Wild speculation post!

[tebtosca]

Since I stopped recapping this year (thank God lol), I've done most of my show speculating/analysis over in poor ash48's journal (I'm so sorry, Ash!) But I've been thinking the past few days about what I think is going to happen as we come to the final chapter of Season Nein.

Behind the cut are my wild predictions of what I think is going to happen by the end of the finale, not what will carry over into season 10. These are not spoilers, just based solely on speculation based on what has happened so far.

Join me in the comment section with your own speculation. Feel free to debate any of my points and add your own -- we'll check back in after the finale and see if any of us were right!

• Gadreel turns on Metatron


• Metatron dead/gone and Heaven open


• Cas gets his grace back


• Abaddon dead by Dean's hand


• Crowley/Cain double-cross exposed


• Dean goes full darkside


• The audience realizes in a shocking twist that Sam really does love his brother!


• INCEST (shhh, go with it)

Note: I'm running under my continued theory that Carver is re-doing Kripke's S4/5 arc, with huge nods also to S3. That colors my views of a lot of stuff.

Mark of Elvis Gif for your time:

Comments

[tebtosca.livejournal.com]

From Carver's new interviews, it sounds like he's going to manage to get a lot of stuff in at the end of this season, so I think it's possible we'll get the stuff above before it ends. I do think that several things will be pushed to season ten, like the resolution of the Dark Dean arc, which should hopefully coincide with the resolution (for now anyway lol) of the brotherly angst. It makes sense narratively that there will be symmetry between Sam not saving Dean from purgatory at the beginning of Carver's 3-year plan, and him helping to bring Dean back from the darkside. And since I believe he's re-vamping S4/5, we'll probably see parallels to Swan Song in some capacity. I think this arc is as much a redemptive story for Sam and the brother relationship as it is for Dean.

I'm also about 75% sure (in my head) that Carver is going to wrap the angels and Cas' journey up next season, culminating in him being the one to finally "fix" Heaven and restore it to how it was supposed to be. I've always thought of Cas' time as a human as a way to make him a better angel, in order for him to finally understand what God was doing when he created humanity. It's actually a lovely arc, and the one that makes the most sense in my brain lol.

Crowley is a cockroach. He'll live forever! :P

And there is no doubt in my mind that they are locked-in for S11. No final season announcement means J2 signed on the dotted line to get that diaper money haha.

/rambling

[thursdaysisters.livejournal.com]

For another s4 parallel, do you think Sam will have to put Dean in Blade Detox?