The Supernatural ‘family’ really take Jensen Ackles for granted.
When he first started doing conventions he was so shy and he’s opened up his heart to us over the years and given so much of himself and his time away from his family to be there for fans when it’s been really hard for him to do it. He even spent his anniversary away from his wife but fandom seem to take it all for granted.
Right now he’s making so much effort to entertain fans at conventions when he’s worried and upset himself, he recently lost a close friend of 15 years and explained that’s why he was away from social media for a while but regardless of all he gives and whatever he himself is going through and pushing on to be there for fans there is never a rallying of support or appreciation shown him in return to match what he has given to fandom.
Instead he still gets asked ship questions even though everyone knows they won’t like the answer he’ll give and it will add fuel to the fire. He gets hate for posing with a co-star from the other side of the ship divide from those who claimed to love him, he gets hate for staying at the convention and not being by Jared’s side, search engine results even predict hate in search results it’s that bad and everyone seems to ignore any of that exists and claim it’s the other actors that get the most hate and it’s the rest of the cast that need more love shown them.
Jensen has turned down god knows how many Marvel roles and other film roles to stick with Supernatural for the fans, he could be an A'Lister right now, he could be getting awards left right and centre for his amazing talent that is going unrecognised on the show but again all that’s taken for granted.
He’s the rock, he’s the glue that keeps everything and everyone together, he gives praise and credit to everyone around him, supports his friends, supports the fans and doesn’t expect anything in return. When a fan gave him a rare book of letters from fans how he reacted nearly made me cry, it was like it was so unexpected that it was for him he kept looking at it and was really touched.
This fandom really doesn’t deserve Jensen Ackles. He is not here for your ship, he is not here to take sides in your ship arguments and to be attacked when he 'sides’ with the other side. He’s allowed to be close friends with whoever he wants and to have his own opinions without being bashed for it and he doesn’t attend conventions to be a prop for Jared or Misha.
He is his own person and I wish more would open their eyes and SEE Jensen for how amazing he really is and ACKNOWLEDGE all he really does for us.