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argumentsagainstbideansuck made a post recently about Dean Winchester being a lying liar who lies, mentioning that every time Dean claims not to be into dudes, it’s actually some of the strongest evidence to the contrary. I’ve been keeping a list of the no homo -moments in Supernatural, so I thought I would review the writers of the episodes that featured these moments, and take a few moments to evaluate how their characterization of Dean Winchester has affected the over-all characterization across ten years.

The no homo -moments (many of them specifically delivered in baseball metaphors) are in episodes:

2.09 John Shiban (writer of 9 episodes and also the dude who was brought in to get the show off the ground in the first place)
3.05 Cathryn Humphris (writer of 7 episodes)

3.12, 4.17 (adding 6.12 with its “I was too busy having sex. With Women”) Sera Gamble (writer of 29 episodes, show-runner)

4.12 Julie Siege (writer of 6 episodes)

2.11 Matt Witten (writer of 2 episodes)
6.05 Brett Matthews (writer of 3 episodes)

Matt and Brett wrote too few episodes for there to be an identifiable pattern, or for their characterization to have much impact on Dean’s over-all characterization on the show.

Julie wrote enough episodes to establish a style, but Dean Winchester’s sexuality didn’t play a big part in her episodes. The episodes 4.12 (Criss Angel is a Douchbag – Dean pings the gaydar of cold-reading magicians) and 5.17 (99 Problems – effects of the death of gay-coded bartender on Dean) may tip her over as having conceived of Dean Winchester as bisexual, but it wasn’t a big thematic in her writing.

Shiban and Humphris wrote Dean as a bisexual character. They are some of the biggest sources of subtext in the first seasons.

What it comes down to is Sera Gamble, who has both most no homo moments in her episodes and most episodes under her belt, inarguably having had the most influence on Dean’s characterization. The question is, did she write the character as bisexual and did she write the character as straight?

I can’t answer you that. My own personal frustration with Sera Gamble’s episodes over the years comes from her treating Dean Winchester – and the sexuality of Dean Winchester – as a bit of a joke. She had very good ideas for episodes, she had a talent for plot and composition (sometimes needed help with dialogue), but characterization was not her strong suit. There is no doubt, however, that her writing of the character of Dean Winchester hasn’t had a huge impact on his characterization. Maybe she thought Dean was straight. Maybe she didn’t.

Now, here’s the important part: none of these writers are writing for the show anymore.

So let me list you some writers that have written Dean Winchester as a bisexual character in the past: Jeremy Carver, Andrew Dabb, Ross-Lemming/Buckner, Robbie Thompson, Robert Berens, Jenny Klein, and Charmelo/Snyder.