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Cake day: December 13th, 2025

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  • SPOILER WARNING.

    Sorry, my comment will sound acidic, but I would watch a “gender swapped” version AS LONG AS IT’S GOOD, unlike what Supernatural became after season 04 (not a fan, the IP got milked until it was so meaningless that OF COURSE IT COULD ONLY END UP LIKE A “let’s battle god” SHŌNEN).

    To me (speaking from a european point of view and as a writer), Supernatural is the perfect example of a particular problem with american IPs in general : as long as the IP is juicy in revenue, it’ll get milked dryier than sand, even if it means degrading the IP in the process. A gender swap, or simply a change in protagonists (with some back and forth between teams or smthg) should have occured waaaaay earlier in the show. Some deaths and tragedies should have been permanent, simply to have meaning and depth, etc. OR : the show should have ended earlier, when it had good momentum to be definitive.

    I think the people behind Supernatural made a way better writing and pacing job with The Boys, even if the ending of s03 was really weak. They did the good thing with Gen V, though. Diversifying the protagonists, and the novelty it brings while finding its way into the main story is great narrative management.

    Another perfect example of a good genderswap is Fiona & Cake. Supernatural could benefit from that, it could even borrow some stuff from Buffy. It would just have to be good.

    Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk.