Dean walking away when he needs some time alone.

It’s a shame he only gets to be alone so rarely - yet feels alone so often when he’s right in the middle of his friends and family circle.

huge tv meme →  [4/10] male characters: dean winchester

Saving people, hunting things, the family business.

Rowena’s face is a treasure.

Saying things he knows will make her feel better, even when they’re not true (though considering how little time Mary actually spent around Dean, she has no way of knowing he’s actually a good cook and isn’t nearly as closed off and hard as she is) or when it’s self-praise he would never give himself under normal circumstances.

It’s also the only kind of “we saved the world” speech from the Winchesters I’m willing to accept…

Practically every single conversation Mary and Dean have had this season features Mary forcing Dean in a position where he has to tell her that her treatment of them is a-okay. And while it makes sense that Mary feels the need to hear something that soothes her guilty conscience, it’s remarkable how the latter is apparently never strong enough for her to actually ask Sam or Dean about the things they’ve been through before she came back. Or the things they’ve been through since, for that matter.

Supernatural + snow

Rowena + Eye Shadow

This is the kind of quality content I’m here for. *g*

This right here is why I’ll never buy into the “Dean is a deplorable womanizer who only uses his partners” line of thinking, or the equally annoying “Dean’s one-night stands are just something to fill the emptiness inside him until he realizes he’s bi and in love with Cas finds True Love”.

For one, there’s nothing wrong with casual sex as long as it’s consensual and mutually enjoyable, and none of those involved should be frowned upon for partaking in it. So Dean finding women looking for some fun, giving them that fun, making them feel good and also feeling good himself, is perfectly okay. I mean, just look how happy everyone is in the gifs above! (Also, note the lack of Barney Stinson-esque attitude along the lines of, “Yes! Using all the tricks in the book, I got her to put out! Now let’s move on to the next trophy in line.”)

Besides, Dean knows a long-term romantic relationship is out of the picture because of the dangers it would pose both to him and his love interest. So his open ‘I’m just out for some fun’ approach is quite reasonable and fair to his partners.

Eh. There was a liiiiittle Barney going on in Rock and a Hard Place. Just because she ended up enjoying it doesn’t mean Dean should have pushed Suzy to break her vow just because he wanted to bang a porn star. That was…more manipulative than I like to see Dean when it comes to sex.

But oh yeah, I love the I Just Had Sex With Dean ™ grin on every girl’s face. I love that Dean generally takes such good care of his partners. I love that Dean can have fun even knowing that tomorrow he might die. There is something really beautiful in that refusal to give into hopelessness even though life may not be ideal. He has stated that he does want more, that one-offs do make him feel sad sometimes, but he doesn’t whine about it and he doesn’t cope with it by breaking hearts and being an asshole.

Only that’s not really what happened. Dean indicated that he knows of Suzy’s past in porn, but didn’t push or manipulate her into anything. All he did was express admiration for her, and it was Suzy who initiated any intimacy between them, not the other way around.

What I hate about the “evil womanizer Dean” discourse is

i) the casual sex is morally reprehensible, immature and fake attitude behind it. Doesn’t matter if you think Dean should find his happily ever after with Cas or anyone else of his gender, if you only find sex acceptable as long as it happens in a romantic relationship à deux, it’s still heteronormative AF.

ii) the women don’t want and shouldn’t want casual sex attitude behind it. Which means that if Dean has a one-night-stand he must have tricked his partner into believing it would be more than just a one-night-stand, because no self-respecting woman would ever agree to one. (An idea which the show itself reinforced in Abandon All Hope. Not even to mention how Mary’s one-night-stand in S12 lead to her being brainwashed into a mindless killing machine.)

12.11 | Regarding Dean

You know — I never thought about this before, but … when did Dean start adopting Cas’ little head tilt?

I guess it was the same moment Dean adopted other unusual and 100% Cas-unique mannerisms, such as having your eyes open when you’re looking at something, moving your lips when you speak, or expanding your lungs when you brethe.

I must say I’m particularly amazed how Dean adopted this Cas mannerism seasons before Cas was even introduced on the show. The level of planning that’s gone into telling the epic love story of Dean and Cas is really out of this world.

He hugged me. That’s sweet.