Charlie's Supernatural death caused an uproar in the fandom last spring, and it's time to pass the mic over the series' cast so they can explain why Felicia Day's character kicked the bucket.

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Executive producer Jeremy Carver fielded this question at San Diego Comic-Con, but when his answer failed to appease viewers, actor Misha Collins took the issue head on at D.C.'s Salute to Supernatural.

Supernatural often takes flack for lack of representation and it's affinity for killing of female characters. In the wake of Charlie's (Day) devastating death, the cast has had to field more questions than ever regarding the series' apparent obsession for writing and maintaining a majority white male cast.

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"I think that if we have characters that we love and we're also afraid that they really may die, it raises the stakes on the show a tremendous amount," Collins explained. "So we can't have sacred cows. We can't say we're not going to kill female characters or gay characters because that's not PC. The truth is, if we don't have a palpable fear that any character on the show could die at any point, than I'm not emotionally invested in it."

However, the actor did comment on how Charlie brought representation of LGBT characters to a new height. While many series' focus their attention solely on the fact that a character is gay, Charlie's storyline focused more on her as a whole person.

"In pop culture we'll see gay characters but it's all about the "crazy" fact that they're gay, you know? But [Charlie's] just a cool hunter who is a tech wizard who happens to be gay but it's not what her character's role on the show is about," Collins explained. "So as far as representation is concerned, I think that is actually a really noble and important type of representation to have."

(Note: Watch Teen Wolf if you want to see another series that handles LGBT characters in a similar manner)

Meanwhile, Collins quoted a recent conversation he had with actress and Supernatural fan Aisha Tyler; a chat that focused on the drama's tendency to skew it's casting in the direction of men.

"[Aisha said] for her, as a woman watching the show, it's a really unusual thing to have a show that actually grapples with issues of masculinity and does it in an organic, natural way," Collins said after explaining that the series has evolved to be a story about the "brotherhood of men," particularly since it is anchored by the two Winchester brother.

"I don't think that is an exclusionary thing, I think that is how the story has evolved," Collins stated.

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Catch Supernatural sans Charlie on The CW Wednesdays at 9 p.m. ET starting Oct. 7.

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