Charlie Bradbury

Character
Name:	Charlie Bradbury
Occupation:	IT, Hacker, Hunter
Relationships:	Gertrude Middleton (mother)
Fandom:	Supernatural
Other:	played by Felicia Day
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Charlie Bradbury is a fictional recurring character from the Supernatural television series, portrayed by Felicia Day.

Fandom

Pairings

• Charlie Bradbury/Dorothy Baum
• Charlie Bradbury/Gilda
• Charlie Bradbury/Jo Harvelle
• Charlie Bradbury/Rowena MacLeod

Common Tropes in Fanworks

• Winchesters: assisting Dean and Sam on their hunts or other encounters with the supernatural, can been seen as a type of casefic
• Charlie Lives: Charlie does not die in Season 10, or is resurrected
• Supporting Character: usually a featured secondary character in stories focused on Sam and Dean
• Apocalypse World: in season 13 Charlie's Apocalypse World self is brought into the show's universe, to help distinguish between the two Charlies fans will often use Apocalypse World!Charlie or alt!Charlie to help differentiate between the two in fanworks

Controversies

After Charlie's death in Season 10, there were some accusations of the show using fridging, in this case killing Charlie to push Dean's revenge storyline, and using the trope known as Dead Lesbian Syndrome.

• salesassociatesteve asked: Do you think they're gonna kill Charlie? I just ugh I don't trust her being written by the Deadly Duo and I'm totally worried by neven-ebrez (May 2015); archive link
• Did everyone just wake up on the stupid side of the bed this morning? by defilerwyrm (May 2015); archive link
• Anders, Charlie Jane. 2015. Ugh, Supernatural. You Really Didn't Have To Go There. io9, May 8; archive link
• Exorcising Emily. 2015. "Supernatural: A History of Violence against Women." The Geekiary, May 26; archive link
• Carroll, Audrey. 2015. “Banished to Oz: The Vanishing Ladies of Supernatural.” Popmatters, June 15; archive link
• Lane, Carly. 2015. "Supernatural's Ongoing Fridging Problem Isn't a Laughing Matter." The Mary Sue, July 15; archive link
• Bennett, Alana. 2015. A "Supernatural" Writer Got Dragged At Comic-Con After A Fan Asked A Question About Fridging. Buzzfeed Geeky, July 13; archive link
• this section from the 10.10 DVD episode commentary with Curtis Armstrong, John Badham, Brad Bucker, and Eugenie Ross-Lemming is honestly SUCH a myopic mess I have to transcribe it here for posterity, because holy christ how can u still remain this blind by dirtyovercoats (September 2015); archive link
• in. re. the thing Supernatural has done a couple times this year where they are bringing back alternate-universe versions of fan-favorite characters that were unceremoniously disposed of a few seasons ago: it's not working for me. by yarnyfan (April 2018); "twitter archive link". Archived from the original on 2019-06-16.

Fanworks

Fan Art

• Charlie Bradbury by ForestClover
• Charlie by le-shae
• Your Highness by Puppy-Chow
• Queen of Moons by Ryleh-Mason
• Charlie by mightwing
• Walking on sunshine, ^{Archived version} by deannamb
• Charlie the Unicorn, ^{Archived version} by winchester-reload

Fanfiction

• Corpus Analysis by burglebezzlement
• Still Breathing by SeeWell
• Four Witches by kalliel
• Charlie Bradbury's diary by redpeanut

Fan Vids

• Walking on sunshine by Alice Freedom
• charlie, her name was charlie by kristnkringle

Graphics and Gif Sets

• You will find that I have nothing to defend, ^{Archived version} by blueeyedangel
• You Brunt Bright, ^{Archived version} by inacatastrophicmind
• Untitled Graphics, ^{Archived version} by hallowedbecastiel

Meta

• 8.20: Pac-Man Fever: The Importance of Letting Go by twistedsardonic (April 2013); archive link
• 8.20: Charlie, Woman of Letters by deathbycoldopen (April 2013); archive link
• That One Time Robbie Thompson Wrote Us A Mary Sue SPN/Wizard of Oz Crossover by twistedsardonic (October 2013); archive link
• Short commentary on Charlie and her character by lookatthesefreakinghipsters (November 2013); archive link
• Charlie’s Journey by inkbleeder (November 2013)
  • Part One, ^{Archived version}
  • Part Two, ^{Archived version}
• Supernatural Recap: Episode 10x11 or "Good Charlie v. Bad Charlie" on The Collective (January 2015); archive link
• Charlie and Charlie: one character arc, two genres by flyingfish1 (January 2019); archive link

Archives and Links

• Charlie Bradbury tag at Archive of Our Own
• Charlie Bradbury and Charlie, Supernatural at FanFiction.net
• Tumblr Tags: Charlie Bradbury

Resources

• Charlie Bradbury at the Supernatural Wiki
• Charlie Bradbury at Fandom.com Supernatural Wiki