#mary stuff

[shallowseeker]

Dean is a lot of things, but super transparent and open isn't one of them. You're contributing to a trendy rewrite of Dean and influencing fandom in ways that just don't reflect what we see on screen.

I get where you’re coming from—Dean isn’t always the most emotionally transparent guy on the surface, and his wariness is definitely a big part of his character. That said, I personally think Dean’s performance of toughness/gruffness pulls the wool over some viewers’ eyes. Dean’s time in Hell, in particular, made him more protective of his vulnerabilities, adding to the tougher exterior he develops over time. It’s not that I don’t think Dean isn't guarded; he absolutely is. But I think he’s far more open than some parts of fandom paint him, and even more open than he sometimes portrays himself. Dean chooses to be selective about who he shows his vulnerabilities to, which is a consistent part of his character.

It's also important to acknowledge those times he’s been open only to get shut down (ahem, especially in Season 7, by Sam, Bobby, and Eliot Ness). I think his close family members are terrified that his grief will lead to his death during a hunt, so they balk at it, encouraging him to lock his emotions down tight.

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Of note, I think Mary struggles with a similar issue. She says, “I know I can be cold,” yet she’s often incredibly honest about her actual emotions. In fact, Mary is one of the first characters to answer honestly when people ask if she’s okay: “No.” (Dean will in fact mirror her example in 13x06). I even think her “I love you” during her would-be death scene with Billie in 12x09 inspires moments like Cas’s “I love you—I love all of you” during the fight with Ramiel in 12x12.

Like Dean, Mary downplays her own emotional intelligence and her own keenness to both read and reach out to others. All in all, I think these two are far more emotionally generous and intuitive than they give themselves credit for, even if they struggle to acknowledge or articulate it when they get too overwhelmed.

As for what we see on screen... For the record, I like to think that I do a decent job of referencing specific moments in the script or episode when I talk about Dean's emotions or openness. Even if you don't interpret things as I do, I hope you can see my perspective.

/// Just as a point of contrast, I don’t think Sam is as emotionally intuitive as he’s often credited to be, and I think sometimes even Dean gives Sam too much credit. We see this particularly in Don’t You Forget About Me, where Dean instinctively builds rapport with Jody, empathizing with her and even pitching in to help with the dishes as they commiserate over their girls’ behavioral problems. Interestingly, this rears its head again in Ladies Drink Free, with Sam's intellectualizing of emotions being a point of contention.

Dean’s ability to both read people and connect emotionally often goes underappreciated, even by himself.

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Bonus: I actually think Cas is also far more emotionally intuitive than he gives himself credit for, even with the billions of years of suppress-or-die under his belt. Cas often deploys a distinctly reciprocal style of communication, revealing a personal failing or emotion to encourage others to open up about their own failings. We see it with the original "I'm not a hammer / I have doubts" scene with Dean, we see it in a big way with Jack in Tombstone, and interestingly, we even see it with the news anchor here.

[questions-from-d87]

In the hunger games what would the outcome be for everyone?

thank you @javierghost21 and @heyoitseragon for explaining the hunger games to me lmao

district 1 (jewlery and luxury items): requiem blackwood

district 2 (masonry and weapons): phoebe brookes

district 3 (electronics): melody brookes

district 4 (fishing): theodore cross

district 5 (electricity): tobias brookes

district 6 (transportation): onyx jackson

district 7 (lumber) - javier garcia-webster

district 8 (textiles) - adeline emile

district 9 (grain production) - marianna cross

district 10 (livestock) - nikolai kuznetsov

district 11 (agriculture) - cirice xiong

district 12 (coal mining) - daisy jackson

requiem and phoebe would live the longest fs

[shallowstories]

AU Earth was Mary Winchester's Purgatory. It was war. She was useful and full of purpose for the first time since her Resurrection.

That's why she wanted to stay.

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(This time, Dean's the one who gives up, who gives into despair and completely checks out of life: hopeless and in pain and without faith and believing in nothing. And Sam's the one who keeps looking.)

[catsrightnow]

I am actually so serious I think it really messes with a childs creativity and joy to tell them to never make a mary sue OC. Like that unbridaled form of joy where you make a self insert OC who super cool and everyone loves them and they have every superpower in the world SHOULD be something a kid makes, it nourishes their ability to create things for fun and not be stifled by "oh but what if my character is too overpowered and cringey...". whatever

[marisashinx]

How many tickles to make an... eel?... laugh!

[questions-from-d87]

mary and theo!!

Which oc is in a platonic / queerplatonic marriage (or otherwise officiated or long term committed partnership, if marriage is not applicable to your setting)?

[coneyislandbaby66]

[candyje11yfish]

[wip] shooting star frye!!! i Looove spacey stuff!!!!

[firawren]

Pride and Prejudice 1995 text posts, part 6 of ? - prev set

More: Persuasion 1995 text posts | Sense and Sensibility 1995 text posts | Northanger Abbey 2007 text posts | Emma. 2020 text posts

[evdominta]

magdalene

[cloudmancy]

burn the incense of our innocence and in a sense we thrive

[shallowseeker]

I know, I know. "She was only perfect after she died," and it's a tempting view: a stereotypical "man causing trouble in the marriage."

But consider: what if the majority of the marital discord came from Mary herself--stepping out to "tie up loose ends," or "to send a message to another hunter about one little hunt," then not being able to explain her absences. (She'd rather John think she's stepping out on him than...hunting.)

"I need time to think," John says over the phone. "What's there to think about?" she says, shutting him down, pressuring him with her trump card: her kids. "You've got two boys at home."

[questions-from-d87]

Do any of them have earrings :3

requiem has double pierced lobes, an industrial in one ear and a helix in the other

melody has pierced lobes

phoebe has double pierced lobes and helixes in both ears

tobi has double pierced lobes

adeline wants her ears pierced but doesnt have any piercings

kiki has pierced lobes

javier has pierced lobes

theo wanted piercings but never got any

onyx doesn't have any piercings

mary had pierced lobes

daisy got her ears pierced as a kid but never wore earrings

[boromirswife]

Boromir + concern for the Hobbits

[emotionalshawtysinthisbitch]

[marisashinx]

Azul is on to something here...