interesting analysis of Dean

[sgmajorshipper]

Basically, it breaks down, in an interesting way, why Dean behaves the way he does to Sam, and, because that's kinda the point of the post, Cas. It's about homophobia in SPN, and why Dean/Cas will never be explorable because of the way the characters are, but, it includes some pretty spot-on stuff about Dean's character in the midst of that, and

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[sgmajorshipper]

I think the way the author linked the way Dean grew up to homophobia was exactly efficient or well-worked. I do think that because of the way he was raised, he didn't have the chance to develop proper relationships outside of John and Sam, neither of which is perfectly normal, so he doesn't form proper bonds. I mean, we know he can be pretty sexist because of the way he can't deal with female relationships, so it makes sense that he would be at the very least uncomfortable about homosexuality because he can't deal with male relationships outside of family, either. But to me, what I see of it is just the way relationships work. It doesn't seem like a huge jump in the end, 'cause they all kinda domino effectively.

I don't think what John did was intentional on his part. I think all of their reactions were typical of someone put in that situation. I mean, yeah, John was the parent, but, by nature of the fact that he was often away, out, working, it only enforced the roles they'd fallen into. And it's a fact that when a parent dies, the oldest sibling tends to take on that parent's role. So I don't actually consider John a bad guy or anything. He just got put in an unfortunate situation and had to try his best to balance his family and revenge. *shrugs*