Sandra and Kasey got to chat with a very special guest who manages a legendary resource well-known in the Supernatural fandom. Jules is the managing editor of SuperWiki, a Supernatural Canon and Fandom resource. This site about the CW show Supernatural is a collaborative archive used far and wide for decades. It’s helped the production of creative projects and settled debates worldwide.
Jules talked about her fandom journey and the monumental task of maintaining an evolving and ongoing canon encyclopedia, being an SPN advisor on The Winchesters, and so much more!
Check out the Supernatural Wiki here.
You can follow SuperWiki and contact Jules on BlueSky and Twitter.
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Chapter Timestamps
00:00:00 - Intro
00:01:13 - SuperWiki is the podcast’s research go-to
00:04:01 - Jules’ fandom origin story
00:08:22 - Television Without Pity
00:12:17 - Fandom explosion and commercialization
00:17:12 - The streaming and social media age
00:20:17 - When did Jules succumb to Supernatural?
00:22:54 - The Supernatural Delay and how people kept up worldwide
00:25:56 - How the fandom made LiveJournal work for them
00:27:37 - Controlling and curating your fandom presence within a community
00:35:03 - Is it Sam or Dean for Jules?
00:39:11 - The Sam AND Dean of it all for Jules
00:45:35 - Convention stories conservation
00:51:15 - How SuperWiki came about
00:55:00 - The SuperWiki is not just about the show
01:00:44 - The SuperWiki managing editor role
01:03:58 - Early SuperWiki days - creating the content and shaping the structure
01:06:47 - The importance of collaborators
01:08:01 - SuperWiki as a fandom project
01:10:08 - User suggestions and changes to the SuperWiki over the years
01:21:54 - How can a fan contribute to the SuperWiki?
01:26:58 - Helping fans get the reference and feel included
01:30:32 - Being the “Super” consultant for a fandom
01:36:04 - Why didn’t SPN creators consult the SuperWiki?
01:58:18 - Kasey’s secret question
02:00:42 - The hope and future of the SuperWiki
02:08:50 - Closing thoughts and outro
