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* The last 5 minutes of 4x02 involve Castiel perched on Dean's bed and [[BeautifulDreamer watching him as he sleeps]] for no particular good reason.
** Dean continues his habit of staring at Castiel and Castiel continues his habit of getting way too close.
* The end of "In the Beginning," episode 4x03, has Castiel appear beside Dean in the past to bring him back to the present, with a hand on the shoulder and a tender, sympathetic expression.
** Dean continues his habit of staring at Castiel and Castiel continues his habit of getting way too close.
* The end of "In the Beginning," episode 4x03, has Castiel appear beside Dean in the past to bring him back to the present, with a hand on the shoulder and a tender, sympathetic expression.
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* The last 5 minutes of 4x02 involve see Castiel perched on Dean's bed arrive at Bobby's and [[BeautifulDreamer watching him as he sleeps]] for no particular good reason.
**and Dean continues his habit of staring at Castiel and share an intense conversation in the kitchen, in which Castiel continues his habit of getting way too close.invading Dean's personal space as Dean stares at him. Moreover, Dean wakes up on the couch and it's clear Sam didn't notice/wake up to see the angel in the kitchen, implying that the conversation [[DreamWalker happened inside Dean's dream]].
*The end of "In At the Beginning," episode 4x03, has beginning of 4x3, Dean wakes up to Castiel appear [[BeautifulDreamer sitting on the edge of his bed]] and Castiel asks a startled and uncomfortable Dean what he dreams about. After the traumatic events of the episode, Castiel appears beside Dean in the past to bring him back to the present, with a hand on the shoulder and a tender, sympathetic expression.
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** First off, for the previous victims of the siren, said siren had appeared as a woman and caused the victims to kill the most important woman in their life. In one case it was the man's wife; in another, it was his mother, but in both cases the siren was disguised as a woman the men found sexually desirable. For Dean, the siren is a man, and tries to make him kill the most important man in his life- in his case, it was his brother. Presumably, the guy who killed his mom wasn't actually ''in love'' with her, he simply loved her more than any other woman in his life, but the siren still appeared as an attractive woman. It's well-established that Dean cares about Sam more than anyone else, but in only his case does the siren appear as a man rather than a woman. Interestingly, Nick explicitly states that he played the "little brother" role in order to be what Dean needed.
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** First off, for the previous victims of the siren, said siren had appeared as a woman and caused the victims to kill the most important woman in their life. In one case it was the man's wife; in another, it was his mother, but in both cases the siren was disguised as a woman the men found sexually desirable. For Dean, the siren is a man, and tries to make him kill the most important man in his life- in his case, it was his brother. Presumably, the guy who killed his mom wasn't actually ''in love'' with her, he simply loved her more than any other woman in his life, but the siren still appeared as an attractive woman. It's well-established that Dean cares about Sam more than anyone else, but in only his case does the siren appear as a man rather than a woman. Interestingly, Nick explicitly states that he played the "little brother" role in order to be what Dean needed.
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** First off, for the previous victims of the siren, said siren had appeared as a woman and caused the victims to kill the most important woman in their life. In one case it was the man's wife; in another, it was his mother, but in both cases the siren was disguised as a woman the men found sexually desirable. For Dean, the siren is a man, and tries to make him kill the most important man in his life- in his case, it was his brother. Presumably, the guy who killed his mom wasn't actually ''in love'' with her, he simply loved her more than any other woman in his life, but the siren still appeared as an attractive woman. It's well-established that Dean cares about Sam more than anyone else [[note]]regardless of your feelings on Wincest vs. Destiel, this was still fairly early in Dean and Cas's relationship[[/note]], but in only his case does the siren appear as a man rather than a woman.
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** First off, for the previous victims of the siren, said siren had appeared as a woman and caused the victims to kill the most important woman in their life. In one case it was the man's wife; in another, it was his mother, but in both cases the siren was disguised as a woman the men found sexually desirable. For Dean, the siren is a man, and tries to make him kill the most important man in his life- in his case, it was his brother. Presumably, the guy who killed his mom wasn't actually ''in love'' with her, he simply loved her more than any other woman in his life, but the siren still appeared as an attractive woman. It's well-established that Dean cares about Sam more than anyone else [[note]]regardless of your feelings on Wincest vs. Destiel, this was still fairly early in Dean and Cas's relationship[[/note]], else, but in only his case does the siren appear as a man rather than a woman.woman. Interestingly, Nick explicitly states that he played the "little brother" role in order to be what Dean needed.
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** After rummaging through his mind, [[spoiler:the Empty]] tells Cas that he knows what Cas hates, what Cas fears, and emphatically, ''who'' Cas loves. His change in tone and delivery ''very'' strongly implies it to be a romantic kind of love[[note:Some translations that make the distinction between singular and plural pronouns go with the singular, meaning that if there was any chance the original English line was about loving people in a general sense, [[PromotedToLoveInterest it's unambiguously romantic here]][[/note]], for whom there are few candidates, let alone female ones. [[spoiler:The Empty]] then taunts him that his deepest fear seems to be a lack of reciprocation. Really makes you wonder.
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** After rummaging through his mind, [[spoiler:the Empty]] tells Cas that he knows what Cas hates, what Cas fears, and emphatically, ''who'' Cas loves. His sudden change in tone and delivery ''very'' strongly implies it to be a romantic kind of love[[note:Some love[[note]]Some translations that make the distinction between singular and plural pronouns go with the singular, singular for this line, meaning that if there was any chance the original English line was about loving people in a more general sense, [[PromotedToLoveInterest it's unambiguously romantic here]][[/note]], for whom there are few living candidates, let alone female ones. [[spoiler:The Empty]] then taunts him that his deepest fear seems to be a lack of reciprocation.reciprocation, furthering the implications that it's a romantic love. Really makes you wonder.
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* In 10x01 Cas has an emotional conversation with Sam about [[spoiler: Demon!Dean]] before telling Sam: "I miss him". The fact that he was practically naked in his bed doesn't [[http://crossroadscastiel.tumblr.com/post/99473976102/i-think-easily-the-most-poignant-thing-about-this help]].
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* 10x22 was very heartbreaking.
** The scene where Dean [[spoiler:nearly beats Castiel to death under the Mark of Cain]]. Cas didn't even fight back. And Castiel's reason for stopping him?
--> '''Castiel:''' [[MoralityChain And when you turn. And you'll turn. Sam... and everyone you know, everyone you love.... they'd be long dead. Everyone except me. I'm the one who'll have to watch you murder the world. So if there's even a small chance that we can save you, I won't let you walk out of that room]].
** We got a confirmation that Cas is aware of the fact Dean loves him and is willing to stick with him forever and won't kill him.
** The scene where Dean [[spoiler:nearly beats Castiel to death under the Mark of Cain]]. Cas didn't even fight back. And Castiel's reason for stopping him?
--> '''Castiel:''' [[MoralityChain And when you turn. And you'll turn. Sam... and everyone you know, everyone you love.... they'd be long dead. Everyone except me. I'm the one who'll have to watch you murder the world. So if there's even a small chance that we can save you, I won't let you walk out of that room]].
** We got a confirmation that Cas is aware of the fact Dean loves him and is willing to stick with him forever and won't kill him.
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* 10x22 was very heartbreaking.
** The scene whereheartbreaking as it features Dean [[spoiler:nearly beats beating Castiel to death under the influence of the Mark of Cain]]. Cain. At no point does Cas didn't even attempt to fight back. back, and Dean only stops because Castiel pleads with him, after which he can't bring himself to finish the job. It ends with him stabbing the ground next to Castiel and running, while Castiel looks at the knife forlornly]].
** And Castiel'sreason motivation for stopping him?
him earlier which led to all this in the first place? A CallBack to a conversation [[spoiler:Cain]] had with Dean in the previous season about his wife serving as his MoralityChain in an identical fashion, reinforcing the idea that Castiel and Dean share a similar kind of relationship.
--> '''Castiel:'''[[MoralityChain [[YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre And when you turn. And you'll turn. Sam... and everyone you know, everyone you love.... they'd be long dead. Everyone except me. I'm the one who'll have to watch you murder the world. So if there's even a small chance that we can save you, I won't let you walk out of that room]].
**We got a confirmation The most interesting is that Cas is aware this episode was directed by Thomas J. Wright. He also directed one of the fact Dean loves him and is willing episodes of Dark Angel where [[spoiler: Alec (who was also portrayed by Jensen) was supposed to stick with him forever and won't kill him.his possible love interest and couldn't bring himself to do it. [[http://rainbow-motors.tumblr.com/post/119334552446/dark-angel-2-03-2001-spn-10-22-2015 These scenes are practically the same]]]], to the point that it's possibly a deliberate ShoutOut.
** The scene where
** And Castiel's
--> '''Castiel:'''
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* 11x14 has Casifer (Lucifer in Castiel's vessel) taunting Dean by imitating Castiel. His impression consists of Castiel's usual "[[SayMyName Dean]]..." combined with exaggeratedly pleading eyes.
* Then in 11x18 when Dean demands Lucifer leave Castiel's vessel he mocks Dean's concern for him and taunts him with more impressions targeting his closeness to Castiel, before threatening him with an IHaveYourWife-style dilemma regarding Castiel's safety. Since Lucifer/Castiel's lines are improvised, Dean's outraged reaction is [[ThrowItIn genuine]].
* Then in 11x18 when Dean demands Lucifer leave Castiel's vessel he mocks Dean's concern for him and taunts him with more impressions targeting his closeness to Castiel, before threatening him with an IHaveYourWife-style dilemma regarding Castiel's safety. Since Lucifer/Castiel's lines are improvised, Dean's outraged reaction is [[ThrowItIn genuine]].
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** When Castiel and Even though Cas and Dean are bickering up until they meet Ishim, Dean does not tolerate someone else talking bad about Cas. Notably the bickering can come across strongly as LikeAnOldMarriedCouple at times - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gckpi5UAIuI Castiel's snarking towards Dean]] is delivered in tones more appropriate of a WetBlanketWife than VitriolicBestBuds.
** [[spoiler:Ishim, who was ''just'' revealed to have [[StalkerWithACrush fallen in love]] with a human before vowing to kill her afterwards]], announces that he will cure Cas of his "human weakness". He then tries to kill Dean.
** [[spoiler:Ishim, who was ''just'' revealed to have [[StalkerWithACrush fallen in love]] with a human before vowing to kill her afterwards]], announces that he will cure Cas of his "human weakness". He then tries to kill Dean.
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** When Castiel and Even though Cas and Dean are bickering up until they meet Ishim, Dean does not tolerate someone else talking bad about Cas. Notably the bickering can come across strongly as LikeAnOldMarriedCouple at times - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gckpi5UAIuI Castiel's snarking towards Dean]] is delivered in tones more appropriate of for a WetBlanketWife than typical VitriolicBestBuds.
**[[spoiler:Ishim, [[spoiler:Ishim]], who was ''just'' revealed had just declared his intention [[IfICantHaveYou to have [[StalkerWithACrush fallen in love]] with a kill]] the human before vowing to kill her afterwards]], woman he was in love with, announces that he will cure Cas of his "human weakness". He then tries to kill Dean.Dean, clearly believing that Dean has had the same effect on Castiel that Lily had on himself.
** When Dean attempts to repel [[spoiler:Ishim]] by casting an angel-banishing sigil, he warns him that doing so could potentially kill Castiel too. Dean ultimately relents, believing any chance of Castiel dying is not worth his own means of self-defense, and [[spoiler:Ishim]] then remarks that he figured Dean would make that choice.
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** When Dean attempts to repel [[spoiler:Ishim]] by casting an angel-banishing sigil, he warns him that doing so could potentially kill Castiel too. Dean ultimately relents, believing any chance of Castiel dying is not worth his own means of self-defense, and [[spoiler:Ishim]] then remarks that he figured Dean would make that choice.
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* 13x03 has Dean lashing out on Sam, admitting that every time he looks at Jack, he is reminded of Cas. The scene makes it clear that while both Dean and Sam consider Cas to be their family, Dean's relationship with Cas is different from Sam's.
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* 13x03 has Dean lashing out on Sam, admitting that every time he looks at Jack, he is reminded of Cas. The scene makes it clear that while both Dean and Sam consider Cas to be their family, Dean's relationship with Cas is different from Sam's. While Castiel is only Jack's ''adoptive'' father, Dean's outburst is presented as a form of MaternalDeathBlameTheChild-by-proxy.
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** After rummaging through his mind, [[spoiler:the Empty]] tells Cas that he knows what Cas hates, what Cas fears, and notably, ''who'' Cas loves. It's ''very'' strongly implied to be a romantic kind of love[[note:Some translations that make the distinction between singular and plural pronouns go with the singular, meaning that if there was any chance the original English line was about the Winchester brothers in a general sense, [[PromotedToLoveInterest it's gone here]]]], for whom there are few candidates, let alone female ones, and then [[spoiler:the Empty]] warns him that his deepest fear is a lack of reciprocation. Really makes you wonder.
--> ''[[spoiler:The Empty]]'': Oh, save it. I have tiptoed through all your little tulips. Your memories, your little feelings, yes. I know what you hate. ([[WhisperedThreat Whispering]]) '''I know who you love… what you fear.''' There is nothing for you back there. No. Here. Let me show you.
--> ''[[spoiler:The Empty]]'': Oh, save it. I have tiptoed through all your little tulips. Your memories, your little feelings, yes. I know what you hate. ([[WhisperedThreat Whispering]]) '''I know who you love… what you fear.''' There is nothing for you back there. No. Here. Let me show you.
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** After rummaging through his mind, [[spoiler:the Empty]] tells Cas that he knows what Cas hates, what Cas fears, and notably, emphatically, ''who'' Cas loves. It's His change in tone and delivery ''very'' strongly implied implies it to be a romantic kind of love[[note:Some translations that make the distinction between singular and plural pronouns go with the singular, meaning that if there was any chance the original English line was about the Winchester brothers loving people in a general sense, [[PromotedToLoveInterest it's gone here]]]], unambiguously romantic here]][[/note]], for whom there are few candidates, let alone female ones, and then [[spoiler:the ones. [[spoiler:The Empty]] warns then taunts him that his deepest fear is seems to be a lack of reciprocation. Really makes you wonder.
--> ''[[spoiler:The Empty]]'': Oh, save it. I have tiptoed through all your little tulips. Your memories, your little feelings, yes. I know what you hate. ([[WhisperedThreat Whispering]]) '''I know who you love… what you fear.''' There is nothing for you back there. No. Here. Let me show you.wonder.
--> ''[[spoiler:The Empty]]'': Oh, save it. I have tiptoed through all your little tulips. Your memories, your little feelings, yes. I know what you hate. ([[WhisperedThreat Whispering]]) '''I know who you love… what you fear.''' There is nothing for you back there. No. Here. Let me show you.
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* When Lucifer visits Heaven in Castiel's vessel in 11x18 he gets ''extremely'' up and close with one of the angels, in a position that would require him to be straddling his lap. On a fun note, apparently [[ThrowItIn this part of it was improvised]].
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** "You should show me some respect. I dragged you out of hell. I can throw you back in."
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** At the end of the episode, right at the beginning of the ritual, Cas falls and Dean starts forward to help him ''immediately'', is hesitant to let go, and is clearly ready to catch Cas if he starts to fall again. Then when Cas heals and opens his eyes, Dean helps him up, holding on to him rather longer than necessary, and when he does let go he trails his hand down Cas's arm slowly...
* Episode 7x02 is just as amazing. In particular, when Castiel seemingly explodes underwater and his trench coat (over coat) washes ashore, Dean picks it up, folds it, and takes it with him throughout the season as a TragicKeepssake. Not only that, but he folds it roughly the way the flags on veterans' coffins are folded for their widows/widowers.
* Episode 7x02 is just as amazing. In particular, when Castiel seemingly explodes underwater and his trench coat (over coat) washes ashore, Dean picks it up, folds it, and takes it with him throughout the season as a TragicKeepssake. Not only that, but he folds it roughly the way the flags on veterans' coffins are folded for their widows/widowers.
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** At the end of the episode, right at the beginning of the ritual, Cas falls and Dean starts forward to help him ''immediately'', is hesitant to let go, and is clearly ready to catch Cas if he starts to fall again. Then when Cas heals and opens his eyes, Dean helps him up, holding on to him rather longer than necessary, and when he does let go he trails his hand down Cas's arm slowly...
slowly.
* Episode 7x02 is just as amazing. In particular, when Castiel seemingly explodes underwater and his trench coat (over coat) washes ashore, Dean picks it up, folds it, and takes it with him throughout the season as aTragicKeepssake.TragicKeepsake. Not only that, but he folds it roughly the way the flags on veterans' coffins are folded for their widows/widowers.
* Episode 7x02 is just as amazing. In particular, when Castiel seemingly explodes underwater and his trench coat (over coat) washes ashore, Dean picks it up, folds it, and takes it with him throughout the season as a
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** When Cas regained his memory in that same episode, the three memory flashes shown were about Dean. Sam, too, but with that one we didn't get to see what he remembered, only the expression on his face when he did.
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** When Cas regained his memory in that same episode, the three memory flashes shown were about Dean. Sam, Sam and Crowley, too, but with that one we didn't get to see what he remembered, only the expression on his face when he did.
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** Dean admits that he prayed to Cas every night, a marked shift in CharacterDevelopment from his usual behavior.
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** Dean admits that he prayed to Cas every night, night. [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness It's a marked dramatic shift in CharacterDevelopment from his usual behavior.behavior]].
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** The episode starts with Dean seeing a hallucination of Cas by the side of the road. It's nigh-identical to Sam hallucinating Jess by the side of the road back in season one's "Bloody Mary" doesn't seem like much of a stretch. Of course, that was a Winchester imagining [[http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_md4k1qWFpK1qc2fi0o1_250.gif he'd seen the love interest]] [[http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_md4k1qWFpK1qc2fi0o2_250.gif he'd lost not long before]]... hm.
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** The episode starts with Dean seeing a hallucination of Cas by the side of the road. It's nigh-identical to Sam hallucinating Jess by the side of the road back in season one's "Bloody Mary" doesn't seem like much of a stretch. Of course, that was a Winchester imagining [[http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_md4k1qWFpK1qc2fi0o1_250.gif he'd seen the love interest]] [[http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_md4k1qWFpK1qc2fi0o2_250.gif he'd lost not long before]]... hm.before]]. It's nigh-identical to Sam hallucinating Jess by the side of the road back in season one's "Bloody Mary".
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** Cas [[spoiler:planned to stay all along, but couldn't ever bring himself to tell Dean while they were in Purgatory.]]
** When Castiel realizes that Dean [[spoiler:didn't remember how things had really happened]], he is ''horrified''. Because the one thing he hadn't wanted was for Dean [[spoiler:to blame himself]].
** Dean actually says to Cas in so many words that he cares about him.
** When Castiel realizes that Dean [[spoiler:didn't remember how things had really happened]], he is ''horrified''. Because the one thing he hadn't wanted was for Dean [[spoiler:to blame himself]].
** Dean actually says to Cas in so many words that he cares about him.
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** Dean actually says to Cas in so many words that he cares about him.
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** And let's not forget perhaps the most blatant scene in the episode. When Cas comes out of the bathroom all cleaned up we get a shot of his shoes [[http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdij7mflot1qetp0uo1_250.gif that pans up]] like the post-makeover scene in a movie when the [[BeautifulAllAlong suddenly pretty girlfriend]] comes out in her dress. [[http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdij7mflot1qetp0uo2_250.gif Dean looks Cas up and down]] and nods in approval, noticeably shifting in his chair and moving his hands to cover his crotch.[[http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdihoqMrRw1qc2fi0o2_500.gif Cas holds out his arms and smiles]], asking "Better?" [[http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdihoqMrRw1qc2fi0o3_250.gif Sam]], who's only been looking at Cas's face then turns toward Dean, smiling at his ''[[SomethingElseAlsoRises reaction'' to cleaned-up Cas.[[http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdihoqMrRw1qc2fi0o4_250.gif And for the finishing touch]], Dean looks at Sam for a moment, and then looks straight back to Cas, his mouth still hanging open all the while.
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** And let's not forget perhaps the most blatant scene in the episode. When Cas comes out of the bathroom all cleaned up we get a shot of his shoes [[http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdij7mflot1qetp0uo1_250.gif that pans up]] like the post-makeover scene in a movie when the [[BeautifulAllAlong suddenly pretty girlfriend]] comes out in her dress. [[http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdij7mflot1qetp0uo2_250.gif Dean looks Cas up and down]] and nods in approval, noticeably shifting in his chair and moving his hands to cover his crotch.[[http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdihoqMrRw1qc2fi0o2_500.gif Cas holds out his arms and smiles]], asking "Better?" [[http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdihoqMrRw1qc2fi0o3_250.gif Sam]], who's only been looking at Cas's face then turns toward Dean, smiling at his ''[[SomethingElseAlsoRises reaction'' [[SomethingElseAlsoRises reaction]] to cleaned-up Cas.[[http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdihoqMrRw1qc2fi0o4_250.gif And for the finishing touch]], Dean looks at Sam for a moment, and then looks straight back to Cas, his mouth still hanging open all the while.
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* In 9x01, Sam is dying, and normally, Dean would accept any sliver of a chance, no matter how remote, that he could be helped. Except, when Cas offers, *after* Dean has learned that Castiel is now human, and being hunted by the understandably pissed-off angels, he realizes, for once, that the risk to Cas if he does join them at the hospital is not worth the limited benefit. It might not seem significant, but considering how Dean is usually willing to put anything and anyone on the line to help Sam, the fact that instead, he tells the angel to take cover and stay safe, is in fact huge.
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* In 9x01, Sam is dying, and normally, Dean would accept any sliver of a chance, no matter how remote, that he could be helped. Except, when Cas offers, *after* Dean has learned that Castiel is now human, and being hunted by the understandably pissed-off angels, he realizes, for once, that the risk to Cas if he does join them at the hospital is not worth the limited benefit. It might not seem significant, but considering how Dean is usually willing to put anything and anyone on the line to help Sam, the fact that instead, he tells the angel to take cover and stay safe, is in fact huge.
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* In 9x01, Sam is dying, and normally, Dean would accept any sliver of a chance, no matter how remote, that he could be helped. Except, when Cas offers, *after* Dean has learned that Castiel is now human, and being hunted by the understandably pissed-off angels, he realizes, for once, that the risk to Cas if he does join them at the hospital is not worth the limited benefit. It might not seem significant, but considering how Dean is usually willing to put anything and anyone on the line to help Sam, the fact that instead, he tells the angel to take cover and stay safe, is in fact huge.
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* 10x20 – Dean's contributions to Castiel's attempts at parenting Claire give off some strong HasTwoDaddies vibes.
** [[http://33.media.tumblr.com/f4d5df2f16bee96d24e160433e609451/tumblr_nnlkkuMeYS1qj8v20o1_500.gif This whole entrance, which has Dean being very close to Cas and placing his hands on his shoulder in an intimate way.]]
** And this gem with Claire. While talking with Dean she asked him to look after Cas because "he has been through much." And [[EveryoneCanSeeIt Claire]] notably does not Sam for this but only Dean. More "profound bond" maybe?
* 10x21 has Sam and Cas attempting behind Dean's back, with Castiel and Dean bantering [[http://cgstiel.tumblr.com/post/118332691166/the-most-awkward-phone-call-in-the-world via phone call]] in a way that paints Dean off as a ditched boyfriend.
* 10x22 was very heartbreaking.
** The scene where Dean [[spoiler:nearly beats Castiel to death under the Mark of Cain]]. Cas didn't even fight back. And Castiel's reason for stopping him?
--> '''Castiel:''' [[MoralityChain And when you turn. And you'll turn. Sam... and everyone you know, everyone you love.... they'd be long dead. Everyone except me. I'm the one who'll have to watch you murder the world. So if there's even a small chance that we can save you, I won't let you walk out of that room]].
** We got a confirmation that Cas is aware of the fact Dean loves him and is willing to stick with him forever and won't kill him.
* In a deleted scene from 10x23 we can see Dean's dream. The bartender tells him that he has an "admirer" and it turned out it was beaten Cas. Also, Dean referred to that dream as a "wet dream". Granted, it's as much of a nightmare as it is a dream, but the stated implications are still there.
* In 11x03, we have Dean wrapping a blanket on Cas and left his hands lingering on Cas's shoulder for awhile.
* In 12x01 Mary and Cas meeting gives off very strong "significant other meeting the mom" vibes. Dean embraces Castiel before he awkwardly [[MeetTheInLaws introduces Castiel to her]], and notably Mary can be seen [[FunnyBackgroundEvent giving Castiel judgmental looks the whole time]].
* 12x02 has Mary once again giving Cas a searching look after she realizes he spoke up to help Dean keep her out of danger. Probably wondering how he ended up with an angel of the Lord wrapped around his little finger.
* In 12x03, When Cas walks into the kitchen, Dean greets him with "Morning, Sunshine. Want some coffee?"
* 12x10 has some parallels, revolving around an angel falling in love with a human and all.
** When Castiel and Even though Cas and Dean are bickering up until they meet Ishim, Dean does not tolerate someone else talking bad about Cas. Notably the bickering can come across strongly as LikeAnOldMarriedCouple at times - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gckpi5UAIuI Castiel's snarking towards Dean]] is delivered in tones more appropriate of a WetBlanketWife than VitriolicBestBuds.
** [[spoiler:Ishim, who was ''just'' revealed to have [[StalkerWithACrush fallen in love]] with a human before vowing to kill her afterwards]], announces that he will cure Cas of his "human weakness". He then tries to kill Dean.
* In 12x12, [[spoiler:a dying]] Cas utters the words "I love you", followed by a close-up of Dean. The subsequent no-homo, "I love all of you", directed at the remaining Winchesters in the room ironically only serves to confirm that the first "I love you" was directed at Dean and only Dean.
** In the diner, Dean refers to Cas his "shy but devastatingly handsome friend".
* In 12x19, we learn that sometime off-screen Dean has given Cas a mixtape of his favorite Led Zeppelin songs. [[MixtapeOfLove Gifting someone a mixtape is a classic wooing gesture]]. Not only that, but when Mary came back, Dean told her about how she got together with John to prove his identity. Apparently, she initially fancied him because he knew all the words to Led Zeppelin songs.
* In 13x01, Dean prays to God [[spoiler:to "bring him [Castiel] back, bring all of them back"]], mirrorring Cas's "I love you, I love all of you" from 12x12. Neither are lumping the other together together with everybody else.
* 13x03 has Dean lashing out on Sam, admitting that every time he looks at Jack, he is reminded of Cas. The scene makes it clear that while both Dean and Sam consider Cas to be their family, Dean's relationship with Cas is different from Sam's.
* In 13x04, Sam calls Dean out for starting to act like John. [[spoiler:John acted the way he did because he could not recover from losing Mary.]]
** After rummaging through his mind, [[spoiler:the Empty]] tells Cas that he knows what Cas hates, what Cas fears, and notably, ''who'' Cas loves. It's ''very'' strongly implied to be a romantic kind of love[[note:Some translations that make the distinction between singular and plural pronouns go with the singular, meaning that if there was any chance the original English line was about the Winchester brothers in a general sense, [[PromotedToLoveInterest it's gone here]]]], for whom there are few candidates, let alone female ones, and then [[spoiler:the Empty]] warns him that his deepest fear is a lack of reciprocation. Really makes you wonder.
--> ''[[spoiler:The Empty]]'': Oh, save it. I have tiptoed through all your little tulips. Your memories, your little feelings, yes. I know what you hate. ([[WhisperedThreat Whispering]]) '''I know who you love… what you fear.''' There is nothing for you back there. No. Here. Let me show you.
* 13x05 starts out focusing on the brothers' relationship. But as soon as Cas is back in the picture, the camera pans back and forth between close-ups of Cas and Dean like Sam isn't even there anymore. The entire way the scene plays out from the camera work to the soundtrack is palpably romantic.
* Up until 13x06, Dean was hopeless and defeated, if not actively suicidal. In 13x04, he admitted to not believing in anything anymore. In 13x05, all his usual coping mechanism – alcohol, greasy food, and sleeping with random women – failed him. When [[spoiler:Billie]] accused him of wanting to die, he did nothing to contradict it. Now he's happily geeking out. What changed? He reunited with Cas.
** In 12x19, Cas told Dean he needed to come back with a win for him. In 13x05, Dean told Sam that he needed a win. 13x06 spells out very explicitly that Cas ''is'' that win.
** [[http://33.media.tumblr.com/f4d5df2f16bee96d24e160433e609451/tumblr_nnlkkuMeYS1qj8v20o1_500.gif This whole entrance, which has Dean being very close to Cas and placing his hands on his shoulder in an intimate way.]]
** And this gem with Claire. While talking with Dean she asked him to look after Cas because "he has been through much." And [[EveryoneCanSeeIt Claire]] notably does not Sam for this but only Dean. More "profound bond" maybe?
* 10x21 has Sam and Cas attempting behind Dean's back, with Castiel and Dean bantering [[http://cgstiel.tumblr.com/post/118332691166/the-most-awkward-phone-call-in-the-world via phone call]] in a way that paints Dean off as a ditched boyfriend.
* 10x22 was very heartbreaking.
** The scene where Dean [[spoiler:nearly beats Castiel to death under the Mark of Cain]]. Cas didn't even fight back. And Castiel's reason for stopping him?
--> '''Castiel:''' [[MoralityChain And when you turn. And you'll turn. Sam... and everyone you know, everyone you love.... they'd be long dead. Everyone except me. I'm the one who'll have to watch you murder the world. So if there's even a small chance that we can save you, I won't let you walk out of that room]].
** We got a confirmation that Cas is aware of the fact Dean loves him and is willing to stick with him forever and won't kill him.
* In a deleted scene from 10x23 we can see Dean's dream. The bartender tells him that he has an "admirer" and it turned out it was beaten Cas. Also, Dean referred to that dream as a "wet dream". Granted, it's as much of a nightmare as it is a dream, but the stated implications are still there.
* In 11x03, we have Dean wrapping a blanket on Cas and left his hands lingering on Cas's shoulder for awhile.
* In 12x01 Mary and Cas meeting gives off very strong "significant other meeting the mom" vibes. Dean embraces Castiel before he awkwardly [[MeetTheInLaws introduces Castiel to her]], and notably Mary can be seen [[FunnyBackgroundEvent giving Castiel judgmental looks the whole time]].
* 12x02 has Mary once again giving Cas a searching look after she realizes he spoke up to help Dean keep her out of danger. Probably wondering how he ended up with an angel of the Lord wrapped around his little finger.
* In 12x03, When Cas walks into the kitchen, Dean greets him with "Morning, Sunshine. Want some coffee?"
* 12x10 has some parallels, revolving around an angel falling in love with a human and all.
** When Castiel and Even though Cas and Dean are bickering up until they meet Ishim, Dean does not tolerate someone else talking bad about Cas. Notably the bickering can come across strongly as LikeAnOldMarriedCouple at times - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gckpi5UAIuI Castiel's snarking towards Dean]] is delivered in tones more appropriate of a WetBlanketWife than VitriolicBestBuds.
** [[spoiler:Ishim, who was ''just'' revealed to have [[StalkerWithACrush fallen in love]] with a human before vowing to kill her afterwards]], announces that he will cure Cas of his "human weakness". He then tries to kill Dean.
* In 12x12, [[spoiler:a dying]] Cas utters the words "I love you", followed by a close-up of Dean. The subsequent no-homo, "I love all of you", directed at the remaining Winchesters in the room ironically only serves to confirm that the first "I love you" was directed at Dean and only Dean.
** In the diner, Dean refers to Cas his "shy but devastatingly handsome friend".
* In 12x19, we learn that sometime off-screen Dean has given Cas a mixtape of his favorite Led Zeppelin songs. [[MixtapeOfLove Gifting someone a mixtape is a classic wooing gesture]]. Not only that, but when Mary came back, Dean told her about how she got together with John to prove his identity. Apparently, she initially fancied him because he knew all the words to Led Zeppelin songs.
* In 13x01, Dean prays to God [[spoiler:to "bring him [Castiel] back, bring all of them back"]], mirrorring Cas's "I love you, I love all of you" from 12x12. Neither are lumping the other together together with everybody else.
* 13x03 has Dean lashing out on Sam, admitting that every time he looks at Jack, he is reminded of Cas. The scene makes it clear that while both Dean and Sam consider Cas to be their family, Dean's relationship with Cas is different from Sam's.
* In 13x04, Sam calls Dean out for starting to act like John. [[spoiler:John acted the way he did because he could not recover from losing Mary.]]
** After rummaging through his mind, [[spoiler:the Empty]] tells Cas that he knows what Cas hates, what Cas fears, and notably, ''who'' Cas loves. It's ''very'' strongly implied to be a romantic kind of love[[note:Some translations that make the distinction between singular and plural pronouns go with the singular, meaning that if there was any chance the original English line was about the Winchester brothers in a general sense, [[PromotedToLoveInterest it's gone here]]]], for whom there are few candidates, let alone female ones, and then [[spoiler:the Empty]] warns him that his deepest fear is a lack of reciprocation. Really makes you wonder.
--> ''[[spoiler:The Empty]]'': Oh, save it. I have tiptoed through all your little tulips. Your memories, your little feelings, yes. I know what you hate. ([[WhisperedThreat Whispering]]) '''I know who you love… what you fear.''' There is nothing for you back there. No. Here. Let me show you.
* 13x05 starts out focusing on the brothers' relationship. But as soon as Cas is back in the picture, the camera pans back and forth between close-ups of Cas and Dean like Sam isn't even there anymore. The entire way the scene plays out from the camera work to the soundtrack is palpably romantic.
* Up until 13x06, Dean was hopeless and defeated, if not actively suicidal. In 13x04, he admitted to not believing in anything anymore. In 13x05, all his usual coping mechanism – alcohol, greasy food, and sleeping with random women – failed him. When [[spoiler:Billie]] accused him of wanting to die, he did nothing to contradict it. Now he's happily geeking out. What changed? He reunited with Cas.
** In 12x19, Cas told Dean he needed to come back with a win for him. In 13x05, Dean told Sam that he needed a win. 13x06 spells out very explicitly that Cas ''is'' that win.
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* In 10x18 when asked by Metatron, Cas said his problem with Metatron doesn't lie with [[spoiler: casting the angels out of Heaven or taking his grace but with killing Dean]]
--> '''Metatron:''' Can't we be besties?
--> '''Castiel:''' [[spoiler: No. Because you killed my friend.]]
--> '''Metatron:''' Dean is fine, mostly! Can't you get past that?
--> '''Castiel: ''' '''Never.'''
** Don't forget this obvious parallel. In season 9 Cas was [[http://38.media.tumblr.com/309bc86e81cca4cfe774246d2922bfc0/tumblr_nmvoyfDKOW1qbqoiko1_500.gif babysitting]] Nora's child. In the end of this episode Dean was portrayed as [[http://38.media.tumblr.com/4cd7d0fc8732ddeb5bcc8fb76ad5593d/tumblr_nmvoyfDKOW1qbqoiko2_r2_500.gif pizza man.]] (We all [[https://33.media.tumblr.com/06dbc050f35f1f194289ac6c4d4ed3e2/tumblr_nkwvmb0XkN1qc3759o1_400.gif remember]] [[https://38.media.tumblr.com/b2b21c4e6ea6f1324dd6c96e0da7a24f/tumblr_nkwvmb0XkN1qc3759o3_540.gif season 6)]]
* In 10x19 even Dean's subconsciousness was aware that Dean's biggest fear wasn't killing only his brother but Cas too.
--> '''Benny:''' Maybe kill some human? Kill Cas?! Kill your brother?!
* 10x20 – Cas was acting like a dad to Claire. Welp, I assume [[http://eonchian.tumblr.com/post/117875768496/just-another-day-in-the-novak-winchester Dean]] wanted too.
** We have one parallel. In 10x09 Claire called Dean a monster and Cas was trying to justify Dean's actions. In this episode we have Dean trying to justify Cas's actions and choices.
** And again there is this fanfiction gap where Dean and Cas went to the Hot Topic and bought present for Claire's birthday
** Well, there is [[https://twitter.com/mishacollins/status/593831931948568577 this.]]
** [[http://33.media.tumblr.com/f4d5df2f16bee96d24e160433e609451/tumblr_nnlkkuMeYS1qj8v20o1_500.gif This whole entrance is a freaking disaster. ]]
** And this gem with Claire. While talking with Dean she asked him to look after Cas because "he has been through much." Well, [[http://38.media.tumblr.com/44a1c57d328e0d712ae61b5d06e2c803/tumblr_nnlm5sbAzn1uncl2mo2_400.gif This]][[http://38.media.tumblr.com/59367a07c143534bf152c9685607f8c8/tumblr_nnlm5sbAzn1uncl2mo3_500.gif shot]] is very interesting. And [[EverybodyCanSeeIt Claire]] didn't ask Sam for this but only Dean. More "profound bond" maybe?
* In 10x21 Sam and Cas were sneaking behind Dean's back. It looked ridiculous 'cuz Dean was acting like a ditched boyfriend. This [[http://cgstiel.tumblr.com/post/118332691166/the-most-awkward-phone-call-in-the-world phone call]] was hilarious.
** When Dean found out that [[spoiler: Sam didn't burn the Book of the Damned]] he was furious that his brother pulled not only Charlie into it but Cas too.
--> '''Dean:''' And you pulled Cas into it?! And Charlie?!
*** Let's not forget that his angel had [[spoiler: his grace back]] and could perfectly look after himself not like Charlie
** '''Sam:''' Charlie loves you, Dean! We '''all''' love you!
***This is the second time when we got a talk about love and again Cas was included
** We have another parallel with babysitter (Cas babysitting Charlie and Rowena) and pizza man (Dean is again the one who [[http://38.media.tumblr.com/61eb97b2ce9ba3f38809697664c0edde/tumblr_nnysmpi2x81qj8v20o2_500.gif brings pizza]])
* 10x22 was very heartbreaking.
** [[http://its-zaira.tumblr.com/post/118918779091/here-it-is-everybodyy-reverse-crypt-scene This. fucking . scene.]] Cas didn't even fight back.
--> '''Castiel:''' And when you turn. And you'll turn. Sam... and everyone you know, everyone you love.... they'd be long dead. Everyone except me. I'm the one who'll have to watch you murder the world. So if there's even a small chance that we can save you, I won't let you walk out of that room.
** We got a confirmation that Cas is aware of the fact Dean loves him and is willing to stick with him forever and won't kill him.
*** The most interesting is that this episode was directed by Thomas J. Wright. He also directed one of the episodes of Dark Angel where [[spoiler: Alec (who was also portrayed by Jensen) was supposed to kill his possible love interest and couldn't bring himself to do it. [[http://rainbow-motors.tumblr.com/post/119334552446/dark-angel-2-03-2001-spn-10-22-2015 These scenes are practically the same.]]]]
*** He [[spoiler: killed young mirror for Sam]] but couldn't kill his best friend.
*** We often underestimate the power touch. [[http://33.media.tumblr.com/cf23ffd537176c232eff2d4b0f0748fa/tumblr_nnlqc63Eaf1s4tlg9o1_500.gif Or]] [[http://33.media.tumblr.com/d0f7abb7b748268d7cfd396c2a372de6/tumblr_nnlqc63Eaf1s4tlg9o2_500.gif shoulder]] [[http://31.media.tumblr.com/a8d990cc62dfeef08bd53e744bb6be76/tumblr_nnlqc63Eaf1s4tlg9o3_500.gif pat.]] They [[https://33.media.tumblr.com/b06bb2ffc1b7f08f9c3a9d9709c0f652/tumblr_nobp4qwOqD1qg0k08o2_500.gif definitely]] [[http://31.media.tumblr.com/937d79464bb1f1f87f339b9fc1a1a832/tumblr_nobklsBIzh1qg0k08o5_500.gif told us]] [[http://33.media.tumblr.com/b80848059f6ecefbede88c212b5a3082/tumblr_nobklsBIzh1qg0k08o1_500.gif that these things]] [[http://33.media.tumblr.com/dc52642d73e73dcdb37cb8e9efd8327d/tumblr_nobklsBIzh1qg0k08o2_500.gif matters.]]
*** Even though Dean was so gone, the only words Cas needed to stop him were [[http://aypotayla.tumblr.com/post/118922828947/habitatfordeanwinchester-next-time-i-wont "Dean, please." ]]
* In 10x23 in deleted scene, we can see Dean's dream. The bartender tells him that he has an "admirer" and it turned out it was beaten Cas. Also, Dean referred to that dream as a "wet dream".
** In all fairness, the wet dream comment was referring to the bartender and the admirer was a way of introducing a nightmarish element to Dean's dream as a result of what the Mark's corruption drove him to do. Still there's always the possibility Dean wanted Cas to appear as a real admirer.
** Aside from deleted scene, we have another moment where Dean is haunted by his guilt. He saw two persons in the mirror. A hunter who was killed bc of him and again bloodied Cas. It made him furious to the point he destroyed his hotel room, left another note for Sam with keys to the Impala and wanted to kill himself. One of the MAIN reasons why Dean decided to end his life was the very fact he hurt Cas really badly in the previous episode.
* In 11x03, we have Dean wrapping a blanket on Cas and left his hands lingering on Cas's shoulder for awhile.
* In 12x01 Mary and Cas meeting gives off this whole "significant other meeting the mom" vibe.
** Dean holds his arms out for a hug when he sees Castiel. He rolls his eyes when Cas hugs him, but he smiles while hugging him back.
** Dean looks so proud and happy introducing Castiel and Mary to each other, like two of the people who make him happiest in the world are meeting.
* 12x02 has Mary giving Cas a searching look after she realizes he spoke up to help Dean keep her out of danger. Probably wondering how he ended up with an angel of the Lord wrapped around his little finger.
** The episode also features Dean and Cas talking on the phone. That's a little unusual in itself, but even more so when Dean, without prompting, voluntarily starts talking about his feelings about the situation with Mary. During the call, Cas also promises twice to call Dean back the next day.
** Dean and Cas have silent communication perfected enough that with nothing more than a glance from Dean, Cas gathers that he's supposed to keep Mary from following Dean.
* In 12x03, When Cas walks into the kitchen, Dean greets him with "Morning, Sunshine. Want some coffee?"
* 12x10 has some parallels, revolving around an angel falling in love with a human and all.
** Dean brings up Benjamin's vessel being a woman. Cas then reminds him that angels are not exactly male or female. ("Benjamin is an angel. His vessel is a woman.") Later, we learn that [[spoiler:Past!Cas also occupied a female vessel. This opens up the possibility of Destiel without challenging Dean's orientation.]]
