I’m not even sure how Supernatural’s version of “””Heaven””” is supposed to bring Dean any kind of peace. They’ve thrown like every aspect of the Judeo-Christian Heaven in the trash and replaced it with a memory reel. No healing, no closeness to God, no answers to life’s questions, no affirming judgement that could finally tell Dean with absolute authority that he is Good, no nothing. Like he could easily tell himself that he only ended up there due to nepotism. So let me fucking ask: How is this ANY different than Dean learning how to deal with his trauma on Earth?
I guess we’re just supposed to assume he at least left his damaged brain chemistry behind. That’s all we’ve really got and it’s not even textually supported (because we KNOW these writers don’t understand mental illness and probably know nothing about neurology) and we can’t assume anything that happens in Christianity’s Heaven happens here, it’s just me writing headcanons.
Dabb is literally just so fucking stupid that he connects western ideals of Heaven = good without even considering that they’ve already destroyed and replaced that ideal of Heaven in this universe.
right .. this has been bugging me so much, I guess it might be difficult to visualize a different concept ... but THAT HEAVEN?! more or less like earth I´m assuming, just with unlimited resources and no scarcities that could cause trouble between humans ... it´s nevertheless the same people, with their personal issues(*) and all the potential for interpersonal conflict ... is puzzling Just on a very basic level ... how does this work? Dean want´s his brother close, Eileen probably wants her love close as well .. is there a Sam for everyone? Or is there some time shenanigans happening that make everyone feel like there´s always a Sam for them? I´ve also “hoped”(*) that this is a matter of heaven gives you perfect physical and mental health (which would also open another can or worms but well..) .. but even with that I still have trouble imagining that this works for everyone & everyone is happy ... unless there is also some kind of “post life serene bliss” .. or rather “sedation” going on ^^ What about hell, purgatory, the empty .. there´s so many souls we have not even an unsatisfying answer for (except maybe .. ehhh Jack is probably in the midst of setting things “right” and making them “good”). Is this anything more than a “and they lived happily ever after” without even putting thought into what everyone´s happiness might look like? That was a nice line hearing when someone read you a fairy tale as a child, but as an adult you are burdened with knowing that this is even for the Queens and Princes rather unlikely, unless they die soon or something about their reality is fundamentally different .. and .. the kind of fundamentally different the show gave us with that heaven is ... i don´t even know ..
