SPN Silent Majority
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| Event: | SPN Silent Majority |
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| Date(s): | 2012 - 2013 |
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| Fandom: | Supernatural |
| URL: | SPN Silent Majority Livejournal, Archived version (friend locked) SPN Silent Majority Tumblr, Archived version SPN Silent Majority Twitter, Archived version |
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SPN Silent Majority was a group of Supernatural fans that were disappointed in the direction the show had taken during season 7 and came together to petition the showrunners to make the changes they sought. Description from their tumblr about page:
We are Supernatural’s Silent Majority. We have trusted the show for years and are upset by what we’ve seen as a decline in quality and loss of the Dean and Sam story. We have every right to get our opinions heard.This is a space for those opinions. Unhappy with the direction of the show this year? Wondering what happened to the Winchester Brothers’ story? You are not alone.
What to do something about it? Join us in the cause to get our voice heard by writers and producers now, while Season Eight development is underway. Show them what you care about.
The homepage of this blog shows collection of comments from various corners of the internet expressing dissenting opinions about Season 7 since the finale. These are real fans and their real opinions.
Whatever their initial intentions were, they became know within the fandom for their hatred of Castiel and the actor Misha Collins, and their attempts to have him ousted from the show:
Although SPN Silent Majority’s strategy involved writing to the show’s producers, studio, and network, as well as directly tweeting Supernatural’ executive producers and writers, the campaign was linked to a “I hate Misha Collins Day” movement. Anonymous messages were left on Supernatural fans Tumblr blogs announcing an organized effort to vocalize and share the hate by tweeting the CW, the network's publicist, and the show’s producers, calling for Collins (Castiel) to be removed permanently from the show. In retaliation, the actor's fans organized a “We Love Misha” countermovement and reported a suspected Twitter account for spreading hate speech.[1]
The group appears to have disbanded in early 2013.