** Even though Cas and Dean are bickering up until they meet Ishim, Dean does not tolerate someone else talking bad about Cas.
** [[spoiler:Ishim]] announces that he will cure Cas of his "human weakness". He then tries to kill Dean.
* In 12x12, [[spoiler:a dying]] Cas utters the words "I love you", followed by a close-up of Dean. The subsequent no-homo, "I love all of you", directed at the remaning Winchesters in the room ironically only serves to confirm that the first "I love you" was directed at Dean and only Dean.
** In the diner, Dean refers to Cas his "shy but devastatingly handsome friend".
* In 12x19, we learn that sometime off-screen Dean has given Cas a mixtape of his favorite Led Zeppelin songs.
** When Mary came back, Dean told her about how she got together with John to prove his identity. Apparently, she initially fancied him because he knew all the words to Led Zeppelin songs.
** Gifting someone a mixtape is a classic wooing gesture. With cassette tapes, the songs have to be recorded in real time, making the process more time-consuming and personal than simply dragging some data files onto a CD or flash drive.
** Given how the show's habit of referencing pop culture, "It's a gift. You keep those." is arguably a nod to [[Film/TheLordOfTheRings The Lord of the Rings]] – when Aragorn tries to give Arwen back the Evenstar before leaving, she tells him that it was a gift and he should keep it. Dean has referenced the movies before in 5x02 and 8x17.
** The tape is labelled "Dean's 13 Top Zepp Tra xx" rather than "tracks". The "xx" can be read as two kisses.
* In 12x23, Dean [[spoiler:just keeps kneeling next to Cas's dead body]], unable to react to anything else that is happening, leaving Sam to deal with the [[spoiler:birth of the literal Anti-Christ]] by himself.
* In 13x01, Dean states out loud that [[spoiler:Mary is dead]] but when it comes to Cas, can't even bring himself to finish the sentence.
** Dean, prays to God [[spoiler:to "bring him back, bring all of them back"]], mirrorring Cas's "I love you, I love all of you" from 12x12. Neither are lumping the other together together with everybody else.
** When the angel tells Dean that Jack is capable of anything and Dean asks "Anything?" to clarify, the angel just knows that what Dean is really asking is if he is capable of [[spoiler:bringing Cas back.]]
* 13x03 has Dean lashing out on Sam, admitting that every time he looks at Jack, he is reminded of Cas. The scene makes it clear that while both Dean and Sam consider Cas to be their family, Dean's relationship with Cas is different from Sam's.
* In 13x04, Sam calls Dean out for starting to act like John. [[spoiler:John acted the way he did because he could not recover from losing Mary.]]
** After rummaging through his mind, [[spoiler:the cosmic entity]] tells Cas that he knows what Cas hates, what Cas fears, and ''who'' Cas loves. Really makes you wonder.
* 13x05 starts out focusing on the brothers' relationship. But as soon as Cas is back in the picture, the camera pans back and forth between close-ups of Cas and Dean like Sam isn't even there anymore. The entire way the scene plays out from the camera work to the soundtrack is palpably romantic.
* Up until 13x06, Dean was hopeless and defeated, if not actively suicidal. In 13x04, he admitted to not believing in anything anymore. In 13x05, all his usual coping mechanism – alcohol, greasy food, and sleeping with random women – failed him. When [[spoiler:Billie]] accused him of wanting to die, he did nothing to contradict it. Now he's happily geeking out. What changed? He reunited with Cas.
** In 12x19, Cas told Dean he needed to come back with a win for him. In 13x05, Dean told Sam that he needed a win. 13x06 spells out that Cas ''is'' that win.
** Dean makes Cas watch his favorite movies off-screen.
** Cas knows from experience that Dean is an angry sleeper and there is a wrong way to wake him up. This ties in with 12x19, when Sam didn't seem surprised that Cas pulled the colt from under Dean's pillow.
** With Billie Breckinridge, the [[Film/Tombstone eponymous]] Western has at least one gay-coded character.
** When Cas quotes the movie, Dean looks away, visibly swallows, and licks his lips.
** Misha jokingly referred to the episode as [[http://twitter.com/mishacollins/status/931386650034282496 ''#brokebacknatural'']] on Twitter.
** Back in August, Jensen had joked that he'd love to do a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuBPZyUMBYM "Western... slash, romcom"]] with Misha.
* 13x23 Cas is clearly shown to be broken up by Dean's decision to allow Michael into his body.
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* In 10x18 when asked by Metatron, Cas said his problem with Metatron doesn't lie with [[spoiler: casting the angels out of Heaven or taking his grace but with killing Dean]]
--> '''Metatron:''' Can't we be besties?
--> '''Castiel:''' [[spoiler: No. Because you killed my friend.]]
--> '''Metatron:''' Dean is fine, mostly! Can't you get past that?
--> '''Castiel: ''' '''Never.'''
** Don't forget this obvious parallel. In season 9 Cas was [[http://38.media.tumblr.com/309bc86e81cca4cfe774246d2922bfc0/tumblr_nmvoyfDKOW1qbqoiko1_500.gif babysitting]] Nora's child. In the end of this episode Dean was portrayed as [[http://38.media.tumblr.com/4cd7d0fc8732ddeb5bcc8fb76ad5593d/tumblr_nmvoyfDKOW1qbqoiko2_r2_500.gif pizza man.]] (We all [[https://33.media.tumblr.com/06dbc050f35f1f194289ac6c4d4ed3e2/tumblr_nkwvmb0XkN1qc3759o1_400.gif remember]] [[https://38.media.tumblr.com/b2b21c4e6ea6f1324dd6c96e0da7a24f/tumblr_nkwvmb0XkN1qc3759o3_540.gif season 6)]]
* In 10x19 even Dean's subconsciousness was aware that Dean's biggest fear wasn't killing only his brother but Cas too.
--> '''Benny:''' Maybe kill some human? Kill Cas?! Kill your brother?!
* 10x20 – Cas was acting like a dad to Claire. Welp, I assume [[http://eonchian.tumblr.com/post/117875768496/just-another-day-in-the-novak-winchester Dean]] wanted too.
** We have one parallel. In 10x09 Claire called Dean a monster and Cas was trying to justify Dean's actions. In this episode we have Dean trying to justify Cas's actions and choices.
** And again there is this fanfiction gap where Dean and Cas went to the Hot Topic and bought present for Claire's birthday
** Well, there is [[https://twitter.com/mishacollins/status/593831931948568577 this.]]
** [[http://33.media.tumblr.com/f4d5df2f16bee96d24e160433e609451/tumblr_nnlkkuMeYS1qj8v20o1_500.gif This whole entrance is a freaking disaster. ]]
** And this gem with Claire. While talking with Dean she asked him to look after Cas because "he has been through much." Well, [[http://38.media.tumblr.com/44a1c57d328e0d712ae61b5d06e2c803/tumblr_nnlm5sbAzn1uncl2mo2_400.gif This]][[http://38.media.tumblr.com/59367a07c143534bf152c9685607f8c8/tumblr_nnlm5sbAzn1uncl2mo3_500.gif shot]] is very interesting. And [[EverybodyCanSeeIt Claire]] didn't ask Sam for this but only Dean. More "profound bond" maybe?
* In 10x21 Sam and Cas were sneaking behind Dean's back. It looked ridiculous 'cuz Dean was acting like a ditched boyfriend. This [[http://cgstiel.tumblr.com/post/118332691166/the-most-awkward-phone-call-in-the-world phone call]] was hilarious.
** When Dean found out that [[spoiler: Sam didn't burn the Book of the Damned]] he was furious that his brother pulled not only Charlie into it but Cas too.
--> '''Dean:''' And you pulled Cas into it?! And Charlie?!
*** Let's not forget that his angel had [[spoiler: his grace back]] and could perfectly look after himself not like Charlie
** '''Sam:''' Charlie loves you, Dean! We '''all''' love you!
***This is the second time when we got a talk about love and again Cas was included
** We have another parallel with babysitter (Cas babysitting Charlie and Rowena) and pizza man (Dean is again the one who [[http://38.media.tumblr.com/61eb97b2ce9ba3f38809697664c0edde/tumblr_nnysmpi2x81qj8v20o2_500.gif brings pizza]])
* 10x22 was very heartbreaking.
** [[http://its-zaira.tumblr.com/post/118918779091/here-it-is-everybodyy-reverse-crypt-scene This. fucking . scene.]] Cas didn't even fight back.
--> '''Castiel:''' And when you turn. And you'll turn. Sam... and everyone you know, everyone you love.... they'd be long dead. Everyone except me. I'm the one who'll have to watch you murder the world. So if there's even a small chance that we can save you, I won't let you walk out of that room.
** We got a confirmation that Cas is aware of the fact Dean loves him and is willing to stick with him forever and won't kill him.
*** The most interesting is that this episode was directed by Thomas J. Wright. He also directed one of the episodes of Dark Angel where [[spoiler: Alec (who was also portrayed by Jensen) was supposed to kill his possible love interest and couldn't bring himself to do it. [[http://rainbow-motors.tumblr.com/post/119334552446/dark-angel-2-03-2001-spn-10-22-2015 These scenes are practically the same.]]]]
*** He [[spoiler: killed young mirror for Sam]] but couldn't kill his best friend.
*** We often underestimate the power touch. [[http://33.media.tumblr.com/cf23ffd537176c232eff2d4b0f0748fa/tumblr_nnlqc63Eaf1s4tlg9o1_500.gif Or]] [[http://33.media.tumblr.com/d0f7abb7b748268d7cfd396c2a372de6/tumblr_nnlqc63Eaf1s4tlg9o2_500.gif shoulder]] [[http://31.media.tumblr.com/a8d990cc62dfeef08bd53e744bb6be76/tumblr_nnlqc63Eaf1s4tlg9o3_500.gif pat.]] They [[https://33.media.tumblr.com/b06bb2ffc1b7f08f9c3a9d9709c0f652/tumblr_nobp4qwOqD1qg0k08o2_500.gif definitely]] [[http://31.media.tumblr.com/937d79464bb1f1f87f339b9fc1a1a832/tumblr_nobklsBIzh1qg0k08o5_500.gif told us]] [[http://33.media.tumblr.com/b80848059f6ecefbede88c212b5a3082/tumblr_nobklsBIzh1qg0k08o1_500.gif that these things]] [[http://33.media.tumblr.com/dc52642d73e73dcdb37cb8e9efd8327d/tumblr_nobklsBIzh1qg0k08o2_500.gif matters.]]
*** Even though Dean was so gone, the only words Cas needed to stop him were [[http://aypotayla.tumblr.com/post/118922828947/habitatfordeanwinchester-next-time-i-wont "Dean, please." ]]
* In 10x23 in deleted scene, we can see Dean's dream. The bartender tells him that he has an "admirer" and it turned out it was beaten Cas. Also, Dean referred to that dream as a "wet dream".
** In all fairness, the wet dream comment was referring to the bartender and the admirer was a way of introducing a nightmarish element to Dean's dream as a result of what the Mark's corruption drove him to do. Still there's always the possibility Dean wanted Cas to appear as a real admirer.
** Aside from deleted scene, we have another moment where Dean is haunted by his guilt. He saw two persons in the mirror. A hunter who was killed bc of him and again bloodied Cas. It made him furious to the point he destroyed his hotel room, left another note for Sam with keys to the Impala and wanted to kill himself. One of the MAIN reasons why Dean decided to end his life was the very fact he hurt Cas really badly in the previous episode.
* In 11x03, we have Dean wrapping a blanket on Cas and left his hands lingering on Cas's shoulder for awhile.
* In 12x01 Mary and Cas meeting gives off this whole "significant other meeting the mom" vibe.
** Dean holds his arms out for a hug when he sees Castiel. He rolls his eyes when Cas hugs him, but he smiles while hugging him back.
** Dean looks so proud and happy introducing Castiel and Mary to each other, like two of the people who make him happiest in the world are meeting.
* 12x02 has Mary giving Cas a searching look after she realizes he spoke up to help Dean keep her out of danger. Probably wondering how he ended up with an angel of the Lord wrapped around his little finger.
** The episode also features Dean and Cas talking on the phone. That's a little unusual in itself, but even more so when Dean, without prompting, voluntarily starts talking about his feelings about the situation with Mary. During the call, Cas also promises twice to call Dean back the next day.
** Dean and Cas have silent communication perfected enough that with nothing more than a glance from Dean, Cas gathers that he's supposed to keep Mary from following Dean.
* In 12x03, When Cas walks into the kitchen, Dean greets him with "Morning, Sunshine. Want some coffee?"
* 12x10 has some parallels, revolving around an angel falling in love with a human and all.
** Dean brings up Benjamin's vessel being a woman. Cas then reminds him that angels are not exactly male or female. ("Benjamin is an angel. His vessel is a woman.") Later, we learn that [[spoiler:Past!Cas also occupied a female vessel. This opens up the possibility of Destiel without challenging Dean's orientation.]]
** Even though Cas and Dean are bickering up until they meet Ishim, Dean does not tolerate someone else talking bad about Cas.
** [[spoiler:Ishim]] announces that he will cure Cas of his "human weakness". He then tries to kill Dean.
* In 12x12, [[spoiler:a dying]] Cas utters the words "I love you", followed by a close-up of Dean. The subsequent no-homo, "I love all of you", directed at the remaning Winchesters in the room ironically only serves to confirm that the first "I love you" was directed at Dean and only Dean.
** In the diner, Dean refers to Cas his "shy but devastatingly handsome friend".
* In 12x19, we learn that sometime off-screen Dean has given Cas a mixtape of his favorite Led Zeppelin songs.
** When Mary came back, Dean told her about how she got together with John to prove his identity. Apparently, she initially fancied him because he knew all the words to Led Zeppelin songs.
** Gifting someone a mixtape is a classic wooing gesture. With cassette tapes, the songs have to be recorded in real time, making the process more time-consuming and personal than simply dragging some data files onto a CD or flash drive.
** Given how the show's habit of referencing pop culture, "It's a gift. You keep those." is arguably a nod to [[Film/TheLordOfTheRings The Lord of the Rings]] – when Aragorn tries to give Arwen back the Evenstar before leaving, she tells him that it was a gift and he should keep it. Dean has referenced the movies before in 5x02 and 8x17.
** The tape is labelled "Dean's 13 Top Zepp Tra xx" rather than "tracks". The "xx" can be read as two kisses.
* In 12x23, Dean [[spoiler:just keeps kneeling next to Cas's dead body]], unable to react to anything else that is happening, leaving Sam to deal with the [[spoiler:birth of the literal Anti-Christ]] by himself.
* In 13x01, Dean states out loud that [[spoiler:Mary is dead]] but when it comes to Cas, can't even bring himself to finish the sentence.
** Dean, prays to God [[spoiler:to "bring him back, bring all of them back"]], mirrorring Cas's "I love you, I love all of you" from 12x12. Neither are lumping the other together together with everybody else.
** When the angel tells Dean that Jack is capable of anything and Dean asks "Anything?" to clarify, the angel just knows that what Dean is really asking is if he is capable of [[spoiler:bringing Cas back.]]
* 13x03 has Dean lashing out on Sam, admitting that every time he looks at Jack, he is reminded of Cas. The scene makes it clear that while both Dean and Sam consider Cas to be their family, Dean's relationship with Cas is different from Sam's.
* In 13x04, Sam calls Dean out for starting to act like John. [[spoiler:John acted the way he did because he could not recover from losing Mary.]]
** After rummaging through his mind, [[spoiler:the cosmic entity]] tells Cas that he knows what Cas hates, what Cas fears, and ''who'' Cas loves. Really makes you wonder.
* 13x05 starts out focusing on the brothers' relationship. But as soon as Cas is back in the picture, the camera pans back and forth between close-ups of Cas and Dean like Sam isn't even there anymore. The entire way the scene plays out from the camera work to the soundtrack is palpably romantic.
* Up until 13x06, Dean was hopeless and defeated, if not actively suicidal. In 13x04, he admitted to not believing in anything anymore. In 13x05, all his usual coping mechanism – alcohol, greasy food, and sleeping with random women – failed him. When [[spoiler:Billie]] accused him of wanting to die, he did nothing to contradict it. Now he's happily geeking out. What changed? He reunited with Cas.
** In 12x19, Cas told Dean he needed to come back with a win for him. In 13x05, Dean told Sam that he needed a win. 13x06 spells out that Cas ''is'' that win.
** Dean makes Cas watch his favorite movies off-screen.
** Cas knows from experience that Dean is an angry sleeper and there is a wrong way to wake him up. This ties in with 12x19, when Sam didn't seem surprised that Cas pulled the colt from under Dean's pillow.
** With Billie Breckinridge, the [[Film/Tombstone eponymous]] Western has at least one gay-coded character.
** When Cas quotes the movie, Dean looks away, visibly swallows, and licks his lips.
** Misha jokingly referred to the episode as [[http://twitter.com/mishacollins/status/931386650034282496 ''#brokebacknatural'']] on Twitter.
** Back in August, Jensen had joked that he'd love to do a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuBPZyUMBYM "Western... slash, romcom"]] with Misha.
* 13x23 Cas is clearly shown to be broken up by Dean's decision to allow Michael into his body.
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* In "Dark Side of the Moon", the look on Dean's face when Sam is shot right before his eyes (and the subsequent anger and request for death with a bone-chilling threat afterward), are one of the many scenes that silently showcase how co-dependent they are on each other.
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* In 5.22, "Swan Song", the brothers’ love for each other is so strong, [[IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight it breaks the hold Lucifer has over Sam]]. That makes it the love that '''literally saved the world'''.
---> '''Dean''': [while being beaten to near-death by Lucifer possessing Sam's body] [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments Sam, it's okay. It's okay. I'm here. I'm here. I'm not gonna leave you.]]
** Also in "Swan Song", after Castiel warns Dean the only thing he'll see if he goes to Sam is Michael killing him, he firmly replies he won't let Sam die alone.
** Even after being given a sneak peek of exactly what Lucifer is capable of when he makes Castiel explode and snaps Bobby’s neck with only a flick of his wrist, Dean still stays and calls out to Sam to reassure him he won’t leave him.
---> '''Dean''': [while being beaten to near-death by Lucifer possessing Sam's body] [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments Sam, it's okay. It's okay. I'm here. I'm here. I'm not gonna leave you.]]
** Also in "Swan Song", after Castiel warns Dean the only thing he'll see if he goes to Sam is Michael killing him, he firmly replies he won't let Sam die alone.
** Even after being given a sneak peek of exactly what Lucifer is capable of when he makes Castiel explode and snaps Bobby’s neck with only a flick of his wrist, Dean still stays and calls out to Sam to reassure him he won’t leave him.
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* In 15x04, [[spoiler:continuing off the "Did Sam's bed look a little different there?" theme, Sam wakes up abruptly from a nightmare, and it appears he was sleeping on one side of his bed - with a second pillow on the other side of the bed.]]
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* {{Squick}}y example when Ishim threatens to cure Castiel of his "human weakness". Ishim's ''actual'' intent is to kill Dean, but due to the way he starts by suspiciously shuffling his clothes around the pants buckle region as he approaches Castiel, who is lying on the ground injured and unable to do more than utter "no" in protest, it briefly looks as if he's about to commit AttemptedRape on Castiel at first.
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* {{Squick}}y example in 12x10 when Ishim [[spoiler:Ishim]] threatens to cure Castiel of his "human weakness". Ishim's [[spoiler:Ishim]]'s ''actual'' intent is to kill Dean, but due to the way he starts by suspiciously shuffling his clothes around the pants buckle region as he approaches Castiel, who is lying on the ground injured and unable to do more than utter "no" in protest, it briefly looks as if he's about to commit AttemptedRape on Castiel at first.
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* The whole [[spoiler: Lucifer-is-destined-to-possess-Sam thing]] had shades of an arranged marriage, with [[spoiler: Lucifer]] doing his best to "court" Sam and trying to convince him that it was his destiny. Brought to its fullest subtext in the finale of Season 5 when [[spoiler: Lucifer finally possesses Sam and spends most of the episode trying to make him happy with the arrangement from sparing Dean (which came back to bite him the ass) to giving him revenge against Azazel's cronies who'd been manipulating him his entire life.]] Really he came off as an older dutiful husband trying to please his young, unhappy bride!
* Also, season 11 has Sam [[spoiler: having a vision where Lucifer tenderly touches his cheek]], and episode 9 ends with [[spoiler: a horrible cliff-hanger where Sam ends up in a cage with the real Lucifer, and Lucifer's words? "Hey, roomie... Upper bunk? Lower bunk? Or do you wanna share?". Sam's terrified expression says it all.]]
** Episode 9 is filled to the brim with [[spoiler:Samifer]] suggestive moments.
*** Sam's conversation with Dean [[spoiler: "Lucifer touches me and I feel calm"]].
*** [[spoiler: Lucifer looks so pleased to see Sam when he entered the scene after Crowley and said "My old roomie. Hug it out?"]]
*** [[spoiler: Lucifer's "I need a ride out of here" with suggestive gestures like touching his own lips during the encounter and winking to Sam]].
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* The whole [[spoiler: Lucifer-is-destined-to-possess-Sam thing]] had shades of an arranged marriage, with [[spoiler: Lucifer]] doing his best to "court" Sam and trying to convince him that it was his destiny. Brought to its fullest subtext in the finale of Season 5 when [[spoiler: Lucifer finally possesses Sam and spends most of the episode trying to make him happy with the arrangement from sparing Dean (which came back to bite him the ass) to giving him revenge against Azazel's cronies who'd been manipulating him his entire life.]] Really he came off as an older dutiful husband trying to please his young, unhappy bride!
* Also, season 11 has Sam [[spoiler: having a vision where Lucifer tenderly touches his cheek]], and episode 9 ends with [[spoiler: a horrible cliff-hanger where Sam ends up in a cage with the real Lucifer, and Lucifer's words? "Hey, roomie... Upper bunk? Lower bunk? Or do you wanna share?". Sam's terrified expression says it all.]]
** Episode 9 is filled to the brim with [[spoiler:Samifer]] suggestive moments.
*** Sam's conversation with Dean [[spoiler: "Lucifer touches me and I feel calm"]].
*** [[spoiler: Lucifer looks so pleased to see Sam when he entered the scene after Crowley and said "My old roomie. Hug it out?"]]
*** [[spoiler: Lucifer's "I need a ride out of here" with suggestive gestures like touching his own lips during the encounter and winking to Sam]].
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* The whole [[spoiler: Lucifer-is-destined-to-possess-Sam thing]] had shades of an arranged marriage, with [[spoiler: Lucifer]] doing his best to "court" Sam and trying to convince him that it was his destiny. Brought to its fullest subtext in the finale of Season 5 when [[spoiler: Lucifer finally possesses Sam and spends most of the episode trying to make him happy with the arrangement from sparing Dean (which came back to bite him the ass) to giving him revenge against Azazel's cronies who'd been manipulating him his entire life.]] Really he came off as an older dutiful husband trying to please his young, unhappy bride!
* Also, season 11 has Sam [[spoiler: having a vision where Lucifer tenderly touches his cheek]], and episode 9 ends with [[spoiler: a horrible cliff-hanger where Sam ends up in a cage with the real Lucifer, and Lucifer's words? "Hey, roomie... Upper bunk? Lower bunk? Or do you wanna share?". Sam's terrified expression says it all.]]
** Episode 9 is filled to the brim with [[spoiler:Samifer]] suggestive moments.
*** Sam's conversation with Dean [[spoiler: "Lucifer touches me and I feel calm"]].
*** [[spoiler: Lucifer looks so pleased to see Sam when he entered the scene after Crowley and said "My old roomie. Hug it out?"]]
*** [[spoiler: Lucifer's "I need a ride out of here" with suggestive gestures like touching his own lips during the encounter and winking to Sam]].
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* The whole [[spoiler: Lucifer-is-destined-to-possess-Sam thing]] had shades of an arranged marriage, with [[spoiler: Lucifer]] doing his best to "court" Sam and trying to convince him that it was his destiny. Brought to its fullest subtext in the finale of Season 5 when [[spoiler: Lucifer finally possesses Sam and spends most of the episode trying to make him happy with the arrangement from sparing Dean (which came back to bite him the ass) to giving him revenge against Azazel's cronies who'd been manipulating him his entire life.]] Really he came off as an older dutiful husband trying to please his young, unhappy bride!
* Also, season 11 has Sam [[spoiler: having a vision where Lucifer tenderly touches his cheek]], and episode 9 ends with [[spoiler: a horrible cliff-hanger where Sam ends up in a cage with the real Lucifer, and Lucifer's words? "Hey, roomie... Upper bunk? Lower bunk? Or do you wanna share?". Sam's terrified expression says it all.]]
** Episode 9 is filled to the brim with [[spoiler:Samifer]] suggestive moments.
*** Sam's conversation with Dean [[spoiler: "Lucifer touches me and I feel calm"]].
*** [[spoiler: Lucifer looks so pleased to see Sam when he entered the scene after Crowley and said "My old roomie. Hug it out?"]]
*** [[spoiler: Lucifer's "I need a ride out of here" with suggestive gestures like touching his own lips during the encounter and winking to Sam]].
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* Dean and Benny's relationship in season 8 comes across as distinctly romantic: Dean hides his relationship with Benny from Sam for fear Sam wouldn't accept it, Cas and Benny fight over Dean like two love interests in a YA novel, and Dean and Benny's agreement to keep their distance outside of Purgatory plays out like a breakup, with Dean assuring Benny that he doesn't regret their time together and Benny wistfully saying that he wished he'd appreciated it more.
* In 11x15 "Beyond the Mat", Dean fanboys over a male wrestler in a very similar manner to Sam admitting his childhood crush on one of the female managers.
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* Episode 5x13 has a delicious little parallel. Dean is still dealing with the decision of whether or not to let Michael use him as a vessel. Sam points out that their father had eventually said yes. Dean responds:
--> '''Dean:''' That was different. Anna was about to kill Mom.
** It's also probably worth pointing out Anna dies in this episode. A small, unimportant fact, it might seem at first -- and until the reveal that according to TPTB, Anna was originally supposed to be Dean's endgame. As in final/long-term love interest. The Anna who appears in six episodes and gets killed off in the last. And the reason for the change? Misha Collins was originally slated for a few episodes as Castiel, to pull Dean out of Hell, before getting killed off, with ''Anna'' the one who'd be sticking around. But instead, Dean and Castiel had such chemistry, and the fans liked Cas so much better than Anna, that they switched the roles, [[DieForOurShip killing off the no-longer-long-term-love-interest Anna]], and keeping the fan-beloved Castiel instead.
--> '''Dean:''' That was different. Anna was about to kill Mom.
** It's also probably worth pointing out Anna dies in this episode. A small, unimportant fact, it might seem at first -- and until the reveal that according to TPTB, Anna was originally supposed to be Dean's endgame. As in final/long-term love interest. The Anna who appears in six episodes and gets killed off in the last. And the reason for the change? Misha Collins was originally slated for a few episodes as Castiel, to pull Dean out of Hell, before getting killed off, with ''Anna'' the one who'd be sticking around. But instead, Dean and Castiel had such chemistry, and the fans liked Cas so much better than Anna, that they switched the roles, [[DieForOurShip killing off the no-longer-long-term-love-interest Anna]], and keeping the fan-beloved Castiel instead.
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* Episode 5x13 has a delicious little parallel. Dean is still dealing with the decision of whether or not to let Michael use him as a vessel. Sam points out that their father had eventually said yes. Dean responds:
--> '''Dean:''' That was different. Anna was about to kill Mom.
** It's also probably worth pointing outepisode where Anna dies in this episode. A small, unimportant fact, it might seem at first -- and until the reveal that according to TPTB, Anna was originally supposed to be Dean's endgame. As in final/long-term love interest. The Anna who appears in six episodes and gets killed off in the last. And the reason for the change? Misha Collins was originally slated for a few episodes as Castiel, to pull Dean out of Hell, before getting killed off, with ''Anna'' the one who'd be sticking around. But instead, Dean and Castiel had such chemistry, and the fans liked Cas so much better than Anna, that they switched the roles, [[DieForOurShip killing off the no-longer-long-term-love-interest Anna]], and keeping the fan-beloved Castiel instead.instead ([[TheNotLoveInterest implicitly transferring her love interest elements onto]] ''[[TheNotLoveInterest him]]''.
--> '''Dean:''' That was different. Anna was about to kill Mom.
** It's also probably worth pointing out
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* Several deleted scenes in which Crowley taunts Castiel over his apparent crush on Dean play out as if the reason Crowley can see it is because he too feels the same way. Examples include [[https://youtu.be/Hi4YSGY57o0?t=100 this scene]] from 9x10 "Road Trip", or [[https://twitter.com/xsimply_mishax/status/1324792593121726465 this one from 10x14]] where Crowley follows up on his teasing by dismissing Dean as not his type, in a way that can come off as a SuspiciouslySpecificDenial.
* Season 10 establishes [[spoiler:Cain as having been in a BettyAndVeronica love triangle with his wife Colette and the demon Abaddon]]. Some choice phrases from [[spoiler:Cain himself]] situate Crowley as the requisite Veronica to Dean's Archie with all that entails.
* Season 10 establishes [[spoiler:Cain as having been in a BettyAndVeronica love triangle with his wife Colette and the demon Abaddon]]. Some choice phrases from [[spoiler:Cain himself]] situate Crowley as the requisite Veronica to Dean's Archie with all that entails.
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* Sam and the Trickster/Gabriel in ''Mystery Spot''. Whether Sam has Gabriel pinned against the wall, or is begging him to bring Dean back, it just smacks of slashiness. Then Gabriel admits who he is to Sam, despite Dean being there as well. And then very, very clearly holds eye contact with Sam for a beat longer than is entirely necessary.
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** The episode ''Bring Em Back Alive'' follows through on the scenario suggested by ''The Thing'' in spades. We not only see Sam [[spoiler: gently caring for the archangel]], but he also has a monologue about the similarities between himself and Gabriel, culminating in [[spoiler: Sam declaring, "we need you. Gabriel, I need you"]]. The general subtext of this moment is only enhanced by its direct parallel to the famously slashy "Crypt Scene" between Dean and Castiel in season 8.
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** The episode ''Bring Em Back Alive'' follows through on the scenario suggested by ''The Thing'' in spades. We not only see Sam [[spoiler: gently caring for the archangel]], but he also has a monologue about the similarities between himself and Gabriel, culminating in [[spoiler: Sam declaring, "we need you. Gabriel, I need you"]]. The general subtext of this moment is only enhanced by its direct parallel to the famously slashy "Crypt Scene" between Dean and Castiel in season 8.
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* The conversation between the two in the bar in 9x09 (once again set to sad/romantic music) about why Dean can't see Cas any more just ''reeks'' of a break-up, culminating with this from Dean: "It's been great having your help, Cas. But dammit, [[StarCrossedLovers we just can't work together]]." Both men look utterly heartbroken by this state of affairs.
** Really, this whole season has followed an on-again, off-again pattern of breakups and reconciliations, starting, actually, with the end of last season:
*** 8X23--Breakup; Cas awkwardly explains to Dean that he feels it's his duty to seal up heaven and "go home." Dean reluctantly accepts it.
*** 9X1--Reconciliation; Dean prays desperately to Cas, emphasizing how badly he needs him.
*** 9X3--Breakup; anyone who's ever initiated a breakup to someone who never saw it coming will feel Cas' puppy eyes as he says, "I always enjoy our talks, and our time together!"
*** 9X6--Reconciliation; Misha Collins was even told to play the first couple scenes like a jilted ex-lover, but by the end of the episode, Dean clearly means both his apology and his expression of pride in how Cas is managing.
*** 9X9--Breakup, as mentioned above. But if we follow the pattern, next episode will fix that.
*** 9X10--Reconciliation, but followed by what was functionally a breakup at the end, when Dean decides he's "poison" and abandons Sam and Cass for what he perceives to be their own good. They remain apart for the next couple episodes in which Cass even appears, and then when they reunite in 9X18, their joy is cut short by a) the looming burden Metatron has placed on Castiel's shoulders, and b) Castiel's discovery that Dean has taken on the Mark of Cain. What follows is a montage set to a sad, romantic, "lost-without-you" kind of song, in which Dean is apparently numb and Cass is angry/panicked, much like you might expect of a couple who have just split yet again. At this point, this tropette would say the on-again-off-again pattern has been broken in favor of an angstier, more permanent split that nevertheless carries some very romantic feels.
* [[spoiler:Gabriel]] refers to Castiel as Dean's "boy toy" in 9X18, and shortly thereafter makes a snarky pun about how the angels' fall resulted in "raining winged men." It's hard to tell, since the camera was obviously focused on [[spoiler:Gabriel]], but it appeared that Cass was in fact smiling in the background at the description.
** Really, this whole season has followed an on-again, off-again pattern of breakups and reconciliations, starting, actually, with the end of last season:
*** 8X23--Breakup; Cas awkwardly explains to Dean that he feels it's his duty to seal up heaven and "go home." Dean reluctantly accepts it.
*** 9X1--Reconciliation; Dean prays desperately to Cas, emphasizing how badly he needs him.
*** 9X3--Breakup; anyone who's ever initiated a breakup to someone who never saw it coming will feel Cas' puppy eyes as he says, "I always enjoy our talks, and our time together!"
*** 9X6--Reconciliation; Misha Collins was even told to play the first couple scenes like a jilted ex-lover, but by the end of the episode, Dean clearly means both his apology and his expression of pride in how Cas is managing.
*** 9X9--Breakup, as mentioned above. But if we follow the pattern, next episode will fix that.
*** 9X10--Reconciliation, but followed by what was functionally a breakup at the end, when Dean decides he's "poison" and abandons Sam and Cass for what he perceives to be their own good. They remain apart for the next couple episodes in which Cass even appears, and then when they reunite in 9X18, their joy is cut short by a) the looming burden Metatron has placed on Castiel's shoulders, and b) Castiel's discovery that Dean has taken on the Mark of Cain. What follows is a montage set to a sad, romantic, "lost-without-you" kind of song, in which Dean is apparently numb and Cass is angry/panicked, much like you might expect of a couple who have just split yet again. At this point, this tropette would say the on-again-off-again pattern has been broken in favor of an angstier, more permanent split that nevertheless carries some very romantic feels.
* [[spoiler:Gabriel]] refers to Castiel as Dean's "boy toy" in 9X18, and shortly thereafter makes a snarky pun about how the angels' fall resulted in "raining winged men." It's hard to tell, since the camera was obviously focused on [[spoiler:Gabriel]], but it appeared that Cass was in fact smiling in the background at the description.
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* The conversation between the two in the bar in 9x09 (once again set to sad/romantic music) about why Dean can't see Cas any more just ''reeks'' of a break-up, culminating with this from Dean: "It's been great having your help, Cas. But dammit, [[StarCrossedLovers we just can't work together]]." Both men look utterly heartbroken by this state of affairs.
** Really, this whole season has followed an on-again, off-again pattern of breakups and reconciliations, starting, actually, with the end of last season:
*** 8X23--Breakup; Cas awkwardly explains to Dean that he feels it's his duty to seal up heaven and "go home." Dean reluctantly accepts it.
*** 9X1--Reconciliation; Dean prays desperately to Cas, emphasizing how badly he needs him.
*** 9X3--Breakup; anyone who's ever initiated a breakup to someone who never saw it coming will feel Cas' puppy eyes as he says, "I always enjoy our talks, and our time together!"
*** 9X6--Reconciliation;For 9x06, Misha Collins was even told to play the first couple scenes like a jilted ex-lover, but by the end of the episode, Dean clearly means both his apology and his expression of pride in how Cas is managing.
*** 9X9--Breakup, as mentioned above. But if we follow the pattern, next episode will fix that.
*** 9X10--Reconciliation, but followed by what was functionally a breakup at the end, when Dean decides he's "poison" and abandons Sam and Cass for what he perceives to be their own good. They remain apart for the next couple episodes in which Cass even appears, and then when they reunite in 9X18, their joy is cut short by a) the looming burden Metatron has placed on Castiel's shoulders, and b) Castiel's discovery that Dean has taken on the Mark of Cain. What follows is a montage set to a sad, romantic, "lost-without-you" kind of song, in which Dean is apparently numb and Cass is angry/panicked, much like you might expect of a couple who have just split yet again. At this point, this tropette would say the on-again-off-again pattern has been broken in favor of an angstier, more permanent split that nevertheless carries some very romantic feels.
* Shortly after [[spoiler:Gabriel]] refers to Castiel as Dean's "boy toy" in 9X18, and shortly thereafter 9x18, he makes a snarky pun about how the angels' fall resulted in "raining winged men." It's hard to tell, since the camera was obviously focused on [[spoiler:Gabriel]], but it appeared that Cass was in fact smiling in the background at the description.
** Really, this whole season has followed an on-again, off-again pattern of breakups and reconciliations, starting, actually, with the end of last season:
*** 8X23--Breakup; Cas awkwardly explains to Dean that he feels it's his duty to seal up heaven and "go home." Dean reluctantly accepts it.
*** 9X1--Reconciliation; Dean prays desperately to Cas, emphasizing how badly he needs him.
*** 9X3--Breakup; anyone who's ever initiated a breakup to someone who never saw it coming will feel Cas' puppy eyes as he says, "I always enjoy our talks, and our time together!"
*** 9X6--Reconciliation;
*** 9X10--Reconciliation, but followed by what was functionally a breakup at the end, when Dean decides he's "poison" and abandons Sam and Cass for what he perceives to be their own good. They remain apart for the next couple episodes in which Cass even appears, and then when they reunite in 9X18, their joy is cut short by a) the looming burden Metatron has placed on Castiel's shoulders, and b) Castiel's discovery that Dean has taken on the Mark of Cain. What follows is a montage set to a sad, romantic, "lost-without-you" kind of song, in which Dean is apparently numb and Cass is angry/panicked, much like you might expect of a couple who have just split yet again. At this point, this tropette would say the on-again-off-again pattern has been broken in favor of an angstier, more permanent split that nevertheless carries some very romantic feels.
** When Dean and Castiel reunite in 9x18, their joy is cut short by a) the looming burden Metatron has placed on Castiel's shoulders, and b) Castiel's discovery that Dean has taken on the Mark of Cain. What follows is a montage set to a sad, romantic, "lost-without-you" kind of song, in which Dean is apparently numb and Cass is angry/panicked, much like you might expect of a couple who have just split yet again.
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** According to Misha Collins, the original script had [[spoiler: Cas’ version of heaven with photos of naked men with Dean's face on it]]. This ''is'' Misha, who's something of a troll, but still.
* In 9x23, the season finale, [[spoiler: Metatron essentially amends his previous statement and declares that everything Cas has done thus far has been, not for heaven, or even humanity in general, but for ONE HUMAN, Dean Winchester. Cas, to whom this comment is addressed, doesn't even try to deny it. At least from the angels' perspective, it's EveryoneCanSeeIt by this point.]]
* In 10x01 Cas's words while talking with Sam about [[spoiler: Demon!Dean]] were: "I miss him". Well, he was emotional in this conversation and the fact that he was practically naked in his bed doesn't [[http://crossroadscastiel.tumblr.com/post/99473976102/i-think-easily-the-most-poignant-thing-about-this help]]
* In the 200th episode (the musical) Sam and Dean end up talking about Destiel and Sassy (Sam/Castiel) and Dean responds to Destiel with expected awkwardness and responds to Sassy with basically "OMG, STFU, never talk about that, ever!!!!". Implying the Destiel is fine, cuz it's Dean/Cas, but Sam/Cas is a huge no no.
** Also pretty much confirmed that [[spoiler: God approves of their relationship.]] He says he really enjoyed everything about the play, which likely had much Destiel in it.
** Additionally, the differences between Dean's reaction to Wincest versus his reaction to Destiel. When he sees the actresses playing Dean and Sam standing very close together, he gruffly tells them to take a step back. When he sees the girls portraying Dean and Cas embracing, he stares in shock and gets nervous and flustered.
** Sam wasn't present when Dean learned about Destiel, yet they are later seen talking about it. That means that Dean ''deliberately'' told Sam about it, instead of simply dismissing it as something those crazy fangirls came up with.
** The two girls who play Dean and Cas for the musical (Siobhan and Kristen, respectively) are in a relationship outside of the production. When Dean sees them together, [[http://cloudyjenn.tumblr.com/post/102483584935/aypotayla-in-which-dean-finally-sees-his he looks genuinely confused and conflicted]], with no trace of disgust.
** The very fact that the girls were dating in the first place. They could have made a reference to Destiel in whatever way they wanted, and they chose to do it through a canonical lesbian relationship. Not to mention, the relationship itself is likely a nod to [[ActorShipping Cockles]], the ship of Jensen Ackles and Misha Collins. Love letter to the fans, indeed.
** When Marie first tells Dean about the ship Destiel, she defends it by claiming that there's "subtext" to back it up. Later, when Dean is trying to inspire the cast to put on the show, he instructs them to "put as much "sub" into that text as you possibly can." [[http://mishasminions.tumblr.com/post/102429002364 He looks at the girl who plays Cas when he says this.]]
** Speaking of 10x05 there is this [[http://camwelgrace.tumblr.com/post/112531138466/im-really-experiencing-some-deja-vu-here one parallel]] that involves Cassie. [[http://casfallsinlove.tumblr.com/post/55105897163 Speaking of Cassie/Cas parallels.]]
* In 10x07 After his fight with Cole, Dean gave him an emotional speech practically paralleling [[spoiler: his own story about being demon and being cured.]][[http://38.media.tumblr.com/2d765da7c920d24ac28379cc68e00560/tumblr_nfmmuovMoF1qiqj0po1_500.gif "The people who love me.]] [[http://38.media.tumblr.com/07bb24038cd73fa09c463834bf72689a/tumblr_nfmmuovMoF1qiqj0po2_500.gif They pulled me back from that edge. " ]]It was confirmed he was talking about Sam AND Cas. It was the first time Dean admitted out loud that he is aware of the fact there are people who love him.
* 10x09 – Dean and Cas were on, as fandom called it, "Burger Date". Dean deliberately sends Sam off on an errand to he can commiserate the Cas and console him over Claire.
** And then there's this. And their faces. [[https://38.media.tumblr.com/9388c2f4af55c91e92c64cf08dc28f6e/tumblr_nghc5vhDfB1qcq98do1_500.gif Just.]] [[https://31.media.tumblr.com/2e38b9ead8aa7329c33b6654c443911b/tumblr_nghc5vhDfB1qcq98do2_500.gif Wow]]:
* In 9x23, the season finale, [[spoiler: Metatron essentially amends his previous statement and declares that everything Cas has done thus far has been, not for heaven, or even humanity in general, but for ONE HUMAN, Dean Winchester. Cas, to whom this comment is addressed, doesn't even try to deny it. At least from the angels' perspective, it's EveryoneCanSeeIt by this point.]]
