It frequently does seem to involve his heart, doesn’t it? I mean, going all the way back to 1.12 and his first literal brush with death, it was his heart.
(and the reaper stole the “heart” of a nice openly gay man to give Dean life again… he’s been living with that since 1.12…)
Metatron stabbed him through the heart in 9.23, and he rose again as a demon. Now he’s stabbed himself through the heart in 13.05 and Billie put him back.
It’s not an unfounded theory…
(eta: mel sent me this handy visual aid:
https://justanotheridijiton.tumblr.com/post/93187007234/sunbeamdean-deanmeme-reoccurring-themes-14)
I also find it interesting that Cas is the one described as having too much heart, when really, I think that’s Dean. Cas cares about humanity, and he loves Dean and Sam, but he’s also made very calculating decisions that could have harmed all three.
Dean, meanwhile, makes bad decisions that would only hurt him, at least initially, and he makes them when he’s in the depths of despair. And it’s Dean’s heart that suffers, physically or emotionally, every time.
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