Am I the only one who thinks the Destiel shippers are scary good at this?…. it’s a good thing for me though…..No shame for liking this. SO. MUCH. FEELS. S’cute!
I feel like every second of “The Man Who Would Be King” was analysed to excruciating detail, but this scene right here always gets overlooked somehow. It’s a cute little moment in which Dean sees himself as Lois Lane to Cas’ Superman.
(And yeah, he said it to Sam, but come on. Everybody and their mother already knows how much Dean loves to project his own stuff on Sam.)
Bonus gif – Sam doesn’t know whether to roll his eyes or feel sorry for his older brother:
reblogging again because last time I was a little overwhelmed by feels and couldn’t be articulated about this, but now I want to take a moment to analyse this.
True, this scene doesn’t get the attention it deserves, IMO. But man, I love it.
First of all, Dean is known to use jokes as a way to masquerade the fact that he’s scared or hurt, and obviously the idea of Castiel betraying him is both scaring and painful. These kind of reactions are defense mechanisms. I think anyone who has grasped even just a little bit the fundaments of Dean’s character could expect some kind of pun to come at some point during that conversation.
But this time, the line does not contain some generical joke in bad taste. Dean has to process the idea that Castiel might actually have betrayed him. When someone you trusted completely betrays you (or when you think they might have), you don’t just feel hurt and broken. You also feel stupid for letting your guard down so much, for letting the other person in so much that now they have the power to break you like that in the first place. That’s why Dean’s usual one-liner this time is personal and specific. It’s referred to himself and it’s him basically telling himself: “you’re the stupid, defenseless one who got fooled. Joke’s on you.”
As for people who say he’s not talking about himself: the scene makes no sense unless what Dean is really meaning is “This makes me Lois Lane”. He’s been known to project his shit on Sam on lots of occasions (I’ll probably make a separate post for this) and there was no reason for him to tease Sam specifically in that moment.
There are lots other characters associated with Superman, but only Lois Lane is thought of as his true love interest. Sam has never acted around Cas in a way that could make the two of them look like a couple, or however look like they were romantically involved in some way. Dean has that kind of relationships with Cas, and everybody knows it: demons and angels point it out, Sam and Bobby recognize the “more profound bond” they share, Dean himself knows it, whether he is willing to admit it or not. In a parallel that sees Castiel as Superman and in which Lois Lane is brought up, anyone in- and out-of-story would immediately think of Dean. Sam has nothing to do with it. If Dean wasn’t projecting on Sam there would be no reason for this line to exist. I find it interesting that this scene is so subtle. Once again, it proves that the writers are smarter than a lot of viewers consider them, and also that just because they don’t make Dean and Cas bang each other against a wall it doesn’t mean that they don’t have very clear opinions on what their relationship is and how the characters involved feel about it.
After all, it’s Dean feeling like the Lois Lane to Castiel’s Superman, not anyone else telling him he looks like it.
The first thing you’ve gotta know about this post and me, is that I adore Flutie’s meta, the other is that I can’t watch Repo Man without crying a thousand oceans from start to end: 1) because it’s so Dean-heavy it makes me wanna puke, 2) because it’s so Destiel-heavy it’s gross, 3) because it is genuinely terrifying.
Flutie did an awesome analysis of it, which you are going to need to read in order for this post to make any sense. I’m not going to remake a lesser version, so don’t expect me to explain in detail why x mirrors y. I repeat: this is not an analysis. I am just going to collect all the parallels so that you get a sort of visual scheme with all the evidence that proves that the A plot mirrors the C plot. Also, Flutiebear is not associated with this post in any way and does not necessarily agree with it or with my interpretation of her analysis.
i did this mostly because feels. But since my exam paper in June might be about Supernatural (YES YES YES YES YES SO EXCITED), for the first time in my life I can say it’s also legitimately for science (YAY!)
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The parallels start with physical appearence: Jeffrey and Dean wear the same clothes:
since you never get a clear view of them standing next to each other in the episode, I drew a sketch for you.
Dean’s outfits are both in the same style as Jeffrey’s. This also works if you combine the outfit Dean wears earlier in the episode and after.
All the other characters, Sam included, are wearing visibly different clothes.
Then there is the dialogue. Here are all the quotes that are significative for both the A and the C plot. That is to say, all these parts are about Jeffrey’s story with the demon (in the text), but also they mirror Dean’s story with Castiel (in the subtext) and say something relevant about either Dean, or his grief and struggles and coping mechanisms, or what happened with Castiel. Note that here I’m reporting almost only the dialogue, not the character’s reaction to it. Again, for all Dean’s very telling expressions, Flutie’s analysis will ensure you don’t miss anything.
Dean’s so desperate about it. Because it’s Cas, Cas who never let him down before that. He always saved them, always showed up when they prayed. He always tried. He died for them, twice.
It was Cas, the only thing he loved that hadn’t gone away. He was hoping against hope that for just once in his life he could be wrong. Just once.
“I know. You’re hoping Castiel will return to you.
Seriously tho, this is the best evidence to me of Dean’s feelings. I cannot fathom how this could be interpreted as platonic, Naomi’s words are unequivocally romantic.
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