I don’t know if you’ve heard (or if you’ve been living under a rock), but Supernatural is ending this year.
After 15 seasons on the CW, the show is finally wrapping up.
Stars Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, and Jeffrey Dean Morgan decided to send it off in style — with matching tattoos!
So, here’s the lowdown:
Obviously, Jensen and Jared are the stars of Supernatural.
Jeffrey Dean Morgan, however, has only appeared in 13 episodes of the show. However, those episodes were incredibly important, considering he played Sam and Dean’s dad, John Winchester.
Supernatural stans reading this: I had to explain this simply! We good?
The three actors quickly became friends.
Even though Jeffrey Dean Morgan (JDM, for short) wasn’t always on set, the three formed a solid bond.
They do conventions together, attend each other’s weddings, and now? They get tattoos together!
Earlier this week, JDM and Hilarie Burton finally tied the knot.
The two began dating in 2009. Hilarie gave birth to their son in 2010, and a daughter 8 years later in 2018.
As Hilarie wrote on Instagram : “Here’s the God’s honest fact: From the moment I met @jeffreydeanmorgan , he was my husband.”
Their wedding was very, very private.
Hilarie wrote in the same Instagram post that they celebrated their wedding in their own, personal way.
As she described it, they had an “intimate circle of family and friends” join them for their wedding.
That included Jared and Jensen.
In fact, Jensen played a particularly large role: he and JDM’s Walking Dead co-star, Norman Reedus, officiated the wedding.
Having a Winchester and Daryl Dixon marry you? Those two just lived out a geek dream.
After all, JDM and Hilarie met thanks to Jensen.
Jeffrey and Hilarie actually met on a blind date set up by Jensen and his wife, Danneel Ackles.
Jensen knew JDM from the show, obvi.
Daneel knew Hilarie from when they were co-stars on One Tree Hill . Add them together, and boom! A perfect match.
The couple had a tattoo artist on sight for the reception.
They had artist Mike Lucena set up shop at the reception and tattoo anyone who wanted to get one.
Hilarie herself got one and wrote that Jeffrey was already encouraging her to get a sleeve.
And, of course, the Winchester boys got theirs.
He wrote:
“Me and @hilarieburton weren’t the only ones joined for life…. @jaredpadalecki @jensenackles and myself will forever have a bond that is both special, and permanent. Love you both dearly #spnfamily @mikelucena73”
This is too cute for words.
Jared rolled up to the post to leave this sweet comment. Jeffrey replied and said, “#kongsforever!!!” back at him.
What does “kongs forever” mean? We’ll find out in a second, don’t rush me!
Fans were dying to know what the tattoos looked like.
Everyone was insanely curious about the ink the trio wound up getting. Comments ranged from “what did you get?” to “NEED PICTURES PLS.”
So yeah, I guess you could say people were pretty excited.
And by people, I mean me.
Well, I have your answer.
Some very eagle-eyed fans noticed that Jared was sporting some new ink at an event a few days after the wedding.
It’s a good chance that the crown there is the tattoo since it’s in the exact same place that he was getting his tattoo in JDM’s post.
#kongsforever
I can’t tell you how many times I accidentally typed “kings” when trying to type “kongs.”
Which leads me to my theory that they got a crown to represent “kings.” Maybe “kongs” is an inside autocorrect joke?
Here’s some more fan reactions to warm your heart.
My favorite part of this is the reference to Hilarie’s character, Peyton, in One Tree Hill .
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My second favorite part is the casual use of “my TV brothers.” Not favorite TV brothers. Just TV brothers. That’s so cute.
Another fan brought up a similar situation.
The release of Avengers: Endgame marked the end of the original Avengers squad.
To commemorate that, five of the original six — Robert Downey Jr, Scarlett Johansson, Chris Evans, Jeremy Renner, and Chris Hemsworth — got matching tattoos.
My new favorite thing is actors getting tattoos of their projects.
The five all got an “A” intersecting the number 6, representing Iron Man, Black Widow, Captain America, Hulk, Thor, and Hawkeye.
Mark Ruffalo was the only one who opted out of getting the tattoo.
What gives, Mark?