Since so many people seem to have trouble with their Dean Winchester-to-English translations recently, I thought I’d offer my services in the form of a small dictionary.
Dean Winchester is known to use projection as a psychological defense mechanism. Projection is a means of relieving psychological tension by projecting unwanted characteristics of oneself to others – most often on his brother. Dean Winchester has displayed a propensity for projection ever since the Pilot episode. It is one of his most enduring characteristics.
No chick flick moments! = I’m insecure about my masculinity Dude, could you be more gay? = I’m insecure about my sexuality You’re a red-headed woman = I’m insecure about my masculinity You’re Lois Lane = I’m Lois Lane Angelina Jolie? Brad Pitt? = I would so do Brad Pitt, dude Sam wears women’s underwear = I have tried on Rhonda Hurley’s underwear Is this [bra] yours? = I wear women’s underwear Sam Winchester cries his way through sex = I totally get emotional during sex Sam Winchester takes keeps a ruler by the bed… = I feel insecure about my masculinity I was too busy having sex with women = I am such a nerd Let’s not go all geek on this stuff, okay? = I am such a nerd We’ll braid Sam’s hair = I’m insecure about my masculinity because I’m in love with you Or, hey, how about what you did to Penny Markle in the sixth grade? = I did something real shitty to Penny Markle in sixth grade You’re awkward and weird = I feel awkward and weird Real men don’t drink from cups this small = I feel insecure about my masculinity For the ladies. Or the fellas. I don’t judge = You’re a bisexual douchebag = I’m a bisexual douchebag Well? Come to apologize? = I really hurt you and I don’t even know how to begin apologizing
this isn’t fandom making this up the narrative goes out of its way as early as episode three to say this
True that. And Carver and Dabb’s episodes especially have taken it seriously as a psychological condition, not just used it for gags.
Of all the Dean-is-hetero!!1! arguments running around the world/fandom, the one that continues to frustrate and baffle me the most BY FAR is the he-said-he’s-straight-therefore-it-must-be-true argument.
Like…do these people even watch the show? At all?
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They bang on and on and on and ON about what an emotionally repressed liar Dean is.
Dean Winchester is NOT a reliable narrator of his own feelings. If you even watch the show casually, you should know this. They aren’t subtle about it. And it’s been a fairly consistent character trait for the show’s entire run.
I know I’ve said this all before, but sometimes I feel the need to reiterate because this is SO easy to refute as a textual claim. I am always just utterly amazed when people pull out the “I don’t swing that way” line like it’s some kind of trump card. I’m like, do you not understand that’s actually one of your WEAKEST lines of argumentation? By that logic I can reasonably assert Dean isn’t a fan of Dr. Sexy, because he said he’s not.
Even though he, ya know, CLEARLY IS.
Characters lie. Dean lies more than most characters. Hello. Get a clue. “He said it” ISN’T A GOOD REASON TO BELIEVE HIM.
I always thought it was a tip-off that he complimented her on her dress and seemed to know everything about it. Didn’t he say it was vintage? Real Dean would not have admitted that he knew that. He would know it, because he picks up a little bit of knowledge about everything, but he wouldn’t admit it.
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