Heeee! Hot Topic is selling a “Destiel” shirt. (It’s actually called that. And the description on the website says “There’s definitely something between Supernatural’s Dean and Castiel, but how deep does the love go? That’s for Dean and Castiel to know, and for us fans to wait and find out.” (They’re also STILL selling the “Jody & Donna & Claire & Alex & Patience & Kaia” Wayward Sisters shirt… and yes, I confess, I just bought both. ;D )
It must already be sold out online because I can’t see it. Fun!! And yeah, I jumped at the chance for a Wayward Sisters shirt— I actually have two now, one was a gift. I love them.
Exactly. This is what strikes me in particular about this, uh, sudden and unexpected merch drop.
It sold out right off the bat! Driven by popularity. I think @intelligentshipper may have some statistical input that fleshes this out? *serves cake*
First of all, yes, this is official, merchandised, WB-cleared swag.
second of all, what end would you like your statistic input on? The ratings? The social media engagement? The censuses? The google trends? Because any way you cut that cake it tells that it is, indeed, all the same story.
I’m a bit occupado right now to commit, but you can probably go to my blog > Menu > Frequent tags > demos/demographics/stats/statistics/ratings/any related tags and find a bunch of it. I honestly have to sort of recompose it.
There is no ambiguity on this posting. It is literally a will-they-won’t-they tag line on a shirt listed as Destiel.
Merch isn’t showrunning, but it IS an interesting shift. I just spent an hour looking to see if there’s ever been official merch for other ships, and even certain canon-consummated ones like Megstiel, I haven’t found any yet.
Sorry for vague reply, kinda multitasking but trying to stay on all the tags I’m getting rn.
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