#actually this aplies to sam SO MUCH too they just fucking erase his trauma so often

[las-lus]

The thing is. I get why some fans get annoyed when the rest of the fandom acts like they know better than the creator(s) of the characters, and I get that it's inherently funny to say that something that canonically happened on screen is Out Of Character. And yes, sometimes fans are objectively wrong, sometimes we over-project on a character, or just ignore canon a little too much to suit our headcanons, or just are fucking wrong.

But

Sometimes. Sometimes shows last too long and change writers one too many times. Sometimes something runs for longer than it should and the creators are just doing an easy cash grab. Sometimes the creators themselves change so violently during the process of creating that they cannot recognize what they originally made. Sometimes they are so prejudiced they get blinded by their own hatred. And when this happens, the reality is that fandom simply cares more than whoever is making the thing. We care more, pay more attention to detail, rewatch more often, remember more. And when this happens we absolutely are right to call something OOC, bad or simply bullshit.

And listen YES this post is about Dean Winchester but its also not! It's about so many characters!! Sometimes fanon sucks but sometimes it IS better, more complete in our heads. Sometimes we DO know better than the writers.