* In 10x01 Cas's words while talking with Sam about [[spoiler: Demon!Dean]] were: "I miss him". Well, he was emotional in this conversation and the fact that he was practically naked in his bed doesn't [[http://crossroadscastiel.tumblr.com/post/99473976102/i-think-easily-the-most-poignant-thing-about-this help]]
* In the 200th episode (the musical) Sam and Dean end up talking about Destiel and Sassy (Sam/Castiel) and Dean responds to Destiel with expected awkwardness and responds to Sassy with basically "OMG, STFU, never talk about that, ever!!!!". Implying the Destiel is fine, cuz it's Dean/Cas, but Sam/Cas is a huge no no.
** Also pretty much confirmed that [[spoiler: God approves of their relationship.]] He says he really enjoyed everything about the play, which likely had much Destiel in it.
** Additionally, the differences between Dean's reaction to Wincest versus his reaction to Destiel. When he sees the actresses playing Dean and Sam standing very close together, he gruffly tells them to take a step back. When he sees the girls portraying Dean and Cas embracing, he stares in shock and gets nervous and flustered.
** Sam wasn't present when Dean learned about Destiel, yet they are later seen talking about it. That means that Dean ''deliberately'' told Sam about it, instead of simply dismissing it as something those crazy fangirls came up with.
** The two girls who play Dean and Cas for the musical (Siobhan and Kristen, respectively) are in a relationship outside of the production. When Dean sees them together, [[http://cloudyjenn.tumblr.com/post/102483584935/aypotayla-in-which-dean-finally-sees-his he looks genuinely confused and conflicted]], with no trace of disgust.
** The very fact that the girls were dating in the first place. They could have made a reference to Destiel in whatever way they wanted, and they chose to do it through a canonical lesbian relationship. Not to mention, the relationship itself is likely a nod to [[ActorShipping Cockles]], the ship of Jensen Ackles and Misha Collins. Love letter to the fans, indeed.
** When Marie first tells Dean about the ship Destiel, she defends it by claiming that there's "subtext" to back it up. Later, when Dean is trying to inspire the cast to put on the show, he instructs them to "put as much "sub" into that text as you possibly can." [[http://mishasminions.tumblr.com/post/102429002364 He looks at the girl who plays Cas when he says this.]]
** Speaking of 10x05 there is this [[http://camwelgrace.tumblr.com/post/112531138466/im-really-experiencing-some-deja-vu-here one parallel]] that involves Cassie. [[http://casfallsinlove.tumblr.com/post/55105897163 Speaking of Cassie/Cas parallels.]]
* In 10x07 After his fight with Cole, Dean gave him an emotional speech practically paralleling [[spoiler: his own story about being demon and being cured.]][[http://38.media.tumblr.com/2d765da7c920d24ac28379cc68e00560/tumblr_nfmmuovMoF1qiqj0po1_500.gif "The people who love me.]] [[http://38.media.tumblr.com/07bb24038cd73fa09c463834bf72689a/tumblr_nfmmuovMoF1qiqj0po2_500.gif They pulled me back from that edge. " ]]It was confirmed he was talking about Sam AND Cas. It was the first time Dean admitted out loud that he is aware of the fact there are people who love him.
* 10x09 – Dean and Cas were on, as fandom called it, "Burger Date". Dean deliberately sends Sam off on an errand to he can commiserate the Cas and console him over Claire.
** And then there's this. And their faces. [[https://38.media.tumblr.com/9388c2f4af55c91e92c64cf08dc28f6e/tumblr_nghc5vhDfB1qcq98do1_500.gif Just.]] [[https://31.media.tumblr.com/2e38b9ead8aa7329c33b6654c443911b/tumblr_nghc5vhDfB1qcq98do2_500.gif Wow]]:
to:
** According to Misha Collins, the original script had [[spoiler: Cas’ version of heaven [[spoiler:Metatron attempt to troll Castiel over his attachment to Dean by creating an IronicHeaven filled with photos of naked men with Dean's face on it]]. This ''is'' Misha, who's something of a troll, but still.
it]].
* In 9x23, the season finale,[[spoiler: Metatron [[spoiler:Metatron essentially amends his previous statement and declares that everything Cas has done thus far has been, not for heaven, or even humanity in general, but for ONE HUMAN, Dean Winchester. Cas, to whom this comment is addressed, doesn't even try to deny it. At least from the angels' perspective, it's EveryoneCanSeeIt by this point.]]
* In 10x01 Cas's words while talking with Sam about [[spoiler: Demon!Dean]] were: "I miss him". Well, he was emotional in this conversation and the fact that he was practically naked in his bed doesn't [[http://crossroadscastiel.tumblr.com/post/99473976102/i-think-easily-the-most-poignant-thing-about-this help]]
* In the 200th episode (the musical) Sam and Dean end up talking about Destiel and Sassy (Sam/Castiel) and Dean responds to Destiel with expected awkwardness and responds to Sassy with basically "OMG, STFU, never talk about that, ever!!!!". Implying the Destiel is fine, cuz it's Dean/Cas, but Sam/Cas is a huge no no.
** Also pretty much confirmed that [[spoiler: God approves of their relationship.]] He says he really enjoyed everything about the play, which likely had much Destiel in it.
** Additionally, the differences between Dean's reaction to Wincest versus his reaction to Destiel. When he sees the actresses playing Dean and Sam standing very close together, he gruffly tells them to take a step back. When he sees the girls portraying Dean and Cas embracing, he stares in shock and gets nervous and flustered.
** Sam wasn't present when Dean learned about Destiel, yet they are later seen talking about it. That means that Dean ''deliberately'' told Sam about it, instead of simply dismissing it as something those crazy fangirls came up with.
** The two girls who play Dean and Cas for the musical (Siobhan and Kristen, respectively) are in a relationship outside of the production. When Dean sees them together, [[http://cloudyjenn.tumblr.com/post/102483584935/aypotayla-in-which-dean-finally-sees-his he looks genuinely confused and conflicted]], with no trace of disgust.
** The very fact that the girls were dating in the first place. They could have made a reference to Destiel in whatever way they wanted, and they chose to do it through a canonical lesbian relationship. Not to mention, the relationship itself is likely a nod to [[ActorShipping Cockles]], the ship of Jensen Ackles and Misha Collins. Love letter to the fans, indeed.
** When Marie first tells Dean about the ship Destiel, she defends it by claiming that there's "subtext" to back it up. Later, when Dean is trying to inspire the cast to put on the show, he instructs them to "put as much "sub" into that text as you possibly can." [[http://mishasminions.tumblr.com/post/102429002364 He looks at the girl who plays Cas when he says this.]]
** Speaking of 10x05 there is this [[http://camwelgrace.tumblr.com/post/112531138466/im-really-experiencing-some-deja-vu-here one parallel]] that involves Cassie. [[http://casfallsinlove.tumblr.com/post/55105897163 Speaking of Cassie/Cas parallels.]]
* In 10x07 After his fight with Cole, Dean gave him an emotional speech practically paralleling [[spoiler: his own story about being demon and being cured.]][[http://38.media.tumblr.com/2d765da7c920d24ac28379cc68e00560/tumblr_nfmmuovMoF1qiqj0po1_500.gif "The people who love me.]] [[http://38.media.tumblr.com/07bb24038cd73fa09c463834bf72689a/tumblr_nfmmuovMoF1qiqj0po2_500.gif They pulled me back from that edge. " ]]It was confirmed he was talking about Sam AND Cas. It was the first time Dean admitted out loud that he is aware of the fact there are people who love him.
* 10x09 – Dean and Cas were on, as fandom called it, "Burger Date". Dean deliberately sends Sam off on an errand to he can commiserate the with Cas and console him over Claire.
** And then there's this. And their faces.Claire. The are shown sitting very closely together with [[https://38.media.tumblr.com/9388c2f4af55c91e92c64cf08dc28f6e/tumblr_nghc5vhDfB1qcq98do1_500.gif Just.]] tender]] [[https://31.media.tumblr.com/2e38b9ead8aa7329c33b6654c443911b/tumblr_nghc5vhDfB1qcq98do2_500.gif Wow]]:expressions]], and Castiel reassuring Dean in the tone of a caring spouse.
* In 9x23, the season finale,
* In 10x01 Cas's words while talking with Sam about [[spoiler: Demon!Dean]] were: "I miss him". Well, he was emotional in this conversation and the fact that he was practically naked in his bed doesn't [[http://crossroadscastiel.tumblr.com/post/99473976102/i-think-easily-the-most-poignant-thing-about-this help]]
* In the 200th episode (the musical) Sam and Dean end up talking about Destiel and Sassy (Sam/Castiel) and Dean responds to Destiel with expected awkwardness and responds to Sassy with basically "OMG, STFU, never talk about that, ever!!!!". Implying the Destiel is fine, cuz it's Dean/Cas, but Sam/Cas is a huge no no.
** Also pretty much confirmed that [[spoiler: God approves of their relationship.]] He says he really enjoyed everything about the play, which likely had much Destiel in it.
** Additionally, the differences between Dean's reaction to Wincest versus his reaction to Destiel. When he sees the actresses playing Dean and Sam standing very close together, he gruffly tells them to take a step back. When he sees the girls portraying Dean and Cas embracing, he stares in shock and gets nervous and flustered.
** Sam wasn't present when Dean learned about Destiel, yet they are later seen talking about it. That means that Dean ''deliberately'' told Sam about it, instead of simply dismissing it as something those crazy fangirls came up with.
** The two girls who play Dean and Cas for the musical (Siobhan and Kristen, respectively) are in a relationship outside of the production. When Dean sees them together, [[http://cloudyjenn.tumblr.com/post/102483584935/aypotayla-in-which-dean-finally-sees-his he looks genuinely confused and conflicted]], with no trace of disgust.
** The very fact that the girls were dating in the first place. They could have made a reference to Destiel in whatever way they wanted, and they chose to do it through a canonical lesbian relationship. Not to mention, the relationship itself is likely a nod to [[ActorShipping Cockles]], the ship of Jensen Ackles and Misha Collins. Love letter to the fans, indeed.
** When Marie first tells Dean about the ship Destiel, she defends it by claiming that there's "subtext" to back it up. Later, when Dean is trying to inspire the cast to put on the show, he instructs them to "put as much "sub" into that text as you possibly can." [[http://mishasminions.tumblr.com/post/102429002364 He looks at the girl who plays Cas when he says this.
* In 10x07 After his fight with Cole, Dean gave him an emotional speech practically paralleling [[spoiler: his own story about being demon and being cured.]][[http://38.media.tumblr.com/2d765da7c920d24ac28379cc68e00560/tumblr_nfmmuovMoF1qiqj0po1_500.gif "The people who love me.]] [[http://38.media.tumblr.com/07bb24038cd73fa09c463834bf72689a/tumblr_nfmmuovMoF1qiqj0po2_500.gif They pulled me back from that edge. " ]]It was confirmed he was talking about Sam AND Cas. It was the first time Dean admitted out loud that he is aware of the fact there are people who love him.
** And then there's this. And their faces.
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*** Let's not forget that this was the most popular episode in the whole season only because in the sneek peak they showed scene with Cas & Dean.
* A somewhat meta example. During the season 10 episode No Place Like Home, Sam and Dean utilize FBI aliases. Dean's is Collins.
** Sam and Dean's respective aliases of Gabriel and Collins do refer to Peter Gabriel and Phil Collins of the band Genesis, so they're in keeping with the boys' habit of using the names of rockstars, but it's still possibly a sly wink to fans, as Sam/Gabriel is a surprisingly popular 'ship in fandom, too. It could be coincidence, though.
* Whole 10x14 was screaming about parallels. [[spoiler: When Dean gave Cas the first blade it looked like he was picking Cas over Crowley like Cain did with choosing Colette over Abbadon.]] This shows how much he trusts Cas too. He gave him the only one thing that could kill him.
** There was this one scene where Cain said to Cas that he will murder practically 10% of the population and Cas didn't even flinch. But when Cain threatened Dean he pulled out his angel blade in seconds even though he knew he hasn't got a chance against Cain with [[spoiler: his fading grace.]] Threatening Dean? No.
** And this:
-->'''Cain:''' [[https://31.media.tumblr.com/73772e9a12f672c70a1fbee8793f076c/tumblr_njy7oasmK31s8gsleo1_500.gif And then you kill the angel, Castiel. ]][[https://33.media.tumblr.com/21c502a0c25c65a8d7378f77ac606077/tumblr_njy7oasmK31s8gsleo2_500.gif Now that one – That I suspect would hurt something awful.]]
*** We can't forget about the fact that Cain considered killing Cas before because he wanted to strike at Dean's biggest weakness – his family. [[spoiler: It was somehow a mirror to the scene in 9x22 where Metatron assumed what was Cas's biggest weakness (He's in love...with humanity) and episode later he realized that. Cain said: Your biggest weakness... your courage, your reckless bravado. Even though we were constantly told that Dean's weak point is his family.]]
** In [[http://yourfavoritedirector.tumblr.com/post/128659831343/the-executioners-song-unaired-sceneplease-do-not a deleted scene]], Crowley says to Cas "all in a desperate attempt to save your boyfriend" confirming that indeed EveryoneCanSeeIt.
* In 10x16, Dean gives a surprisingly heartfelt speech in a confessional in which he admits that there are 'things... people, feelings... that I want to experience differently than I have before, or maybe even for the first time.' As the ''very large'' amount of meta written about it has explored, it sounds very much as though he's talking about romance (at least, the priest himself assumes this), and would make a lot of sense if he were talking about being bi. And if he is talking about a specific person, somebody who he wants to experience 'differently' in a romantic way, nobody really makes sense except for one: Cas.
* In season 10, Dean takes on [[spoiler: the Mark of Cain. Cain first killed Abel, his brother, then Colette, his wife and the woman he loved, and then Abaddon's army of demons. Cain tells Dean he's living his life in reverse- that first he will kill Crowley, then Cas, and then Sam. Crowley represents the army of demons, Sam represents Abel, and Cas? He represents Colette.]]
*** Speaking of parallels... Jared told that, in his opinion, Cas/Colette parallels were intentional.
* In 10x17 we have this whole scene with Dean flirting with a barman (Seriously. Do they even care about making him look straight anymore?). We can consider this as bi!Dean. Moreover we were reminded that angels don't have a gender when Hannah came back in a male vessel. You can do with this information whatever you want.
** And there was this little gem with Cas who was all [[http://38.media.tumblr.com/76afc6ef589b652c83207ec70d138d55/tumblr_nm5rw3Vl7b1s8gsleo4_500.gif happy]] while talking with Hannah but when she told him she can't help him with Dean his expression changed so much that he was practically on the verge of tears and fury. In this episode [[spoiler: Cas was so desperate to find the cure for the Mark of Cain that he didn't care about the possibility of being completely banished from heaven and took Metatron out of the jail.]]
* A somewhat meta example. During the season 10 episode No Place Like Home, Sam and Dean utilize FBI aliases. Dean's is Collins.
** Sam and Dean's respective aliases of Gabriel and Collins do refer to Peter Gabriel and Phil Collins of the band Genesis, so they're in keeping with the boys' habit of using the names of rockstars, but it's still possibly a sly wink to fans, as Sam/Gabriel is a surprisingly popular 'ship in fandom, too. It could be coincidence, though.
* Whole 10x14 was screaming about parallels. [[spoiler: When Dean gave Cas the first blade it looked like he was picking Cas over Crowley like Cain did with choosing Colette over Abbadon.]] This shows how much he trusts Cas too. He gave him the only one thing that could kill him.
** There was this one scene where Cain said to Cas that he will murder practically 10% of the population and Cas didn't even flinch. But when Cain threatened Dean he pulled out his angel blade in seconds even though he knew he hasn't got a chance against Cain with [[spoiler: his fading grace.]] Threatening Dean? No.
** And this:
-->'''Cain:''' [[https://31.media.tumblr.com/73772e9a12f672c70a1fbee8793f076c/tumblr_njy7oasmK31s8gsleo1_500.gif And then you kill the angel, Castiel. ]][[https://33.media.tumblr.com/21c502a0c25c65a8d7378f77ac606077/tumblr_njy7oasmK31s8gsleo2_500.gif Now that one – That I suspect would hurt something awful.]]
*** We can't forget about the fact that Cain considered killing Cas before because he wanted to strike at Dean's biggest weakness – his family. [[spoiler: It was somehow a mirror to the scene in 9x22 where Metatron assumed what was Cas's biggest weakness (He's in love...with humanity) and episode later he realized that. Cain said: Your biggest weakness... your courage, your reckless bravado. Even though we were constantly told that Dean's weak point is his family.]]
** In [[http://yourfavoritedirector.tumblr.com/post/128659831343/the-executioners-song-unaired-sceneplease-do-not a deleted scene]], Crowley says to Cas "all in a desperate attempt to save your boyfriend" confirming that indeed EveryoneCanSeeIt.
* In 10x16, Dean gives a surprisingly heartfelt speech in a confessional in which he admits that there are 'things... people, feelings... that I want to experience differently than I have before, or maybe even for the first time.' As the ''very large'' amount of meta written about it has explored, it sounds very much as though he's talking about romance (at least, the priest himself assumes this), and would make a lot of sense if he were talking about being bi. And if he is talking about a specific person, somebody who he wants to experience 'differently' in a romantic way, nobody really makes sense except for one: Cas.
* In season 10, Dean takes on [[spoiler: the Mark of Cain. Cain first killed Abel, his brother, then Colette, his wife and the woman he loved, and then Abaddon's army of demons. Cain tells Dean he's living his life in reverse- that first he will kill Crowley, then Cas, and then Sam. Crowley represents the army of demons, Sam represents Abel, and Cas? He represents Colette.]]
*** Speaking of parallels... Jared told that, in his opinion, Cas/Colette parallels were intentional.
* In 10x17 we have this whole scene with Dean flirting with a barman (Seriously. Do they even care about making him look straight anymore?). We can consider this as bi!Dean. Moreover we were reminded that angels don't have a gender when Hannah came back in a male vessel. You can do with this information whatever you want.
** And there was this little gem with Cas who was all [[http://38.media.tumblr.com/76afc6ef589b652c83207ec70d138d55/tumblr_nm5rw3Vl7b1s8gsleo4_500.gif happy]] while talking with Hannah but when she told him she can't help him with Dean his expression changed so much that he was practically on the verge of tears and fury. In this episode [[spoiler: Cas was so desperate to find the cure for the Mark of Cain that he didn't care about the possibility of being completely banished from heaven and took Metatron out of the jail.]]
to:
** Sam and Dean's respective aliases
* Whole
** And this:
-->'''Cain:''' [[https://31.media.tumblr.com/73772e9a12f672c70a1fbee8793f076c/tumblr_njy7oasmK31s8gsleo1_500.gif And then you kill the angel, Castiel. ]][[https://33.media.tumblr.com/21c502a0c25c65a8d7378f77ac606077/tumblr_njy7oasmK31s8gsleo2_500.gif Now that one – That I suspect would hurt something awful.]]
*** We can't forget about the fact that Cain considered killing Cas before because he wanted to strike at Dean's biggest weakness – his family. [[spoiler: It was somehow a mirror to the scene in 9x22 where Metatron assumed what was Cas's biggest weakness (He's in love...with humanity) and episode later he realized that. Cain said: Your biggest weakness... your courage, your reckless bravado. Even though we were constantly told that Dean's weak point is his family.]]
** When [[spoiler:Cain]] discusses with Dean about [[spoiler:the Mark of Cain, he tells him about how he first killed Abel, his brother, then Colette, his wife and the woman he loved, and then Abaddon's army of demons. Cain tells Dean he's living his life in reverse- that first he will kill Crowley, then Cas, and then Sam. Crowley represents Abaddon and the army of demons, Sam represents Abel, and Cas? He represents Colette.]] Actors and writers alike have suggested this is deliberate.
* In 10x16, Dean gives a surprisingly heartfelt speech in a confessional in which he admits that there are 'things... people, feelings... that I want to experience differently than I have before, or maybe even for the first time.'
* In
* In 10x17 we have this whole scene with Dean flirting with a barman (Seriously. Do they even care about making him look straight anymore?). We can consider this as bi!Dean. Moreover we were reminded that angels don't have a gender when Hannah came back in a male vessel. You can do with this information whatever you want.
** And there was this little gem with Cas who was all [[http://38.media.tumblr.com/76afc6ef589b652c83207ec70d138d55/tumblr_nm5rw3Vl7b1s8gsleo4_500.gif happy]] while talking with Hannah but when she told him she can't help him with Dean his expression changed so much that he was practically on the verge of tears and fury. In this episode [[spoiler: Cas was so desperate to find the cure for the Mark of Cain that he didn't care about the possibility of being completely banished from heaven and took Metatron out of the jail.]]
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* Episode 8x01:
** Dean escapes from Purgatory and meets up with Sam.
--> '''Sam:''' What about Cas? Was he there?
--> ''Before speaking, Dean turns away from Sam, something he does when he's trying to hide his emotions.''
--> '''Dean:''' Yeah, [[http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_map1nslmHz1r70uam.jpg Cas didn't make it.]]
--> '''Sam:''' What exactly does that mean?
--> '''Dean:''' Something happened to him down there. Things got pretty hairy towards the end, and he... just let go.
--> '''Sam:'''So Cas is dead? You saw him die?
--> '''Dean:''' [[http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbmtcpqEZ51r1t8t7o1_500.jpg I saw enough.]]
--> '''Sam:'''So, then what, you're not sure?
--> '''Dean:''' ''(angrily turning back to Sam)'' I said I saw enough, Sam.
** Dean went back to torturing to find Cas.
** And of course, we have this lovely exchange: In six words, we have Crowley referring to Castiel as ''Dean's angel'', and Dean not trying to deny it in any way; instead, he responds without missing a beat, and in such a way as to imply it's true.
** Dean escapes from Purgatory and meets up with Sam.
--> '''Sam:''' What about Cas? Was he there?
--> ''Before speaking, Dean turns away from Sam, something he does when he's trying to hide his emotions.''
--> '''Dean:''' Yeah, [[http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_map1nslmHz1r70uam.jpg Cas didn't make it.]]
--> '''Sam:''' What exactly does that mean?
--> '''Dean:''' Something happened to him down there. Things got pretty hairy towards the end, and he... just let go.
--> '''Sam:'''So Cas is dead? You saw him die?
--> '''Dean:''' [[http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbmtcpqEZ51r1t8t7o1_500.jpg I saw enough.]]
--> '''Sam:'''So, then what, you're not sure?
--> '''Dean:''' ''(angrily turning back to Sam)'' I said I saw enough, Sam.
** Dean went back to torturing to find Cas.
** And of course, we have this lovely exchange: In six words, we have Crowley referring to Castiel as ''Dean's angel'', and Dean not trying to deny it in any way; instead, he responds without missing a beat, and in such a way as to imply it's true.
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* From Episode 8x01:
** Dean escapes from Purgatory and meets up with Sam.
--> '''Sam:''' What about Cas? Was he there?
--> ''Before speaking, Dean turns away from Sam, something he does when he's trying to hide his emotions.''
--> '''Dean:''' Yeah, [[http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_map1nslmHz1r70uam.jpg Cas didn't make it.]]
--> '''Sam:''' What exactly does that mean?
--> '''Dean:''' Something happened to him down there. Things got pretty hairy towards the end, and he... just let go.
--> '''Sam:'''So Cas is dead? You saw him die?
--> '''Dean:''' [[http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbmtcpqEZ51r1t8t7o1_500.jpg I saw enough.]]
--> '''Sam:'''So, then what, you're not sure?
--> '''Dean:''' ''(angrily turning back to Sam)'' I said I saw enough, Sam.
** Dean went back to torturing to find Cas.
** And of course, we have this lovely exchange: In8x01,in six words, we have Crowley referring to Castiel as ''Dean's angel'', and Dean not trying to deny it in any way; instead, he responds without missing a beat, and in such a way as to imply it's true.
** Dean escapes from Purgatory and meets up with Sam.
--> '''Sam:''' What about Cas? Was he there?
--> ''Before speaking, Dean turns away from Sam, something he does when he's trying to hide his emotions.''
--> '''Dean:''' Yeah, [[http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_map1nslmHz1r70uam.jpg Cas didn't make it.]]
--> '''Sam:''' What exactly does that mean?
--> '''Dean:''' Something happened to him down there. Things got pretty hairy towards the end, and he... just let go.
--> '''Sam:'''So Cas is dead? You saw him die?
--> '''Dean:''' [[http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbmtcpqEZ51r1t8t7o1_500.jpg I saw enough.]]
--> '''Sam:'''So, then what, you're not sure?
--> '''Dean:''' ''(angrily turning back to Sam)'' I said I saw enough, Sam.
** Dean went back to torturing to find Cas.
** And of course, we have this lovely exchange: In
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*** Let's not forget that in the past, when Dean tried to tear down Cas, he's used sexual lines like "Blow me, Cas," or calling him "junkless". Now to insult Crowley, he's making jokes about Cas and ''Crowley's mother''.
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** The scene begins when they find Castiel. Dean, who avoids emotional moments like they'll give him the Croatoan Virus, walks up to Cas and flat out ''hugs'' him with no hesitation at all. Apparently the fact that Cas betrayed him and drove his brother insane has been completely forgotten about, and it just gets better (or worse) from there.
*** Dean leans into the hug, resting his head against Cas's.
*** Meanwhile, instead of hugging back, Cas just stands stiffly and ''clenches his fist'', like he's having to physically prevent himself from hugging back.
*** Right after the hug, Dean steps back just slightly (though still, personal space? what personal space?) and ''touches Cas's cheek''.
** You have Dean utterly convinced that Cas had a legitimate reason for abandoning him in Purgatory despite his previous betrayals and general craziness, fiercely defending him to Benny when he implies otherwise, and refusing to leave Purgatory without him.
** Dean ''prayed'' to Cas every night.
*** Dean leans into the hug, resting his head against Cas's.
*** Meanwhile, instead of hugging back, Cas just stands stiffly and ''clenches his fist'', like he's having to physically prevent himself from hugging back.
*** Right after the hug, Dean steps back just slightly (though still, personal space? what personal space?) and ''touches Cas's cheek''.
** You have Dean utterly convinced that Cas had a legitimate reason for abandoning him in Purgatory despite his previous betrayals and general craziness, fiercely defending him to Benny when he implies otherwise, and refusing to leave Purgatory without him.
** Dean ''prayed'' to Cas every night.
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** The scene begins when they find Castiel. Dean, who avoids emotional moments like they'll give him the Croatoan Virus, normally has a severe case of CannotSpitItOut with his emotions, walks up to Cas and flat out ''hugs'' him with no hesitation at all. Apparently the fact that all, despite Cas betrayed betraying him and drove his brother driving him insane has been completely forgotten about, and it just gets better (or worse) from there.
***earlier. Notably Dean leans into the hug, resting his head against Cas's.
*** Meanwhile,Cas's, while instead of hugging back, Cas just stands stiffly and ''clenches clenches his fist'', fist, like he's having to physically prevent himself from hugging back.
***back. Right after the hug, Dean steps back just slightly (though still, personal space? what personal space?) and ''touches touches Cas's cheek''.
** You have Dean utterly convinced that Cas had a legitimate reason for abandoning him in Purgatory despite his previous betrayals and general craziness, fiercely defending him to Benny when he implies otherwise, and refusing to leave Purgatory without him.cheek.
** Dean''prayed'' admits that he prayed to Cas every night.night, a marked shift in CharacterDevelopment from his usual behavior.
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*** Meanwhile,
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** You have Dean utterly convinced that Cas had a legitimate reason for abandoning him in Purgatory despite his previous betrayals and general craziness, fiercely defending him to Benny when he implies otherwise, and refusing to leave Purgatory without him.
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** Cas's line about keeping the Leviathan away from Dean was pretty much a confession of love, and Dean got it, too. He looks practically poleaxed for a minute after Cas finally comes out and says it. That's actually what prompts the line, "Cas, buddy, ''I need you''."
** And that's ignoring all the long stares and teary eyes- there's even romantic music playing the whole damn time. Let's be honest- the writers just don't care about subtle any more.
** And that's ignoring all the long stares and teary eyes- there's even romantic music playing the whole damn time. Let's be honest- the writers just don't care about subtle any more.
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** Cas's line about keeping the Leviathan away from Dean was pretty much comes off as a confession of love, and Dean got it, too. He looks practically poleaxed for a minute after Cas finally comes out and says it. That's actually what prompts the line, "Cas, buddy, ''I need you''."
**And that's Even ignoring all the long stares and teary eyes- there's even romantic music playing the whole damn time. Let's be honest- the writers just don't care about subtle any more.
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* For a Cas-free episode, episode 8x03, "Heartache", was fairly screaming Destiel. The ancient, immortal warrior who fell in love with a human, and couldn't bear the idea of living alone again? Just compare Dean's face to Sam's when Betsy tells the story. Sam looks sad and understanding, like you would listening to a really sad story. [[http://bakasara.tumblr.com/post/34173575303/ Dean, though, just looks crushed]], in such intense emotional pain; he's not listening to the story, he's ''remembering'' it, he's ''in'' it. His face isn't how you look when you listen to something sad, it's how you look when you see yourself in that story.
** Let's also note the difference in Dean's reaction to a case with strippers here as opposed to back in season four:
--> '''Season 4!Dean:''' Strippers, Sammy, strippers. We are on [[http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mc35xicd0b1rff6tko1_250.gif an actual case]] [[http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mc35xicd0b1rff6tko3_250.gif involving strippers.]]
--> '''Season 8!Dean:''' [[http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mc35xicd0b1rff6tko2_250.gif Really?]] [[http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mc35xicd0b1rff6tko4_250.gif Our king daddy monster]] is a stripper?
** Not just destroyed about the story - Dean is probably remembering the broken Castiel from "The End" and broken Purgatory Castiel as well. This is one of Dean's greatest fears - Castiel dying because of love for Dean.
* Destiel has been declared [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/WordOfSaintPaul canon by Misha Collins]] - as in, '''''the actor who plays Castiel.''''' [[http://lurea.tumblr.com/post/34536825294/ This post]] by lurea has been confirmed as fact by the twitters of two other people who were in the room.
--> ''lurea, quoting one of the main writers for the show'': "'There is a relationship that fans like to talk about a lot that will be talked about on screen soon and resolved.'"
--> '''Misha:''' "A relationship that fans like to speculate about? Well, yeah, that would sound like he’s talking about Dean and Cas to me. That’s really the only love relationship on the show that it could apply to."
--> ''(everyone in the room gapes in shock)''
--> '''Misha (impatiently):''' "C'mon, I think the love there is made pretty clear."
--> '''lurea (trying to get him to elaborate):''' "Sure, on Cas’s part, it's well established that he loves Dean, but I don’t think it is on Dean’s side."
--> '''Misha:''' "C’mon, in the first few episodes, Dean’s running around Purgatory, chopping off heads, ''Where’s the angel, where’s the angel, you know, the guy I’m in love with?''"
--> '''lurea:''' "I DON'T REMEMBER DEAN SAYING THAT!"
--> '''Misha:''' He might as well have. You know, we know what it is, what’s going on. We don’t talk about it. The actors don’t, Jensen and I don’t. But we’re all perfectly aware of how the relationship is, the writers are completely aware of how it’s being written. It may be unspoken but that doesn’t mean it’s not there or not true.
* And again with the parallels! Episode 8x05, "Blood Brother". If Benny and Andrea aren't parallels for Cas and Dean the same way Brick and Betsy were, then this episode doesn't make sense. The difference is, of course, that here the major parallel is Benny-and-Cas, whereas before the focus was on the Dean-and-Betsy side of things.
** When Benny asks why Dean actually resurrected him once he made it out of Purgatory, instead of just getting rid of him, Dean gives a non-answer. Then we get a flashback to a Purgatory fight scene that ends with Benny saving Cas from a Leviathan when Dean couldn't.
** This one deserves more. That fight scene alone has had loads of meta written already; here's a few points.
*** Early in the Purgatory flashbacks, Dean is actually shown not getting along particularly well with Benny, in complete contrast to what we see in the present.
*** Dean says he will do whatever it takes to get Cas out of Purgatory, even if it kills all three of them.
*** When Cas warns of Leviathan coming, Dean tries to get Cas to leave. After all he's done trying to find Cas and stay with him, once the Leviathan are coming, he wants Cas out and safe(r) even if it means he'll have to search Purgatory all over again.
*** While Dean is struggling with one Leviathan, Cas is dealing with another. Just as Dean takes out his, the other gets the advantage over Cas, and is about to kill him, but Benny saves Cas. Cas doesn't look particularly grateful, considering he's now only not dead thanks to Benny; instead, he looks surprised, and somewhat upset, as if he's thinking "''Why did you save me? We both know if I die, you will be safer, and so will Dean. You should have let me die.''"
*** Dean, meanwhile, doesn't look as happy as you'd expect considering he just saw Benny save Cas's life. Instead, [[http://freetobesamanddean.tumblr.com/post/34766533276 he looks haunted, almost scared]], like he's having trouble moving past the bit where ''Cas nearly died, and there was nothing Dean could have done about it''.
*** Considering both how we've seen Cas deal with Leviathan before, and how we know Cas kept himself alive for what could have been months without any help, having one get the drop on him there seems rather odd. Taking into account how upset he looks when Benny saves him, what if Cas deliberately didn't fight as hard as he could have? What if he was letting it win, thinking his death would mean more safety for Dean? And if there's any truth in that, Dean, of all people, would know, which comes back to that haunted expression he had; for perhaps the first time, he'd just had it shoved in his face that ''Cas has lost his will to live'', that the only reason he fought this long was for Dean's sake, to be a distraction, and now that Dean has found him and won't let him leave again, the only way to ensure Dean's safety would be for Cas to die...
*** Before Benny saved Cas, Dean and Benny had a fairly antagonistic relationship, Dean clearly not trusting Benny at all, even calling him an "undead blood junkie" - and coming from Dean, that's actually a harsher insult than it sounds to someone who wouldn't likely know about Sam's history with the demon blood. After Benny saved Cas, we know already their relationship improved to the point they call each other brothers.
*** Oh, and did we mention that this flashback came right after ''Benny asks Dean why Dean didn't just let Benny die once out of Purgatory, and Dean didn't give him an answer?''
** And of course, we get to see six people featured prominently in this episode. Four of those people come in pairs: Benny and his love interest Andrea, Sam and his love interest Amelia, and the odd two out are... Dean and Cas.
** [[http://bakasara.tumblr.com/post/34856460591/ And there's more!]] Before we learn that the parallels are stronger the other way around, the initial conversation where Benny tells Dean about Andrea has this lovely scene:
--> '''Benny:''' [[http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj535/FlyingDerps/gifs3/deaninlove0.jpg I always did what was best for the nest]]... until I met her. Andrea. Andrea Kormos. Beautiful.
--> '''Benny:''' [[http://media.tumblr.com/dc20aff6e64b30c306d2c76970471334/tumblr_mn9kxaPpKp1rygmj1o1_500.jpg I mean,]] [[http://media.tumblr.com/6e4629e157eaa9724c9ee30549ea0b73/tumblr_mn9kxaPpKp1rygmj1o2_r1_250.jpg words don't even]] [[http://media.tumblr.com/ec3e83db7ab50148be29653f0e3cf09f/tumblr_mn9kxaPpKp1rygmj1o3_r1_250.jpg cut it,]] you know?
*** If that's not the face of someone who ''does'' know exactly what he means, what is it?
* A minor moment, perhaps, compared the episodes before and after, but episode 8x06, "Southern Comfort", includes Dean being [[spoiler:possessed by a ghost that forces people to kill those they feel have wronged them.]] While he's talking to Sam, we get the line "Cas let me down, you let me down." As he says the first part, he looks much more upset than he had any time before in the episode. Then he's talking about and to Sam, and he's back to looking angry, even furious, again. It's a subtle contrast, and one easy to miss initially, but is very telling when it comes to comparing how he apparently feels about the difference in how Cas let him down vs. how Sam let him down.
--> '''Dean:''' ''[[http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_md5ioli4OB1qhb554o1_500.gif Cas let me down]]''
--> '''Dean:''' ''[[http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_md5ioli4OB1qhb554o2_500.gif You let me down]]''
--> '''Dean:''' ''[[http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_md5ioli4OB1qhb554o3_500.gif The only one who hasn't]] [[http://thatdeangentlemen.tumblr.com/post/35294072266/ let me down is Benny]]''
** There's also the moment when Garth asks if Dean really went to Purgatory-Purgatory, and Dean replies "No, the one in Miami." Said "Purgatory" in Miami is a bar. A gay bar.
* Welp. Episode 8x07, "A Little Slice of Kevin", was a fangirl's dream come true.
** The episode starts with Dean seeing a hallucination of Cas by the side of the road. Considering this show's love of parallels (look at this season alone), comparing it to Sam hallucinating Jess by the side of the road back in season one's "Bloody Mary" doesn't seem like much of a stretch. Of course, that was a Winchester imagining [[http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_md4k1qWFpK1qc2fi0o1_250.gif he'd seen the love interest]] [[http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_md4k1qWFpK1qc2fi0o2_250.gif he'd lost not long before]]... hm.
** Let's also note the difference in Dean's reaction to a case with strippers here as opposed to back in season four:
--> '''Season 4!Dean:''' Strippers, Sammy, strippers. We are on [[http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mc35xicd0b1rff6tko1_250.gif an actual case]] [[http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mc35xicd0b1rff6tko3_250.gif involving strippers.]]
--> '''Season 8!Dean:''' [[http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mc35xicd0b1rff6tko2_250.gif Really?]] [[http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mc35xicd0b1rff6tko4_250.gif Our king daddy monster]] is a stripper?
** Not just destroyed about the story - Dean is probably remembering the broken Castiel from "The End" and broken Purgatory Castiel as well. This is one of Dean's greatest fears - Castiel dying because of love for Dean.
* Destiel has been declared [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/WordOfSaintPaul canon by Misha Collins]] - as in, '''''the actor who plays Castiel.''''' [[http://lurea.tumblr.com/post/34536825294/ This post]] by lurea has been confirmed as fact by the twitters of two other people who were in the room.
--> ''lurea, quoting one of the main writers for the show'': "'There is a relationship that fans like to talk about a lot that will be talked about on screen soon and resolved.'"
--> '''Misha:''' "A relationship that fans like to speculate about? Well, yeah, that would sound like he’s talking about Dean and Cas to me. That’s really the only love relationship on the show that it could apply to."
--> ''(everyone in the room gapes in shock)''
--> '''Misha (impatiently):''' "C'mon, I think the love there is made pretty clear."
--> '''lurea (trying to get him to elaborate):''' "Sure, on Cas’s part, it's well established that he loves Dean, but I don’t think it is on Dean’s side."
--> '''Misha:''' "C’mon, in the first few episodes, Dean’s running around Purgatory, chopping off heads, ''Where’s the angel, where’s the angel, you know, the guy I’m in love with?''"
--> '''lurea:''' "I DON'T REMEMBER DEAN SAYING THAT!"
--> '''Misha:''' He might as well have. You know, we know what it is, what’s going on. We don’t talk about it. The actors don’t, Jensen and I don’t. But we’re all perfectly aware of how the relationship is, the writers are completely aware of how it’s being written. It may be unspoken but that doesn’t mean it’s not there or not true.
* And again with the parallels! Episode 8x05, "Blood Brother". If Benny and Andrea aren't parallels for Cas and Dean the same way Brick and Betsy were, then this episode doesn't make sense. The difference is, of course, that here the major parallel is Benny-and-Cas, whereas before the focus was on the Dean-and-Betsy side of things.
** When Benny asks why Dean actually resurrected him once he made it out of Purgatory, instead of just getting rid of him, Dean gives a non-answer. Then we get a flashback to a Purgatory fight scene that ends with Benny saving Cas from a Leviathan when Dean couldn't.
** This one deserves more. That fight scene alone has had loads of meta written already; here's a few points.
*** Early in the Purgatory flashbacks, Dean is actually shown not getting along particularly well with Benny, in complete contrast to what we see in the present.
*** Dean says he will do whatever it takes to get Cas out of Purgatory, even if it kills all three of them.
*** When Cas warns of Leviathan coming, Dean tries to get Cas to leave. After all he's done trying to find Cas and stay with him, once the Leviathan are coming, he wants Cas out and safe(r) even if it means he'll have to search Purgatory all over again.
*** While Dean is struggling with one Leviathan, Cas is dealing with another. Just as Dean takes out his, the other gets the advantage over Cas, and is about to kill him, but Benny saves Cas. Cas doesn't look particularly grateful, considering he's now only not dead thanks to Benny; instead, he looks surprised, and somewhat upset, as if he's thinking "''Why did you save me? We both know if I die, you will be safer, and so will Dean. You should have let me die.''"
*** Dean, meanwhile, doesn't look as happy as you'd expect considering he just saw Benny save Cas's life. Instead, [[http://freetobesamanddean.tumblr.com/post/34766533276 he looks haunted, almost scared]], like he's having trouble moving past the bit where ''Cas nearly died, and there was nothing Dean could have done about it''.
*** Considering both how we've seen Cas deal with Leviathan before, and how we know Cas kept himself alive for what could have been months without any help, having one get the drop on him there seems rather odd. Taking into account how upset he looks when Benny saves him, what if Cas deliberately didn't fight as hard as he could have? What if he was letting it win, thinking his death would mean more safety for Dean? And if there's any truth in that, Dean, of all people, would know, which comes back to that haunted expression he had; for perhaps the first time, he'd just had it shoved in his face that ''Cas has lost his will to live'', that the only reason he fought this long was for Dean's sake, to be a distraction, and now that Dean has found him and won't let him leave again, the only way to ensure Dean's safety would be for Cas to die...
*** Before Benny saved Cas, Dean and Benny had a fairly antagonistic relationship, Dean clearly not trusting Benny at all, even calling him an "undead blood junkie" - and coming from Dean, that's actually a harsher insult than it sounds to someone who wouldn't likely know about Sam's history with the demon blood. After Benny saved Cas, we know already their relationship improved to the point they call each other brothers.
*** Oh, and did we mention that this flashback came right after ''Benny asks Dean why Dean didn't just let Benny die once out of Purgatory, and Dean didn't give him an answer?''
** And of course, we get to see six people featured prominently in this episode. Four of those people come in pairs: Benny and his love interest Andrea, Sam and his love interest Amelia, and the odd two out are... Dean and Cas.
