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1x03 Dead in the Water / 8x07 A Little Slice of Kevin / 11x03 The Bad Seed / 7x12 Time After Time
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Idk who needs to hear this, but the point is not that Dean likes Debra Winger, the point isn't even that Dean likes Cowboys, or wants to be kissed.
The point is that the Dean we see 95% of the time is not the real Dean, it's a projection of how he thinks he needs to act. That if you get Dean down to his most essential self, without the memories that tell him he has to repress his true nature, that he has to perform a certain view of masculinity, he would behave the way we see him in regarding Dean.
And they chose. In that episode. In a moment specifically representing Dean experiencing true freedom just once.
To female code the character & imply he wants to be kissed by a cowboy.
They were insane for this.
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I've gotta say, I find the concept of Bedlund trying to Ben-Hur Jensen absolutely hysterical. I'm just imagining Jensen getting a script and being like "Ben?? What's this? Is this gay? This seems gay????" and Ben just soothing him like a frightened horse.
Hahaha - Look it wouldn't be the first time. What is this verb we're working with? Okay. Strap in everyone. The Multi-Oscar-winning 1959 movie 'Ben Hur' had a bunch of gay subtext. The writer, the director, and the second lead actor all knew that Charlton Heston's character, Ben Hur, was gay. However, one person didn't find out until the 1990s: Charlton Heston. The consensus on set was "Don’t tell Charlton, because he’ll freak out." and when Heston found out in the ninties, freak out was exactly what he did. (x) [the movie may have gotten a reference from Misha back in season 6 (x)]
Whether this happened with Jensen on SPN depends on two things.
- Was the character of Dean intentionally written as Bi and, if so, at what point did that become true?
- Did anyone tell Jensen? Did he figure it out? if so, when?
I personally DO believe at this point, I really do, that Bedlund - Ben Hur'd Jensen. I think it was part of the writers room but not all of it, until it was. (Which RN I believe finally happened under Dabb.) I think Jensen wasn't in on it, until he was. So for me? I think he really was in the dark at one point. But at what point that changed? Probably only he can answer that question. and RN? He ain't talking.
In the meantime we can only look at things Jensen has said on the subject - Like this unbearably ambiguous GIF set from @nikadd. Was this tongue in cheek? Legitimate ignorance? You're killing me, Jensen. That cheeky lil smile, Jensen. Nvm - I'm going to kill you instead. It's for my own survival. No hard feelings right? You understand.
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