Amara Could Be The Villain the SPN-Verse Needs NrdFeed.com: Enjoy a customizable feed of all your favorite fandoms!

[ { "text": "As America inches closer to the presidential election season, politics are most definitely on our collective brains. Primary elections and debates have been front and center on television and online, as candidates from several political affiliations vie for the nation\u2019s top elected position. Perhaps, in a case of art imitating life, Supernatural\u2019s season eleven plot features several candidates vying for positions of power, in Hell, Heaven, and on Earth.



This scramble for in-universe leadership has been a focus of the show for several seasons. Viewers of the show have seen several power struggles over the years, includings Azazel vs. Lillith, Lucifer vs. Micheal, and even Crowley vs. Abbaddon. Factions of angels in Supernatural have also been squabbling over one thing or another for several seasons. Death, the head honcho of all the reapers, was killed at the end of season ten. Frankly put, the leadership in the Winchester\u2019s colorful world is an absolute mess.



Now, this may be a stretch, so stay with me here---Amara could quite possibly be the best candidate to run the Supernatural universe. Amara, better known as simply, \u201cThe Darkness,\u201d can easily be classified as evil. She eats souls, for crying out loud, and has butchered countless people just trying to get her brother\u2019s attention. Her very essence, in the debut episode of season eleven, led to people getting infected with a zombie-esque disease and turning into \u201cRabids.\u201d

" }, { "image": [ { "src": "ama265329amara-2.jpg", "type": "image/jpeg", "size": 61773, "caption": "" } ] }, { "text": "Admittedly, she isn\u2019t the picture of goodness.



However, it might be time for someone to take the reins and establish some order. When powerful factions fight in Supernatural, it\u2019s always the human beings who pay the price. Angels and demons require vessels when duty or circumstance requires them to be on Earth. This means that they take control a human body from an innocent person. Often, the angel or demon doesn\u2019t take good care of their host. Being taken as a vessel (or in the case of angels, giving permission to become a vessel) is typically a death sentence.

" }, { "image": [ { "src": "ama149848amara-3.jpg", "type": "image/jpeg", "size": 271793, "caption": "" } ] }, { "text": "That meatsuit is done.



Why is Amara the best candidate for Supreme Being? Well, it\u2019s possible that she could create a better existence for everyone and everything in the Supernatural universe. The afterlife for human beings in this series is absurd and unfair. The best-case scenario is that, after death, a person gets to go to a personalized space in Heaven to spend eternity alone, experiencing one scenario and setting again and again. A few people get to be with their soul mates, but even then it\u2019s in the same situation. Forever. There is no freedom to change your environment, or to interact with other people. So, you never get to see your mom or your best friend or your dog Sparky who went to live on a farm when you were in the first grade. You never get to have new or varied experiences. The angels stuff you up into what is basically a closet, and they keep you there until the end of time.

" }, { "image": [ { "src": "ama194332amara-4.jpg", "type": "image/jpeg", "size": 47011, "caption": "" } ] }, { "text": "That Matrix-y hell-scape of a heaven is the best thing a person in the Supernatural universe can hope for! (Not to mention, at the moment, that the angels are so disorganized that all recently deceased humans are trapped in the Veil.) Other options include Hell or becoming a ghost. All souls in Hell eventually become demons and all ghosts eventually go insane and become vengeful. All non-human beings, like vampires or werewolves, end up in Purgatory, where the afterlife is a constant, primal battle. " }, { "image": [ { "src": "ama768769amara-5.jpg", "type": "image/jpeg", "size": 81048, "caption": "" } ] }, { "text": "This sweet little guy is destined for Purgatory. Seriously. This guy.



When Amara is with Dean, he feels a calm sort of contentment, as shown in episode nine of season eleven, \u201cO Brother, Where Art Thou?\u201d Amara offered Dean this important bit of dialogue: \u201cWhat if there were no rules? No pain\u2026 No prayer\u2026just bliss. For everyone. Forever.\u201d Who knows? Maybe things in the Supernatural universe are so wonky because God locked the Darkness away. Maybe the universe would be better if there were balance between God and Amara, the Light and the Darkness existing in harmony.



If we can trust Amara to keep her campaign promises, her version of life/afterlife sounds far preferable to any of the current options that the audience has seen so far.

" }, { "image": [ { "src": "ama171920amara-6.jpg", "type": "image/jpeg", "size": 121103, "caption": "" } ] }, { "text": "Leadership.



Sidenote: And let\u2019s not forget, Dean and Sam are in danger of the worst afterlife possible. Remember the reaper, Billie from earlier this season? She told Sam that the next time one of the Winchester boys died, their souls would get tossed into the \u201cempty,\u201d where they could never come back to life. Amara, if in charge, would never allow that to happen to Dean. (And based on Dean\u2019s deep love for Sam, she\u2019d likely protect Sam, too.)



Amara\u2019s plan for the world sounds more reasonable than anything we could expect from Lucifer, or the droves of incompetent, argumentative angels who fail time and time again at running Heaven. Amara is this season\u2019s most powerful contender for ruler of the universe, and she may just be the best woman for the job.



If, ya know, people can get past the soul-eating and mass murder. #Amara2016







Do you guys agree? Disagree? Who would you choose (aside from Chuck, of course) to run the Supernatural universe? Be sure to comment with your opinions!

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