** [[http://bakasara.tumblr.com/post/34856460591/ And there's more!]] Before we learn that the parallels are stronger the other way around, the initial conversation where Benny tells Dean about Andrea has this lovely scene:
--> '''Benny:''' [[http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj535/FlyingDerps/gifs3/deaninlove0.jpg I always did what was best for the nest]]... until I met her. Andrea. Andrea Kormos. Beautiful.
--> '''Benny:''' [[http://media.tumblr.com/dc20aff6e64b30c306d2c76970471334/tumblr_mn9kxaPpKp1rygmj1o1_500.jpg I mean,]] [[http://media.tumblr.com/6e4629e157eaa9724c9ee30549ea0b73/tumblr_mn9kxaPpKp1rygmj1o2_r1_250.jpg words don't even]] [[http://media.tumblr.com/ec3e83db7ab50148be29653f0e3cf09f/tumblr_mn9kxaPpKp1rygmj1o3_r1_250.jpg cut it,]] you know?
*** If that's not the face of someone who ''does'' know exactly what he means, what is it?
* A minor moment, perhaps, compared the episodes before and after, but episode 8x06, "Southern Comfort", includes Dean being [[spoiler:possessed by a ghost that forces people to kill those they feel have wronged them.]] While he's talking to Sam, we get the line "Cas let me down, you let me down." As he says the first part, he looks much more upset than he had any time before in the episode. Then he's talking about and to Sam, and he's back to looking angry, even furious, again. It's a subtle contrast, and one easy to miss initially, but is very telling when it comes to comparing how he apparently feels about the difference in how Cas let him down vs. how Sam let him down.
--> '''Dean:''' ''[[http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_md5ioli4OB1qhb554o1_500.gif Cas let me down]]''
--> '''Dean:''' ''[[http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_md5ioli4OB1qhb554o2_500.gif You let me down]]''
--> '''Dean:''' ''[[http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_md5ioli4OB1qhb554o3_500.gif The only one who hasn't]] [[http://thatdeangentlemen.tumblr.com/post/35294072266/ let me down is Benny]]''
** There's also the moment when Garth asks if Dean really went to Purgatory-Purgatory, and Dean replies "No, the one in Miami." Said "Purgatory" in Miami is a bar. A gay bar.
* Welp. Episode 8x07, "A Little Slice of Kevin", was a fangirl's dream come true.
** The episode starts with Dean seeing a hallucination of Cas by the side of the road. Considering this show's love of parallels (look at this season alone), comparing it to Sam hallucinating Jess by the side of the road back in season one's "Bloody Mary" doesn't seem like much of a stretch. Of course, that was a Winchester imagining [[http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_md4k1qWFpK1qc2fi0o1_250.gif he'd seen the love interest]] [[http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_md4k1qWFpK1qc2fi0o2_250.gif he'd lost not long before]]... hm.
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** Let's also note the difference in Dean's reaction to a case with strippers here as opposed to back in season four:
--> '''Season 4!Dean:''' Strippers, Sammy, strippers. We are on [[http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mc35xicd0b1rff6tko1_250.gif an actual case]] [[http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mc35xicd0b1rff6tko3_250.gif involving strippers.]]
--> '''Season 8!Dean:''' [[http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mc35xicd0b1rff6tko2_250.gif Really?]] [[http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mc35xicd0b1rff6tko4_250.gif Our king daddy monster]] is a stripper?
** Not just destroyed about the story - Dean is probably remembering the broken Castiel from "The End" and broken Purgatory Castiel as well. This is one of Dean's greatest fears - Castiel dying because of love for Dean.
* Destiel has been declared [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/WordOfSaintPaul canon by Misha Collins]] - as in, '''''the actor who plays Castiel.''''' [[http://lurea.tumblr.com/post/34536825294/ This post]] by lurea has been confirmed as fact by the twitters of two other people who were in the room.
--> ''lurea, quoting one of the main writers for the show'': "'There is a relationship that fans like to talk about a lot that will be talked about on screen soon and resolved.'"
--> '''Misha:''' "A relationship that fans like to speculate about? Well, yeah, that would sound like he’s talking about Dean and Cas to me. That’s really the only love relationship on the show that it could apply to."
--> ''(everyone in the room gapes in shock)''
--> '''Misha (impatiently):''' "C'mon, I think the love there is made pretty clear."
--> '''lurea (trying to get him to elaborate):''' "Sure, on Cas’s part, it's well established that he loves Dean, but I don’t think it is on Dean’s side."
--> '''Misha:''' "C’mon, in the first few episodes, Dean’s running around Purgatory, chopping off heads, ''Where’s the angel, where’s the angel, you know, the guy I’m in love with?''"
--> '''lurea:''' "I DON'T REMEMBER DEAN SAYING THAT!"
--> '''Misha:''' He might as well have. You know, we know what it is, what’s going on. We don’t talk about it. The actors don’t, Jensen and I don’t. But we’re all perfectly aware of how the relationship is, the writers are completely aware of how it’s being written. It may be unspoken but that doesn’t mean it’s not there or not true.
* And again with the parallels! Episode 8x05, "Blood Brother". If Benny and Andrea aren't parallels for Cas and Dean the same way Brick and Betsy were, then this episode doesn't make sense. The difference is, of course, that here the major parallel is Benny-and-Cas, whereas before the focus was on the Dean-and-Betsy side of things.
** When Benny asks why Dean actually resurrected him once he made it out of Purgatory, instead of just getting rid of him, Dean gives a non-answer. Then we get a flashback to a Purgatory fight scene that ends with Benny saving Cas from a Leviathan when Dean couldn't.
** This one deserves more. That fight scene alone has had loads of meta written already; here's a few points.
*** Early in the Purgatory flashbacks, Dean is actually shown not getting along particularly well with Benny, in complete contrast to what we see in the present.
*** Dean says he will do whatever it takes to get Cas out of Purgatory, even if it kills all three of them.
*** When Cas warns of Leviathan coming, Dean tries to get Cas to leave. After all he's done trying to find Cas and stay with him, once the Leviathan are coming, he wants Cas out and safe(r) even if it means he'll have to search Purgatory all over again.
*** While Dean is struggling with one Leviathan, Cas is dealing with another. Just as Dean takes out his, the other gets the advantage over Cas, and is about to kill him, but Benny saves Cas. Cas doesn't look particularly grateful, considering he's now only not dead thanks to Benny; instead, he looks surprised, and somewhat upset, as if he's thinking "''Why did you save me? We both know if I die, you will be safer, and so will Dean. You should have let me die.''"
*** Dean, meanwhile, doesn't look as happy as you'd expect considering he just saw Benny save Cas's life. Instead, [[http://freetobesamanddean.tumblr.com/post/34766533276 he looks haunted, almost scared]], like he's having trouble moving past the bit where ''Cas nearly died, and there was nothing Dean could have done about it''.
*** Considering both how we've seen Cas deal with Leviathan before, and how we know Cas kept himself alive for what could have been months without any help, having one get the drop on him there seems rather odd. Taking into account how upset he looks when Benny saves him, what if Cas deliberately didn't fight as hard as he could have? What if he was letting it win, thinking his death would mean more safety for Dean? And if there's any truth in that, Dean, of all people, would know, which comes back to that haunted expression he had; for perhaps the first time, he'd just had it shoved in his face that ''Cas has lost his will to live'', that the only reason he fought this long was for Dean's sake, to be a distraction, and now that Dean has found him and won't let him leave again, the only way to ensure Dean's safety would be for Cas to die...
*** Before Benny saved Cas, Dean and Benny had a fairly antagonistic relationship, Dean clearly not trusting Benny at all, even calling him an "undead blood junkie" - and coming from Dean, that's actually a harsher insult than it sounds to someone who wouldn't likely know about Sam's history with the demon blood. After Benny saved Cas, we know already their relationship improved to the point they call each other brothers.
*** Oh, and did we mention that this flashback came right after ''Benny asks Dean why Dean didn't just let Benny die once out of Purgatory, and Dean didn't give him an answer?''
** And of course, we get to see six people featured prominently in this episode. Four of those people come in pairs: Benny and his love interest Andrea, Sam and his love interest Amelia, and the odd two out are... Dean and Cas.
** [[http://bakasara.tumblr.com/post/34856460591/ And there's more!]] Before we learn that the parallels are stronger the other way around, the initial conversation where Benny tells Dean about Andrea has this lovely scene:
--> '''Benny:''' [[http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj535/FlyingDerps/gifs3/deaninlove0.jpg I always did what was best for the nest]]... until I met her. Andrea. Andrea Kormos. Beautiful.
--> '''Benny:''' [[http://media.tumblr.com/dc20aff6e64b30c306d2c76970471334/tumblr_mn9kxaPpKp1rygmj1o1_500.jpg I mean,]] [[http://media.tumblr.com/6e4629e157eaa9724c9ee30549ea0b73/tumblr_mn9kxaPpKp1rygmj1o2_r1_250.jpg words don't even]] [[http://media.tumblr.com/ec3e83db7ab50148be29653f0e3cf09f/tumblr_mn9kxaPpKp1rygmj1o3_r1_250.jpg cut it,]] you know?
*** If that's not the face of someone who ''does'' know exactly what he means, what is it?
* A minor moment, perhaps, compared the episodes before and after, but episode 8x06, "Southern Comfort", includes Dean being [[spoiler:possessed by a ghost that forces people to kill those they feel have wronged them.]] While he's talking to Sam, we get the line "Cas let me down, you let me down." As he says the first part, he looks much more upset than he had any time before in the episode. Then he's talking about and to Sam, and he's back to looking angry, even furious, again. It's a subtle contrast, and one easy to miss initially, but is very telling when it comes to comparing how he apparently feels about the difference in how Cas let him down vs. how Sam let him down.
--> '''Dean:''' ''[[http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_md5ioli4OB1qhb554o1_500.gif Cas let me down]]''
--> '''Dean:''' ''[[http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_md5ioli4OB1qhb554o2_500.gif You let me down]]''
--> '''Dean:''' ''[[http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_md5ioli4OB1qhb554o3_500.gif The only one who hasn't]] [[http://thatdeangentlemen.tumblr.com/post/35294072266/ let me down is Benny]]''
** There's also the moment when Garth asks if Dean really went to Purgatory-Purgatory, and Dean replies "No, the one in Miami." Said "Purgatory" in Miami is a bar. A gay bar.
** The episode starts with Dean seeing a hallucination of Cas by the side of the road.
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** When Sam wakes up and notices that Dean is clearly upset, Dean actually tells Sam what happened, including ''willingly talking about his feelings''. When have we ''ever'' see Dean volunteer that much information about his emotions?
*** During the entire conversation, he looks on the brink of tears.
** When Cas makes it out of Purgatory, he goes ''straight'' to Dean. As in, about two feet behind him. He doesn't stop to clean himself up, just finds the Winchesters as fast as he can.
** When Dean finally makes it into the room where [[spoiler:Castiel was confronting Crowley]], he goes ''straight'' to Cas, ignoring the [[spoiler:kidnapped and tortured prophet]] and the [[spoiler:Word of God]] [[http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdjfa1vLqY1qhb554o1_500.gif until he's sure]] [[http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdjfa1vLqY1qhb554o2_r1_500.gif Cas is alright]].
*** During the entire conversation, he looks on the brink of tears.
** When Cas makes it out of Purgatory, he goes ''straight'' to Dean. As in, about two feet behind him. He doesn't stop to clean himself up, just finds the Winchesters as fast as he can.
** When Dean finally makes it into the room where [[spoiler:Castiel was confronting Crowley]], he goes ''straight'' to Cas, ignoring the [[spoiler:kidnapped and tortured prophet]] and the [[spoiler:Word of God]] [[http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdjfa1vLqY1qhb554o1_500.gif until he's sure]] [[http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdjfa1vLqY1qhb554o2_r1_500.gif Cas is alright]].
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** And, of course, when Castiel learns how he escaped Purgatory - [[spoiler:he was pulled out by other angels, who are now using him as an unwitting spy on the Winchesters, forcing him to tell what they're doing and wiping his memory each time they're done with him]] - he looks [[spoiler:''crushed''.]] [[http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdk2a6B1pB1rr269oo1_500.png Look at his face!]]
** And let's not forget perhaps the most glorious scene in the episode:
*** Cas comes out of the bathroom, all cleaned up. First, we get a shot of his shoes [[http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdij7mflot1qetp0uo1_250.gif that pans up]] like the post-makeover scene in a movie when the [[BeautifulAllAlong suddenly pretty! girlfriend]] comes out in her dress.
*** ReactionShot from Dean. [[http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdij7mflot1qetp0uo2_250.gif Looking Cas up and down]], Dean's mouth falls open, and he shifts in his chair, sitting up straight, and moving his hands to cover his crotch.
*** [[http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdihoqMrRw1qc2fi0o2_500.gif Then back to Cas]], who holds out his arms and smiles, asking "Better?"
*** [[http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdihoqMrRw1qc2fi0o3_250.gif And over to Sam]], who's looking away from Cas - notably, watching his eyes you can see they never leave Cas's face, unlike Dean - toward Dean, smiling at Dean's... ''reaction'' to cleaned-up Cas.
*** [[http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdihoqMrRw1qc2fi0o4_250.gif And for the finishing touch]], Dean looks at Sam for a moment, and then looks straight back to Cas, his mouth still hanging open all the while.
** Let's also note that Dean's now been out of Purgatory for seven episodes and has yet to hit on a girl once or even pay attention to an attractive woman in any manner other than ''strictly'' business, including the case at the ''strip club''.
* Of course, anything after that was bound to be a disappointment. How could they possibly improve on that episode? ...Apparently, with this one. 8x08, if anything, was better than the last.
** Starting off nicely, we see Dean looking at Cas briefly, then looking away, and then looking back again, like he has to keep checking on him.
** Then Cas tells Dean that he's no longer listening to the other angels. Dean, though obviously wanting to, doesn't say anything.
** And let's not forget perhaps the most glorious scene in the episode:
*** Cas comes out of the bathroom, all cleaned up. First, we get a shot of his shoes [[http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdij7mflot1qetp0uo1_250.gif that pans up]] like the post-makeover scene in a movie when the [[BeautifulAllAlong suddenly pretty! girlfriend]] comes out in her dress.
*** ReactionShot from Dean. [[http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdij7mflot1qetp0uo2_250.gif Looking Cas up and down]], Dean's mouth falls open, and he shifts in his chair, sitting up straight, and moving his hands to cover his crotch.
*** [[http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdihoqMrRw1qc2fi0o2_500.gif Then back to Cas]], who holds out his arms and smiles, asking "Better?"
*** [[http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdihoqMrRw1qc2fi0o3_250.gif And over to Sam]], who's looking away from Cas - notably, watching his eyes you can see they never leave Cas's face, unlike Dean - toward Dean, smiling at Dean's... ''reaction'' to cleaned-up Cas.
*** [[http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdihoqMrRw1qc2fi0o4_250.gif And for the finishing touch]], Dean looks at Sam for a moment, and then looks straight back to Cas, his mouth still hanging open all the while.
** Let's also note that Dean's now been out of Purgatory for seven episodes and has yet to hit on a girl once or even pay attention to an attractive woman in any manner other than ''strictly'' business, including the case at the ''strip club''.
* Of course, anything after that was bound to be a disappointment. How could they possibly improve on that episode? ...Apparently, with this one. 8x08, if anything, was better than the last.
** Starting off nicely, we see Dean looking at Cas briefly, then looking away, and then looking back again, like he has to keep checking on him.
** Then Cas tells Dean that he's no longer listening to the other angels. Dean, though obviously wanting to, doesn't say anything.
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* 8x08 also
* Of course, anything after that was bound to be a disappointment. How could they possibly improve on that episode? ...Apparently, with this one. 8x08, if anything, was better than the last.
** Starting off nicely, we see Dean looking at Cas briefly, then looking away, and then looking back again, like he has to keep checking on him.
** Then Cas tells Dean that he's no longer listening to the other angels. Dean, though obviously wanting to, doesn't say anything.
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*** Note that Dean also says not "What's next for ''you''", but simply "What's next?"
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*** Note too that Dean doesn't, y'know, ask Sam if it's okay for Cas to join them. We're talking Cas working with them indefinitely, and very specifically ''travelling'' with them. Kind of a big change for Dean not to check with Sam about.
** In the morgue, we meet the detective. The very pretty female detective, who's very much Dean's type (intelligent, assertive, and ethnic or a minority[[note]]Look at Cassie Robinson, Lisa Braeden, Risa from 5x04/"The End" for examples[[/note]])... and Dean shows zero interest. Huh. Instead, we have Dean and Cas standing very very close to each other.
--> So Cas acts and looks like Mulder. Dean, on the other hand, is the voice of reason in this scene, explaining the facts to Cas. '''So the lady identifies Dean as Scully.'''
** Note too, the references/parallels to the episode ''Milagro'', [[http://outpastthemoat.tumblr.com/post/36812912113 where one man’s imagination becomes reality.]] An episode where the hearts of various victims are removed psychically. The episode with the line:
--> “I wrote that Agent Scully falls in love, but that’s impossible. Agent Scully is already in love.”
** All through the episode, Cas fails pretty hard at the detective-work part of being a hunter. Instead of mocking him or getting annoyed, Dean teases him lightly, the way he would Sam, and shows him how to do it right.
*** For a particularly good example, look at right there in the morgue. Cas learns a lot about the man, thanks to his angelic powers. Dean helps show him how to narrow it down to what's relevant. Then, when Sam reveals the man was having an affair, Dean starts talking about it, walking Cas through everything they can figure out. When they walk out, he's still standing ''right'' behind Cas. Who's that talking about "personal space" again? ...well, not Dean, since we haven't heard a complaint from him since season six.
** Cas, as usual, is... less than good at interviewing/interrogating people. Dean makes a joke about Cas being not "bad cop" but "bad everything", but then again, instead of making fun of him or getting frustrated, he tells Cas to watch Sam, so he can learn to do better.
** [[http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mea0w0pkT51rw1nv2o1_500.jpg And ''still'' no personal space.]] Really, you two? All that space, that wide-open room, and you're standing at most three inches from each other, probably less.
** Cas doesn't know about cartoons. Does Dean make fun of him? Tease him at all for thinking that Bugs Bunny is an "insect-rabbit hybrid"? Nope. He calmly, patiently explains Looney Tunes to Cas, then takes him back to the motel room to let him see for himself.
** Cas [[http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_me8gbfSMXl1qdgm7lo1_250.gif starts casually]] [[http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_me8gbfSMXl1qdgm7lo2_250.gif poking through]] [[http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_me8gbfSMXl1qdgm7lo3_250.gif Dean's things]], including looking at ''John Winchester's notebook'', and Dean is just fine with that. Cas pulls out Dean's toothbrush, and [[http://outpastthemoat.tumblr.com/post/36812257212 Dean doesn't even care]].
** In the morgue, we meet the detective. The very pretty female detective, who's very much Dean's type (intelligent, assertive, and ethnic or a minority[[note]]Look at Cassie Robinson, Lisa Braeden, Risa from 5x04/"The End" for examples[[/note]])... and Dean shows zero interest. Huh. Instead, we have Dean and Cas standing very very close to each other.
--> So Cas acts and looks like Mulder. Dean, on the other hand, is the voice of reason in this scene, explaining the facts to Cas. '''So the lady identifies Dean as Scully.'''
** Note too, the references/parallels to the episode ''Milagro'', [[http://outpastthemoat.tumblr.com/post/36812912113 where one man’s imagination becomes reality.]] An episode where the hearts of various victims are removed psychically. The episode with the line:
--> “I wrote that Agent Scully falls in love, but that’s impossible. Agent Scully is already in love.”
** All through the episode, Cas fails pretty hard at the detective-work part of being a hunter. Instead of mocking him or getting annoyed, Dean teases him lightly, the way he would Sam, and shows him how to do it right.
*** For a particularly good example, look at right there in the morgue. Cas learns a lot about the man, thanks to his angelic powers. Dean helps show him how to narrow it down to what's relevant. Then, when Sam reveals the man was having an affair, Dean starts talking about it, walking Cas through everything they can figure out. When they walk out, he's still standing ''right'' behind Cas. Who's that talking about "personal space" again? ...well, not Dean, since we haven't heard a complaint from him since season six.
** Cas, as usual, is... less than good at interviewing/interrogating people. Dean makes a joke about Cas being not "bad cop" but "bad everything", but then again, instead of making fun of him or getting frustrated, he tells Cas to watch Sam, so he can learn to do better.
** [[http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mea0w0pkT51rw1nv2o1_500.jpg And ''still'' no personal space.]] Really, you two? All that space, that wide-open room, and you're standing at most three inches from each other, probably less.
** Cas doesn't know about cartoons. Does Dean make fun of him? Tease him at all for thinking that Bugs Bunny is an "insect-rabbit hybrid"? Nope. He calmly, patiently explains Looney Tunes to Cas, then takes him back to the motel room to let him see for himself.
** Cas [[http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_me8gbfSMXl1qdgm7lo1_250.gif starts casually]] [[http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_me8gbfSMXl1qdgm7lo2_250.gif poking through]] [[http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_me8gbfSMXl1qdgm7lo3_250.gif Dean's things]], including looking at ''John Winchester's notebook'', and Dean is just fine with that. Cas pulls out Dean's toothbrush, and [[http://outpastthemoat.tumblr.com/post/36812257212 Dean doesn't even care]].
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*** Also worth noting - Cas's line about watching over Dean is a clear reference to an earlier episode, in which we witness Mary (in a flashback, of course) telling a young Dean "Angels are watching over you."
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** At the bank vault, Cas asks why the black hole isn't working, and Dean replies, seriously and without even a hint of sarcasm, that he has no idea; all through the episode we see him treating Cas this way, like an equal, someone to take seriously and teach.
** When the three of them arrive at the nursing home, Dean makes a joke about Sam and Cas, but one that implies they'll be working alone or separately. Despite that, Dean and Cas stay within maybe two-three feet of each other nearly the entire time (as per the norm for this episode).
** In a moment reminiscent of season five's ''Changing Channels'', Sheila, one of the elderly ladies, they interview calls Cas "pretty", and Dean immediately looks away from Cas, as if trying not to think about it. His gaze lands momentarily on an attractive nurse, but he looks uninterested, and shifts his gaze again quickly. When, later, she [[spoiler:is revealed to have been stealing from the people at the nursing home]], Dean looks like he couldn't care less.
** Sheila says something about her late husband, and [[http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_me9phoHxke1r22goao2_r1_500.jpg Dean looks at Cas again]]...
** When they find the injured man, Dean says simply "Cas?" Cas then heals the man and they begin questioning him, no further/explicit request required.
** When they get to the bank, Dean (in what seems an OOC move at this point in the episode) sends Cas with Sam to go find Fred Jones. Meanwhile, he goes after the ''man with the gun'' inside. The gun that probably wouldn't hurt Cas. At all. And yet, Dean sends away his brother and friend, choosing to confront the armed man inside alone.
** And, of course, The Scene.
*** So, we start with Dean and Cas alone at the motel. Note the lack of discussion of where Cas will be that night. Cas is poking through Dean's things, including looking at John Winchester's journal. Dean is on the computer. We've seen him repeatedly choosing not to discuss things with Cas as yet - Cas shutting off "angel radio", wanting to become a hunter, not talking about Purgatory - and now he starts to talk about it. Now, he and Cas are alone, Sam's not with them, and they have time before he'll get back, and so ''Dean Winchester'' is [[http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_me8fjvHKu91qc2fi0o1_500.gif voluntarily discussing feelings]]. HELLO, CharacterDevelopment.
*** Cas deflects the question, saying simply that he's "fine". Dean doesn't let it go. Instead, he turns away from the computer, offering his own experiences to Cas, trying to lead him into conversation.
*** "I'm happy you got out, I'm freakin' thrilled." ''Thrilled''? What happened to "No chick-flick moments"?
*** He suggests Cas go check out Heaven, apparently contradicting his behavior throughout the episode. Unless, of course, he's trying to get Cas to open up, and thinks that will get a reaction from him. Cas refuses, and Dean keeps on at it, until Cas actually raises his voice
--> '''Dean:''' It's just this whole mysterious-resurrection-thing always has one mother of a downside.
--> '''Cas:''' So? What do you want me to do?
--> '''Dean:''' Maybe take a trip upstairs?
--> '''Cas:''' To Heaven?
--> '''Dean:''' Yeah. Poke around, see what the God-squad can tell us about how you got out.
--> '''Cas:''' No.
--> '''Dean:''' Look, man, I hate those flying ass-monkeys just as much as you do, but-
--> '''Cas:''' Dean, I said ''no!''
** Instead of giving up there, Dean closes the computer and walks over to Cas, sitting down on the bed across from him, and tries again. ''Dean Winchester'', Mr. No-chick-flick-moments, asks Cas to talk to him. And Cas does.
--> '''Dean:''' ''Talk to me.''
--> ''(Cas sighs, puts the journal down, and turns to face Dean)''
--> '''Cas:''' Dean. When I was... bad, I had all those things, the Leviathans, riding inside me, I caused a lot of suffering on Earth, but I ''devastated'' Heaven. [...] I can't go back.
--> '''Dean:''' ''(trying to understand)'' Because the angels will kill you.
--> '''Cas:''' Because if I see what Heaven's become because of me, what I made of it... I'm afraid I might kill myself.
** And Dean's heart nearly stops. Look at his face! He understands completely what Cas is saying, though he doesn't want to, he's just had some of his worst fears confirmed, and his face shows it. In comparison to his behavior in the rest of the episode, it's particularly striking. Throughout most of the episode, he's been much happier, behaving almost like pre-Hell!Dean in many ways, because Cas is back and sane and hunting with Dean and Sam and there's no apocalypse on the horizon, and from Dean's POV things are pretty much perfect. Sure, he's teased Cas about his lack of experience hunting, but they're light-hearted taunts made all in good fun. And then came this conversation. Now, all the little niggling doubts he's had, all the little tiny things he noticed almost in spite of himself, are being proven true and are ''very'' much something to be worried about.
* Episode 8x10, ''Torn and Frayed'' starts off pretty well, considering the title comes from a song about being in love with a man who wears a trenchcoat that's seen better days. Could be written off as a coincidence, but some of the lyrics seem a bit apt...
** When the three of them arrive at the nursing home, Dean makes a joke about Sam and Cas, but one that implies they'll be working alone or separately. Despite that, Dean and Cas stay within maybe two-three feet of each other nearly the entire time (as per the norm for this episode).
** In a moment reminiscent of season five's ''Changing Channels'', Sheila, one of the elderly ladies, they interview calls Cas "pretty", and Dean immediately looks away from Cas, as if trying not to think about it. His gaze lands momentarily on an attractive nurse, but he looks uninterested, and shifts his gaze again quickly. When, later, she [[spoiler:is revealed to have been stealing from the people at the nursing home]], Dean looks like he couldn't care less.
** Sheila says something about her late husband, and [[http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_me9phoHxke1r22goao2_r1_500.jpg Dean looks at Cas again]]...
** When they find the injured man, Dean says simply "Cas?" Cas then heals the man and they begin questioning him, no further/explicit request required.
** When they get to the bank, Dean (in what seems an OOC move at this point in the episode) sends Cas with Sam to go find Fred Jones. Meanwhile, he goes after the ''man with the gun'' inside. The gun that probably wouldn't hurt Cas. At all. And yet, Dean sends away his brother and friend, choosing to confront the armed man inside alone.
** And, of course, The Scene.
*** So, we start with Dean and Cas alone at the motel. Note the lack of discussion of where Cas will be that night. Cas is poking through Dean's things, including looking at John Winchester's journal. Dean is on the computer. We've seen him repeatedly choosing not to discuss things with Cas as yet - Cas shutting off "angel radio", wanting to become a hunter, not talking about Purgatory - and now he starts to talk about it. Now, he and Cas are alone, Sam's not with them, and they have time before he'll get back, and so ''Dean Winchester'' is [[http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_me8fjvHKu91qc2fi0o1_500.gif voluntarily discussing feelings]]. HELLO, CharacterDevelopment.
*** Cas deflects the question, saying simply that he's "fine". Dean doesn't let it go. Instead, he turns away from the computer, offering his own experiences to Cas, trying to lead him into conversation.
*** "I'm happy you got out, I'm freakin' thrilled." ''Thrilled''? What happened to "No chick-flick moments"?
*** He suggests Cas go check out Heaven, apparently contradicting his behavior throughout the episode. Unless, of course, he's trying to get Cas to open up, and thinks that will get a reaction from him. Cas refuses, and Dean keeps on at it, until Cas actually raises his voice
--> '''Dean:''' It's just this whole mysterious-resurrection-thing always has one mother of a downside.
--> '''Cas:''' So? What do you want me to do?
--> '''Dean:''' Maybe take a trip upstairs?
--> '''Cas:''' To Heaven?
--> '''Dean:''' Yeah. Poke around, see what the God-squad can tell us about how you got out.
--> '''Cas:''' No.
--> '''Dean:''' Look, man, I hate those flying ass-monkeys just as much as you do, but-
--> '''Cas:''' Dean, I said ''no!''
** Instead of giving up there, Dean closes the computer and walks over to Cas, sitting down on the bed across from him, and tries again. ''Dean Winchester'', Mr. No-chick-flick-moments, asks Cas to talk to him. And Cas does.
--> '''Dean:''' ''Talk to me.''
--> ''(Cas sighs, puts the journal down, and turns to face Dean)''
--> '''Cas:''' Dean. When I was... bad, I had all those things, the Leviathans, riding inside me, I caused a lot of suffering on Earth, but I ''devastated'' Heaven. [...] I can't go back.
--> '''Dean:''' ''(trying to understand)'' Because the angels will kill you.
--> '''Cas:''' Because if I see what Heaven's become because of me, what I made of it... I'm afraid I might kill myself.
** And Dean's heart nearly stops. Look at his face! He understands completely what Cas is saying, though he doesn't want to, he's just had some of his worst fears confirmed, and his face shows it. In comparison to his behavior in the rest of the episode, it's particularly striking. Throughout most of the episode, he's been much happier, behaving almost like pre-Hell!Dean in many ways, because Cas is back and sane and hunting with Dean and Sam and there's no apocalypse on the horizon, and from Dean's POV things are pretty much perfect. Sure, he's teased Cas about his lack of experience hunting, but they're light-hearted taunts made all in good fun. And then came this conversation. Now, all the little niggling doubts he's had, all the little tiny things he noticed almost in spite of himself, are being proven true and are ''very'' much something to be worried about.
* Episode 8x10, ''Torn and Frayed'' starts off pretty well, considering the title comes from a song about being in love with a man who wears a trenchcoat that's seen better days. Could be written off as a coincidence, but some of the lyrics seem a bit apt...
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** When the three of them arrive at the nursing home, Dean makes a joke about Sam and Cas, but one that implies they'll be working alone or separately. Despite that, Dean and Cas stay within maybe two-three feet of each other nearly the entire time (as per the norm for this episode).
** In a moment reminiscent of season five's ''Changing Channels'', Sheila, one of the elderly ladies, they interview calls Cas "pretty", and Dean immediately looks away from Cas, as if trying not to think about it. His gaze lands momentarily on an attractive nurse, but he looks uninterested, and shifts his gaze again quickly. When, later, she [[spoiler:is revealed to have been stealing from the people at the nursing home]], Dean looks like he couldn't care less.
** Sheila says something about her late husband, and [[http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_me9phoHxke1r22goao2_r1_500.jpg Dean looks at Cas again]]...
** When they find the injured man, Dean says simply "Cas?" Cas then heals the man and they begin questioning him, no further/explicit request required.
** When they get to the bank, Dean (in what seems an OOC move at this point in the episode) sends Cas with Sam to go find Fred Jones. Meanwhile, he goes after the ''man with the gun'' inside. The gun that probably wouldn't hurt Cas. At all. And yet, Dean sends away his brother and friend, choosing to confront the armed man inside alone.
*** So, we start
***
*** "I'm happy you got out, I'm freakin' thrilled." ''Thrilled''? What happened to "No chick-flick moments"?
*** He suggests Cas go check out Heaven, apparently contradicting his behavior throughout the episode. Unless, of course, he's trying to get Cas to open up,
--> '''Dean:''' It's just this whole mysterious-resurrection-thing always has one mother of a downside.
--> '''Cas:''' So? What do you want me to do?
--> '''Dean:''' Maybe take a trip upstairs?
--> '''Cas:''' To Heaven?
--> '''Dean:''' Yeah. Poke around, see what the God-squad can tell us
--> '''Cas:''' No.
--> '''Dean:''' Look, man, I hate those flying ass-monkeys just as much as you do, but-
--> '''Cas:''' Dean, I said ''no!''
** Instead of giving
--> '''Dean:''' ''Talk to me.''
--> ''(Cas sighs, puts the journal down, and turns to face Dean)''
--> '''Cas:''' Dean. When I was... bad, I had all those things, the Leviathans, riding inside me, I caused a lot of suffering on Earth, but I ''devastated'' Heaven. [...] I can't go back.
--> '''Dean:''' ''(trying to understand)'' Because the angels will kill you.
--> '''Cas:''' Because if I see what Heaven's become because of me, what I made of it... I'm afraid I might kill myself.
** And
* Episode 8x10, ''Torn and Frayed''
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** During an investigation that's as yet born no fruits, Dean asks Cas if he wants to head back to the [[http://bakasara.tumblr.com/post/40860607751 bar a few miles back.]] As in, he actually shows interest in spending time with Cas just hanging out, completely outside of work.
* Well, Episode 8x11 certainly didn't disappoint, with the most explicit Dean/Castiel parallel so far in season 8. Let's start, shall we?
** Charlie and Gilda are an interspecies romance (Charlie is a human and Gilda is a fairy). Gilda is being controlled by her master, who is making her hurt and even kill people against her will. To save her, she needs a hero to release her from the spell (Charlie). AHEM.
* Episode 8x15 continues with the parallels, making them almost a running theme in this season.
** The first comparison is, again, an interspecies romance. James, a human and a witch, has been in a relationship with Portia, his familiar who can turn into a dog. At one point in the episode, Dean seems ''very'' interested in how such a relationship works.
** There is an emphasis on the unbreakable bond between a witch and their familiar. The bond between Dean and Castiel has been pointed out and commented on a fair amount of times. With James and Portia this extends to how they would die for each other. Seems familiar?
** Portia is portrayed as James' guardian, and because of this their relationship is considered wrong.
** Portia gives Dean a stern talking to, slightly reminiscent of one Castiel gave him in season 5. Afterwards, Dean says "That was incredibly hot."
* Episode 8x16 continues the parallels even ''further'':
** Basically, Prometheus is Cas, Artemis and Hayley are both Dean, and Oliver is Sam.
*** Prometheus keeps coming back to life and he doesn't know why (Cas has been resurrected three times, and we still don't really know why)
*** Prometheus's memories have been taken from him (Cas can't remember Naomi)
*** His memories were taken because he tried to help humanity, against the wishes of his superior(...um, yeah)
*** Artemis, the Hunter, initially follows her father's orders no matter what (Dean and John, for the first couple seasons)
*** There's also Hayley, in love with the man who lost his memories, and with a younger boy she spent her life taking care of (Dean and Sam)
** Or, [[http://outpastthemoat.tumblr.com/post/44220540784/ looking at it another way]], Hayley is Lisa, Prometheus is Dean, and Artemis is Cas:
*** Hayley is "a young woman with long dark hair, whose only crime was saving the life of a man left to die on a mountainside" -- much like Lisa helped Dean at the end of 5x22/"Swan Song".
*** And Hayley/Lisa's son, "a young boy who grew up without a father, whose life has been irrevocably altered by brushing up against the supernatural." Ben and Oliver are "both young boys who have never known their true father, boys who grew up without a father-figure; boys who found a temporary fathers in Dean and Shane, only to lose them both to the supernatural."
*** And the last person in the Hayley-Prometheus-Artemis/Lisa/Dean/Castiel parallel triangle: Artemis and Cas. Artemis attempts to save the man she loves, killing her own family to do so; see all of season six and a fair amount of season five. :::cough''I did it, all of it, for you''cough:::
*** In the end, Prometheus fought to to save his family, and Artemis fought to give him that chance.
** And, of course, The Prayer Scene.
*** So, earlier in the episode he makes a casual reference to Cas not answering -- though that alone calls back to 6x20.
--> '''Cas:''' I always come when you call.
--> '''Dean:''' He's, uh, he's not answering.
*** Later on, after the case is over, Sam and Dean head back to the "Batcave". Dean goes into his room; once alone, he prays to Cas, and it's a prayer like we've never heard before.
--> '''Dean:''' ''Cas, you got your ears on? Listen, you know I’m not one for praying, ‘cause in my book, it’s the same as begging. But this is about Sam so you need to hear me. We are going into this deal blind. And I don’t know what’s ahead or when it’s gonna break for Sam. Now, he’s covering it pretty good, but I know he’s hurting. And this one was supposed to be on me. So for all we’ve been through, I’m asking you… you keep a lookout for my little brother, okay?''
*** After he finishes, he [[http://bakasara.tumblr.com/post/44192674819/ turns to look]] at the empty room behind him, tears in his eyes, like he's looking to see if Cas will show up. And [[http://notice-everything.tumblr.com/post/44196403576/ not just the room in general]] -- but to the ''chair he put facing the bed''.
--> '''Dean:''' Where the hell are you, man?
*** And then he nods a little, and as [[http://saltedpineapple.tumblr.com/post/44206694673/ saltedpineapple puts it]], he looks like he's remembering what Cas said in the hotel room back in 8x08, and thinking, "''you really did kill yourself, didn't you?''"
* An episode that marks Cas' return was definitely going to be Destiel-heavy, and 8x17 didn't disappoint.
** Let's start with the fact that, to condition Castiel back to factory settings, Naomi had him kill hundreds of copies of Dean. No Sam, no Meg, no Balthazar and no Bobby, only Dean. Certainly says something about the high regard Cas holds Dean in.
*** Perhaps more specifically it demonstrated that Naomi was confident that she could easily compel Cas to kill anyone ''except'' Dean. Even Sam, whom Cas thinks of as a friend, apparently was not a significant concern.
*** It also takes about a ''thousand'' kills for Cas to get to the point where he can do it without hesitation.
* Well, Episode 8x11 certainly didn't disappoint, with the most explicit Dean/Castiel parallel so far in season 8. Let's start, shall we?
** Charlie and Gilda are an interspecies romance (Charlie is a human and Gilda is a fairy). Gilda is being controlled by her master, who is making her hurt and even kill people against her will. To save her, she needs a hero to release her from the spell (Charlie). AHEM.
* Episode 8x15 continues with the parallels, making them almost a running theme in this season.
** The first comparison is, again, an interspecies romance. James, a human and a witch, has been in a relationship with Portia, his familiar who can turn into a dog. At one point in the episode, Dean seems ''very'' interested in how such a relationship works.
** There is an emphasis on the unbreakable bond between a witch and their familiar. The bond between Dean and Castiel has been pointed out and commented on a fair amount of times. With James and Portia this extends to how they would die for each other. Seems familiar?
** Portia is portrayed as James' guardian, and because of this their relationship is considered wrong.
** Portia gives Dean a stern talking to, slightly reminiscent of one Castiel gave him in season 5. Afterwards, Dean says "That was incredibly hot."
* Episode 8x16 continues the parallels even ''further'':
** Basically, Prometheus is Cas, Artemis and Hayley are both Dean, and Oliver is Sam.
*** Prometheus keeps coming back to life and he doesn't know why (Cas has been resurrected three times, and we still don't really know why)
*** Prometheus's memories have been taken from him (Cas can't remember Naomi)
*** His memories were taken because he tried to help humanity, against the wishes of his superior(...um, yeah)
*** Artemis, the Hunter, initially follows her father's orders no matter what (Dean and John, for the first couple seasons)
*** There's also Hayley, in love with the man who lost his memories, and with a younger boy she spent her life taking care of (Dean and Sam)
** Or, [[http://outpastthemoat.tumblr.com/post/44220540784/ looking at it another way]], Hayley is Lisa, Prometheus is Dean, and Artemis is Cas:
*** Hayley is "a young woman with long dark hair, whose only crime was saving the life of a man left to die on a mountainside" -- much like Lisa helped Dean at the end of 5x22/"Swan Song".
*** And Hayley/Lisa's son, "a young boy who grew up without a father, whose life has been irrevocably altered by brushing up against the supernatural." Ben and Oliver are "both young boys who have never known their true father, boys who grew up without a father-figure; boys who found a temporary fathers in Dean and Shane, only to lose them both to the supernatural."
*** And the last person in the Hayley-Prometheus-Artemis/Lisa/Dean/Castiel parallel triangle: Artemis and Cas. Artemis attempts to save the man she loves, killing her own family to do so; see all of season six and a fair amount of season five. :::cough''I did it, all of it, for you''cough:::
*** In the end, Prometheus fought to to save his family, and Artemis fought to give him that chance.
** And, of course, The Prayer Scene.
*** So, earlier in the episode he makes a casual reference to Cas not answering -- though that alone calls back to 6x20.
--> '''Cas:''' I always come when you call.
--> '''Dean:''' He's, uh, he's not answering.
*** Later on, after the case is over, Sam and Dean head back to the "Batcave". Dean goes into his room; once alone, he prays to Cas, and it's a prayer like we've never heard before.
--> '''Dean:''' ''Cas, you got your ears on? Listen, you know I’m not one for praying, ‘cause in my book, it’s the same as begging. But this is about Sam so you need to hear me. We are going into this deal blind. And I don’t know what’s ahead or when it’s gonna break for Sam. Now, he’s covering it pretty good, but I know he’s hurting. And this one was supposed to be on me. So for all we’ve been through, I’m asking you… you keep a lookout for my little brother, okay?''
*** After he finishes, he [[http://bakasara.tumblr.com/post/44192674819/ turns to look]] at the empty room behind him, tears in his eyes, like he's looking to see if Cas will show up. And [[http://notice-everything.tumblr.com/post/44196403576/ not just the room in general]] -- but to the ''chair he put facing the bed''.
--> '''Dean:''' Where the hell are you, man?
*** And then he nods a little, and as [[http://saltedpineapple.tumblr.com/post/44206694673/ saltedpineapple puts it]], he looks like he's remembering what Cas said in the hotel room back in 8x08, and thinking, "''you really did kill yourself, didn't you?''"
* An episode that marks Cas' return was definitely going to be Destiel-heavy, and 8x17 didn't disappoint.
** Let's start with the fact that, to condition Castiel back to factory settings, Naomi had him kill hundreds of copies of Dean. No Sam, no Meg, no Balthazar and no Bobby, only Dean. Certainly says something about the high regard Cas holds Dean in.
