And once again, “Babes” is the word we expect but don’t get

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I’ve seen several people talking about how pointedly not gender-specific Dean’s “mingle with the local wildlife” comment was–it was pointed enough for me to comment on it as I was watching.

And it reminded me of Dean earlier in the season, talking about the things he’d given up in an effort to reduce the effects of the Mark, things he was looking forward to experiencing again when it was gone:  burgers, beer, and… more burgers.

There was some discussion when that episode aired about how the “more burgers” was something that tripped us up because the word everyone was expecting to hear was “babes.”  In addition to the obvious alliteration, casual sex is something we’re used to seeing Dean use as a coping mechanism, and so a lot of people were surprised when Dean very pointedly failed to say the expected thing.

And now here we are, with Dean talking about a vacation, and what he’s going to do when the mark is gone, and he mentions the beach, and he mentions beer… and then, exactly when we would normally expect him to mention something about babes in bikinis, he comes out with “mingle with the local wildlife.”  His expression definitely gave that a sexual tone, so why wouldn’t he just talk about pretty bikini-clad (or hell, topless, on some beaches) girls?

This is the second time now that Dean has very pointedly not mentioned women in connection with what he wants of life after he’s gotten rid of the Mark.

Except you know what?  It’s really the third time, because he talked about non-gender-specific people he wanted to experience differently, or maybe for the first time.

And three times?

IS A PATTERN.