um I think you know I I think
ultimately it's the two guys in the
relationship they've had and you know
and you catch these things from the
beginning you don't you don't know if a
chemistry you'll be there you can get
two really terrific actors who don't
have chemistry these guys had it from
frame 1 and they're easy to write for
because we knew that they
deliver what we gave them and make it
interesting you know it's that and we
really concentrate on you know stories
are really important to us and we work
very hard on you know getting the
stories right we'll spend a lot of time
going beat by beat on these stories to
make them interesting and you know keep
the fans interested so you you know have
good characters and good stories you
know but why ultimately it's gone on for
12 years god only knows I mean it's
pretty amazing we'd like to keep it
fresh we like to make sure that we don't
recycle stuff but even then it's still
12 years I think it's safe to say that
your fans are the most passionate on the
planet I've seen so many shows come and
go this year and yet supernatural it's
steady
it's the mainstay what is the secret
sauce um me I'm really the most
important part of it no I think we're
blessed with two things one is just our
cast and our cast is amazing Jared and
Jensen and Misha and Mark I mean the
friend I mean they're they have a really
good relationship it's a real
relationship they have tons of chemistry
their friends off-screen believe me
there are plenty shows what that's not
the case but I think that really helps
us and then for us in terms of
storytelling the great thing about
Supernatural is you can tell any kind of
story you want you know funny scary
dramatic you know really offbeat we've
done it all and that gives you a huge
amount of freedom as a writer and it's a
producer to kind of put really
interesting things together so you know
it's a 12 season on the show we've done
two hundred and twenty something
episodes and just keeps going and going
and going but at the same time you know
we go into the writers room and there's
still more ideas I don't you know we're
never sitting around and going what now
you know what I mean it's a very cool
thing for us so I think that's what kind
of keeps it going is the the malleable
nature of this thing that Eric Kripke
created and then knowing we have those
guys that kind of fall back on and
they're stars and you know stars on Heat
stars make TV and characters main TV and
they're great characters great people
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