*** Perhaps more specifically it demonstrated that Naomi was confident that she could easily compel Cas to kill anyone ''except'' Dean. Even Sam, whom Cas thinks of as a friend, apparently was not a significant concern.
*** It also takes about a ''thousand'' kills for Cas to get to the point where he can do it without hesitation.
to:
* Well, Episode 8x11 certainly didn't disappoint, with the most explicit Dean/Castiel parallel so far in season 8. Let's start, shall we?
** Charlie and Gilda are an interspecies romance (Charlie is a human and Gilda is a fairy). Gilda is being controlled by her master, who is making her hurt and even kill people against her will. To save her, she needs a hero to release her from the spell (Charlie). AHEM.
* Episode 8x15 continues with the parallels, making them almost a running theme in this season.
** The first comparison is, again, an interspecies romance. James, a human and a witch, has been in a relationship with Portia, his familiar who can turn into a dog. At one point in the episode, Dean seems ''very'' interested in how such a relationship works.
** There is an emphasis on the unbreakable bond between a witch and their familiar. The bond between Dean and Castiel has been pointed out and commented on a fair amount of times. With James and Portia this extends to how they would die for each other. Seems familiar?
** Portia is portrayed as James' guardian, and because of this their relationship is considered wrong.
** Portia gives Dean a stern talking to, slightly reminiscent of one Castiel gave him in season 5. Afterwards, Dean says "That was incredibly hot."
* Episode 8x16 continues the parallels even ''further'':
** Basically, Prometheus is Cas, Artemis and Hayley are both Dean, and Oliver is Sam.
*** Prometheus keeps coming back to life and he doesn't know why (Cas has been resurrected three times, and we still don't really know why)
*** Prometheus's memories have been taken from him (Cas can't remember Naomi)
*** His memories were taken because he tried to help humanity, against the wishes of his superior(...um, yeah)
*** Artemis, the Hunter, initially follows her father's orders no matter what (Dean and John, for the first couple seasons)
*** There's also Hayley, in love with the man who lost his memories, and with a younger boy she spent her life taking care of (Dean and Sam)
** Or, [[http://outpastthemoat.tumblr.com/post/44220540784/ looking at it another way]], Hayley is Lisa, Prometheus is Dean, and Artemis is Cas:
*** Hayley is "a young woman with long dark hair, whose only crime was saving the life of a man left to die on a mountainside" -- much like Lisa helped Dean at the end of 5x22/"Swan Song".
*** And Hayley/Lisa's son, "a young boy who grew up without a father, whose life has been irrevocably altered by brushing up against the supernatural." Ben and Oliver are "both young boys who have never known their true father, boys who grew up without a father-figure; boys who found a temporary fathers in Dean and Shane, only to lose them both to the supernatural."
*** And the last person in the Hayley-Prometheus-Artemis/Lisa/Dean/Castiel parallel triangle: Artemis and Cas. Artemis attempts to save the man she loves, killing her own family to do so; see all of season six and a fair amount of season five. :::cough''I did it, all of it, for you''cough:::
*** In the end, Prometheus fought to to save his family, and Artemis fought to give him that chance.
** And, of course, The Prayer Scene.
*** So, earlier in the episode he makes a casual reference to Cas not answering -- though that alone calls back to 6x20.
--> '''Cas:''' I always come when you call.
--> '''Dean:''' He's, uh, he's not answering.
*** Later on, after the case is over, Sam and Dean head back to the "Batcave". Dean goes into his room; once alone, he prays to Cas, and it's a prayer like we've never heard before.
--> '''Dean:''' ''Cas, you got your ears on? Listen, you know I’m not one for praying, ‘cause in my book, it’s the same as begging. But this is about Sam so you need to hear me. We are going into this deal blind. And I don’t know what’s ahead or when it’s gonna break for Sam. Now, he’s covering it pretty good, but I know he’s hurting. And this one was supposed to be on me. So for all we’ve been through, I’m asking you… you keep a lookout for my little brother, okay?''
*** After he finishes, he [[http://bakasara.tumblr.com/post/44192674819/ turns to look]] at the empty room behind him, tears in his eyes, like he's looking to see if Cas will show up. And [[http://notice-everything.tumblr.com/post/44196403576/ not just the room in general]] -- but to the ''chair he put facing the bed''.
--> '''Dean:''' Where the hell are you, man?
*** And then he nods a little, and as [[http://saltedpineapple.tumblr.com/post/44206694673/ saltedpineapple puts it]], he looks like he's remembering what Cas said in the hotel room back in 8x08, and thinking, "''you really did kill yourself, didn't you?''"
** Let's start with the fact that, to condition Castiel back to factory settings, Naomi had him kill hundreds of copies of Dean. No Sam, no Meg, no Balthazar and no Bobby, only Dean. Certainly says something about the high regard Cas holds Dean
*** Perhaps more specifically it demonstrated
***
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** An important point being that Cas has already broken free of Naomi's control ''before'' he touches the tablet and vanishes from her sight altogether.
** Following this, it's probably quite significant that, when Cas heals Dean, he chooses to caress Dean's cheek with his whole hand, rather than doing the usual two-finger forehead-touch.
*** Dean also [[http://media.tumblr.com/2355d74e574aa6bd4eb0a3bf07dc8631/tumblr_mjzsxu4qkc1qg076no1_400.gif grabs onto Cas's wrist]], clutches him in what appears to be an attempt to prevent Cas from fluttering off, and then all but ''caresses'' his arm.
** Cas takes the time to explain to Dean everything that has been going with Naomi controlling him.
** Also worth mentioning is that Dean was originally supposed to say ''"I love you"'' to Cas during this scene. Jensen Ackles himself confirmed it at a Toronto-Con. The line was changed at the last minute because it was deemed too out of character for Dean, but that doesn't change the fact that it was originally for the scene.
* In 8x18, "Freaks and Geeks", Sam asks if Dean needs to talk about his feelings towards being beaten by Castiel. Dean snarks back that they could get some Cowboy Junkies music for the conversation. Two of Cowboy Junkies' most well-known songs, "Misguided Angel" and "Angel Mine", are about being in love with an angel.
** Actually it's even better: Sam only asks if Dean wants to talk since he was beaten up by Cas, and it's Dean who brings up his feelings. Sam could well have been talking about if Dean was physically ok after being hurt, but Dean immediately assumes the talk would be about his emotions.
*** Realistically, Cas healed Dean and it is obvious that he is in perfect condition. Also, Sam did not witness the actual beating or see Dean injured. So it seems likely that Sam actually ''was'' hinting that Dean might need to talk about his feelings rather than his health. It is however interesting that Dean did not just point out that Cas healed him and that he is physically fine, and leave it at that. Instead he got defensive about what he clearly understood to be a question about his emotional state. The two Winchester brothers know each other well enough that misunderstanding is now less of an issue than willful avoidance of certain conversations.
** Following this, it's probably quite significant that, when Cas heals Dean, he chooses to caress Dean's cheek with his whole hand, rather than doing the usual two-finger forehead-touch.
*** Dean also [[http://media.tumblr.com/2355d74e574aa6bd4eb0a3bf07dc8631/tumblr_mjzsxu4qkc1qg076no1_400.gif grabs onto Cas's wrist]], clutches him in what appears to be an attempt to prevent Cas from fluttering off, and then all but ''caresses'' his arm.
** Cas takes the time to explain to Dean everything that has been going with Naomi controlling him.
** Also worth mentioning is that Dean was originally supposed to say ''"I love you"'' to Cas during this scene. Jensen Ackles himself confirmed it at a Toronto-Con. The line was changed at the last minute because it was deemed too out of character for Dean, but that doesn't change the fact that it was originally for the scene.
* In 8x18, "Freaks and Geeks", Sam asks if Dean needs to talk about his feelings towards being beaten by Castiel. Dean snarks back that they could get some Cowboy Junkies music for the conversation. Two of Cowboy Junkies' most well-known songs, "Misguided Angel" and "Angel Mine", are about being in love with an angel.
** Actually it's even better: Sam only asks if Dean wants to talk since he was beaten up by Cas, and it's Dean who brings up his feelings. Sam could well have been talking about if Dean was physically ok after being hurt, but Dean immediately assumes the talk would be about his emotions.
*** Realistically, Cas healed Dean and it is obvious that he is in perfect condition. Also, Sam did not witness the actual beating or see Dean injured. So it seems likely that Sam actually ''was'' hinting that Dean might need to talk about his feelings rather than his health. It is however interesting that Dean did not just point out that Cas healed him and that he is physically fine, and leave it at that. Instead he got defensive about what he clearly understood to be a question about his emotional state. The two Winchester brothers know each other well enough that misunderstanding is now less of an issue than willful avoidance of certain conversations.
to:
** An important point being that Notably, Cas has already broken free of Naomi's control ''before'' he touches the tablet and vanishes from her sight altogether.
** Following this,altogether, making it clear that it's probably quite significant that, Dean's words that broke the brainwashing. Then, when Cas he heals Dean, he chooses to caress Dean's cheek with his whole hand, rather than doing the usual two-finger forehead-touch.
*** Dean also [[http://media.tumblr.com/2355d74e574aa6bd4eb0a3bf07dc8631/tumblr_mjzsxu4qkc1qg076no1_400.gif grabs onto Cas's wrist]], clutches him in what appears to be an attempt to prevent Cas from fluttering off, and then all but''caresses'' caresses his arm.
**Cas takes the time to explain to Dean everything that has been going with Naomi controlling him.
** Also worthWorth mentioning is that Dean was originally supposed to say ''"I love you"'' to Cas during this scene. Jensen Ackles himself confirmed it at a Toronto-Con. The line was changed at the last minute because it was deemed too out of character out-of-character for Dean, but that doesn't change the fact that it was originally the original intent for the scene.
scene. Some would argue that changing it to "need you" makes the line sound even more suggestive.
* In 8x18, "Freaks and Geeks", Sam asks if Dean needs to talk about his feelings towards being beaten by Castiel. Dean snarks back that they could get some Cowboy Junkies music for the conversation.Two Sardonic or not, two of Cowboy Junkies' most well-known songs, "Misguided Angel" and "Angel Mine", are about being in love with an angel.
** Actually it's even better: Sam only asks if Dean wants to talk since he was beaten up by Cas, and it's Dean who brings up his feelings. Sam could well have been talking about if Dean was physically ok after being hurt, but Dean immediately assumes the talk would be about his emotions.
*** Realistically, Cas healed Dean and it is obvious that he is in perfect condition. Also, Sam did not witness the actual beating or see Dean injured. So it seems likely that Sam actually ''was'' hinting that Dean might need to talk about his feelings rather than his health. It is however interesting that Dean did not just point out that Cas healed him and that he is physically fine, and leave it at that. Instead he got defensive about what he clearly understood to be a question about his emotional state. The two Winchester brothers know each other well enough that misunderstanding is now less of an issue than willful avoidance of certain conversations.angel.
** Following this,
*** Dean also [[http://media.tumblr.com/2355d74e574aa6bd4eb0a3bf07dc8631/tumblr_mjzsxu4qkc1qg076no1_400.gif grabs onto Cas's wrist]], clutches him in what appears to be an attempt to prevent Cas from fluttering off, and then all but
**
** Also worth
* In 8x18, "Freaks and Geeks", Sam asks if Dean needs to talk about his feelings towards being beaten by Castiel. Dean snarks back that they could get some Cowboy Junkies music for the conversation.
** Actually it's even better: Sam only asks if Dean wants to talk since he was beaten up by Cas, and it's Dean who brings up his feelings. Sam could well have been talking about if Dean was physically ok after being hurt, but Dean immediately assumes the talk would be about his emotions.
*** Realistically, Cas healed Dean and it is obvious that he is in perfect condition. Also, Sam did not witness the actual beating or see Dean injured. So it seems likely that Sam actually ''was'' hinting that Dean might need to talk about his feelings rather than his health. It is however interesting that Dean did not just point out that Cas healed him and that he is physically fine, and leave it at that. Instead he got defensive about what he clearly understood to be a question about his emotional state. The two Winchester brothers know each other well enough that misunderstanding is now less of an issue than willful avoidance of certain conversations.
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* [[http://24.media.tumblr.com/e4b8553abdcdfacb84bba8aa9fd71469/tumblr_mkazdsCTIE1qko4dio1_500.jpg Writer Adam Glass took to answering a question on twitter]] for the accusations of Dean/Castiel queer-baiting and denied it, saying that the character belonged to the fans so they could interpret it as they wanted.
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* In 8x23, "Sacrifice", Dean and Cas are in a bar, trying to catch a cupid. There are two human men in the bar, both gruff and conventionally masculine, and in the bartender's case, heroic, as he had previously helped save Cas' life. The bartender is due to be visited by the cupid. A delivery woman comes in, and they assume she and the bartender are meant to hook up. Only, it turns out she's the cupid, and she got these two traditionally masculine men together. Cas is unsurprised at this twist. Dean, on the other hand, has a brief moment of shock. Never mind the positive message this sends about Supernatural's statement on religion and QUILTBAG individuals, this is an important moment for Dean, who has always been insecure in his masculinity.
** Other potentially important things about this scene: first, there is a hunting bow on the television screen, obviously symbolic of Cupid. The two men at the bar watch the bow being aimed, remark upon it at the same time, and then get caught in a {{Held Gaze}}, indicating that Cupid's done her thing. However, this is the second time the bow is shown on the screen; the first time, Dean is watching the show, and the hunter holding the bow directly in front, pointing to the viewer... Dean. And then Cas enters, and the hunter onscreen moves the bow at the same trajectory Cas is entering at, moving to keep in line with him. So first the bow is pointing at Dean... and then it moves to follow Cas.
** Dean is in a bar with Cas. Dean ''could've'' been helping Sam with the Third trial (although Sam didn't really need any help), but because Cas asked for his help he chose to be with him (after checking with Sam, of course). But Cas doesn't seem to need him for anything specific, except to tell him what's going on. Which leads to the question why is Dean sitting in a bar with Cas (apart from resolving Dean's suggestion back in 8x10 that they head to a bar and hang out)? Because Cas wants him to be there, wants to be with him before he [[spoiler: tries and closes the gates of Heaven, sealing all the angels including himself away]].
** The camera angles they use for both Cas and Dean are [[http://media.tumblr.com/07b2a828b835f74d5f35c716f190c7b9/tumblr_inline_mmylvsg6RD1qz4rgp.jpg remarkably]] [[http://media.tumblr.com/6b67de7f193dcd9e30dd513261c20074/tumblr_inline_mmylw1Kpyi1qz4rgp.jpg intimate.]]
** This is up for debate, but there is a suggestion that Cas and Dean are talking at cross purposes throughout this scene. Dean asks Cas whether he's sure about what he's doing. Cas acknowledges that [[spoiler: the other angels might kill him if he closes the gates of heaven.]] And then Dean says [[spoiler: "So this is it... ET goes home."]] And then Cas makes a confused expression. Now, this might be Cas simply failing to [[PopCulturalOsmosisFailure understand the reference again]] (which is almost certainly how Dean perceives it), or it could be that Cas was talking about [[spoiler: staying on this side off the lock and with Dean]] while Dean was talking about [[spoiler: Cas staying on the other side of the lock with the other angels]]. In which case, Cas is basically confessing to choosing to stay with Dean forever over eternity in Heaven, and Dean didn't notice. [[spoiler: not that it matters, since Cas is stuck with Dean regardless of what choice he was originally going to make, but it might be an important point if/when the choice is brought up again.]]
** Also up for debate, the whole [[spoiler: "casting Angels from Heaven plot" and the three trials]] could possibly be a reference to their love. The first trial is [[spoiler: The product of past love between and Angel and human]], the second being [[spoiler: the bow of a Cherubim, gifting humans with love]]. Both have something to do with love, Angels, and humans. What's the third trial? [[spoiler: The grace of an Angel, but not just any Angel, an Angel who fell in love with a human.]]
** Other potentially important things about this scene: first, there is a hunting bow on the television screen, obviously symbolic of Cupid. The two men at the bar watch the bow being aimed, remark upon it at the same time, and then get caught in a {{Held Gaze}}, indicating that Cupid's done her thing. However, this is the second time the bow is shown on the screen; the first time, Dean is watching the show, and the hunter holding the bow directly in front, pointing to the viewer... Dean. And then Cas enters, and the hunter onscreen moves the bow at the same trajectory Cas is entering at, moving to keep in line with him. So first the bow is pointing at Dean... and then it moves to follow Cas.
** Dean is in a bar with Cas. Dean ''could've'' been helping Sam with the Third trial (although Sam didn't really need any help), but because Cas asked for his help he chose to be with him (after checking with Sam, of course). But Cas doesn't seem to need him for anything specific, except to tell him what's going on. Which leads to the question why is Dean sitting in a bar with Cas (apart from resolving Dean's suggestion back in 8x10 that they head to a bar and hang out)? Because Cas wants him to be there, wants to be with him before he [[spoiler: tries and closes the gates of Heaven, sealing all the angels including himself away]].
** The camera angles they use for both Cas and Dean are [[http://media.tumblr.com/07b2a828b835f74d5f35c716f190c7b9/tumblr_inline_mmylvsg6RD1qz4rgp.jpg remarkably]] [[http://media.tumblr.com/6b67de7f193dcd9e30dd513261c20074/tumblr_inline_mmylw1Kpyi1qz4rgp.jpg intimate.]]
** This is up for debate, but there is a suggestion that Cas and Dean are talking at cross purposes throughout this scene. Dean asks Cas whether he's sure about what he's doing. Cas acknowledges that [[spoiler: the other angels might kill him if he closes the gates of heaven.]] And then Dean says [[spoiler: "So this is it... ET goes home."]] And then Cas makes a confused expression. Now, this might be Cas simply failing to [[PopCulturalOsmosisFailure understand the reference again]] (which is almost certainly how Dean perceives it), or it could be that Cas was talking about [[spoiler: staying on this side off the lock and with Dean]] while Dean was talking about [[spoiler: Cas staying on the other side of the lock with the other angels]]. In which case, Cas is basically confessing to choosing to stay with Dean forever over eternity in Heaven, and Dean didn't notice. [[spoiler: not that it matters, since Cas is stuck with Dean regardless of what choice he was originally going to make, but it might be an important point if/when the choice is brought up again.]]
** Also up for debate, the whole [[spoiler: "casting Angels from Heaven plot" and the three trials]] could possibly be a reference to their love. The first trial is [[spoiler: The product of past love between and Angel and human]], the second being [[spoiler: the bow of a Cherubim, gifting humans with love]]. Both have something to do with love, Angels, and humans. What's the third trial? [[spoiler: The grace of an Angel, but not just any Angel, an Angel who fell in love with a human.]]
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* In 8x23, "Sacrifice", Dean and Cas are in a bar, trying to catch a cupid. There are two human men in the bar, both gruff and conventionally masculine, and in the bartender's case, heroic, as he had previously helped save Cas' life. The bartender is due to be visited by the cupid. A delivery woman comes in, and they assume she and the bartender are meant to hook up. Only, it turns out she's the cupid, and she got these two traditionally masculine men together. Cas is unsurprised at this twist. Dean, on the other hand, has a brief moment of shock. Never mind the positive message this sends about Supernatural's statement on religion and QUILTBAG individuals, this is an important moment for Dean, who has always been insecure in his masculinity.\n
** Other potentially important things about this scene: first, there is a hunting bow on the television screen, obviously symbolic of Cupid. The two men at the bar watch the bow being aimed, remark upon it at the same time, and then get caught in a {{Held Gaze}}, indicating that Cupid's done her thing. However, this is the second time the bow is shown on the screen; the first time, Dean is watching the show, and the hunter holding the bow directly in front, pointing to the viewer... Dean. And then Cas enters, and the hunter onscreen moves the bow at the same trajectory Cas is entering at, moving to keep in line with him. So first the bow is pointing at Dean... and then it moves to followCas.
** Dean is in a bar with Cas. Dean ''could've'' been helping Sam with the Third trial (although Sam didn't really need any help), but because Cas asked for his help he chose to be with him (after checking with Sam, of course). But Cas doesn't seem to need him for anything specific, except to tell him what's going on. Which leads to the question why is Dean sitting in a bar with Cas (apart from resolving Dean's suggestion back in 8x10 that they head to a bar and hang out)? Because Cas wants him to be there, wants to be with him before he [[spoiler: tries and closes the gates of Heaven, sealing all the angels including himself away]].Cas.
** The camera angles they use for both Cas and Dean are [[http://media.tumblr.com/07b2a828b835f74d5f35c716f190c7b9/tumblr_inline_mmylvsg6RD1qz4rgp.jpg remarkably]] [[http://media.tumblr.com/6b67de7f193dcd9e30dd513261c20074/tumblr_inline_mmylw1Kpyi1qz4rgp.jpg intimate.]]
** This is up for debate, but there is a suggestion that Cas and Dean are talking at cross purposes throughout this scene. Dean asks Cas whether he's sure about what he's doing. Cas acknowledges that [[spoiler: the other angels might kill him if he closes the gates of heaven.]] And then Dean says [[spoiler: "So this is it... ET goes home."]] And then Cas makes a confused expression. Now, this might be Cas simply failing to [[PopCulturalOsmosisFailure understand the reference again]] (which is almost certainly how Dean perceives it), or it could be that Cas was talking about [[spoiler: staying on this side off the lock and with Dean]] while Dean was talking about [[spoiler: Cas staying on the other side of the lock with the other angels]]. In which case, Cas is basically confessing to choosing to stay with Dean forever over eternity in Heaven, and Dean didn't notice. [[spoiler: not that it matters, since Cas is stuck with Dean regardless of what choice he was originally going to make, but it might be an important point if/when the choice is brought up again.]]
** Also up for debate, the whole [[spoiler: "casting Angels from Heaven plot" and the three trials]] could possibly be a reference to their love. The first trial is [[spoiler: The product of past love between and Angel and human]], the second being [[spoiler: the bow of a Cherubim, gifting humans with love]]. Both have something to do with love, Angels, and humans. What's the third trial? [[spoiler: The grace of an Angel, but not just any Angel, an Angel who fell in love with a human.]]
** Other potentially important things about this scene: first, there is a hunting bow on the television screen, obviously symbolic of Cupid. The two men at the bar watch the bow being aimed, remark upon it at the same time, and then get caught in a {{Held Gaze}}, indicating that Cupid's done her thing. However, this is the second time the bow is shown on the screen; the first time, Dean is watching the show, and the hunter holding the bow directly in front, pointing to the viewer... Dean. And then Cas enters, and the hunter onscreen moves the bow at the same trajectory Cas is entering at, moving to keep in line with him. So first the bow is pointing at Dean... and then it moves to follow
** Dean is in a bar with Cas. Dean ''could've'' been helping Sam with the Third trial (although Sam didn't really need any help), but because Cas asked for his help he chose to be with him (after checking with Sam, of course). But Cas doesn't seem to need him for anything specific, except to tell him what's going on. Which leads to the question why is Dean sitting in a bar with Cas (apart from resolving Dean's suggestion back in 8x10 that they head to a bar and hang out)? Because Cas wants him to be there, wants to be with him before he [[spoiler: tries and closes the gates of Heaven, sealing all the angels including himself away]].
** The camera angles they use for both Cas and Dean are [[http://media.tumblr.com/07b2a828b835f74d5f35c716f190c7b9/tumblr_inline_mmylvsg6RD1qz4rgp.jpg remarkably]] [[http://media.tumblr.com/6b67de7f193dcd9e30dd513261c20074/tumblr_inline_mmylw1Kpyi1qz4rgp.jpg intimate.
** This is up for debate, but there is a suggestion that Cas and Dean are talking at cross purposes throughout this scene. Dean asks Cas whether he's sure about what he's doing. Cas acknowledges that [[spoiler: the other angels might kill him if he closes the gates of heaven.
** Also up for debate, the whole [[spoiler: "casting Angels from Heaven plot" and the three trials]] could possibly be a reference to their love. The first trial is [[spoiler: The product of past love between and Angel and human]], the second being [[spoiler: the bow of a Cherubim, gifting humans with love]]. Both have something to do with love, Angels, and humans. What's the third trial? [[spoiler: The grace of an Angel, but not just any Angel, an Angel who fell in love with a human.]]
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* 11.04: After finding out Sam had sex with a woman in the backseat of the Impala the night before, Dean is practically giddy despite (or maybe because?) it happened in his most prized possession.
---> '''Dean''': Even put a blanket down. Buddy, classy and thoughtful as always.
* 11.16 "Safe House": A Soul Eater puts victims into a coma and shows them "things they love, parts of their soul in distress" to weaken them. The civilian victim sees her husband and children dead, Bobby sees Sam and Dean, and Dean sees Sam. Even knowing that would be the Soul Eater's trick doesn't stop Dean from looking like his entire world has been blown to pieces before he wills the image away.
** This also calls back to Dark Side of the Moon. The part of Dean's soul that's in distress in Sam, his soulmate.
** How did this episode get mentioned without the final scenes? When Dean regains consciousness and is struggling to get up, Sam basically spoons Dean, wrapping one arm around him and pulling him into his chest to prop Dean up, while frantically muttering reassurances that he's "got" Dean, before finally heaving a sigh of relief and resting his free hand on Dean's head. The scene cuts and it's implied that Sam and Dean stay in that position on the floor for at least a few minutes. Rufus and Bobby's parallel scene after Bobby regains consciousness serves to highlight just how ridiculously grabby the brothers are compared to normal people - Rufus is solicitous and concerned for Bobby, and does help him sit up. But they don't, like, sit there cuddling.
** On top of that, in the car afterwards when Dean tells Sam he saw him dead in his vision, Sam says it's ''comforting'' that Dean saw that. Dean has had a strange connection to Amara all season, and Sam frequently expresses insecurity that Dean will become more attached to her than to him.
---> '''Dean''': Even put a blanket down. Buddy, classy and thoughtful as always.
* 11.16 "Safe House": A Soul Eater puts victims into a coma and shows them "things they love, parts of their soul in distress" to weaken them. The civilian victim sees her husband and children dead, Bobby sees Sam and Dean, and Dean sees Sam. Even knowing that would be the Soul Eater's trick doesn't stop Dean from looking like his entire world has been blown to pieces before he wills the image away.
** This also calls back to Dark Side of the Moon. The part of Dean's soul that's in distress in Sam, his soulmate.
** How did this episode get mentioned without the final scenes? When Dean regains consciousness and is struggling to get up, Sam basically spoons Dean, wrapping one arm around him and pulling him into his chest to prop Dean up, while frantically muttering reassurances that he's "got" Dean, before finally heaving a sigh of relief and resting his free hand on Dean's head. The scene cuts and it's implied that Sam and Dean stay in that position on the floor for at least a few minutes. Rufus and Bobby's parallel scene after Bobby regains consciousness serves to highlight just how ridiculously grabby the brothers are compared to normal people - Rufus is solicitous and concerned for Bobby, and does help him sit up. But they don't, like, sit there cuddling.
** On top of that, in the car afterwards when Dean tells Sam he saw him dead in his vision, Sam says it's ''comforting'' that Dean saw that. Dean has had a strange connection to Amara all season, and Sam frequently expresses insecurity that Dean will become more attached to her than to him.
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** When Dean leaves to grab sticks Corbin strangles Sam, sending his body into shock. Dean returns to see Sam dead just as the werewolves descend on their hiding place. When Corbin and Michelle announce in terror that the werewolves are coming back. Dean, grief-stricken, hovers over Sam's dead body and promises him he'll come back for him.
** After getting Corbin and Michelle to safely to a sheriff, while bleeding and wounded, tries to run back into the woods to get back to Sam's body. The sheriff demands Dean to stay for questioning and tries to prevent him from running. Dean, wild with grief, shoves him and tries to run back to Sam only to be tasered.
** After getting Corbin and Michelle to safely to a sheriff, while bleeding and wounded, tries to run back into the woods to get back to Sam's body. The sheriff demands Dean to stay for questioning and tries to prevent him from running. Dean, wild with grief, shoves him and tries to run back to Sam only to be tasered.
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** Sam, meanwhile, has woken up and is trying frantically to get to Dean while still badly wounded. At one point he and Dean manage to reach each other by phone, and they both literally stagger in relief at hearing the other's voice.
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---> [[https://twitter.com/AlainaHuffman/status/715396294349422592 "Romeo and Juliet for brothers."]]
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** This is also the episode where the viewers find out that Sam had indeed kept the amulet that Dean had thrown out back in Season 5, and has carried it with him this whole time.
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---> '''Dean''': Yeah, you're right. I do. Come here
*** Dean also leaves Sam with the keys to the Impala.
** Dean tells Amara that she never really wanted him, she only wanted Chuck, her brother. Dean compares her need for her brother with his own need for Sam.
---> '''Dean''': Me and Sam, we have had our fair share of fights. More than our share. But no matter how bad it got, we always made it right because we're family. I need him. He needs me. And when everything goes to crap, that's all you've got—family. Now you might be a—an all-powerful being...but I think you're human where it counts. You simply need your brother.
*** This has interesting implications as Dean has shown a strange, unwanted desire for Amara throughout the season. At one point she even kisses him. Somehow through that Dean comes to the conclusion that what she truly desires is her brother.
* The entirety of season 13 is Sam and Dean playing parents to the nephilim responsibility Jack. Many outlets, including the official Netflix twitter, have called them Jack’s parents.
*** Dean also leaves Sam with the keys to the Impala.
** Dean tells Amara that she never really wanted him, she only wanted Chuck, her brother. Dean compares her need for her brother with his own need for Sam.
---> '''Dean''': Me and Sam, we have had our fair share of fights. More than our share. But no matter how bad it got, we always made it right because we're family. I need him. He needs me. And when everything goes to crap, that's all you've got—family. Now you might be a—an all-powerful being...but I think you're human where it counts. You simply need your brother.
*** This has interesting implications as Dean has shown a strange, unwanted desire for Amara throughout the season. At one point she even kisses him. Somehow through that Dean comes to the conclusion that what she truly desires is her brother.
* The entirety of season 13 is Sam and Dean playing parents to the nephilim responsibility Jack. Many outlets, including the official Netflix twitter, have called them Jack’s parents.
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---> '''Dean''': Yeah, you're right. I do. Come here
*** Dean also leaves Sam with the keys to the Impala.
** Dean tells Amara that she never really wanted him, she only wanted Chuck, her brother. Dean compares her need for her brother with his own need for Sam.
---> '''Dean''': Me and Sam, we have had our fair share of fights. More than our share. But no matter how bad it got, we always made it right because we're family. I need him. He needs me. And when everything goes to crap, that's all you've got—family. Now you might be a—an all-powerful being...but I think you're human where it counts. You simply need your brother.
*** This has interesting implications as Dean has shown a strange, unwanted desire for Amara throughout the season. At one point she even kisses him. Somehow through that Dean comes to the conclusion that what she truly desires is her brother.
* The entirety of season 13 is Sam and Dean playing parents to the nephilim responsibility Jack. Many outlets, including the official Netflix twitter, have called them Jack’s parents.here.
*** Dean also leaves Sam with the keys to the Impala.
** Dean tells Amara that she never really wanted him, she only wanted Chuck, her brother. Dean compares her need for her brother with his own need for Sam.
---> '''Dean''': Me and Sam, we have had our fair share of fights. More than our share. But no matter how bad it got, we always made it right because we're family. I need him. He needs me. And when everything goes to crap, that's all you've got—family. Now you might be a—an all-powerful being...but I think you're human where it counts. You simply need your brother.
*** This has interesting implications as Dean has shown a strange, unwanted desire for Amara throughout the season. At one point she even kisses him. Somehow through that Dean comes to the conclusion that what she truly desires is her brother.
* The entirety of season 13 is Sam and Dean playing parents to the nephilim responsibility Jack. Many outlets, including the official Netflix twitter, have called them Jack’s parents.
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* 13.16: In the Supernatural/Scooby-Doo crossover episode aptly titled "Scoobynatural," Dean proudly shows Sam his "Dean Cave" (or "Fortress of Deanitude") that includes a foosball table and two recliners right next to each other for him and Sam.
** Dean collectively refers to everything in his room as "we" to signify it all belongs to Sam, too.
* 13.20., “Unfinished Business ,” has a back-to-back dying devotion monologue by both brothers.
---> '''Dean''': You remember what happened the last time we had front row tickets to the Lucifer/Michael show? 'Cause I do. You died... and went to Hell. But see, this time, the apocalypse isn't looking for us. We're actually looking for it. I don't care what happens to me. I never really have. But I do care about what happens to my brother.
---> '''Sam''': Dean, we're going to that place, and we're gonna save Jack and Mom. Together. And if something happens, we will deal with it together. And if we die? We'll do that together, too.
** This sentiments are par for the course for Dean, but when they come from Sam you know it’s serious.
* In 13.22 "Beat the Devil" Dean was forced to leave Sam behind [[spoiler:in the Apocalypse World). Sam dies ([[ResurrectiveImmortality for the sixth time]]) and comes back, Dean hugs him and tearfully comments that he thought he really lost him.
** Jensen Ackles has stated he has not been quiet about how out of character he believed Dean leaving Sam behind was, calling the characterization a “disservice.”
* In the season 13 finale "Let the Good Times Roll, Dean says yes to being Michael's vessel. This is after being vehemently against the idea since season four. It's only when Sam is in trouble and he has no other option to save him that Dean finally says. yes.
** Dean collectively refers to everything in his room as "we" to signify it all belongs to Sam, too.
* 13.20., “Unfinished Business ,” has a back-to-back dying devotion monologue by both brothers.
---> '''Dean''': You remember what happened the last time we had front row tickets to the Lucifer/Michael show? 'Cause I do. You died... and went to Hell. But see, this time, the apocalypse isn't looking for us. We're actually looking for it. I don't care what happens to me. I never really have. But I do care about what happens to my brother.
---> '''Sam''': Dean, we're going to that place, and we're gonna save Jack and Mom. Together. And if something happens, we will deal with it together. And if we die? We'll do that together, too.
** This sentiments are par for the course for Dean, but when they come from Sam you know it’s serious.
* In 13.22 "Beat the Devil" Dean was forced to leave Sam behind [[spoiler:in the Apocalypse World). Sam dies ([[ResurrectiveImmortality for the sixth time]]) and comes back, Dean hugs him and tearfully comments that he thought he really lost him.
** Jensen Ackles has stated he has not been quiet about how out of character he believed Dean leaving Sam behind was, calling the characterization a “disservice.”
* In the season 13 finale "Let the Good Times Roll, Dean says yes to being Michael's vessel. This is after being vehemently against the idea since season four. It's only when Sam is in trouble and he has no other option to save him that Dean finally says. yes.
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* In 14.05, Dean is absolutely beaming with pride and support every time Sam interacts with the AU hunters, and is defensive of him when Bobby criticizes him. Moreover, he comments at one point that Sam is only sleeping three hours a night - which is an interesting thing for Dean to know, considering they have separate rooms in different parts of the bunker.
* Episodes 14.10 to 14.13, inclusively, are basically wall-to-wall Wincest.
** In 14.10, when Michael has taken over Dean once more, Sam and Cas enter Dean's brain to try to communicate with him only to discover Dean's consciousness is being distracted by a false memory. Sam, who has spent about 97% of his life in Dean's presence, is able to almost instantly identify which of a stream of memories is the "fake" one. Then, when Dean still doesn't realize he's living in a fake scenario, Sam's finally able to snap him back to reality with one word.
** In 14.11... well, there's a cringey hug, to start with, but the real moment comes at the end of the episode, when Dean finally tells Sam his plans with the M'alak Box. Apart from being upset, Sam is also angry that Dean was going to basically sneak off to kill himself without even ''telling'' Sam or saying goodbye, even repeating "''me''" - reminding Dean and the viewers that he's closer to Dean than anyone else and deserved to know. Dean tearfully responds that Sam was the "last" person he could tell, because he knew he'd never be able to maintain his resolve if Sam tried to talk him out of it.
** In 14.12, this essentially comes to pass. Sam, after spending the episode trying to hold it together but visibly upset, has an angry and tearful outburst, going so far as to start punching Dean. When Dean stops Sam's punch, Sam suddenly grabs Dean into a hug, looking for all the world like a lost child, asking why Dean "doesn't believe in them" (as in, in his and Sam's ability to find a better, less drastic way to deal with Michael that won't leave Dean in an eternal living death). It's rare to see Sam so unravelled, and one of the only times in the whole series that he lashed out physically at Dean, just because he was so desperate to ''get through'' to Dean.
* Episodes 14.10 to 14.13, inclusively, are basically wall-to-wall Wincest.
** In 14.10, when Michael has taken over Dean once more, Sam and Cas enter Dean's brain to try to communicate with him only to discover Dean's consciousness is being distracted by a false memory. Sam, who has spent about 97% of his life in Dean's presence, is able to almost instantly identify which of a stream of memories is the "fake" one. Then, when Dean still doesn't realize he's living in a fake scenario, Sam's finally able to snap him back to reality with one word.
** In 14.11... well, there's a cringey hug, to start with, but the real moment comes at the end of the episode, when Dean finally tells Sam his plans with the M'alak Box. Apart from being upset, Sam is also angry that Dean was going to basically sneak off to kill himself without even ''telling'' Sam or saying goodbye, even repeating "''me''" - reminding Dean and the viewers that he's closer to Dean than anyone else and deserved to know. Dean tearfully responds that Sam was the "last" person he could tell, because he knew he'd never be able to maintain his resolve if Sam tried to talk him out of it.
** In 14.12, this essentially comes to pass. Sam, after spending the episode trying to hold it together but visibly upset, has an angry and tearful outburst, going so far as to start punching Dean. When Dean stops Sam's punch, Sam suddenly grabs Dean into a hug, looking for all the world like a lost child, asking why Dean "doesn't believe in them" (as in, in his and Sam's ability to find a better, less drastic way to deal with Michael that won't leave Dean in an eternal living death). It's rare to see Sam so unravelled, and one of the only times in the whole series that he lashed out physically at Dean, just because he was so desperate to ''get through'' to Dean.
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*** Throughout 14.13, it's clear that John's resurrection is altering how certain events in the show have unfolded - and had John never died, Sam and Dean would have been living separate (and rather depressing) lives. It's strongly implied that Dean agreed to reversing the spell, knowing their father would die again, in part because he didn't want to live in an alternate timeline where he and Sam were apart.
* In 14.14, Dean gets knocked out during a fight, and Sam devolves into helpless panic when he can't rouse him, frantically calling for Rowena and Cas. Even back at the bunker, Sam doesn't leave Dean's side, but is so anxious and lost that he doesn't even start cleaning Dean's wounds until Rowena tells him to.
* In 14x15, Sam gets affected by the mind control at Charming Acres, and the only way Cas can snap him out of it is to remind him of Dean.
** Later at the bunker, it comes out that Cas already told Dean that Sam had had a "wife" while he was brainwashed, and Sam's reaction makes it clear he hadn't wanted Dean to know that. After Cas leaves the room, Dean reiterates that Sam had apparently been "really happy" at Charming Acres, clearly feeling a little hurt and insecure. Sam has to remind Dean that none of it was actually real.
* In 14.17, Sam gets upset when Dean and Mary go to Donatello without him, saying he should be there and that it's not okay.
** Later that same episode, Sam gets murdered by Nick, continually calling to Dean while fighting Nick. When Dean finally gets to Sam, Sam is near death, and his last words are about how Dean always put him first. Once Jack arrives and resurrects Sam, Dean has to turn away to control his emotions.
* In 14x18, after discovering that Jack killed Mary, Dean is enraged at both Jack and at Cas, who he perceives as having withheld important information about Jack that might have prevented Mary's death. The only person Dean will allow near him is Sam (who also took some responsibility for what happened, which Dean summarily dismissed as "Not Sam's Fault").
* In 14x20, there's an emotional scene where Dean is telling Sam he intends to kill Jack with the Equalizer Gun, which will also lead to his own death. Sam angrily says he can't handle losing Jack and Dean at the same time.
* In 15x03, [[spoiler: Sam has to kill Rowena in order to close the rupture into Hell - a pre-ordained fate they'd both tried extremely hard to avoid. When it seems like Sam won't be able to bring himself to do it, Rowena asks him, "Would you let the world die, would you let your brother die, to save me?" Sam tearfully says "No" and stabs her - it's implied that it was mentioning that Dean would die if he didn't kill her that pushed him to do it.]]
** [[spoiler:There's also an interesting moment near the end of that episode, where Dean talks to Sam in his room. Sam's bed is made up differently than usual, with two pillows and lamps lit on both sides of his bed - and a shirt that looks much like one of Dean's hanging on a hook in the background.]]
* In 15x04, [[spoiler:continuing off the "Did Sam's bed look a little different there?" theme, Sam wakes up abrubtly from a nightmare, and it appears he was sleeping on one side of his bed - with a second pillow on the other side of the bed.]]
* 15x09 is a bit of a strange example, as [[spoiler: it teases a relationship between Sam and Eileen - but in Chuck's future projection, Sam still seems far more emotionally wrapped up in Dean. Eileen dies offscreen in this projection, and while Dean says Sam "has had a death wish ever since", Sam seems mostly devastated when Dean refuses to hunt anymore, tearfully responding they were supposed to go out together. At the end of the projection, Sam and Dean have turned into vampires (which in itself is ship fuel, as vampires in Supernatural mate for life, and it also invites the idea that Sam or Dean either fed from or turned their brother) and are being hunted by their former friends - but reiterate that they'll go out together "like Butch and Sundance." Even more significantly, present-day Sam **prefers** the idea of the two of them dying together as monsters over Chuck's planned ending of them killing each other.]]
* 15x10 [[spoiler: opens with some very domestic moments between the brothers, with Sam cooking dinner, Dean grocery shopping, and the two of them having an old-married-couple argument about Dean's parking ticket and Sam seeming to catch a cold.]]
** [[spoiler: Later in the ep, a demoralized Dean gives Sam a pretty insincere pep talk to try to get both their spirits up, Sam nodded along but later admitted he didn't believe a word of it. Perhaps not "wincesty" in the traditional sense, but an interesting aspect of their relationship and how hard they try to keep each other's hopes up even when they individually feel hopeless. They both understood that if they (individually) went completely hopeless, the other brother would go down too, and that would be the end of them.]]
* 15x11 is [[spoiler: full of similar married-couple bickering, especially over food and their limited travel budget. They're also both protective and admiring of one another going up against Fortuna, both refusing at different times to allow their brother to go up against her alone, and both staring proudly when said brother manages to beat her anyway. Sam even tells her he learned from Dean.]]
