It seems like we still have free speech-at least for a little while. This week the CW show Supernatural had an episode called "Lotus" where the devil, Lucifer was possessing the body of the US President. Not exactly a subtle reference is it? In fact, Misha Collins, one of the main actors tweeted "this feels a little close to the bone for presidential dialogue these days".
For those who aren't familiar, Supernatural is a long-running show that is on its twelfth season and is about two brothers who hunt monsters, demons, and other supernatural creatures along with their friend who is an angel. They meet creatures from heaven and hell along the way.
Throughout the episode, in search of a proper vessel, Lucifer goes from powerful person to powerful person moving up the ladder from an important business executive until he eventually reaches the US president. This storyline could have further connotations about how power can lead to sin and also how corporate greed can travel up to important figures in United States politics based on similar ambitions.
The president in Supernatural has a girlfriend named Kelly who Lucifer impregnates. Kelly is told that she needs to get an abortion because her baby is the spawn of the devil but she runs away and refuses saying that it's still her baby.
This can be seen as a parallel to the fact that no one knows what America will look like after Trump is the "father" of it for at least four years but as hard as it is, we still want to hope that the country will be ok. And that there is a better future ahead so we can't give up on America yet.
From protests outside Trump hotels to plots on cult tv shows, a lot of people are pushing against our President-Elect. We are all exercising our freedom of speech which is keeping our democracy alive.
We do not want Trump's presidency to be normalized. So hopefully, many more shows, even songs protest Trump and remind us that we need to be prepared for the next four years. We can accept that he is the president-elect, but still try and fight for just and liberal causes and for someone better to take over in the not-near-enough future.
