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Destiel Confession as News
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Destiel Confession refers to an exploitable recaptioning format based on a scene from the television series Supernatural. Edits follow the format of Castiel confessing his love to Dean Winchester and Dean responding with an unrelated, real-life current newsflash. The format originally gained traction in 2021 and continued to grow in popularity throughout 2023.
Origin
On November 5th, 2020, the finale of the television series Supernatural, titled "Despair" aired. In one scene, Castiel confesses his love to Dean Winchester before being taken away to hell (shown below), confirming the long-running ship between the two characters, referred to as "Destiel", a portmanteau between "Dean" and "Castiel".
On September 2nd, 2021, Tumblr[1] user outoftouchthursdayschild posted the earliest known instance of the format, captioned with the text "Abba is dropping a new album on Nov. 5th" (shown below), receiving over 14,600 likes and 8,500 reblogs in 2 years
![who had swedish pop sensation releasing a new album after 40 years on destiel anniversary on their bingo card? I love you Abba is dropping a new album on Nov. 5th](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/663/593/085.png)
Spread
Various users on Tumblr would continue to post edits. For example, on On October 6th, 2021, Tumblr[2] user samdyke posted a version that announced that the Zodiac Killer had been identified, in reference to reports that Gary Francis Poste was allegedly the killer. In another, on October 12th 2021, Tumblr[3] user couldnt-think-of-a-funny-name posted an edit referencing a character on-screen stating that there are no wolves in Pennsylvania, receiving roughly 46,000 likes and 40,000 reblogs in under 2 years.
![The Zodiac Killer Has Finally Been Identified I love you The Zodiac Killer has finally been identified.](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/663/491/17f.jpg)
![still feeling so gut-punched over this I love you there are no wolves in pennsylvania](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/654/459/e06.png)
The format would continue to spread and be utilized into 2023. For example, on January 25th, 2023, Tumblr[4] user leatherluxe posted an edit stating that "Elon Musk is being sued by the King of England", in reference to Elon Musk being sued by the Crown Estate for not paying rent (shown below, left), receiving over 51,000 likes 31,000 reblogs in 8 months. On June 22nd, 2023, secondbeatsongs[5] posted an edit announcing the discovery of wreckage from the OceanGate Submersible Incident (shown below, right), receiving over 22,000 likes and 10,000 reblogs in 3 months.
![Elon Musk being Sued by The King of England I love you. Elon Musk is being sued by the King of England mgflip.com](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/663/551/d8d.jpg)
![They Found the Wreckage of the Titan Submersible I love you they found the wreckage of the Titan submersible](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/663/552/baa.png)
Various Examples
![#I wish this was a joke I love you The 2024 US Presidential Election will take place on November 5th](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/654/453/4ac.jpg)
![#DING DONG THE WITCH IS DEAD i love you the queen died OUT Sci-fi OUT Sci-fi](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/654/462/e6e.jpg)
![there's a new fall out boy today I love you there's new fall out boy today](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/654/464/2f5.png)
![ao3 is down I love you ao3 is down](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/654/465/2c0.png)
![Sega employees are unionising I love you Sega employees are unionising](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/654/502/aba.png)
![Sorry I uh. Have no explanation for this one stellarsighte APRENE I LOVE YOU stellarsighte A DRAGON. FIRST ONE IN A THOUSAND YEARS](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/663/537/b1a.png)
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External References
[1] Tumblr – outoftouchthursdayschild
[3] Tumblr – couldnt-think-of-a-funny-name
[4] Tumblr – leatherluxe
[5] Tumblr – secondbeatsongs
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