* In 15x13, [[spoiler: an AU version of the brothers arrive in the bunker, having escaped their universe before Chuck destroyed it. The AU!brothers come across as prissy and effete, and in response to their universe being destroyed and their father possibly being killed, they... drink beer and **watch porn together** in the bunker while the regular!brothers are gone on a mission (complete with AU!Sam shifting suggestively in his chair). AU!Dean's request to keep the flannels they'd borrowed, and AU!Sam's smarmy comment about how they "drove in" the Impala, are both rife with implication after that.]]
* In 14.14, Dean gets knocked out during a fight, and Sam devolves into helpless panic when he can't rouse him, frantically calling for Rowena and Cas. Even back at the bunker, Sam doesn't leave Dean's side, but is so anxious and lost that he doesn't even start cleaning Dean's wounds until Rowena tells him to.
* In 14x15, Sam gets affected by the mind control at Charming Acres, and the only way Cas can snap him out of it is to remind him of Dean.
** Later at the bunker, it comes out that Cas already told Dean that Sam had had a "wife" while he was brainwashed, and Sam's reaction makes it clear he hadn't wanted Dean to know that. After Cas leaves the room, Dean reiterates that Sam had apparently been "really happy" at Charming Acres, clearly feeling a little hurt and insecure. Sam has to remind Dean that none of it was actually real.
* In 14.17, Sam gets upset when Dean and Mary go to Donatello without him, saying he should be there and that it's not okay.
** Later that same episode, Sam gets murdered by Nick, continually calling to Dean while fighting Nick. When Dean finally gets to Sam, Sam is near death, and his last words are about how Dean always put him first. Once Jack arrives and resurrects Sam, Dean has to turn away to control his emotions.
* In 14x18, after discovering that Jack killed Mary, Dean is enraged at both Jack and at Cas, who he perceives as having withheld important information about Jack that might have prevented Mary's death. The only person Dean will allow near him is Sam (who also took some responsibility for what happened, which Dean summarily dismissed as "Not Sam's Fault").
* In 14x20, there's an emotional scene where Dean is telling Sam he intends to kill Jack with the Equalizer Gun, which will also lead to his own death. Sam angrily says he can't handle losing Jack and Dean at the same time.
* In 15x03, [[spoiler: Sam has to kill Rowena in order to close the rupture into Hell - a pre-ordained fate they'd both tried extremely hard to avoid. When it seems like Sam won't be able to bring himself to do it, Rowena asks him, "Would you let the world die, would you let your brother die, to save me?" Sam tearfully says "No" and stabs her - it's implied that it was mentioning that Dean would die if he didn't kill her that pushed him to do it.]]
** [[spoiler:There's also an interesting moment near the end of that episode, where Dean talks to Sam in his room. Sam's bed is made up differently than usual, with two pillows and lamps lit on both sides of his bed - and a shirt that looks much like one of Dean's hanging on a hook in the background.]]
* In 15x04, [[spoiler:continuing off the "Did Sam's bed look a little different there?" theme, Sam wakes up abrubtly from a nightmare, and it appears he was sleeping on one side of his bed - with a second pillow on the other side of the bed.]]
* 15x09 is a bit of a strange example, as [[spoiler: it teases a relationship between Sam and Eileen - but in Chuck's future projection, Sam still seems far more emotionally wrapped up in Dean. Eileen dies offscreen in this projection, and while Dean says Sam "has had a death wish ever since", Sam seems mostly devastated when Dean refuses to hunt anymore, tearfully responding they were supposed to go out together. At the end of the projection, Sam and Dean have turned into vampires (which in itself is ship fuel, as vampires in Supernatural mate for life, and it also invites the idea that Sam or Dean either fed from or turned their brother) and are being hunted by their former friends - but reiterate that they'll go out together "like Butch and Sundance." Even more significantly, present-day Sam **prefers** the idea of the two of them dying together as monsters over Chuck's planned ending of them killing each other.]]
* 15x10 [[spoiler: opens with some very domestic moments between the brothers, with Sam cooking dinner, Dean grocery shopping, and the two of them having an old-married-couple argument about Dean's parking ticket and Sam seeming to catch a cold.]]
** [[spoiler: Later in the ep, a demoralized Dean gives Sam a pretty insincere pep talk to try to get both their spirits up, Sam nodded along but later admitted he didn't believe a word of it. Perhaps not "wincesty" in the traditional sense, but an interesting aspect of their relationship and how hard they try to keep each other's hopes up even when they individually feel hopeless. They both understood that if they (individually) went completely hopeless, the other brother would go down too, and that would be the end of them.]]
* 15x11 is [[spoiler: full of similar married-couple bickering, especially over food and their limited travel budget. They're also both protective and admiring of one another going up against Fortuna, both refusing at different times to allow their brother to go up against her alone, and both staring proudly when said brother manages to beat her anyway. Sam even tells her he learned from Dean.]]
* In 15x13, [[spoiler: an AU version of the brothers arrive in the bunker, having escaped their universe before Chuck destroyed it. The AU!brothers come across as prissy and effete, and in response to their universe being destroyed and their father possibly being killed, they... drink beer and **watch porn together** in the bunker while the regular!brothers are gone on a mission (complete with AU!Sam shifting suggestively in his chair). AU!Dean's request to keep the flannels they'd borrowed, and AU!Sam's smarmy comment about how they "drove in" the Impala, are both rife with implication after that.]]
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* In 14.14, Dean gets knocked out during a fight, and Sam devolves into helpless panic when he can't rouse him, frantically calling for Rowena and Cas. Even back at the bunker, Sam doesn't leave Dean's side, but is so anxious and lost that he doesn't even start cleaning Dean's wounds until Rowena tells him to.
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** Later that same episode, Sam gets murdered by Nick, continually calling to Dean while fighting Nick. When Dean finally gets to Sam, Sam is near death, and his last words are about how Dean always put him first. Once Jack arrives and resurrects Sam, Dean has to turn away to control his emotions.
* In 14x18, after discovering that Jack killed Mary, Dean is enraged at both Jack and at Cas, who he perceives as having withheld important information about Jack that might have prevented Mary's death. The only person Dean will allow near him is Sam (who also took some responsibility for what happened, which Dean summarily dismissed as "Not Sam's Fault").
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* In 15x03, [[spoiler: Sam has to kill Rowena in order to close the rupture into Hell - a pre-ordained fate they'd both tried extremely hard to avoid. When it seems like Sam won't be able to bring himself to do it, Rowena asks him, "Would you let the world die, would you let your brother die, to save me?" Sam tearfully says "No" and stabs her - it's implied that it was mentioning that Dean would die if he didn't kill her that pushed him to do it.]]
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* 15x09 is a bit of a strange example, as [[spoiler: it teases a relationship between Sam and Eileen - but in Chuck's future projection, Sam still seems far more emotionally wrapped up in Dean. Eileen dies offscreen in this projection, and while Dean says Sam "has had a death wish ever since", Sam seems mostly devastated when Dean refuses to hunt anymore, tearfully responding they were supposed to go out together. At the end of the projection, Sam and Dean have turned into vampires
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** [[spoiler: Later in the ep, a demoralized Dean gives Sam a pretty insincere pep talk to try to get both their spirits up, Sam nodded along but later admitted he didn't believe a word of it. Perhaps not "wincesty" in the traditional sense, but an interesting aspect of their relationship and how hard they try to keep each other's hopes up even when they individually feel hopeless. They both understood that if they (individually) went completely hopeless, the other brother would go down too, and that would be the end of them.]]
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* In 15x13, [[spoiler: an AU version of the brothers arrive in the bunker, having escaped their universe before Chuck destroyed it. The AU!brothers come across as prissy and effete, and in response to their universe being destroyed and their father possibly being killed, they... drink beer and **watch porn together** in the bunker while the regular!brothers are gone on a mission (complete with AU!Sam shifting suggestively in his chair). AU!Dean's request to keep the flannels they'd borrowed, and AU!Sam's smarmy comment about how they "drove in" the Impala, are both rife with implication after that.]]
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* In 15x15 [[spoiler: Dean and Sam find a lead on Amara, and seem desperate to go track her down alone without Cas and Jack, even finding another random case for them to take so the brothers could go off together. And while Dean was a little jealous and insecure over Eileen in the previous episode, in this episode Sam looks visibly annoyed on several occasions when Dean references his prior "thing" with Amara, or when they flirt in front of Sam. Sam is clearly not very happy about Dean talking about or spending time around Amara.]]
* 15x17 [[spoiler: has Sam and Dean disagreeing and separated for most of the episode, but at the same time, Dean admits outright to Jack that he's okay with Jack dying because all he really cares about at this point is getting himself and Sam out from under Chuck's control - a sentiment he reiterates to Sam himself later on.]]
** [[spoiler: As it gets closer to the moment that Jack is supposed to confront Chuck, Dean starts getting more and more enraged and unhinged, to the point of punching Sam and even pointing his gun at him because Sam is trying to stop them. At the same time, he says point-blank that he doesn't care who {{else}} has to die, as long as he and Sam can be free together. The only thing that gives Dean pause at all is when Sam points out that if Jack goes through with the plan, Sam {{himself}} might die, as Billie will take charge at that point and cancel out all the resurrections that had already happened. Once Dean gets calm enough to listen, Sam goes on to say that despite all the manipulation and his own brushes with insanity, one thing he's {{always}} known to be true is that Dean protects him. This comment gets through to Dean enough that he finally puts his gun down - thereby defying Chuck yet again, who was hoping for Dean to kill Sam in his rage.]]
* In 15x19 [[spoiler: the brothers and Jack fight their climactic battle against Chuck. Despite Chuck beating both Sam and Dean to a pulp, they're able to triumph over him thanks to Jack, and they physically hold each other up in the moment that Chuck realizes he'd been beaten. In the final moments of the episode, Sam and Dean are entirely alone - all their friends either dead or moved on - but they're happy, with Sam declaring that now it's "just them" before Dean throws an arm over Sam's shoulders and they go on a road trip together.]]
** [[spoiler: Wincest fans also got excited over a small moment at the end when Dean was handing Sam a beer. The shot was zoomed in on their hands, and it appeared Dean's pinky was stroking along Sam's hand as he handed off the bottle. One of those things that likely doesn't mean much, but was just strange in how focused and pronounced it was on-camera.]]
* Finally, 15x20 [[spoiler: is sad as hell, but also confirms "queerplatonic Wincest." Practically the entire episode focuses on the brothers' relationship, but let's make an attempt to focus on discrete moments here:]]
** [[spoiler: The episode opens to some unspecified period of time after beating Chuck, and Sam and Dean are still living together and still hunting together - now with Miracle the dog - clearly out of choice now and not due to manipulation or world-ending obligations. There's quite a bit of domestic routine between them, and they also take a brief vacation together during the episode to go to a pie festival. There's an element of Real Life Writes The Plot, in that Covid restrictions reduced the number of possible guest stars in the episode, but it's also clear that Sam and Dean are quite happy and unbothered by their apparent lack of friends, spending all their time together like they did in earlier seasons.]]
** [[spoiler: The brothers take a hunt involving vampires, and Dean is fatally wounded during the fight. The scene is extremely tragic and emotional, as Sam goes from not realizing what's going on to tearfully begging Dean not to leave him. Dean's last words are a heartfelt speech about how terrified he was to get Sam from Stanford, waiting outside of Sam's apartment for hours because he didn't know what he would have done had Sam rejected him that night. He made it clear that even way back then, he had never wanted to spend his life with anyone but Sam. He then went on to tell Sam not to try to bring him back, but to keep going and keep fighting (a shoutout to Jared Padalecki's real life Always Keep Fighting mental health organization). Dean ends off telling Sam for the very first time that he loves him, and begging Sam to tell him it's okay to go. Sam does so, clasping Dean's hand and resting their foreheads together, collapsing into sobs when Dean dies.]]
** [[spoiler: In the aftermath, we see Sam grieving and distracted, to the point where there are some hints that he's considering killing himself - at one point, he sits in Dean's room and looks at Dean's guns, before being distracted by a phone-call and potential hunt in Austin. He leaves the bunker with Miracle and some of Dean's personal effects, still looking so broken up it's hard to imagine him surviving a hunt, and obviously doesn't plan on ever coming back.]]
** [[spoiler: In the meantime, Dean wakes up in Heaven where he meets Bobby and learns that Jack and Cas have changed Heaven so that there are no longer separate rooms/memories, but people can mingle freely. Dean is happy, but admits it's not really Heaven for him yet - Bobby understands, and reassures him that time moves far more quickly in Heaven than on Earth, and that Sam will be there soon. Dean then discovers his old Impala, and opts to go for a drive and wait for Sam before joining Heaven "properly".]]
** [[spoiler: There is a several-minutes long montage of the remainder of Sam's life interspersed with Dean driving and waiting for him. Sam, surprisingly, doesn't die on a hunt, appears to marry, and has a son named Dean - however, the woman in question only appears in the background of one scene, and the viewer never sees her face or finds out who she is. The montage focuses on Sam raising his son and growing older, alongside moments and details showing that he never stops missing and grieving for Dean. At one point as an old man, he sits in the Impala - which he's kept - and cries. He's also shown wearing Dean's wristwatch for the rest of his life. When we finally see Sam dying as an old man, his son beside him, and surrounded by pictures of his family, Sam dies with a smile on his face...]]
** [[spoiler:... and in that moment, Dean, who has seemingly passed only a few minutes in the car while Sam lived decades, pulls over and gets out to look at the view. The look on Dean's face makes it clear that he can sense Sam arriving in Heaven himself. Sam is young again, and wearing clothes very similar to what he was wearing in the Pilot episode - a response to Dean's confession about the night he got Sam at Stanford and an indication that it was actually one of Sam's happiest memories. The brothers stare at each other and hug before Dean leads Sam to the view he had just been admiring.]]
** [[spoiler: Understanding that this is {{a lot}} for one episode, the entire episode emphasizes again and again that Sam and Dean had wanted to and planned on spending their lives together. Even without any external need to keep hunting or living together, they were choosing to do so. When Dean died, Sam was devastated and seemed to have wanted them to grow old together. While Sam does apparently go on to marry, his wife gets very little focus at all - to the point that there are some Unfortunate Implications about their relationship, considering how much Sam visibly grieved for Dean and the fact that he appeared in front of Dean in Heaven without his wedding band. Dean couldn't even be happy in {{Heaven}} without Sam, and chose to wait for him before doing anything else or even seeing their parents or friends. Dean knowing where to stop, and knowing when Sam arrived before seeing him, hints again at them being soulmates. The way the episode ends implies that they then go on to spend {{eternity}} together. That is to say... no, they aren't screwing like incestuous bunnies, but they are clearly the loves of each other's lives/afterlives and by any other possible metric, they are "together".]]
* 15x17 [[spoiler: has Sam and Dean disagreeing and separated for most of the episode, but at the same time, Dean admits outright to Jack that he's okay with Jack dying because all he really cares about at this point is getting himself and Sam out from under Chuck's control - a sentiment he reiterates to Sam himself later on.]]
** [[spoiler: As it gets closer to the moment that Jack is supposed to confront Chuck, Dean starts getting more and more enraged and unhinged, to the point of punching Sam and even pointing his gun at him because Sam is trying to stop them. At the same time, he says point-blank that he doesn't care who {{else}} has to die, as long as he and Sam can be free together. The only thing that gives Dean pause at all is when Sam points out that if Jack goes through with the plan, Sam {{himself}} might die, as Billie will take charge at that point and cancel out all the resurrections that had already happened. Once Dean gets calm enough to listen, Sam goes on to say that despite all the manipulation and his own brushes with insanity, one thing he's {{always}} known to be true is that Dean protects him. This comment gets through to Dean enough that he finally puts his gun down - thereby defying Chuck yet again, who was hoping for Dean to kill Sam in his rage.]]
* In 15x19 [[spoiler: the brothers and Jack fight their climactic battle against Chuck. Despite Chuck beating both Sam and Dean to a pulp, they're able to triumph over him thanks to Jack, and they physically hold each other up in the moment that Chuck realizes he'd been beaten. In the final moments of the episode, Sam and Dean are entirely alone - all their friends either dead or moved on - but they're happy, with Sam declaring that now it's "just them" before Dean throws an arm over Sam's shoulders and they go on a road trip together.]]
** [[spoiler: Wincest fans also got excited over a small moment at the end when Dean was handing Sam a beer. The shot was zoomed in on their hands, and it appeared Dean's pinky was stroking along Sam's hand as he handed off the bottle. One of those things that likely doesn't mean much, but was just strange in how focused and pronounced it was on-camera.]]
* Finally, 15x20 [[spoiler: is sad as hell, but also confirms "queerplatonic Wincest." Practically the entire episode focuses on the brothers' relationship, but let's make an attempt to focus on discrete moments here:]]
** [[spoiler: The episode opens to some unspecified period of time after beating Chuck, and Sam and Dean are still living together and still hunting together - now with Miracle the dog - clearly out of choice now and not due to manipulation or world-ending obligations. There's quite a bit of domestic routine between them, and they also take a brief vacation together during the episode to go to a pie festival. There's an element of Real Life Writes The Plot, in that Covid restrictions reduced the number of possible guest stars in the episode, but it's also clear that Sam and Dean are quite happy and unbothered by their apparent lack of friends, spending all their time together like they did in earlier seasons.]]
** [[spoiler: The brothers take a hunt involving vampires, and Dean is fatally wounded during the fight. The scene is extremely tragic and emotional, as Sam goes from not realizing what's going on to tearfully begging Dean not to leave him. Dean's last words are a heartfelt speech about how terrified he was to get Sam from Stanford, waiting outside of Sam's apartment for hours because he didn't know what he would have done had Sam rejected him that night. He made it clear that even way back then, he had never wanted to spend his life with anyone but Sam. He then went on to tell Sam not to try to bring him back, but to keep going and keep fighting (a shoutout to Jared Padalecki's real life Always Keep Fighting mental health organization). Dean ends off telling Sam for the very first time that he loves him, and begging Sam to tell him it's okay to go. Sam does so, clasping Dean's hand and resting their foreheads together, collapsing into sobs when Dean dies.]]
** [[spoiler: In the aftermath, we see Sam grieving and distracted, to the point where there are some hints that he's considering killing himself - at one point, he sits in Dean's room and looks at Dean's guns, before being distracted by a phone-call and potential hunt in Austin. He leaves the bunker with Miracle and some of Dean's personal effects, still looking so broken up it's hard to imagine him surviving a hunt, and obviously doesn't plan on ever coming back.]]
** [[spoiler: In the meantime, Dean wakes up in Heaven where he meets Bobby and learns that Jack and Cas have changed Heaven so that there are no longer separate rooms/memories, but people can mingle freely. Dean is happy, but admits it's not really Heaven for him yet - Bobby understands, and reassures him that time moves far more quickly in Heaven than on Earth, and that Sam will be there soon. Dean then discovers his old Impala, and opts to go for a drive and wait for Sam before joining Heaven "properly".]]
** [[spoiler: There is a several-minutes long montage of the remainder of Sam's life interspersed with Dean driving and waiting for him. Sam, surprisingly, doesn't die on a hunt, appears to marry, and has a son named Dean - however, the woman in question only appears in the background of one scene, and the viewer never sees her face or finds out who she is. The montage focuses on Sam raising his son and growing older, alongside moments and details showing that he never stops missing and grieving for Dean. At one point as an old man, he sits in the Impala - which he's kept - and cries. He's also shown wearing Dean's wristwatch for the rest of his life. When we finally see Sam dying as an old man, his son beside him, and surrounded by pictures of his family, Sam dies with a smile on his face...]]
** [[spoiler:... and in that moment, Dean, who has seemingly passed only a few minutes in the car while Sam lived decades, pulls over and gets out to look at the view. The look on Dean's face makes it clear that he can sense Sam arriving in Heaven himself. Sam is young again, and wearing clothes very similar to what he was wearing in the Pilot episode - a response to Dean's confession about the night he got Sam at Stanford and an indication that it was actually one of Sam's happiest memories. The brothers stare at each other and hug before Dean leads Sam to the view he had just been admiring.]]
** [[spoiler: Understanding that this is {{a lot}} for one episode, the entire episode emphasizes again and again that Sam and Dean had wanted to and planned on spending their lives together. Even without any external need to keep hunting or living together, they were choosing to do so. When Dean died, Sam was devastated and seemed to have wanted them to grow old together. While Sam does apparently go on to marry, his wife gets very little focus at all - to the point that there are some Unfortunate Implications about their relationship, considering how much Sam visibly grieved for Dean and the fact that he appeared in front of Dean in Heaven without his wedding band. Dean couldn't even be happy in {{Heaven}} without Sam, and chose to wait for him before doing anything else or even seeing their parents or friends. Dean knowing where to stop, and knowing when Sam arrived before seeing him, hints again at them being soulmates. The way the episode ends implies that they then go on to spend {{eternity}} together. That is to say... no, they aren't screwing like incestuous bunnies, but they are clearly the loves of each other's lives/afterlives and by any other possible metric, they are "together".]]
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* Willingly going to hell for one another. Twice.
** And while there, Dean desperately shouted out Sam's name while being tortured, signifying their "psychotic" codependency.
* In the season 7 premiere, aptly titled “Season 7, Time for A Wedding!” Dean’s displeasure at Sam marrying Becky goes into comically jealous territory.
** He only starts to play ball when Sam threatens to cut Dean out of his life if he doesn’t accept that Becky is in his life. Dean shows up at their doorstep with a waffle iron wedding gift.
** In 7.04, "Defending Your Life" Dean is so messed up about [[spoiler:killing Sam's friend Amy, a kitsune]] that he can't even stay interested in his one-night stand.
** When the bartender asks him if it's his love life or job that has him down, Dean wryly replies it's a "complex question."
* In 7.07 "The Mentalists", Sam and Dean are told the Campbells, a brother performing duo, were actually lovers that called themselves brothers to avoid the prejudice of the time. Sam and Dean both nod understandingly until they realize the full implications of that (their own mother's maiden name was Campbell).
** During this time Sam and Dean are going through another one of their lovers quarrels. Melanie, a "psychic" who admits she just reads body language and makes accurate guesses, correctly reads Sam and Dean and their current unspoken drama.
** And while there, Dean desperately shouted out Sam's name while being tortured, signifying their "psychotic" codependency.
* In the season 7 premiere, aptly titled “Season 7, Time for A Wedding!” Dean’s displeasure at Sam marrying Becky goes into comically jealous territory.
** He only starts to play ball when Sam threatens to cut Dean out of his life if he doesn’t accept that Becky is in his life. Dean shows up at their doorstep with a waffle iron wedding gift.
** In 7.04, "Defending Your Life" Dean is so messed up about [[spoiler:killing Sam's friend Amy, a kitsune]] that he can't even stay interested in his one-night stand.
** When the bartender asks him if it's his love life or job that has him down, Dean wryly replies it's a "complex question."
* In 7.07 "The Mentalists", Sam and Dean are told the Campbells, a brother performing duo, were actually lovers that called themselves brothers to avoid the prejudice of the time. Sam and Dean both nod understandingly until they realize the full implications of that (their own mother's maiden name was Campbell).
** During this time Sam and Dean are going through another one of their lovers quarrels. Melanie, a "psychic" who admits she just reads body language and makes accurate guesses, correctly reads Sam and Dean and their current unspoken drama.
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* Willingly going to hell In the season 7 premiere, aptly titled “Season 7, Time for one another. Twice.
** And while there,A Wedding!” Dean’s displeasure at Sam marrying Becky goes into comically jealous territory. He only starts to play ball when Sam threatens to cut Dean desperately shouted out Sam's name while being tortured, signifying of his life if he doesn’t accept that Becky is in his life. Dean shows up at their "psychotic" codependency.doorstep with a waffle iron wedding gift.
* In the season 7 premiere, aptly titled “Season 7, Time for A Wedding!” Dean’s displeasure at Sam marrying Becky goes into comically jealous territory.
** He only starts to play ball when Sam threatens to cut Dean out of his life if he doesn’t accept that Becky is in his life. Dean shows up at their doorstep with a waffle iron wedding gift.
** In 7.04, "Defending Your Life" Dean is so messed up about [[spoiler:killing Sam's friend Amy, a kitsune]] that he can't even stay interested in his one-night stand.
** When the bartender asks him if it's his love life or job that has him down, Dean wryly replies it's a "complex question."
* In 7.07 "The Mentalists", Sam and Dean are told the Campbells, a brother performing duo, were actually lovers that called themselves brothers to avoid the prejudice of the time. Sam and Dean both nod understandingly until they realize the full implications of that (their own mother's maiden name was Campbell).
** During this timeSam and Dean are going through another one of their lovers lovers' quarrels. Melanie, a "psychic" who admits she just reads body language and makes accurate guesses, correctly reads Sam and Dean and their current unspoken drama.
** And while there,
** He only starts to play ball when Sam threatens to cut Dean out of his life if he doesn’t accept that Becky is in his life. Dean shows up at their doorstep with a waffle iron wedding gift.
** In 7.04, "Defending Your Life" Dean is so messed up about [[spoiler:killing Sam's friend Amy, a kitsune]] that he can't even stay interested in his one-night stand.
** When the bartender asks him if it's his love life or job that has him down, Dean wryly replies it's a "complex question."
** During this time
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** The whole episode reads like a pair of exes running into each other, with Dean desperately wanting to get back together and Sam still bitter about the whole thing. From the beginning with Dean checking if he has any voicemails from Sam, to the scene where he runs into him at the coffeeshop and immediatly starts a very awkward one-sided conversation.
* 7.12, “Time After Time,” the brothers have such intimate knowledge of one another that Dean knows the exact position in which Sam sleeps… from 68 years in the past.
* In 8.14, "Trial and Error", Dean tells Sam he will do the trial because he wants Sam to go on, have a family, get old and be happy. This is almost reminiscent to the door scene in "Titanic" where Jack tells Rose he wants her to go on and have a happy life.
** Not only that, but Sam is adamantly against the idea. He tells Dean he's not a grunt and praises how smart he is. Sam the takes on the trials so Dean won't have to, making it another sacrifice for his brother.
* In "Taxi Driver", with Sam trapped in purgatory, Dean kills one of his closest friends, Benny, in an effort to save him.
** Dean also loses his sense of cool when Sam stumbles out of purgatory, and Dean clings on to him blindly. It takes Dean a second to compose himself to look nonchalant before he pulls back to actually talk to Sam.
* 7.12, “Time After Time,” the brothers have such intimate knowledge of one another that Dean knows the exact position in which Sam sleeps… from 68 years in the past.
* In 8.14, "Trial and Error", Dean tells Sam he will do the trial because he wants Sam to go on, have a family, get old and be happy. This is almost reminiscent to the door scene in "Titanic" where Jack tells Rose he wants her to go on and have a happy life.
** Not only that, but Sam is adamantly against the idea. He tells Dean he's not a grunt and praises how smart he is. Sam the takes on the trials so Dean won't have to, making it another sacrifice for his brother.
* In "Taxi Driver", with Sam trapped in purgatory, Dean kills one of his closest friends, Benny, in an effort to save him.
** Dean also loses his sense of cool when Sam stumbles out of purgatory, and Dean clings on to him blindly. It takes Dean a second to compose himself to look nonchalant before he pulls back to actually talk to Sam.
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** The whole episode reads like a pair of exes running into each other, with Dean desperately wanting to get back together and Sam still bitter about the whole thing. From the beginning with Dean checking if he has any voicemails from Sam, to the scene where he runs into him at the coffeeshop and immediatly immediately starts a very awkward one-sided conversation.
* 7.12, “Time After Time,” the brothers have such intimate knowledge of one another that Dean knows the exact position in which Sam sleeps… from 68 years in the past.
* In 8.14, "Trial and Error", Dean tells Sam he will do the trial because he wants Sam to go on, have a family, get old and be happy. This is almost reminiscent to the door scene in "Titanic" where Jack tells Rose he wants her to go on and have a happy life.
** Not only that, but Sam is adamantly against the idea. He tells Dean he's not a grunt and praises how smart he is. Sam the takes on the trials so Dean won't have to, making it another sacrifice for his brother.
* In "Taxi Driver", with Sam trapped in purgatory, Dean kills one of his closest friends, Benny, in an effort to save him.
** Dean also loses his sense of cool when Sam stumbles out of purgatory, and Dean clings on to him blindly. It takes Dean a second to compose himself to look nonchalant before he pulls back to actually talk to Sam.conversation.
* 7.12, “Time After Time,” the brothers have such intimate knowledge of one another that Dean knows the exact position in which Sam sleeps… from 68 years in the past.
* In 8.14, "Trial and Error", Dean tells Sam he will do the trial because he wants Sam to go on, have a family, get old and be happy. This is almost reminiscent to the door scene in "Titanic" where Jack tells Rose he wants her to go on and have a happy life.
** Not only that, but Sam is adamantly against the idea. He tells Dean he's not a grunt and praises how smart he is. Sam the takes on the trials so Dean won't have to, making it another sacrifice for his brother.
* In "Taxi Driver", with Sam trapped in purgatory, Dean kills one of his closest friends, Benny, in an effort to save him.
** Dean also loses his sense of cool when Sam stumbles out of purgatory, and Dean clings on to him blindly. It takes Dean a second to compose himself to look nonchalant before he pulls back to actually talk to Sam.
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* Jensen Ackles acknowledged that Wincest was a "hot fantasy" for fans in his interview for "Fandom at the Crossroads: Celebration, Shame and Fan/Producer Relationships".
* "Pac Man Fever" marks the first time Dean hugs (adult) Sam just because he loves and cares about him. Usually, it's when one of them comes back from the dead.
* In "Sacrfice", the season 8 finale, Dean was willing to let everyone who died and was affected to make the trials happen (Kevin Tran, Kevin's mom, Castiel) die in vain to keep Sam alive.
** Sam confessed his greatest sin was letting Dean down and forcing him to rely on Benny and Castiel because of his incompetence, to which Dean told him he would never put anyone in front of him, and begged him to understand that
---> '''Dean''': “Sammy… come on. I killed Benny to save you. I’m willing to let this bastard, and all the sons of bitches that killed mom walk because of you. Don’t you dare think that there is anything, past or present, that I would put in front of you! It has never been like that, ever! I need you to see that. I’m begging you.”
** Also, think of what ''Sam'' did in this exchange. With the King of Hell literally inside him, moments away from closing the gates of hell, after months of illness and misery and close to collapsing, saying himself that others would die if he didn't- Dean asked him to stop and gave him the above speech, and he really did drop the entire trial business for Dean. They just decided that evil can exist in the world as long as they can stay together, and fell into each other's arms.
*** Dean has always been dedicated to stopping demons and avenging his mother's death. He's made many sacrifices for this throughout the years, but the only person Dean wasn't willing to sacrifice to reach his goal was Sam.
* Robbie Thompson jokingly pitched an idea for Season 9 where Sam and Dean go to couples counseling and "feels ensue".
** In a deleted scene from “Time After Time” [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zv_Mj5-8Sw Sam and Dean look pretty dang flirty for a pair of brothers]].
* "Pac Man Fever" marks the first time Dean hugs (adult) Sam just because he loves and cares about him. Usually, it's when one of them comes back from the dead.
* In "Sacrfice", the season 8 finale, Dean was willing to let everyone who died and was affected to make the trials happen (Kevin Tran, Kevin's mom, Castiel) die in vain to keep Sam alive.
** Sam confessed his greatest sin was letting Dean down and forcing him to rely on Benny and Castiel because of his incompetence, to which Dean told him he would never put anyone in front of him, and begged him to understand that
---> '''Dean''': “Sammy… come on. I killed Benny to save you. I’m willing to let this bastard, and all the sons of bitches that killed mom walk because of you. Don’t you dare think that there is anything, past or present, that I would put in front of you! It has never been like that, ever! I need you to see that. I’m begging you.”
** Also, think of what ''Sam'' did in this exchange. With the King of Hell literally inside him, moments away from closing the gates of hell, after months of illness and misery and close to collapsing, saying himself that others would die if he didn't- Dean asked him to stop and gave him the above speech, and he really did drop the entire trial business for Dean. They just decided that evil can exist in the world as long as they can stay together, and fell into each other's arms.
*** Dean has always been dedicated to stopping demons and avenging his mother's death. He's made many sacrifices for this throughout the years, but the only person Dean wasn't willing to sacrifice to reach his goal was Sam.
* Robbie Thompson jokingly pitched an idea for Season 9 where Sam and Dean go to couples counseling and "feels ensue".
** In a deleted scene from “Time After Time” [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zv_Mj5-8Sw Sam and Dean look pretty dang flirty for a pair of brothers]].
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* Jensen Ackles acknowledged As of Season 8, the brothers definitely come across as a "little bit married." Dean's resentment of Amelia, and Sam's jealousy of Benny, make it clear that Wincest was a "hot fantasy" for fans neither brother tolerates others being close or getting between them. This is confirmed in his interview for "Fandom at the Crossroads: Celebration, Shame and Fan/Producer Relationships".
* "Pac Man Fever" marks the first time Dean hugs (adult) Sam just because he loves and cares about him. Usually, it's when one of them comes back from the dead.
* In "Sacrfice",the season 8 finale, finale "Sacrifice," where they both pretty well confirm that they need to be first place in each other's lives. There, Dean was willing to let everyone who died and was affected to make the trials happen (Kevin Tran, Kevin's mom, Castiel) die in vain to keep Sam alive.
** Sam confessed his greatest sin was letting Dean down and forcing him to rely on Benny and Castiel because of his incompetence, to which Dean told him he would never put anyone in front of him, and begged him to understand that
---> '''Dean''': “Sammy… come on. I killed Benny to save you. I’m willing to let this bastard, and all the sons of bitches that killed mom walk because of you. Don’t you dare think that there is anything, past or present, that I would put in front of you! It has never been like that, ever! I need you to see that. I’m begging you.”
** Also, think of what ''Sam'' did in this exchange. With the King of Hell literally inside him, moments away from closing the gates of hell, after months of illness and misery and close to collapsing, saying himself that others would die if he didn't- Dean asked him to stop and gave him the above speech, and he really did drop the entire trial business for Dean. They just decided that evil can exist in the world as long as they can stay together, and fell into each other's arms.alive.
*** ** Dean has always been dedicated to stopping demons and avenging his mother's death. He's made many sacrifices for this throughout Sam decide that evil can exist in the years, but the only person Dean wasn't willing to sacrifice to reach his goal was Sam.
* Robbie Thompson jokingly pitched an idea for Season 9 where Samworld as long as they can stay together, and Dean go to couples counseling and "feels ensue".
** In a deleted scene from “Time After Time” [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zv_Mj5-8Sw Sam and Dean look pretty dang flirty for a pair of brothers]].fall into each other's arms.
* "Pac Man Fever" marks the first time Dean hugs (adult) Sam just because he loves and cares about him. Usually, it's when one of them comes back from the dead.
* In "Sacrfice",
** Sam confessed his greatest sin was letting Dean down and forcing him to rely on Benny and Castiel because of his incompetence, to which Dean told him he would never put anyone in front of him, and begged him to understand that
---> '''Dean''': “Sammy… come on. I killed Benny to save you. I’m willing to let this bastard, and all the sons of bitches that killed mom walk because of you. Don’t you dare think that there is anything, past or present, that I would put in front of you! It has never been like that, ever! I need you to see that. I’m begging you.”
** Also, think of what ''Sam'' did in this exchange. With the King of Hell literally inside him, moments away from closing the gates of hell, after months of illness and misery and close to collapsing, saying himself that others would die if he didn't- Dean asked him to stop and gave him the above speech, and he really did drop the entire trial business for Dean. They just decided that evil can exist in the world as long as they can stay together, and fell into each other's arms.
* Robbie Thompson jokingly pitched an idea for Season 9 where Sam
** In a deleted scene from “Time After Time” [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zv_Mj5-8Sw Sam and Dean look pretty dang flirty for a pair of brothers]].
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** Sam's look of grief at the end really seals the deal
* At Dallas Con 2013, actor Jensen Ackles said that the only place Dean truly belongs is with Sam in the impala, a sentiment he's repeated many times over the years.
* In season 9, Dean was so desperate to keep Sam with him that he allowed an angel to possess his body to keep Sam alive.
** Ezekiel points out to Dean that he does what he does because he loves Sam. Dean becomes uncomfortable with having his love for his brother presented right in front of his face.
* The part of Sam that wanted to live took the form of Dean.
* In early Season 7, Sam (who's now Hell-lucinating) falls on glass and hurts his hand, which Dean patches up. When Dean takes Sam's hand again to check the wound, Sam's Lucifer-Hallucination (remember, just in Sam's head) teases Sam about Dean wanting to hold his hand. Later on, Dean holds and ''squeezes'' Sam's hand to bring him back to reality when Sam's basically about to shoot up a warehouse and has no idea what's real.
* In Season 8, Sam's girlfriend Amelia is mourning her husband, who is a soldier missing in action and presumed dead. She and Don are clearly meant to be a parallel to Sam and Dean. Eventually it transpires that Don hadn't died, and is less than thrilled that his wife had taken up with someone else. However, he is magnanimous, and asks Amelia to choose the one that will make her happy. Dean, likewise, was not dead after all, is decidedly ''not'' happy that Sam got into a relationship (though that's also because he believes Sam took up with a girl instead of looking for him, which doesn't seem to have been the case), but is also ultimately magnanimous and asks Sam to choose the life he wants.
* As of Season 8, the brothers definitely come across as a "little bit married." Dean's resentment of Amelia, and Sam's jealousy of Benny, make it clear that neither brother tolerates others being close or getting between them. This is confirmed in "Sacrifice," where they both pretty well confirm that they need to be first place in each other's lives.
* Season 9 wouldn't strike many fans on the surface as very HoYay-tastic, as the brothers have been fighting for several episodes, but they're still behaving for all the world like a married couple going through a trial separation or exes that sleep together. They're still spending huge amounts of time together, sighing and glancing at each other like a couple of teenage girls, still being physically close (standing very close together, hunched over the same tables while researching, etc) and despite the fact that Sam's the "pissed off party," he's racing to Dean like a bat out of hell every time he thinks Dean's in danger. It's even implied in one scene that Sam, at least, pictured himself growing old with Dean, and seemed very, very depressed at the idea that this would no longer be the case (Dean has a similar reaction in this scene, but since he's always been resigned to dying a hunter's death, it's hard to tell if he ever sincerely saw himself as "old" at all, let alone with Sam). It doesn't help that the nub of their fight is basically both of them doubting the other's love for them.
* In episode 9.17 "Mother's Little Helper", when Dean lies to Sam over the phone about what he's doing and who he's with, Crowley quips that he "lies to Sam like he's your wife."
* [[CartwrightCurse Everyone Sam Winchester sleeps with dies.]] Dean has died more than anyone else on the show.
* In "About a Boy", when Sam says, [[DoubleEntendre "Dean, I'm way too big to fit in that,"]] about a barely-open window, Dean jokes, [[LampshadedDoubleEntendre "First time you've ever had to say that, huh?"]]
* In season 10 episode "Soul Survivor", Dean makes a quip about Sam wanting a "divorce" after [[spoiler: trying to murder Sam by bashing his skull in with a hammer]]. Naturally, Sam didn't.
---> '''Dean''': What'd Sam say? Does he want a divorce?
---> '''Castiel''': I'm sure Sam knows that whatever you said - what you did - wasn't really you. Certainly wasn't all you.
---> '''Dean''': I tried to kill him, Cas.
---> '''Castiel''': Dean, you two have been through so much. Look, you're brothers. It'll take a lot more than [[spoiler: trying to kill Sam with a hammer]] to make him want to walk away.
---> '''Dean''': You realize how screwed up our lives are that that even makes sense?
* In season 9 episode 8 "Rock and a Hard Place", Jody Mills tells Sam (about his and Dean's relationship), "Come on. You and Dean? That's something special, don't you think?" And instead of smiling fondly (like most people would about siblings they love platonically) or even shaking his head (like people do when they disagree), Sam seems flustered and sort of unwilling to comment and he does his eyes-all-over-the-place thing before looking down. That's what you usually do when people mention a crush you're trying to hide.
* Keeping the tradition of [[MistakenForRomance people mistaking Sam and Dean for lovers]], a worker walks in on Dean talking to Sam and tells him to "quit flirting with the trainer and get back to work."
* Sam and Dean constantly shared sleeping quarters until season 8, when they moved into the Bunker. Even then, it seems they still share anytime they stay in motels- i.e. whenever they hunt, i.e. pretty frequently. And even in the Bunker, they seem to wander in and out of each other's rooms pretty casually. Sam seemed to just hang out in Dean's room on a regular basis when Dean was missing.
** The brothers have pretty well never had a sense of personal space or privacy around each other, justified in that they grew up in a car and an endless series of cramped motel rooms. But throughout the series, they've always stood superclose together, have never been hesitant about touching each other, wear each other's clothes on occasion (and Sam at least has had to change a dead!Dean into fresh clothing at least twice throughout the series), and when Dean tried to make a feeble protest for privacy in Season 10 in response to Sam grabbing his cell phone, Sam just ''looked'' at him and proceeded to read Dean's messages.
* In the season 10 meta episode "Fan Fiction" the director shows herself to be both a shipper of Destiel and Wincest. When Dean observes the "play Dean" and "play Sam" standing a little too close to each other and asks her about it, she passionately explains that they're rehearsing the BM (Boy Melodrama) scene.
---> '''Marie''': You know, the scene where the boys get together, and they're-they're driving, or leaning against Baby. Drinking a beer, sharing their feelings. The two of them. Alone. But together. Bonded. United. The power of the brotherly--
---> '''Dean''': Why are they standing so close together?
---> '''Marie''': Hmm... reasons.
---> '''Dean''': You know they're brothers, right?
---> '''Marie''': Well, duh! But... subtext.
** Dean responds by quickly telling the actors to to "take a sub-step back there, ladies." Later in the episode, during Dean's impassioned meta speech on how fans of Supernatural are allowed to interpret things the way they see fit, he tells the Dean and Sam actors to stand as close to each other as Marie wants them to.
*** This is a callback to Dean's disgust at Wincest in the season 4 episode "The Monster at the End of This Book." In that episode Dean also questions whether the fangirls know he and Sam are brothers. "Fan Fiction" was meant to be a "love letter" to fans showing that the creators are now fine with any slash-y interpretation of the show.
[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWxh3kzGBTU&feature=youtu.be&t=20m16s--->]] '''Fan''': What type of fanfiction do you read? Like Wincest, or...?
---> '''Jensen''': I think "none" would be the answer.
---> '''Jared''': We don't, but feel free to. Peace and love.
---> '''Jensen''': Yeah, whatever floats your boat.
* In the season 10 episode "Ask Jeeves," the pair of wealthy sisters that have been hitting on Sam and Dean all night come to the conclusion that they're gay.
---> '''Heddy''': I knew those boys were trailer trash the moment they rolled up in that American-mad
---> '''Beverly''': Not to mention homosexuals.
