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quietwingsinthesky · 21 days ago

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wait ok i am rewatching 2.20 and thinking about aromantic dean. what an INCREDIBLE take on him… your mind… the horror of romantic love is such an untapped potential here and i am all for it

YEAH!!!! 2.20 aromantic dean proofs of all time. It would not have been unusual for Dean to envision himself with, say, Cassie. After all, this version of Sam ends up with Jessica. or for Dean to not have a partner in the dream at all! But, Dean's... wife? girlfriend? can't remember if they clarified that. is literally an advertisement. She's even less than an ideal of a person, she's a picture on a page, chosen at random to fill up a part of his life that expectation says should be filled.

it's just another part of this 'wish' that's anything but, right? dean interacts with jess more than he does with her. he certainly interacts a lot more with sam and mary. and the lack of a relationship between him and sam is the driving force for him to really go, This is Wrong and I can't be happy here.

but just. god. the suffocation it reveals about dean, right? that he's so convinced he should want this that he needs to fit Someone into the gap.

aromantic dean so important to me. i love the idea of him forcing himself to be in a romantic relationship with someone because he Should, because they love him and him loving them back is The Right Thing To Do. i need to go find my domestic destiel horror posts this was all over them

#arguably the only romantic relationship dean had on screen where he was happy and comfortable *was* with cassie #which i'd argue only makes it more starkly clear that the rest are him Going Through The Motions.#thats why aromantic dean for me is usually on the grayromantic side #i like the idea that he did. just once. have a serious romantic connection with someone. and it didn't hurt that one time.#so he's convinced that he Could do it again if he forces it hard enough and when he doesn't he thinks the fault lies in him #when really all along. it was just luck and circumstance that he connected with Cassie so well back then.#and he doesn't form that kind of relationship with anyone ever again. and you know. if im feeling nice to him.#i like to think he realizes he doesn't really want or need it. and he's much happier with his brother as his platonic life partner.#when im not feeling nice to him though he does have to feel awful forever because he enforces these expectations on himself <3 #and he is never escaping the cycles <3 #ask #aro!dean

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