padalickmyballs:

10.05 Fan Fiction / Rent

I think the reason Dean makes a Rent reference is to validate the obvious parallels between the “Carry On Wayward Son” and “Seasons of Love” scenes. “Seasons of Love” is a song about measuring the time that’s passed in your life by the amount of love you’ve given and received. Love letter to fans, eh? Damn right.

(It’s also maybe sorta noteworthy that Rent follows the love story of a gay couple and one of them is named Angel but what do I know)

amagicbeyond:

side note: I think perhaps it’s very telling that Dean was preoccupied during “I’ll Just Wait Here Then” – it’s the only song we didn’t see him reacting to. It’s also the only one of the three original songs that, after the first couple of lines, doesn’t get intercut with…

why cas wasn’t in episode 200

deancasheadcanons:

“dean, i like this version. why don’t you like this version? i would like to explore more of this ‘subtext’ this director is speaking of. I think she might really be onto something. do you believe that we have some sort of ‘subtext’ between us, dean? perhaps we should talk to the lovely couple playing our roles, dean. dean, i really like this performance. why aren’t you saying anything, dean?”