---> '''Heddy''': Ugh. Homosexual murderers. Like Leopold and Loeb.
* 10.14 "The Executioner's Song," Cain taunts Dean by rattling off the deaths he'll amass as the Mark slowly turns him into a monster. First he'll kill Crowley (with mixed feelings), then Castiel (that will hurt something awful). He then calls Sam's death "the murder you'd never survive, the one that would finally turn you into as much of a savage as it did me." Dean, who's been mostly determinedly silent during Cain's monologue, finally breaks at the mention of killing Sam. He begs Cain to tell he doesn't have to do it.
** After killing Cain, Dean walks back to Cas, Crowley, and Sam in a daze. He collapses in Sam's arms and looks haunted.
* In the season 10 finale, just when Dean is about to kill Sam under orders of Death, he changes last minute and kills Death instead.
** Dean decided that killing Death Himself was preferable to killing Sam. Now that's love.
* At Dallas Con 2013, actor Jensen Ackles said that the only place Dean truly belongs is with Sam in the impala, a sentiment he's repeated many times over the years.
* In season 9, Dean was so desperate to keep Sam with him that he allowed an angel to possess his body to keep Sam alive.
** Ezekiel points out to Dean that he does what he does because he loves Sam. Dean becomes uncomfortable with having his love for his brother presented right in front of his face.
* The part of Sam that wanted to live took the form of Dean.
* In early Season 7, Sam (who's now Hell-lucinating) falls on glass and hurts his hand, which Dean patches up. When Dean takes Sam's hand again to check the wound, Sam's Lucifer-Hallucination (remember, just in Sam's head) teases Sam about Dean wanting to hold his hand. Later on, Dean holds and ''squeezes'' Sam's hand to bring him back to reality when Sam's basically about to shoot up a warehouse and has no idea what's real.
* In Season 8, Sam's girlfriend Amelia is mourning her husband, who is a soldier missing in action and presumed dead. She and Don are clearly meant to be a parallel to Sam and Dean. Eventually it transpires that Don hadn't died, and is less than thrilled that his wife had taken up with someone else. However, he is magnanimous, and asks Amelia to choose the one that will make her happy. Dean, likewise, was not dead after all, is decidedly ''not'' happy that Sam got into a relationship (though that's also because he believes Sam took up with a girl instead of looking for him, which doesn't seem to have been the case), but is also ultimately magnanimous and asks Sam to choose the life he wants.
* As of Season 8, the brothers definitely come across as a "little bit married." Dean's resentment of Amelia, and Sam's jealousy of Benny, make it clear that neither brother tolerates others being close or getting between them. This is confirmed in "Sacrifice," where they both pretty well confirm that they need to be first place in each other's lives.
* Season 9 wouldn't strike many fans on the surface as very HoYay-tastic, as the brothers have been fighting for several episodes, but they're still behaving for all the world like a married couple going through a trial separation or exes that sleep together. They're still spending huge amounts of time together, sighing and glancing at each other like a couple of teenage girls, still being physically close (standing very close together, hunched over the same tables while researching, etc) and despite the fact that Sam's the "pissed off party," he's racing to Dean like a bat out of hell every time he thinks Dean's in danger. It's even implied in one scene that Sam, at least, pictured himself growing old with Dean, and seemed very, very depressed at the idea that this would no longer be the case (Dean has a similar reaction in this scene, but since he's always been resigned to dying a hunter's death, it's hard to tell if he ever sincerely saw himself as "old" at all, let alone with Sam). It doesn't help that the nub of their fight is basically both of them doubting the other's love for them.
* In episode 9.17 "Mother's Little Helper", when Dean lies to Sam over the phone about what he's doing and who he's with, Crowley quips that he "lies to Sam like he's your wife."
* [[CartwrightCurse Everyone Sam Winchester sleeps with dies.]] Dean has died more than anyone else on the show.
* In "About a Boy", when Sam says, [[DoubleEntendre "Dean, I'm way too big to fit in that,"]] about a barely-open window, Dean jokes, [[LampshadedDoubleEntendre "First time you've ever had to say that, huh?"]]
* In season 10 episode "Soul Survivor", Dean makes a quip about Sam wanting a "divorce" after [[spoiler: trying to murder Sam by bashing his skull in with a hammer]]. Naturally, Sam didn't.
---> '''Dean''': What'd Sam say? Does he want a divorce?
---> '''Castiel''': I'm sure Sam knows that whatever you said - what you did - wasn't really you. Certainly wasn't all you.
---> '''Dean''': I tried to kill him, Cas.
---> '''Castiel''': Dean, you two have been through so much. Look, you're brothers. It'll take a lot more than [[spoiler: trying to kill Sam with a hammer]] to make him want to walk away.
---> '''Dean''': You realize how screwed up our lives are that that even makes sense?
* In season 9 episode 8 "Rock and a Hard Place", Jody Mills tells Sam (about his and Dean's relationship), "Come on. You and Dean? That's something special, don't you think?" And instead of smiling fondly (like most people would about siblings they love platonically) or even shaking his head (like people do when they disagree), Sam seems flustered and sort of unwilling to comment and he does his eyes-all-over-the-place thing before looking down. That's what you usually do when people mention a crush you're trying to hide.
* Keeping the tradition of [[MistakenForRomance people mistaking Sam and Dean for lovers]], a worker walks in on Dean talking to Sam and tells him to "quit flirting with the trainer and get back to work."
* Sam and Dean constantly shared sleeping quarters until season 8, when they moved into the Bunker. Even then, it seems they still share anytime they stay in motels- i.e. whenever they hunt, i.e. pretty frequently. And even in the Bunker, they seem to wander in and out of each other's rooms pretty casually. Sam seemed to just hang out in Dean's room on a regular basis when Dean was missing.
** The brothers have pretty well never had a sense of personal space or privacy around each other, justified in that they grew up in a car and an endless series of cramped motel rooms. But throughout the series, they've always stood superclose together, have never been hesitant about touching each other, wear each other's clothes on occasion (and Sam at least has had to change a dead!Dean into fresh clothing at least twice throughout the series), and when Dean tried to make a feeble protest for privacy in Season 10 in response to Sam grabbing his cell phone, Sam just ''looked'' at him and proceeded to read Dean's messages.
* In the season 10 meta episode "Fan Fiction" the director shows herself to be both a shipper of Destiel and Wincest. When Dean observes the "play Dean" and "play Sam" standing a little too close to each other and asks her about it, she passionately explains that they're rehearsing the BM (Boy Melodrama) scene.
---> '''Marie''': You know, the scene where the boys get together, and they're-they're driving, or leaning against Baby. Drinking a beer, sharing their feelings. The two of them. Alone. But together. Bonded. United. The power of the brotherly--
---> '''Dean''': Why are they standing so close together?
---> '''Marie''': Hmm... reasons.
---> '''Dean''': You know they're brothers, right?
---> '''Marie''': Well, duh! But... subtext.
** Dean responds by quickly telling the actors to to "take a sub-step back there, ladies." Later in the episode, during Dean's impassioned meta speech on how fans of Supernatural are allowed to interpret things the way they see fit, he tells the Dean and Sam actors to stand as close to each other as Marie wants them to.
*** This is a callback to Dean's disgust at Wincest in the season 4 episode "The Monster at the End of This Book." In that episode Dean also questions whether the fangirls know he and Sam are brothers. "Fan Fiction" was meant to be a "love letter" to fans showing that the creators are now fine with any slash-y interpretation of the show.
[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWxh3kzGBTU&feature=youtu.be&t=20m16s--->]] '''Fan''': What type of fanfiction do you read? Like Wincest, or...?
---> '''Jensen''': I think "none" would be the answer.
---> '''Jared''': We don't, but feel free to. Peace and love.
---> '''Jensen''': Yeah, whatever floats your boat.
* In the season 10 episode "Ask Jeeves," the pair of wealthy sisters that have been hitting on Sam and Dean all night come to the conclusion that they're gay.
---> '''Heddy''': I knew those boys were trailer trash the moment they rolled up in that American-mad
---> '''Beverly''': Not to mention homosexuals.
---> '''Heddy''': Ugh. Homosexual murderers. Like Leopold and Loeb.
* 10.14 "The Executioner's Song," Cain taunts Dean by rattling off the deaths he'll amass as the Mark slowly turns him into a monster. First he'll kill Crowley (with mixed feelings), then Castiel (that will hurt something awful). He then calls Sam's death "the murder you'd never survive, the one that would finally turn you into as much of a savage as it did me." Dean, who's been mostly determinedly silent during Cain's monologue, finally breaks at the mention of killing Sam. He begs Cain to tell he doesn't have to do it.
** After killing Cain, Dean walks back to Cas, Crowley, and Sam in a daze. He collapses in Sam's arms and looks haunted.
* In the season 10 finale, just when Dean is about to kill Sam under orders of Death, he changes last minute and kills Death instead.
** Dean decided that killing Death Himself was preferable to killing Sam. Now that's love.
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* At Dallas Con 2013, actor Jensen Ackles said that the only place Dean truly belongs is with Sam in the impala, a sentiment he's repeated many times over the years.
**
* The part of Sam that wanted to live took the form of Dean.
* In early Season 7, Sam (who's now Hell-lucinating) falls on glass and hurts his hand, which Dean patches up. When Dean takes Sam's hand again to check the wound, Sam's Lucifer-Hallucination (remember, just in Sam's head) teases Sam about Dean wanting to hold his hand. Later on, Dean holds and ''squeezes'' Sam's hand to bring him back to reality when Sam's basically about to shoot up a warehouse and has no idea what's
* In Season 8, Sam's girlfriend Amelia is mourning her husband, who is a soldier missing in action and presumed dead. She and Don are clearly meant to be a parallel to Sam and Dean. Eventually it transpires that Don hadn't died, and is less than thrilled that his wife had taken up with someone else. However, he is magnanimous, and asks Amelia to choose the one that will make her happy. Dean, likewise, was not dead after all, is decidedly ''not'' happy that Sam got into a relationship (though that's also because he believes Sam took up with a girl instead of looking for him, which doesn't seem to have been the case), but is also ultimately magnanimous and asks Sam to choose the life he wants.
* As of Season 8, the brothers definitely come across as a "little bit married." Dean's resentment of Amelia, and Sam's jealousy of Benny, make it clear that neither brother tolerates others being close or getting between them. This is confirmed in "Sacrifice," where they both pretty well confirm that they need to be first place in each other's lives.
* Season 9 wouldn't strike many fans on the surface as very HoYay-tastic, as the brothers have been fighting for several episodes, but they're still behaving for all the world like a married couple going through a trial separation or exes that sleep together. They're still spending huge amounts of time together, sighing and glancing at each other like a couple of teenage girls, still being physically close (standing very close together, hunched over the same tables while researching, etc) and despite the fact that Sam's the "pissed off party," he's racing to Dean like a bat out of hell every time he thinks Dean's in danger. It's even implied in one scene that Sam, at least, pictured himself growing old with Dean, and seemed very, very depressed at the idea that this would no longer be the case (Dean has a similar reaction in this scene, but since he's always been resigned to dying a hunter's death, it's hard to tell if he ever sincerely saw himself as "old" at all, let alone with Sam). It doesn't help that the nub of their fight is basically both of them doubting the other's love for them.
* In episode 9.17 "Mother's Little Helper", when Dean lies to Sam over the phone about what he's doing and who he's with, Crowley quips that he "lies to Sam like he's your wife."
* [[CartwrightCurse Everyone Sam Winchester sleeps with dies.]] Dean has died more than anyone else on the show.
* In "About a Boy", when Sam says, [[DoubleEntendre "Dean, I'm way too big to fit in that,"]] about a barely-open window, Dean jokes, [[LampshadedDoubleEntendre "First time you've ever had to say that, huh?"]]
* In season 10 episode "Soul Survivor", Dean makes a quip about Sam wanting a "divorce" after [[spoiler: trying to murder Sam by bashing his skull in with a hammer]]. Naturally, Sam didn't.
---> '''Dean''': What'd Sam say? Does he want a divorce?
---> '''Castiel''': I'm sure Sam knows that whatever you said - what you did - wasn't really you. Certainly wasn't all you.
---> '''Dean''': I tried to kill him, Cas.
---> '''Castiel''': Dean, you two have been through so much. Look, you're brothers. It'll take a lot more than [[spoiler: trying to kill Sam with a hammer]] to make him want to walk away.
---> '''Dean''': You realize how screwed up our lives are that that even makes sense?
* In season 9 episode 8 "Rock and a Hard Place", Jody Mills tells Sam (about his and Dean's relationship), "Come on. You and Dean? That's something special, don't you
* Keeping the tradition of [[MistakenForRomance people mistaking Sam and Dean for lovers]], a worker walks in on Dean talking to Sam and tells him to "quit flirting with the trainer and get back to work."
* Sam and Dean constantly shared sleeping quarters until season 8, when they moved into the Bunker. Even then, it seems they still share anytime they stay in motels- i.e. whenever they hunt, i.e. pretty frequently. And even in the Bunker, they seem to wander in and
** The brothers have pretty well never had a sense of personal space or privacy around each other, justified in that they grew up in a car and an endless series of cramped motel rooms. But throughout the series, they've always stood superclose together, have never been hesitant about touching each other, wear each other's clothes on occasion (and Sam at least has had to change a dead!Dean into fresh clothing at least twice throughout the series), and when Dean tried to make a feeble protest for privacy in Season 10 in response to Sam grabbing his cell phone, Sam just ''looked'' at him and proceeded to read Dean's messages.
* In the season 10 meta episode "Fan Fiction" the director shows herself to be both a shipper of Destiel and Wincest. When Dean observes the "play Dean" and "play Sam" standing a little too close to each other and asks her about it, she passionately explains that they're rehearsing the BM (Boy Melodrama) scene.
---> '''Marie''': You know, the scene where the boys get together, and they're-they're driving, or leaning against Baby. Drinking a beer, sharing their feelings. The two of them. Alone. But together. Bonded. United. The power of the brotherly--
---> '''Dean''': Why are they standing so close together?
---> '''Marie''': Hmm... reasons.
---> '''Dean''': You know they're brothers, right?
---> '''Marie''': Well, duh! But... subtext.
** Dean responds by quickly telling the actors to to "take a sub-step back there, ladies." Later in the episode, during Dean's impassioned meta speech on how fans of Supernatural are allowed to interpret things the way they see fit, he tells the Dean and Sam actors to stand as close to each other as Marie wants them to.
*** This is a callback to Dean's disgust at Wincest in the season 4 episode "The Monster at the End of This Book." In that episode Dean also questions whether the fangirls know he and Sam are brothers. "Fan Fiction" was meant to be a "love letter" to fans showing that the creators are now fine with any slash-y interpretation of the show.
[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWxh3kzGBTU&feature=youtu.be&t=20m16s--->]] '''Fan''': What type of fanfiction do you read? Like Wincest, or...?
---> '''Jensen''': I think "none" would be the answer.
---> '''Jared''': We don't, but feel free to. Peace and love.
---> '''Jensen''': Yeah, whatever floats your boat.
* In the season 10 episode "Ask Jeeves," the pair of wealthy sisters that have been hitting on Sam and Dean all night come to the conclusion that they're gay.
---> '''Heddy''': I knew those boys were trailer trash the moment they rolled up in that American-mad
---> '''Beverly''': Not to mention homosexuals.
---> '''Heddy''': Ugh. Homosexual murderers. Like Leopold and Loeb.
* 10.14 "The Executioner's Song," Cain taunts Dean by rattling off the deaths he'll amass as the Mark slowly turns him into a monster. First he'll kill Crowley (with mixed feelings), then Castiel (that will hurt something awful). He then calls Sam's death "the murder you'd never survive, the one that would finally turn you into as much of a savage as it did me." Dean, who's been mostly determinedly silent during Cain's monologue, finally breaks at the mention of killing Sam. He begs Cain to tell he doesn't have to do it.
** After killing Cain, Dean walks back to Cas, Crowley, and Sam in a daze. He collapses in Sam's arms and looks haunted.
* In the season 10 finale, just when Dean is about to kill Sam under orders of Death, he changes last minute and kills Death instead.
** Dean decided that killing Death Himself was preferable to killing Sam. Now that's love.
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** Eric Kripe called Supernatural ''"The epic love story of Sam and Dean"''. The actual, original showrunner's words. Doesn't get much more ho yay than that.
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* 1.02, “Wendigo.” Dean is so happy to have Sam back that he offers to let Sam drive the Impala. Sam, shocked, comments that he’s never done that before.
** Later when they’re beaten and bloodied, Sam gazes a little too long at his brother before announcing that he’ll be the one to drive.
** Later when they’re beaten and bloodied, Sam gazes a little too long at his brother before announcing that he’ll be the one to drive.
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* 1.02, “Wendigo.” Dean is so happy to have Sam back that he offers to let Sam drive When the Impala. Sam, shocked, comments that he’s never done that before.
** Later when they’rebrothers are beaten and bloodied, Sam gazes a little too long at his brother before announcing that he’ll be the one to drive.
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* The third episode in the entire series marks the beginning of [[http://itsokaysammy.tumblr.com/post/157640844362/i-always-loved-how-dean-looks-over-sams-shoulder Dean Winchester having no concept of personal space around his brother]].
* 1.04, "Phantom Traveler." Dean's fear of flying has him virtually clinging to Sam for most of the episode.
* 1.07, "Hook Man." While Sam is explaining to Dean what he's found out about their case, a male party-goer openly sizes us Sam in the background. Dean watches him until he's out of the shot, then puts a hand on Sam's back to lead him away. After which we see the guy come back in the shot, take a look at Sam and Dean, then roll his eyes and leave. The implications are hilarious.
* 1.04, "Phantom Traveler." Dean's fear of flying has him virtually clinging to Sam for most of the episode.
* 1.07, "Hook Man." While Sam is explaining to Dean what he's found out about their case, a male party-goer openly sizes us Sam in the background. Dean watches him until he's out of the shot, then puts a hand on Sam's back to lead him away. After which we see the guy come back in the shot, take a look at Sam and Dean, then roll his eyes and leave. The implications are hilarious.
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* In 2.05, "Simon Said", when Dean and Sam are sitting in the Metallicar, Dean mumbles something that sounds suspiciously like he is calling Sam "babe".
---> '''Dean''': Babe, you look like you're sucking on a lemon.
* In 2.09, "Croatoan" a virus that turns people rabid and murderous is infecting people. While trying to get people to safety Sam is infected with the virus. When an officer tries to kill Sam before he can fully turn Dean tells him he'll be "dead before you hit the ground." Dean [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness offers to let the remaining survivors leave in the Impala]] while he locks himself in a room with Sam and waits for him to turn so they can die together.
** 2.21, “All Hell Breaks Loose, Part One” In this show the heroes are more concerned with their HeterosexualLifePartner than with any LoveInterests. Especially the moment in "All Hell Breaks Loose" where the hellgate opens: Sam, Ellen and Bobby try and shut it; Dean gets pinned to a grave by the Yellow-Eyed Demon, and Sam immediately goes to save his brother, leaving Ellen (who is a woman, but not a Love Interest) to try and shut one door by herself.
* 2.22, In "All Hell Breaks Loose: Part Two", after Sam dies in his arms, Dean goes almost catatonic with grief and denial. He refuses to bury Sam’s body, choosing instead to stare at it silently. Bobby gently reminds Dean that they still have to save the world or it will end, to which Dean angrily shouts to just let it (this would be the first of many times Dean chooses Sam over the world).
** Crazy with grief and desperation Dean sells his soul to a crossroads demon so that he can bring Sam back to life.
* 3.11, In "Mystery Spot" not only do we see the close quarters and intimacy with which the brothers live their daily lives, Dean jokes to Sam that he gets all tingly when Sam takes control.
* 4.01 “Lazarus Rising.” The reunion between the brothers when Dean comes back from Hell is so emotional. The brothers hug tightly and Dean’s face is fierce with determined emotion.
** In season 3 we saw Dean being tortured in Hell while wearing Sam's amulet. Back on Earth Sam was wearing Dean’s Samulet since he left. That means that ''Dean's soul was wearing the amulet''. This gives support to the theory that [[spoiler:Sam and Dean are soulmates, tied to one another]].
** This is also the introduction of Ruby who, after witnessing the above display, asks [[RelativeError “So, are you two like… together?”]]
* 4.03, “In the Beginning” Dean learns that he and Sam are named after their (married) maternal grandparents, Samuel and Deanna Winchester.
* 4.04 “Metamorphosis.” Travis asks Sam if he’s still a mathlete, to which Sam bashfully says no. Dean preens for the attention Sam is getting and pats him affectionately on the back and proudly tells Travis that Sam “sure is.”
* 4.05, “Monster Movie.” The look of exasperated affection and joy on Sam’s face when Dean takes simple pleasures in food really can’t be beat.
** Actually, Sam and Dean spend most of “Monster Movie” smiling and staring at one another, which is a helpful reprieve from the star-crossed angst of the previous season.
* 4.06 “Yellow Fever.” Despite being cursed by a buruburu and thinking Sam (and himself) are crazy for hunting things that kill other things, Dean desperately clings to his brother as a lifeline as he descends further and further into mindless fear.
* 4.08, “Wishful Thinking,” and that oh so delightfully reliant [[http://itsokaysammy.tumblr.com/post/114807164590 brother-staring]].
* 4.17 "It's A Terrible Life," Dean's white-collar alter ego Dean Smith immediately assumes he's being checked out and hit on by Sam Wesson.
---> '''Dean''': Save it for the health club, pal.
* They tend to bring the ridiculously stupid crazy sometimes when it comes to each other. When Sam died, Dean making a year-long deal to bring him back was possibly the stupidest thing that he could possibly do. Ever! And in "Time Is On My Side", Sam is willing to make himself and his previously-suicidal brother immortal monsters just so that Dean wouldn't leave him, which is messed up in so many ways.
** And isn't it just a bit odd that they keep getting compared to self-destructive, clingy, passionate couples? In "Nightshifter", Hendricksen called them "Bonnie and Clyde" and in "Time Is On My Side", Dean compared them to "Sid and Nancy". Veritas even tells Sam that he and Dean are [[Film/NaturalBornKillers Mallory and Mickey]], the killer romantic couple of Natural Born Killers
* In "Sam, Interrupted", Dr. Fuller separates the brother because, quote, "To be frank, the relationship you have with your brother seems dangerously codependent", to which Dean immediately looks upset.
** Sam and Dean really are so codependent, it's a wonder they even know how to function, really
---> '''Dean''': "You almost died there. I mean, what would I have--"
** More so, when Sam asked Dean to kill him so he wouldn't kill anyone else, Dean tells him that he'd rather die than do that.
* In the early seasons, the brothers are very touchy-feely, especially Dean, almost to the point of a RelationshipWritingFumble. Of course Dean touches Sam to save him from various bad guys, and also supports him when he's injured or having a vision. He also "checks" on Sam by touching him after fights, touches him to comfort him, and often claps him in the shoulder or chest as a greeting or parting gesture. Sam, in the earlier seasons, tended to touch Dean less often, but never shook Dean away from him. By Seasons 3 and 4, however, he's pretty well constantly terrified of Dean dying, and starts grabbing at and touching Dean almost as often as Dean goes for him. They even touch each other's faces and legs, which isn't really common physical affection for any siblings, let alone emotionally repressed ones that (at that point) would never be caught dead just hugging each other.
* 4.14, “Sex and Violence,” one of the Wincestier episode of a very Wincesty series. The brothers hunting a Siren, which seduces men by reading their minds and turning into the perfect woman for them (plus a little bit of [[LovePotion love saliva]]). It inevitably gets to the Winchester brothers by becoming [[spoiler:a ''male'', if not particularly hot, FBI agent who offers to be Dean's new little brother if he kills Sam.]] (For the record, it's Hand Waved in the episode by saying that the siren gives its victims whatever they desire most. For most men, it is a beautiful woman. For Dean, it was "a little brother who looks up to him.")
** This bears repeating; in an episode in which the MonsterOfTheWeek was reading the innermost thoughts of various men and morphing into whatever their deepest desire indicated (and, for every previous male victim, manifesting as a hot stripper), Dean's ideal, the person by whom he is most easily seduced, is revealed to be... wait for it... an ''idealized version of Sam''. This from the same Dean Winchester who does all in his power to be viewed as a womanizing neanderthal. And ignoring the fact that the Siren later draws Sam into his thrall as well, and forces the Winchesters to fight to the death over his love. Yeah.
** As well as the fact that in every previous incident, the stripper/Siren seduced the male victim and proceeded to convince him to murder the other woman in his life; in Dean's case, the Siren manifests as Dean's ideal male companion and then sics him on Sam.
** The siren was being an idealized version of Sam. Sam himself isn't perfect, no one in the victim's life is, so you can say he took the "blueprint" of Sam and turned it up to 100. You could sort of say the siren was younger!Sam and adult!Sam in the same body: the mindless big brother hero worship Sam held for Dean when he was younger, combined with the proud man who can match Dean step for step in the present.
* 4.18, "The Monster at the End of This Book." It finally gets to the point where the brothers actually comment on this after reading fan comments on the internet (of a book series inexplicably written about their adventures).
---> '''Dean''': There are Samgirls and Deangirls, and... what's a [[SlashFic slash]] fan?
---> '''Sam''': As in... Sam-slash-Dean. Together.
---> '''Dean''': Like, ''together''-together?
---> '''Sam''': Yeah.
---> '''Dean''': They do know we're brothers, right? ...That's just sick.
---> '''Dean''': Babe, you look like you're sucking on a lemon.
* In 2.09, "Croatoan" a virus that turns people rabid and murderous is infecting people. While trying to get people to safety Sam is infected with the virus. When an officer tries to kill Sam before he can fully turn Dean tells him he'll be "dead before you hit the ground." Dean [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness offers to let the remaining survivors leave in the Impala]] while he locks himself in a room with Sam and waits for him to turn so they can die together.
** 2.21, “All Hell Breaks Loose, Part One” In this show the heroes are more concerned with their HeterosexualLifePartner than with any LoveInterests. Especially the moment in "All Hell Breaks Loose" where the hellgate opens: Sam, Ellen and Bobby try and shut it; Dean gets pinned to a grave by the Yellow-Eyed Demon, and Sam immediately goes to save his brother, leaving Ellen (who is a woman, but not a Love Interest) to try and shut one door by herself.
* 2.22, In "All Hell Breaks Loose: Part Two", after Sam dies in his arms, Dean goes almost catatonic with grief and denial. He refuses to bury Sam’s body, choosing instead to stare at it silently. Bobby gently reminds Dean that they still have to save the world or it will end, to which Dean angrily shouts to just let it (this would be the first of many times Dean chooses Sam over the world).
** Crazy with grief and desperation Dean sells his soul to a crossroads demon so that he can bring Sam back to life.
* 3.11, In "Mystery Spot" not only do we see the close quarters and intimacy with which the brothers live their daily lives, Dean jokes to Sam that he gets all tingly when Sam takes control.
* 4.01 “Lazarus Rising.” The reunion between the brothers when Dean comes back from Hell is so emotional. The brothers hug tightly and Dean’s face is fierce with determined emotion.
** In season 3 we saw Dean being tortured in Hell while wearing Sam's amulet. Back on Earth Sam was wearing Dean’s Samulet since he left. That means that ''Dean's soul was wearing the amulet''. This gives support to the theory that [[spoiler:Sam and Dean are soulmates, tied to one another]].
** This is also the introduction of Ruby who, after witnessing the above display, asks [[RelativeError “So, are you two like… together?”]]
* 4.03, “In the Beginning” Dean learns that he and Sam are named after their (married) maternal grandparents, Samuel and Deanna Winchester.
* 4.04 “Metamorphosis.” Travis asks Sam if he’s still a mathlete, to which Sam bashfully says no. Dean preens for the attention Sam is getting and pats him affectionately on the back and proudly tells Travis that Sam “sure is.”
* 4.05, “Monster Movie.” The look of exasperated affection and joy on Sam’s face when Dean takes simple pleasures in food really can’t be beat.
** Actually, Sam and Dean spend most of “Monster Movie” smiling and staring at one another, which is a helpful reprieve from the star-crossed angst of the previous season.
* 4.06 “Yellow Fever.” Despite being cursed by a buruburu and thinking Sam (and himself) are crazy for hunting things that kill other things, Dean desperately clings to his brother as a lifeline as he descends further and further into mindless fear.
* 4.08, “Wishful Thinking,” and that oh so delightfully reliant [[http://itsokaysammy.tumblr.com/post/114807164590 brother-staring]].
* 4.17 "It's A Terrible Life," Dean's white-collar alter ego Dean Smith immediately assumes he's being checked out and hit on by Sam Wesson.
---> '''Dean''': Save it for the health club, pal.
* They tend to bring the ridiculously stupid crazy sometimes when it comes to each other. When Sam died, Dean making a year-long deal to bring him back was possibly the stupidest thing that he could possibly do. Ever! And in "Time Is On My Side", Sam is willing to make himself and his previously-suicidal brother immortal monsters just so that Dean wouldn't leave him, which is messed up in so many ways.
** And isn't it just a bit odd that they keep getting compared to self-destructive, clingy, passionate couples? In "Nightshifter", Hendricksen called them "Bonnie and Clyde" and in "Time Is On My Side", Dean compared them to "Sid and Nancy". Veritas even tells Sam that he and Dean are [[Film/NaturalBornKillers Mallory and Mickey]], the killer romantic couple of Natural Born Killers
* In "Sam, Interrupted", Dr. Fuller separates the brother because, quote, "To be frank, the relationship you have with your brother seems dangerously codependent", to which Dean immediately looks upset.
** Sam and Dean really are so codependent, it's a wonder they even know how to function, really
---> '''Dean''': "You almost died there. I mean, what would I have--"
** More so, when Sam asked Dean to kill him so he wouldn't kill anyone else, Dean tells him that he'd rather die than do that.
* In the early seasons, the brothers are very touchy-feely, especially Dean, almost to the point of a RelationshipWritingFumble. Of course Dean touches Sam to save him from various bad guys, and also supports him when he's injured or having a vision. He also "checks" on Sam by touching him after fights, touches him to comfort him, and often claps him in the shoulder or chest as a greeting or parting gesture. Sam, in the earlier seasons, tended to touch Dean less often, but never shook Dean away from him. By Seasons 3 and 4, however, he's pretty well constantly terrified of Dean dying, and starts grabbing at and touching Dean almost as often as Dean goes for him. They even touch each other's faces and legs, which isn't really common physical affection for any siblings, let alone emotionally repressed ones that (at that point) would never be caught dead just hugging each other.
* 4.14, “Sex and Violence,” one of the Wincestier episode of a very Wincesty series. The brothers hunting a Siren, which seduces men by reading their minds and turning into the perfect woman for them (plus a little bit of [[LovePotion love saliva]]). It inevitably gets to the Winchester brothers by becoming [[spoiler:a ''male'', if not particularly hot, FBI agent who offers to be Dean's new little brother if he kills Sam.]] (For the record, it's Hand Waved in the episode by saying that the siren gives its victims whatever they desire most. For most men, it is a beautiful woman. For Dean, it was "a little brother who looks up to him.")
** This bears repeating; in an episode in which the MonsterOfTheWeek was reading the innermost thoughts of various men and morphing into whatever their deepest desire indicated (and, for every previous male victim, manifesting as a hot stripper), Dean's ideal, the person by whom he is most easily seduced, is revealed to be... wait for it... an ''idealized version of Sam''. This from the same Dean Winchester who does all in his power to be viewed as a womanizing neanderthal. And ignoring the fact that the Siren later draws Sam into his thrall as well, and forces the Winchesters to fight to the death over his love. Yeah.
** As well as the fact that in every previous incident, the stripper/Siren seduced the male victim and proceeded to convince him to murder the other woman in his life; in Dean's case, the Siren manifests as Dean's ideal male companion and then sics him on Sam.
** The siren was being an idealized version of Sam. Sam himself isn't perfect, no one in the victim's life is, so you can say he took the "blueprint" of Sam and turned it up to 100. You could sort of say the siren was younger!Sam and adult!Sam in the same body: the mindless big brother hero worship Sam held for Dean when he was younger, combined with the proud man who can match Dean step for step in the present.
* 4.18, "The Monster at the End of This Book." It finally gets to the point where the brothers actually comment on this after reading fan comments on the internet (of a book series inexplicably written about their adventures).
---> '''Dean''': There are Samgirls and Deangirls, and... what's a [[SlashFic slash]] fan?
---> '''Sam''': As in... Sam-slash-Dean. Together.
---> '''Dean''': Like, ''together''-together?
---> '''Sam''': Yeah.
---> '''Dean''': They do know we're brothers, right? ...That's just sick.
to:
* In 2.05, "Simon Said", when Dean and Sam are sitting in the Metallicar, Dean mumbles something that sounds suspiciously like he is calling Sam "babe".
---> '''Dean''': Babe, you look like you're sucking on a lemon.
* In 2.09, "Croatoan" a virus that turns people rabid and murderous is infecting people. While trying to get people to safety Sam is infected with the virus. When an officer tries to kill Sam before he can fully turn Dean tells him he'll be "dead before you hit the ground." Dean [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness offers to let the remaining survivors leave in the Impala]] while he locks himself in a room with Sam and waits for him to turn so they can die together.
** 2.21, “All Hell Breaks Loose, Part One” In this show the heroes are more concerned with their HeterosexualLifePartner than with any LoveInterests. Especially the moment in "All Hell Breaks Loose" where the hellgate opens: Sam, Ellen and Bobby try and shut it; Dean gets pinned to a grave by the Yellow-Eyed Demon, and Sam immediately goes to save his brother, leaving Ellen (who is a woman, but not a Love Interest) to try and shut one door by herself.
* 2.22, In "All Hell Breaks Loose: Part Two", after Sam dies in his arms, Dean goes almost catatonic with grief and denial. He refuses to bury Sam’s body, choosing instead to stare at it silently. Bobby gently reminds Dean that they still have to save the world or it will end, to which Dean angrily shouts to just let it (this would be the first of many times Dean chooses Sam over the world).
** Crazy with grief and desperation Dean sells his soul to a crossroads demon so that he can bring Sam back to life.
* 3.11, In "Mystery Spot" not only do we see the close quarters and intimacy with which the brothers live their daily lives, Dean jokes to Sam that he gets all tingly when Sam takes control.herself.
* 4.01 “Lazarus Rising.” The reunion between the brothers when Dean comes back from Hell is so emotional. The brothers hug tightly and Dean’s face is fierce with determined emotion.
** In season 3 we saw Dean being tortured in Hell while wearing Sam's amulet. Back on Earth Sam was wearing Dean’s Samulet since he left. That means that ''Dean's soul was wearing the amulet''. This gives support to the theory that [[spoiler:Sam and Dean are soulmates, tied to one another]].
** This is also the introduction of Ruby who, after witnessing the above display, asks [[RelativeError “So, are you two like… together?”]]
* 4.03, “In the Beginning” Dean learns that he and Sam are named after their (married) maternal grandparents, Samuel and Deanna Winchester.
* 4.04 “Metamorphosis.” Travis asks Sam if he’s still a mathlete, to which Sam bashfully says no. Dean preens for the attention Sam is getting and pats him affectionately on the back and proudly tells Travis that Sam “sure is.”
* 4.05, “Monster Movie.” The look of exasperated affection and joy on Sam’s face when Dean takes simple pleasures in food really can’t be beat.Winchester.
** Actually, Sam and Dean spend most of “Monster Movie” smiling and staring at one another, which is a helpful reprieve from the star-crossed angst of the previous season.
* 4.06 “Yellow Fever.” Despite being cursed by a buruburu and thinking Sam (and himself) are crazy for hunting things that kill other things, Dean desperately clings to his brother as a lifeline as he descends further and further into mindless fear.
* 4.08, “Wishful Thinking,” and that oh so delightfully reliant [[http://itsokaysammy.tumblr.com/post/114807164590 brother-staring]].
* 4.17 "It's A Terrible Life," Dean's white-collar alter ego Dean Smith immediately assumes he's being checked out and hit on by Sam Wesson.
---> '''Dean''': Save it for the health club, pal.
* They tend to bring the ridiculously stupid crazy sometimes when it comes to each other. When Sam died, Dean making a year-long deal to bring him back was possibly the stupidest thing that he could possibly do. Ever! And in "Time Is On My Side", Sam is willing to make himself and his previously-suicidal brother immortal monsters just so that Dean wouldn't leave him, which is messed up in so many ways.
** And isn't it just a bit odd that they keep getting compared to self-destructive, clingy, passionate couples? In "Nightshifter", Hendricksen called them "Bonnie and Clyde" and in "Time Is On My Side", Dean compared them to "Sid and Nancy". Veritas even tells Sam that he and Dean are [[Film/NaturalBornKillers Mallory and Mickey]], the killer romantic couple of Natural Born Killers
* In "Sam, Interrupted", Dr. Fuller separates the brother because, quote, "To be frank, the relationship you have with your brother seems dangerously codependent", to which Dean immediately looks upset.
** Sam and Dean really are so codependent, it's a wonder they even know how to function, really
---> '''Dean''': "You almost died there. I mean, what would I have--"
**upset. More so, when Sam asked Dean to kill him so he wouldn't kill anyone else, Dean tells him that he'd rather die than do that.
* In the early seasons, the brothers are very touchy-feely, especially Dean, almost to the point of a RelationshipWritingFumble.Of course Dean touches Sam to save him from various bad guys, and also supports him when he's injured or having a vision. He also "checks" on Sam by touching him after fights, touches him to comfort him, and often claps him in the shoulder or chest as a greeting or parting gesture. Sam, in the earlier seasons, tended to touch Dean less often, but never shook Dean away from him. By by Seasons 3 and 4, however, he's 4 is pretty well constantly terrified of Dean dying, and starts grabbing at and touching Dean almost as often as Dean goes for him. They even touch each other's faces and legs, which isn't really common physical affection for any siblings, let alone Especially notable due to how emotionally repressed ones that (at that point) would never be caught dead just hugging each other.
* 4.14, “Sex and Violence,” one ofthe Wincestier episode of a very Wincesty series. The brothers hunting a Siren, which seduces men by reading their minds and turning into the perfect woman for them (plus a little bit of [[LovePotion love saliva]]). It inevitably gets to the Winchester brothers by becoming [[spoiler:a ''male'', if not particularly hot, FBI agent who offers to be Dean's new little brother if he kills Sam.]] (For the record, it's Hand Waved in the episode by saying that the siren gives its victims whatever they desire most. For most men, it is a beautiful woman. For Dean, it was "a little brother who looks up to him.")
** This bears repeating; in an episode in which the MonsterOfTheWeek was reading the innermost thoughts of various men and morphing into whatever their deepest desire indicated (and, for every previous male victim, manifesting as a hot stripper), Dean's ideal, the person by whom he is most easily seduced, is revealed to be... wait for it... an ''idealized version of Sam''. This from the same Dean Winchester who does all in his power to be viewed as a womanizing neanderthal. And ignoring the fact that the Siren later draws Sam into his thrall as well, and forces the Winchesters to fight to the death over his love. Yeah.
** As well as the fact that in every previous incident, the stripper/Siren seduced the male victim and proceeded to convince him to murder the other woman in his life; in Dean's case, the Siren manifests as Dean's ideal male companion and then sics him on Sam.
** The siren was being an idealized version of Sam. Sam himself isn't perfect, no one in the victim's life is, so you can say he took the "blueprint" of Sam and turned it up to 100. You could sort of say the siren was younger!Sam and adult!Sam in the same body: the mindless big brother hero worship Sam held for Dean when he was younger, combined with the proud man who can match Dean step for step in the present.
* 4.18, "The Monster at the End of This Book." It finally gets to the point where the brothers actually comment on this after reading fan comments on the internet (of a book series inexplicably written about their adventures).
---> '''Dean''': There are Samgirls and Deangirls, and... what's a [[SlashFic slash]] fan?
---> '''Sam''': As in... Sam-slash-Dean. Together.
---> '''Dean''': Like, ''together''-together?
---> '''Sam''': Yeah.
---> '''Dean''': They do know we're brothers, right? ...That's just sick.two are.
---> '''Dean''': Babe, you look like you're sucking on a lemon.
* In 2.09, "Croatoan" a virus that turns people rabid and murderous is infecting people. While trying to get people to safety Sam is infected with the virus. When an officer tries to kill Sam before he can fully turn Dean tells him he'll be "dead before you hit the ground." Dean [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness offers to let the remaining survivors leave in the Impala]] while he locks himself in a room with Sam and waits for him to turn so they can die together.
** 2.
* 2.22, In "All Hell Breaks Loose: Part Two", after Sam dies in his arms, Dean goes almost catatonic with grief and denial. He refuses to bury Sam’s body, choosing instead to stare at it silently. Bobby gently reminds Dean that they still have to save the world or it will end, to which Dean angrily shouts to just let it (this would be the first of many times Dean chooses Sam over the world).
** Crazy with grief and desperation Dean sells his soul to a crossroads demon so that he can bring Sam back to life.
* 3.11, In "Mystery Spot" not only do we see the close quarters and intimacy with which the brothers live their daily lives, Dean jokes to Sam that he gets all tingly when Sam takes control.
* 4.
** In season 3 we saw Dean being tortured in Hell while wearing Sam's amulet. Back on Earth Sam was wearing Dean’s Samulet since he left. That means that ''Dean's soul was wearing the amulet''. This gives support to the theory that [[spoiler:Sam and Dean are soulmates, tied to one another]].
** This is also the introduction of Ruby who, after witnessing the above display, asks [[RelativeError “So, are you two like… together?”]]
* 4.
* 4.04 “Metamorphosis.” Travis asks Sam if he’s still a mathlete, to which Sam bashfully says no. Dean preens for the attention Sam is getting and pats him affectionately on the back and proudly tells Travis that Sam “sure is.”
* 4.05, “Monster Movie.” The look of exasperated affection and joy on Sam’s face when Dean takes simple pleasures in food really can’t be beat.
* 4.06 “Yellow Fever.” Despite being cursed by a buruburu and thinking Sam (and himself) are crazy for hunting things that kill other things, Dean desperately clings to his brother as a lifeline as he descends further and further into mindless fear.
* 4.08, “Wishful Thinking,” and that oh so delightfully reliant [[http://itsokaysammy.tumblr.com/post/114807164590 brother-staring]].
* 4.17 "It's A Terrible Life," Dean's white-collar alter ego Dean Smith immediately assumes he's being checked out and hit on by Sam Wesson.
---> '''Dean''': Save it for the health club, pal.
