thejabberwock:

Does anyone else find it incredibly frustrating that Dean is clearly hurt by Emma’s death, and yet it’s never mentioned again? If they hadn’t put this scene in, where he explicitly states that Emma was his daughter, I might not be so bothered. But they did put it in and yet… nothing more is ever said of it.  {7.13}

I feel like this is more about the grief that comes with losing a family he might have had- something Dean has always felt. It’s just more acute with Emma. I’d say his grief here is more like the grief of a parent whom loses their child at birth. He didn’t actually get to really know Emma, so the might-have-been is all he has left.

And when has Dean ever been open about what he feels, except when he’s at his lowest?