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description: How a Show and the Support of Its Fandom Changedand SavedLivesMay 2017 marks the end of the twelfth season of the CW hit Supernatural a television show about two demon-hunting brothers (and an angel) that is at the center of a fan community as tight-knit as familya virtual support system that spans the globe. The three-time Peoples Choice Award winner for Favorite Sci-Fi/Fantasy TV Show and Tumblrs 2015 Most Reblogged Live Action TV show has made a name for itself by supporting and encouraging its fans to always keep fighting a main theme echoed in the show and demonstrating the inspiring truth to a memorable line from early in the shows run: Family dont end with blood.In twenty powerful chapters written by Supernaturals actors and fans including series lead Jared Padalecki Family Dont End with Blood: How Supernatural Has Changed Lives examines the far reach of the shows impact over the last eleven years. Supernatural has encouraged fans to change their lives from getting sober for Sam to escaping a cult to pursuing lifelong dreams. But fans arent the only ones who have been changed. The actors who bring the show to life have also found in the show and its community inspiration courage and the strength to keep going when life seemed too hard.In keeping with the shows message to always keep fighting and to support the important work of combatting stigma and encouraging those who are struggling to speak out a portion of the proceeds from the book will be donated to charity Attitudes in Reverse whose mission is to educate young people about mental health and suicide prevention.Contributors from Supernaturals cast include:Jared Padelecki (Sam Winchester)Jim Beaver (Bobby Singer)Ruth Connell (Rowena MacLeod)Osric Chau (Kevin Tran)Rob Benedict (Chuck Shurley aka God)Kim Rhodes (Sheriff Jody Mills)Briana Buckmaster (Sheriff Donna Hanscum)Matt Cohen (Young John Winchester)Gil McKinney (Henry Winchester)Rachel Miner (Meg Masters)Edited by Lynn S. Zubernis a clinical psychologist professor and passionate Supernatural fangirl Family Dont End with Blood provides an insightful and often uplifting look into the way international fan communities become powerful positive forces in the lives of so many.
language: English
title: Family Don't End with Blood: Cast and Fans on How Supernatural Has Changed Lives
publisher: Smart Pop