* They tend to bring the ridiculously stupid crazy sometimes when it comes to each other. When Sam died, Dean making a year-long deal to bring him back was possibly the stupidest thing that he could possibly do. Ever! And in "Time Is On My Side", Sam is willing to make himself and his previously-suicidal brother immortal monsters just so that Dean wouldn't leave him, which is messed up in so many ways.
** And isn't it just a bit odd that they keep getting compared to self-destructive, clingy, passionate couples? In "Nightshifter", Hendricksen called them "Bonnie and Clyde" and in "Time Is On My Side", Dean compared them to "Sid and Nancy". Veritas even tells Sam that he and Dean are [[Film/NaturalBornKillers Mallory and Mickey]], the killer romantic couple of Natural Born Killers
** Sam and Dean really are so codependent, it's a wonder they even know how to function, really
---> '''Dean''': "You almost died there. I mean, what would I have--"
**
* In the early seasons, the brothers are very touchy-feely, especially Dean, almost to the point of a RelationshipWritingFumble.
* 4.14, “Sex and Violence,” one of
** This bears repeating; in an episode in which the MonsterOfTheWeek was reading the innermost thoughts of various men and morphing into whatever their deepest desire indicated (and, for every previous male victim, manifesting as a hot stripper), Dean's ideal, the person by whom he is most easily seduced, is revealed to be... wait for it... an ''idealized version of Sam''. This from the same Dean Winchester who does all in his power to be viewed as a womanizing neanderthal. And ignoring the fact that the Siren later draws Sam into his thrall as well, and forces the Winchesters to fight to the death over his love. Yeah.
** As well as the fact that in every previous incident, the stripper/Siren seduced the male victim and proceeded to convince him to murder the other woman in his life; in Dean's case, the Siren manifests as Dean's ideal male companion and then sics him on Sam.
** The siren was being an idealized version of Sam. Sam himself isn't perfect, no one in the victim's life is, so you can say he took the "blueprint" of Sam and turned it up to 100. You could sort of say the siren was younger!Sam and adult!Sam in the same body: the mindless big brother hero worship Sam held for Dean when he was younger, combined with the proud man who can match Dean step for step in the present.
* 4.18, "The Monster at the End of This Book." It finally gets to the point where the brothers actually comment on this after reading fan comments on the internet (of a book series inexplicably written about their adventures).
---> '''Dean''': There are Samgirls and Deangirls, and... what's a [[SlashFic slash]] fan?
---> '''Sam''': As in... Sam-slash-Dean. Together.
---> '''Dean''': Like, ''together''-together?
---> '''Sam''': Yeah.
---> '''Dean''': They do know we're brothers, right? ...That's just sick.
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* In 5.22, "Swan Song", the brothers’ love for each other is so strong, [[IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight it breaks the hold Lucifer has over Sam]]. That makes it the love that '''literally saved the world'''. This is even more powerful when you realize this was actually intended to be the finale of the show before CW asked for it to be renewed and replaced showrunner Eric Kripke with current executive producer Sera Gamble.
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* In 5.22, "Swan Song", the brothers’ love for each other is so strong, [[IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight it breaks the hold Lucifer has over Sam]]. That makes it the love that '''literally saved the world'''. This is even more powerful when you realize this was actually intended to be the finale of the show before CW asked for it to be renewed and replaced showrunner Eric Kripke with current executive producer Sera Gamble.
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* In "The Real Ghost Busters", a gay couple admires Sam and Dean's relationship so much they model their own after it.
* Again with parallels, in "Goodbye Stranger", Castiel wants Sam to protect Meg who he reveals he has feelings for and doesn't want to get hurt, and Dean wants Sam to stay outside to "guard" Meg because he doesn't want him to get hurt either.
* Lest we forget Sam referred to Dean as "a male model type" in "The Man Who Knew Too Much".
* Dean seems all too comfortable to read porn with Sam around.
** In the episode "Goodbye Stranger", Dean finds vintage porn and proudly shows it to Sam before ''sitting down right across from him and reading it''.
*** Sam helpfully offers to leave the room while Dean has his, ahem, personal time with "Miss October", to which Dean says he could use 10 minutes. Then ''raises his eyebrows and smiles suggestively'' at Sam as he gets up and leaves. It's even funnier when you remember Dean's stern words to Castiel about it being "unacceptable" to talk about porn with dudes in the room. Sam is always the exception.
* While Dean Winchester had many rules he lives by, Sam always seems to be the exception.
** In "Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things", Dean says "What's dead should stay dead!" but sells his soul to bring Sam back from the dead.
** Dean regularly chastises Castiel for watching him sleep, but begrudgingly let Sam do it while he was soulless.
** Dean always firmly stated he didn't pray or beg, but did just that in order to keep Sam safe.
** Dean once said that men shouldn't watch porn with other men in the room, but has read porn as well as watched hentai anime while Sam was in the room.
*** In the latter, he poured Sam a cup and beckoned him to come over. While he was watching it.
* Can we count all the times Sam has chosen Dean over everything else? The Man Who Knew Too Much, The French Mistake, The Girl Next Door, etc.
* Pam asked Sam and Dean if they wanted to have a threesome with her. [[FridgeHorror Pam is psychic]].
* Again with parallels, in "Goodbye Stranger", Castiel wants Sam to protect Meg who he reveals he has feelings for and doesn't want to get hurt, and Dean wants Sam to stay outside to "guard" Meg because he doesn't want him to get hurt either.
* Lest we forget Sam referred to Dean as "a male model type" in "The Man Who Knew Too Much".
* Dean seems all too comfortable to read porn with Sam around.
** In the episode "Goodbye Stranger", Dean finds vintage porn and proudly shows it to Sam before ''sitting down right across from him and reading it''.
*** Sam helpfully offers to leave the room while Dean has his, ahem, personal time with "Miss October", to which Dean says he could use 10 minutes. Then ''raises his eyebrows and smiles suggestively'' at Sam as he gets up and leaves. It's even funnier when you remember Dean's stern words to Castiel about it being "unacceptable" to talk about porn with dudes in the room. Sam is always the exception.
* While Dean Winchester had many rules he lives by, Sam always seems to be the exception.
** In "Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things", Dean says "What's dead should stay dead!" but sells his soul to bring Sam back from the dead.
** Dean regularly chastises Castiel for watching him sleep, but begrudgingly let Sam do it while he was soulless.
** Dean always firmly stated he didn't pray or beg, but did just that in order to keep Sam safe.
** Dean once said that men shouldn't watch porn with other men in the room, but has read porn as well as watched hentai anime while Sam was in the room.
*** In the latter, he poured Sam a cup and beckoned him to come over. While he was watching it.
* Can we count all the times Sam has chosen Dean over everything else? The Man Who Knew Too Much, The French Mistake, The Girl Next Door, etc.
* Pam asked Sam and Dean if they wanted to have a threesome with her. [[FridgeHorror Pam is psychic]].
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* Again with parallels, in "Goodbye Stranger", Castiel wants Sam to protect Meg who he reveals he has feelings for and doesn't want to get hurt, and Dean wants Sam to stay outside to "guard" Meg because he doesn't want him to get hurt either.
* Dean seems all too comfortable to read porn with Sam around.
** In the episode "Goodbye Stranger", Dean finds vintage porn and proudly shows it to Sam before ''sitting down right across from him and reading it''.
* While Dean Winchester had many rules he lives by, Sam always seems to be the exception.
** In "Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things", Dean says "What's dead should stay dead!" but sells his soul to bring Sam back from the dead.
** Dean regularly chastises Castiel for watching him sleep, but begrudgingly let Sam do it while he was soulless.
** Dean always firmly stated he didn't pray or beg, but did just that in order to keep Sam safe.
** Dean once said that men shouldn't watch porn with other men in the room, but has read porn as well as watched hentai anime while Sam was in the room.
*** In the latter, he poured Sam a cup and beckoned him to come over. While he was watching it.
* Can we count all the times Sam has chosen Dean over everything else? The Man Who Knew Too Much, The French Mistake, The Girl Next Door, etc.
* Pam asked Sam and Dean if they wanted to have a threesome with her. [[FridgeHorror Pam is psychic]].
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* Who could forget the line in "Mystery Spot": "Sammy, I get all tingly when you take control like that." So blatantly HoYay-tastic that it's a wonder it got through the censors.
** And that line becomes a lot more poignant in light of "The Song Remains The Same", where their father tells their mother "I love when you get bossy".
* In "Bugs" where they have been MistakenForGay customers looking for a new house for the second time; rather than explain that they're brothers again, Dean runs with it, calling Sam honey and smacking him on the ass.
* Pointing out how weirdly close the brothers are to each other is basically a competitive sport among the minor characters on the show.
---> '''Michael''': First…we talk. Then I fix ''your darling little Sammy''.
** When Sam is knocked out by [[spoiler: Castiel breaking the Hell-wall]], Balthazar calls him "Sleeping Beauty" and asks if Dean stole any kisses.
** Two guys filming a documentary in "Bitten" wonder if Sam and Dean have an office romance going on, of which the latter confirms he sees it too.
* In "Coyote's Kiss" of the Supernatural book, Dean jokingly asks Sam if he'd miss him too much to go on without him. [[http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lt8c8ysTcn1qg6i2jo2_500.jpg Sam immediately looks away]].
* In "Appointment in Samarra", Dean tells Death he wants to bring Sam's soul back instead of Adam's, even though he acknowledges that it's "damaged" (try "flayed to the raw nerve").
* In "Bloodlust", after Gordon refers to Sam as "Sammy", Sam coolly tells him that Dean is the only one that gets to call him that, after which we get a reaction shot of Dean smiling smugly to himself.
** And that line becomes a lot more poignant in light of "The Song Remains The Same", where their father tells their mother "I love when you get bossy".
* In "Bugs" where they have been MistakenForGay customers looking for a new house for the second time; rather than explain that they're brothers again, Dean runs with it, calling Sam honey and smacking him on the ass.
* Pointing out how weirdly close the brothers are to each other is basically a competitive sport among the minor characters on the show.
---> '''Michael''': First…we talk. Then I fix ''your darling little Sammy''.
** When Sam is knocked out by [[spoiler: Castiel breaking the Hell-wall]], Balthazar calls him "Sleeping Beauty" and asks if Dean stole any kisses.
** Two guys filming a documentary in "Bitten" wonder if Sam and Dean have an office romance going on, of which the latter confirms he sees it too.
* In "Coyote's Kiss" of the Supernatural book, Dean jokingly asks Sam if he'd miss him too much to go on without him. [[http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lt8c8ysTcn1qg6i2jo2_500.jpg Sam immediately looks away]].
* In "Appointment in Samarra", Dean tells Death he wants to bring Sam's soul back instead of Adam's, even though he acknowledges that it's "damaged" (try "flayed to the raw nerve").
* In "Bloodlust", after Gordon refers to Sam as "Sammy", Sam coolly tells him that Dean is the only one that gets to call him that, after which we get a reaction shot of Dean smiling smugly to himself.
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* Who could forget the line in "Mystery Spot": "Sammy, I get all tingly when you take control like that." So blatantly HoYay-tastic that it's a wonder it got through the censors.
** And that line becomes a lot more poignant in light of "The Song Remains The Same", where their father tells their mother "I love when you get bossy".
* In "Bugs" where they have been MistakenForGay customers looking for a new house for the second time; rather than explain that they're brothers again, Dean runs with it, calling Sam honey and smacking him on the ass.
* Pointing out how weirdly close the brothers are to each other is basically a competitive sport among the minor characters on the show.
---> '''Michael''': First…we talk. Then I fix ''your darling little Sammy''.
** When Sam is knocked out by [[spoiler: Castiel breaking the Hell-wall]], Balthazar calls him "Sleeping Beauty" and asks if Dean stole any kisses.
** Two guys filming a documentary in "Bitten" wonder if Sam and Dean have an office romance going on, of which the latter confirms he sees it too.
"
* In "Coyote's Kiss" of the Supernatural book, Dean jokingly asks Sam if he'd miss him too much to go on without him. [[http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lt8c8ysTcn1qg6i2jo2_500.jpg Sam immediately looks away]]. \n* In "Appointment in Samarra", Dean tells Death he wants to bring Sam's soul back instead of Adam's, even though he acknowledges that it's "damaged" (try "flayed to the raw nerve").\n* In "Bloodlust", after Gordon refers to Sam as "Sammy", Sam coolly tells him that Dean is the only one that gets to call him that, after which we get a reaction shot of Dean smiling smugly to himself.
** And that line becomes a lot more poignant in light of "The Song Remains The Same", where their father tells their mother "I love when you get bossy".
* In "Bugs" where they have been MistakenForGay customers looking for a new house for the second time; rather than explain that they're brothers again, Dean runs with it, calling Sam honey and smacking him on the ass.
* Pointing out how weirdly close the brothers are to each other is basically a competitive sport among the minor characters on the show.
---> '''Michael''': First…we talk. Then I fix ''your darling little Sammy''.
** When Sam is knocked out by [[spoiler: Castiel breaking the Hell-wall]], Balthazar calls him "Sleeping Beauty" and asks if Dean stole any kisses.
** Two guys filming a documentary in "Bitten" wonder if Sam and Dean have an office romance going on, of which the latter confirms he sees it too.
* In "Coyote's Kiss" of the Supernatural book, Dean jokingly asks Sam if he'd miss him too much to go on without him. [[http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lt8c8ysTcn1qg6i2jo2_500.jpg Sam immediately looks away]].
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* The angel Zachariah described Sam and Dean as "erotically co-dependent." The only other way to interpret that is as a way of turning Adam against Sam and Dean.
* In "Shut Up, Dr. Phil", after an episode of marital hijinks between two pissed-off witches, Sam attempts to wind up the case by turning Maggie and Don's tempestuous eight-hundred-year marriage into a metaphor for his and Dean's relationship. Dean attempts to shrug it off by saying that [[BlatantLies he and Sam have nothing to work through]], but Sam and the viewers know better.
* During the final moments of Season Four, Sam and Dean react to Lucifer's imminent appearance by blindly clinging on to one another.
* Even soulless!Sam felt the innate love that Sam had for Dean. When Dean hugged him, he smiled, not out of any raw feeling, but because he knew that was the instinctive feeling that went along with it. Like "Yes, this is how this goes".
* Then there's this gem in "The End":
* In "Shut Up, Dr. Phil", after an episode of marital hijinks between two pissed-off witches, Sam attempts to wind up the case by turning Maggie and Don's tempestuous eight-hundred-year marriage into a metaphor for his and Dean's relationship. Dean attempts to shrug it off by saying that [[BlatantLies he and Sam have nothing to work through]], but Sam and the viewers know better.
* During the final moments of Season Four, Sam and Dean react to Lucifer's imminent appearance by blindly clinging on to one another.
* Even soulless!Sam felt the innate love that Sam had for Dean. When Dean hugged him, he smiled, not out of any raw feeling, but because he knew that was the instinctive feeling that went along with it. Like "Yes, this is how this goes".
* Then there's this gem in "The End":
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* The angel Zachariah described Sam and Dean as "erotically co-dependent." The only other way to interpret that is as a way of turning Adam against Sam and Dean.
* In "Shut Up, Dr. Phil", after an episode of marital hijinks between two pissed-off witches, Sam attempts to wind up the case by turning Maggie and Don's tempestuous eight-hundred-year marriage into a metaphor for his and Dean's relationship. Dean attempts to shrug it off by saying that [[BlatantLies he and Sam have nothing to work through]], but Sam and the viewers know better.
* During the final moments of Season Four, Sam and Dean react to Lucifer's imminent appearance by blindly clinging on to one another.
* Even soulless!Sam felt the innate love that Sam had for Dean. When Dean hugged him, he smiled, not out of any raw feeling, but because he knew that was the instinctive feeling that went along with it. Like "Yes, this is how this goes".
* Then there'sThere's this gem in "The End":
* In "Shut Up, Dr. Phil", after an episode of marital hijinks between two pissed-off witches, Sam attempts to wind up the case by turning Maggie and Don's tempestuous eight-hundred-year marriage into a metaphor for his and Dean's relationship. Dean attempts to shrug it off by saying that [[BlatantLies he and Sam have nothing to work through]], but Sam and the viewers know better.
* During the final moments of Season Four, Sam and Dean react to Lucifer's imminent appearance by blindly clinging on to one another.
* Even soulless!Sam felt the innate love that Sam had for Dean. When Dean hugged him, he smiled, not out of any raw feeling, but because he knew that was the instinctive feeling that went along with it. Like "Yes, this is how this goes".
* Then there's
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* In "When the Levee Breaks", Dean angrily tells Bobby he would die for Sam in a second, but won't let him turn into a monster
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* Ahem. Dean and [[OurAngelsAreDifferent Castiel]]. Episode 4x01, his ''first episode'', he already seems to have a thing for leaning waaaay too close to Dean and staring into his eyes. [[StupidSexyFlanders There's a reason for that.]]
** Forget the staring, look at the way he's introduced! To quote Eric Kripke, "[Dean would] be attracted to someone who walked in the door, slaughtered everybody, and walked out, and then he would say, 'Who's that?'" Castiel doesn't kill anyone, but he does knock Bobby (the only other person there) out cold. Dean's reaction to seeing him walk in, sparks falling all around? "Who are you?"
* It's not only the first episode. In particular, the last 5 minutes of 4x02 were just ridiculously slashy.
** While it's subtle, Sam doesn't notice Castiel in Bobby's kitchen because the scene is happening in Dean's dream.
** Forget the staring, look at the way he's introduced! To quote Eric Kripke, "[Dean would] be attracted to someone who walked in the door, slaughtered everybody, and walked out, and then he would say, 'Who's that?'" Castiel doesn't kill anyone, but he does knock Bobby (the only other person there) out cold. Dean's reaction to seeing him walk in, sparks falling all around? "Who are you?"
* It's not only the first episode. In particular, the last 5 minutes of 4x02 were just ridiculously slashy.
** While it's subtle, Sam doesn't notice Castiel in Bobby's kitchen because the scene is happening in Dean's dream.
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* Ahem. Dean and [[OurAngelsAreDifferent Castiel]]. Episode In episode 4x01, his Castiel's ''first episode'', he already seems to have a thing for leaning waaaay way too close to Dean and staring into his eyes. [[StupidSexyFlanders There's eyes with a reason for that.]]
** Forget the staring, look at the way he's introduced! To quote Eric Kripke, "[Dean would] be attracted to someone who walked in the door, slaughtered everybody, and walked out, and then he would say, 'Who's that?'" Castiel doesn't kill anyone, but he does knock Bobby (the only other person there) out cold. Dean's reaction to seeing him walk in, sparks falling all around? "Who are you?"
HeldGaze.
*It's not only the first episode. In particular, the The last 5 minutes of 4x02 were just ridiculously slashy.
** While it's subtle, Sam doesn't noticeinvolve Castiel in Bobby's kitchen because the scene is happening in perched on Dean's dream. bed and [[BeautifulDreamer watching him as he sleeps]] for no particular good reason.
** Forget the staring, look at the way he's introduced! To quote Eric Kripke, "[Dean would] be attracted to someone who walked in the door, slaughtered everybody, and walked out, and then he would say, 'Who's that?'" Castiel doesn't kill anyone, but he does knock Bobby (the only other person there) out cold. Dean's reaction to seeing him walk in, sparks falling all around? "Who are you?"
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** While it's subtle, Sam doesn't notice
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* The solidifying moment of shippiness was at the end of "In the Beginning," episode 4x03, when Castiel appears beside Dean in the past to bring him back to the present, with a hand on the shoulder and a tender, sympathetic expression. [[http://caps.oxoniensis.org/caps/spn/403/spn403-1444.jpg Look at his faaaace!]]
* Episode 4x07 has a few moments between them, especially when Dean appeals directly to Castiel to let them try to save the town.
** And later when Castiel confides in Dean something that he literally cannot tell another soul, because if anyone else finds out, Castiel would be killed for it. And he tells Dean this to correct Dean's fairly offhand accusation earlier in the episode. There's no real reason he should care so much what Dean thinks of him, so...
* It's established pretty early on that Dean trusts Castiel, despite thinking angels are "dicks with wings."
* Episode 4x07 has a few moments between them, especially when Dean appeals directly to Castiel to let them try to save the town.
** And later when Castiel confides in Dean something that he literally cannot tell another soul, because if anyone else finds out, Castiel would be killed for it. And he tells Dean this to correct Dean's fairly offhand accusation earlier in the episode. There's no real reason he should care so much what Dean thinks of him, so...
* It's established pretty early on that Dean trusts Castiel, despite thinking angels are "dicks with wings."
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* The solidifying moment of shippiness was at the end of "In the Beginning," episode 4x03, when has Castiel appears appear beside Dean in the past to bring him back to the present, with a hand on the shoulder and a tender, sympathetic expression. [[http://caps.oxoniensis.org/caps/spn/403/spn403-1444.jpg Look at his faaaace!]]
* Episode 4x07 has a few moments between them, especially when Dean appeals directly to Castiel to let them try to save the town.
** And later when Castiel confides in Dean something that he literally cannot tell another soul, because if anyone else finds out, Castiel would be killed for it. And he tells Dean this to correct Dean's fairly offhand accusation earlier in the episode. There's no real reason he should care so much what Dean thinks of him, so...
* It's established pretty early on that Dean trusts Castiel, despite thinking angels are "dicks with wings."
* Episode 4x07 has a few moments between them, especially when Dean appeals directly to Castiel to let them try to save the town.
** And later when Castiel confides in Dean something that he literally cannot tell another soul, because if anyone else finds out, Castiel would be killed for it. And he tells Dean this to correct Dean's fairly offhand accusation earlier in the episode. There's no real reason he should care so much what Dean thinks of him, so...
* It's established pretty early on that Dean trusts Castiel, despite thinking angels are "dicks with wings."
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** Dean's face there! He kinda straightens up, like he's thinking ''You--you mean it? You really think so?''
** In that same episode, the plan is to set the angels and demons on each other and get ''out'' of the crossfire. Yet Dean, who makes it no secret that he has little love for the angels, saves Castiel from Alastair.
** ''And'' by this point, Cas has apparently visited Dean's dreams often enough that Dean can immediately tell that Uriel is in Dean's dream. Later in the episode, we actually see Cas in Dean's dream for the first time, and they seem totally at ease there, like they've done it so many times it's normal for them.
* Episode 4x16: Castiel has been demoted because he's gotten too close to Dean and his superiors feel it will "impair his judgement".
** They're right. Castiel goes on to investigate something he has been ordered not to, because Dean was hurt.
** In that same episode, the plan is to set the angels and demons on each other and get ''out'' of the crossfire. Yet Dean, who makes it no secret that he has little love for the angels, saves Castiel from Alastair.
** ''And'' by this point, Cas has apparently visited Dean's dreams often enough that Dean can immediately tell that Uriel is in Dean's dream. Later in the episode, we actually see Cas in Dean's dream for the first time, and they seem totally at ease there, like they've done it so many times it's normal for them.
* Episode 4x16: Castiel has been demoted because he's gotten too close to Dean and his superiors feel it will "impair his judgement".
** They're right. Castiel goes on to investigate something he has been ordered not to, because Dean was hurt.
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** In that same episode, the plan is to set the angels and demons on each other and get ''out'' of the crossfire. Yet Dean, who makes it no secret that he has little love for the angels, saves Castiel from Alastair.
** ''And'' by this point, Cas has apparently visited Dean's dreams often enough that Dean can immediately tell that Uriel is in Dean's dream. Later in the episode, we actually see Cas in Dean's dream for the first time, and they seem totally at ease there, like they've done it so many times it's normal for them.
** They're right.
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* Every single episode in which Castiel appears seems to be a teaser for Castiel/Dean. Cas watches Dean in his sleep, he visits him in his dreams...
* Episode 4x20 is a good one.
** Cas apparently visits Dean's dreams often enough Dean can tell within seconds it's a dream, and seems totally calm about it.
** When Cas asks Dean to meet him somewhere without telling him anything other than where to go, Dean does, though is confused and surprised when Cas doesn't give any more information.
** Dean seems worried when they see the area trashed, and sounds pretty stressed when he calls for Cas.
** Dean acts ''completely'' differently around Jimmy. He starts out with the usual eyesex, but within a couple of minutes stops looking at Jimmy almost entirely, and says nearly nothing. This behavior continues throughout the entire episode, and Sam starts giving him very weird looks when he notices.
** Dean tries to send Jimmy away with no protection, and has no good reason for it. Because, of course, there isn't a good reason. Sending Jimmy away, back to his family, would just make him a target, and them, too. And of course, Sam's right, it does, and all three of them nearly die. Dean is an experienced hunter, this isn't exactly the first time he's dealt with demons, or with someone likely to be targeted by a monster. Sending an untrained, unarmed, unprotected man off alone, back to his family? Dean knows perfectly well that is a ''terrible'' idea.
** Dean is in a much better mood after Jimmy escapes, actually laughing about it, despite Jimmy now being in serious danger.
** Dean's good mood completely vanishes when Anna tells him that Cas was "dragged back home", saying it was "a very bad thing. Painfully, awfully bad", and "he must have seriously pissed someone off". Dean knows torture, he knows what Anna's saying.
** When Jimmy kisses Amelia, we get a ''ReactionShot'' from Dean, and he looks ''really'' jealous. Nothing from Sam, of course, because why would Sam care?
** Dean's plan works almost perfectly--he was totally right about Cas coming back if his vessel was in enough danger--but when Jimmy is shot, Dean is ''horrified''.
** Claire!Cas comes to help Dean first, and then continues to stand within about four inches of him as long as possible.
** Cas planned to tell Dean something Heaven didn't want him to know. Something they were so determined Dean must not learn that they ''tortured'' Cas to stop him.
* Episode 4x21, Dean and Castiel just stare at each other for nearly 20 seconds.
** More than just the stare, what's going on in that scene is amazing. For starters, despite being majorly stressed about Sam, his addiction to demon blood, not even knowing if Sam would survive the detox, or hell, trying to ''stop the apocalypse'', the first thing Dean says to Cas is about Cas. "You can start with what the hell happened in Illinois?" He's not asking about Sam or the apocalypse, that's about Cas and Dean.
** Cas starts the scene behaving completely differently from his normal manner. Usually, he appears within a few inches of Dean, and now he appears a good twenty-some yards away. (Meaning, at the very least, that he ''can'' do that if he wants, and so ''chooses'' not to.) He has to walk toward Dean just to talk to him, and he's so reluctant it looks like he's in physical pain.
** Cas is a terrible liar, at least when it comes to Dean. When he says that what he was going to tell Dean in Illinois was "nothing of import", he can't look Dean in the face. Note that by this point, he's back to his usual spot a few inches away from Dean.
** Cas looks back at Dean after he finishes speaking, but when Dean references his torture in Heaven he looks away again, only looking back to say "I can't. I'm sorry."
** And after he says that, ''Cas'' walks away from ''Dean''. We've seen it the other way around before, that's what Dean does when he's struggling, trying to deal with his emotions, when he's feeling vulnerable, when he's feeling scared, but ''Cas''? That, we've never seen before.
** Once there's some space between them, Cas changes the subject to Sam, getting the topic of conversation away from himself, and then comes right back mere inches away from Dean.
** Even though Cas had just told him basically that if he did this thing, Sam would be okay, Dean kept questioning, and when he got that Cas was lying to him, or at the very least keeping relevant information from him, ''that'' was what upset him. Not that Sam might still be involved, even hurt, but that Cas had tried to lie to him.
** Cas was called back to Heaven with no warning and ''tortured'', because he was getting "too close to the people in his charge. You." Specifically, he was going to tell Dean something Heaven didn't want him to know, something they were willing to torture to prevent. And even after that, after he was tortured for being too close to Dean, he still manages to give Dean information the angels did ''not'' want Dean to have.
** The zoom-out shot of them in that scene is reminiscent of the shots employed for especially romantic kissing scenes in many movies. You know the ones, beneath a starry sky, wrapped up in each other and oblivious to the rest of the world, surrounded by the scrap parts and old tires of Singer Salvage Yard...
* Episode 4x22, Cas pins Dean to a wall and covers his mouth, leaning in REALLY close...
** Aaaaand don't forget, this is the episode where [[spoiler:Castiel chooses Dean over ''all of Heaven'']]. And he does this by [[spoiler:slamming him into a wall, getting up ''real'' close, [[HandGagging putting his hand over Dean's mouth]] and pulling out a knife]]. {{Fanservice}} at its best.
** Dean trusts Castiel, [[spoiler:despite the knifeplay]], enough to go along with everything without question or complaint.
** Also, Castiel does all this because Dean becomes disgusted with him and tells him, "We're through." Castiel reacts with visible distress.
* Episode 4x20 is a good one.
** Cas apparently visits Dean's dreams often enough Dean can tell within seconds it's a dream, and seems totally calm about it.
** When Cas asks Dean to meet him somewhere without telling him anything other than where to go, Dean does, though is confused and surprised when Cas doesn't give any more information.
** Dean seems worried when they see the area trashed, and sounds pretty stressed when he calls for Cas.
** Dean acts ''completely'' differently around Jimmy. He starts out with the usual eyesex, but within a couple of minutes stops looking at Jimmy almost entirely, and says nearly nothing. This behavior continues throughout the entire episode, and Sam starts giving him very weird looks when he notices.
** Dean tries to send Jimmy away with no protection, and has no good reason for it. Because, of course, there isn't a good reason. Sending Jimmy away, back to his family, would just make him a target, and them, too. And of course, Sam's right, it does, and all three of them nearly die. Dean is an experienced hunter, this isn't exactly the first time he's dealt with demons, or with someone likely to be targeted by a monster. Sending an untrained, unarmed, unprotected man off alone, back to his family? Dean knows perfectly well that is a ''terrible'' idea.
** Dean is in a much better mood after Jimmy escapes, actually laughing about it, despite Jimmy now being in serious danger.
** Dean's good mood completely vanishes when Anna tells him that Cas was "dragged back home", saying it was "a very bad thing. Painfully, awfully bad", and "he must have seriously pissed someone off". Dean knows torture, he knows what Anna's saying.
** When Jimmy kisses Amelia, we get a ''ReactionShot'' from Dean, and he looks ''really'' jealous. Nothing from Sam, of course, because why would Sam care?
** Dean's plan works almost perfectly--he was totally right about Cas coming back if his vessel was in enough danger--but when Jimmy is shot, Dean is ''horrified''.
** Claire!Cas comes to help Dean first, and then continues to stand within about four inches of him as long as possible.
** Cas planned to tell Dean something Heaven didn't want him to know. Something they were so determined Dean must not learn that they ''tortured'' Cas to stop him.
* Episode 4x21, Dean and Castiel just stare at each other for nearly 20 seconds.
** More than just the stare, what's going on in that scene is amazing. For starters, despite being majorly stressed about Sam, his addiction to demon blood, not even knowing if Sam would survive the detox, or hell, trying to ''stop the apocalypse'', the first thing Dean says to Cas is about Cas. "You can start with what the hell happened in Illinois?" He's not asking about Sam or the apocalypse, that's about Cas and Dean.
** Cas starts the scene behaving completely differently from his normal manner. Usually, he appears within a few inches of Dean, and now he appears a good twenty-some yards away. (Meaning, at the very least, that he ''can'' do that if he wants, and so ''chooses'' not to.) He has to walk toward Dean just to talk to him, and he's so reluctant it looks like he's in physical pain.
** Cas is a terrible liar, at least when it comes to Dean. When he says that what he was going to tell Dean in Illinois was "nothing of import", he can't look Dean in the face. Note that by this point, he's back to his usual spot a few inches away from Dean.
** Cas looks back at Dean after he finishes speaking, but when Dean references his torture in Heaven he looks away again, only looking back to say "I can't. I'm sorry."
** And after he says that, ''Cas'' walks away from ''Dean''. We've seen it the other way around before, that's what Dean does when he's struggling, trying to deal with his emotions, when he's feeling vulnerable, when he's feeling scared, but ''Cas''? That, we've never seen before.
** Once there's some space between them, Cas changes the subject to Sam, getting the topic of conversation away from himself, and then comes right back mere inches away from Dean.
** Even though Cas had just told him basically that if he did this thing, Sam would be okay, Dean kept questioning, and when he got that Cas was lying to him, or at the very least keeping relevant information from him, ''that'' was what upset him. Not that Sam might still be involved, even hurt, but that Cas had tried to lie to him.
** Cas was called back to Heaven with no warning and ''tortured'', because he was getting "too close to the people in his charge. You." Specifically, he was going to tell Dean something Heaven didn't want him to know, something they were willing to torture to prevent. And even after that, after he was tortured for being too close to Dean, he still manages to give Dean information the angels did ''not'' want Dean to have.
** The zoom-out shot of them in that scene is reminiscent of the shots employed for especially romantic kissing scenes in many movies. You know the ones, beneath a starry sky, wrapped up in each other and oblivious to the rest of the world, surrounded by the scrap parts and old tires of Singer Salvage Yard...
* Episode 4x22, Cas pins Dean to a wall and covers his mouth, leaning in REALLY close...
** Aaaaand don't forget, this is the episode where [[spoiler:Castiel chooses Dean over ''all of Heaven'']]. And he does this by [[spoiler:slamming him into a wall, getting up ''real'' close, [[HandGagging putting his hand over Dean's mouth]] and pulling out a knife]]. {{Fanservice}} at its best.
** Dean trusts Castiel, [[spoiler:despite the knifeplay]], enough to go along with everything without question or complaint.
** Also, Castiel does all this because Dean becomes disgusted with him and tells him, "We're through." Castiel reacts with visible distress.
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* Every single episode in which Castiel appears seems to be a teaser for Castiel/Dean. Cas watches Dean in his sleep, he visits him in his dreams...
*In Episode 4x20 is a good one.
** Cas apparently visits Dean's dreams often enough Dean can tell within seconds it's a dream, and seems totally calm about it.
** When Cas asks Dean to meet him somewhere without telling him anything other than where to go, Dean does, though is confused and surprised4x20, when Cas doesn't give any more information.
** Dean seems worried when they see the area trashed, and sounds pretty stressed when he calls for Cas.
** Dean acts ''completely'' differently around Jimmy. He starts out with the usual eyesex, but within a couple of minutes stops looking at Jimmy almost entirely, and says nearly nothing. This behavior continues throughout the entire episode, and Sam starts giving him very weird looks when he notices.
** Dean tries to send Jimmy away with no protection, and has no good reason for it. Because, of course, there isn't a good reason. Sending Jimmy away, back to his family, would just make him a target, and them, too. And of course, Sam's right, it does, and all three of them nearly die. Dean is an experienced hunter, this isn't exactly the first time he's dealt with demons, or with someone likely to be targeted by a monster. Sending an untrained, unarmed, unprotected man off alone, back to his family? Dean knows perfectly well that is a ''terrible'' idea.
** Dean is in a much better mood after Jimmy escapes, actually laughing about it, despite Jimmy now being in serious danger.
** Dean's good mood completely vanishes when Anna tells him that Cas was "dragged back home", saying it was "a very bad thing. Painfully, awfully bad", and "he must have seriously pissed someone off". Dean knows torture, he knows what Anna's saying.
** WhenJimmy kisses Amelia, we get a ''ReactionShot'' from Dean, and he looks ''really'' jealous. Nothing from Sam, of course, because why would Sam care?
** Dean's plan works almost perfectly--he was totally right about Cas coming back if his vessel was in enough danger--but when Jimmy is shot, Dean is ''horrified''.
** Claire!Cas comes to help Dean first, and then continues to stand within about four inches of him as long as possible.
** Cas planned to tell Dean something Heaven didn't want him to know. Something they were so determined Dean must not learn that they ''tortured'' Cas to stop him.
* Episode 4x21, Dean and Castiel just stare at each other for nearly 20 seconds.
** More than just the stare, what's going on in that scene is amazing. For starters, despite being majorly stressed about Sam, his addiction to demon blood, not even knowing if Sam would survive the detox, or hell, trying to ''stop the apocalypse'', the first thing Dean says to Cas is about Cas. "You can start with what the hell happened in Illinois?" He's not asking about Sam or the apocalypse, that's about Cas and Dean.
** Cas starts the scene behaving completely differently from his normal manner. Usually, he appears within a few inches of Dean, and now he appears a good twenty-some yards away. (Meaning, at the very least, that he ''can'' do that if he wants, and so ''chooses'' not to.) He has to walk toward Dean just to talk to him, and he's so reluctant it looks like he's in physical pain.
** Cas is a terrible liar, at least when it comes to Dean. When he says that what he was going to tell Dean in Illinois was "nothing of import", he can't look Dean in the face. Note that by this point, he's back to his usual spot a few inches away from Dean.
** Cas looks back at Dean after he finishes speaking, but when Dean references his torture in Heaven he looks away again, only looking back to say "I can't. I'm sorry."
** And after he says that, ''Cas'' walks away from ''Dean''. We've seen it the other way around before, that's what Dean does when he's struggling, trying to deal with his emotions, when he's feeling vulnerable, when he's feeling scared, but ''Cas''? That, we've never seen before.
** Once there's some space between them, Cas changes the subject to Sam, getting the topic of conversation away from himself, and then comes right back mere inches away from Dean.
** Even though Cas had just told him basically that if he did this thing, Sam would be okay, Dean kept questioning, and when he got that Cas was lying to him, or at the very least keeping relevant information from him, ''that'' was what upset him. Not that Sam might still be involved, even hurt, but that Cas had tried to lie to him.
** Cas was called back to Heaven with no warning and ''tortured'', because he was getting "too close to the people in his charge. You." Specifically, he was going to tell Dean something Heaven didn't want him to know, something they were willing to torture to prevent. And even after that, after he was tortured for being too close to Dean, he still manages to give Dean information the angels did ''not'' want Dean to have.
**seconds. The zoom-out shot of them in that scene afterwards is also reminiscent of the shots employed for especially romantic kissing scenes in many movies. You know the ones, beneath a starry sky, wrapped up in each other and oblivious to the rest of the world, surrounded by the scrap parts and old tires of Singer Salvage Yard...
* Episode 4x22, Cas pins Dean to a wall and covers his mouth, leaning in REALLY close...movies.
** Aaaaand don't forget, this is the episode where [[spoiler:Castiel chooses * Episode 4x22, Cas pins Dean over ''all of Heaven'']]. And he does this by [[spoiler:slamming him into to a wall, getting up ''real'' close, [[HandGagging putting wall and covers his hand over Dean's mouth]] and pulling out mouth, leaning in particularly close in a knife]]. {{Fanservice}} at its best.
gesture that looks similar to a WallPinOfLove.
**Dean trusts Castiel, [[spoiler:despite the knifeplay]], enough to go along with everything without question or complaint.
** Also,It's shown that Castiel does all this out of frustration because Dean becomes disgusted with him and tells him, "We're through." Castiel reacts with visible distress. The other reason he loses control this way? Because Dean is willing to give himself up [[spoiler:and say yes to Michael]].
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** Cas apparently visits Dean's dreams often enough Dean can tell within seconds it's a dream, and seems totally calm about it.
** When Cas asks Dean to meet him somewhere without telling him anything other than where to go, Dean does, though is confused and surprised
** Dean seems worried when they see the area trashed, and sounds pretty stressed when he calls for Cas.
** Dean acts ''completely'' differently around Jimmy. He starts out with the usual eyesex, but within a couple of minutes stops looking at Jimmy almost entirely, and says nearly nothing. This behavior continues throughout the entire episode, and Sam starts giving him very weird looks when he notices.
** Dean tries to send Jimmy away with no protection, and has no good reason for it. Because, of course, there isn't a good reason. Sending Jimmy away, back to his family, would just make him a target, and them, too. And of course, Sam's right, it does, and all three of them nearly die. Dean is an experienced hunter, this isn't exactly the first time he's dealt with demons, or with someone likely to be targeted by a monster. Sending an untrained, unarmed, unprotected man off alone, back to his family? Dean knows perfectly well that is a ''terrible'' idea.
** Dean is in a much better mood after Jimmy escapes, actually laughing about it, despite Jimmy now being in serious danger.
** Dean's good mood completely vanishes when Anna tells him that Cas was "dragged back home", saying it was "a very bad thing. Painfully, awfully bad", and "he must have seriously pissed someone off". Dean knows torture, he knows what Anna's saying.
** When
** Claire!Cas comes to help Dean first, and then continues to stand within about four inches of him as long as possible.
** Cas planned to tell Dean something Heaven didn't want him to know. Something they were so determined Dean must not learn that they ''tortured'' Cas to stop him.
** More than just the stare, what's going on in that scene is amazing. For starters, despite being majorly stressed about Sam, his addiction to demon blood, not even knowing if Sam would survive the detox, or hell, trying to ''stop the apocalypse'', the first thing Dean says to Cas is about Cas. "You can start with what the hell happened in Illinois?" He's not asking about Sam or the apocalypse, that's about Cas and Dean.
** Cas starts the scene behaving completely differently from his normal manner. Usually, he appears within a few inches of Dean, and now he appears a good twenty-some yards away. (Meaning, at the very least, that he ''can'' do that if he wants, and so ''chooses'' not to.) He has to walk toward Dean just to talk to him, and he's so reluctant it looks like he's in physical pain.
** Cas is a terrible liar, at least when it comes to Dean. When he says that what he was going to tell Dean in Illinois was "nothing of import", he can't look Dean in the face. Note that by this point, he's back to his usual spot a few inches away from Dean.
** Cas looks back at Dean after he finishes speaking, but when Dean references his torture in Heaven he looks away again, only looking back to say "I can't. I'm sorry."
** And after he says that, ''Cas'' walks away from ''Dean''. We've seen it the other way around before, that's what Dean does when he's struggling, trying to deal with his emotions, when he's feeling vulnerable, when he's feeling scared, but ''Cas''? That, we've never seen before.
** Once there's some space between them, Cas changes the subject to Sam, getting the topic of conversation away from himself, and then comes right back mere inches away from Dean.
** Even though Cas had just told him basically that if he did this thing, Sam would be okay, Dean kept questioning, and when he got that Cas was lying to him, or at the very least keeping relevant information from him, ''that'' was what upset him. Not that Sam might still be involved, even hurt, but that Cas had tried to lie to him.
** Cas was called back to Heaven with no warning and ''tortured'', because he was getting "too close to the people in his charge. You." Specifically, he was going to tell Dean something Heaven didn't want him to know, something they were willing to torture to prevent. And even after that, after he was tortured for being too close to Dean, he still manages to give Dean information the angels did ''not'' want Dean to have.
**
* Episode 4x22, Cas pins Dean to a wall and covers his mouth, leaning in REALLY close...
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** Also,
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** It's definitely worth noting that nobody [[SlapSlapKiss gets under Castiel's skin]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ub94sbKxjPw like Dean does]]. