dizzojay | Snowflake Challenge 2025

Challenge #8

In your own space, write a promo, manifesto or primer for a beloved character, relationship or fandom.

So, I’ve seen this question before in the Snowflake challenge and, in the past, I’ve written about the Supernatural fandom, Dean, Sam and the Impala.

So, this time I’m going to pay homage to Supernatural’s Bobby Singer, as he holds a very special place in my heart!

Whether or not John was a good father is a hot debate within the fandom. I absolutely respect everyone’s individual opinion, and mine is that although I fully understand that John was a deeply damaged man, some of the ways he treated the boys was unforgivable to my mind. I don’t hate John, but he’s not a character I have a great deal of affection for.

Bobby, on the other hand, stepped into the void created by John and in his own blunt and unsentimental way, became a brilliant father figure to Sam and Dean. His assessment ‘I adopted two boys and they grew up heroes’ says everything to me about Bobby’s relationship with the Winchesters. He took them under his wing because he knew they needed that support, and he was so proud of how they turned out.

But another reason I love Bobby is his wit and wisdom, and his quote ‘family don’t end with blood’ is probably my favourite quote in the whole show (although Crowley’s ‘they ate my tailor’ runs it a close second!!)

Whilst I know that Bobby was referring to the Winchesters being his family, that quote resonated deeply with me. You see, I’m an only child and, as a result, with the exception of my husband and my parents, my friends are and always have been the most important people in my life; they’re my chosen family, and it was great to hear someone describe my reality so simply but yet so perfectly!

A few years ago when I turned fifty, I treated myself to a big Supernatural tattoo as a birthday gift to myself – and Bobby’s quote was the centrepiece of my tattoo.

I hope Bobby would approve!