Heh. I can't take credit for anything artistic and techy like an icon, but it gives me a giggle, too. (It was made by iicons_are_love and this one is by keb91.)
No, I agree with you that they're not open wounds; he's been coming to grips with John's less praiseworthy aspects (BDABR, for example), and it's *easier* than it was. Plus, Dean's has always been the one who makes the best out of what he has. He makes do, and he doesn't get upset or bent out of joint about it (certainly not in the way Sam does). But all of our Ids crave a little indulgence and a little comfort, and in both Dean's deeper psyche, as well as in his outwardly hedonistic demeanor, Dean is substituting the here-and-now for the past he didn't get to keep and the future he fears he'll never have.
I also love that there's still a little tiny piece of anger at John over Mary--the words he uses are that John "let Mom die," like John could have done anything about it. Dean's own image of Mary as a perfect mother really compounds here with John's (and Dean's) reluctance to talk about what happened. Although he masks it better, Dean has never gotten over Mary's loss, either.
Dear God - Even Dean's repressions are even repressed.
Sing it, sister!
There's *SOOOO* much good stuff in this episode that yes, it will bear viewing multiple times. Darn. Shucks.
No, I agree with you that they're not open wounds; he's been coming to grips with John's less praiseworthy aspects (BDABR, for example), and it's *easier* than it was. Plus, Dean's has always been the one who makes the best out of what he has. He makes do, and he doesn't get upset or bent out of joint about it (certainly not in the way Sam does). But all of our Ids crave a little indulgence and a little comfort, and in both Dean's deeper psyche, as well as in his outwardly hedonistic demeanor, Dean is substituting the here-and-now for the past he didn't get to keep and the future he fears he'll never have.
I also love that there's still a little tiny piece of anger at John over Mary--the words he uses are that John "let Mom die," like John could have done anything about it. Dean's own image of Mary as a perfect mother really compounds here with John's (and Dean's) reluctance to talk about what happened. Although he masks it better, Dean has never gotten over Mary's loss, either.
Dear God - Even Dean's repressions are even repressed.
Sing it, sister!
There's *SOOOO* much good stuff in this episode that yes, it will bear viewing multiple times. Darn. Shucks.
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Which will make facinating watching when Dean finds out the other reason Sam want Ruby around is to find out how she knew the YED.
Really hope the writer's strike doesn't screw that plotline up too much...
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