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acknowledgments . . . . . Thanks to our families for their patience (and for not giving up on our sanity) throughout our five-year road trip through fandom. We couldn’t have done it without their support and the support of the rest of our SPN Family—the cast, the crew, and our fellow fangirls who’ve come along on the journey. People on both sides shared their insights and feelings about the show that’s changed all our lives in so many ways, with remarkable candor. Thanks to Eric Kripke, Sera Gamble, Jensen Ackles, Jared Padalecki, Misha Collins, Jim Beaver, Richard Speight Jr., Chad Lindberg, Matt Cohen, Danneel Ackles, Samantha Ferris, Gabe Tigerman, C. Malik Whitfield, Todd Stashwick, Samantha Smith, Fred Lehne, David Mackay, Betsy Morris, Jason Manns, Steve Carlson, Brian Buckley, Serge Ladouceur, Jerry Wanek, Chris Cooper, Maryanne Liu, Lee-Anne Elaschuk, and Clif Kosterman for sharing their insights. We’re also grateful to our talented photographers, Lizz Sisson, Chris Schmelke, and Karen Cooke, for their contributions, and to Maryanne Benetatos for transcribing endless hours of interviews. Special thanks to Catherine Cocks at the University of Iowa Press for taking a chance on us—and to Tony Zierra and Elizabeth Yoffe and Bhavna and M. Night Shyamalan, for daring us to tell the real story. ...

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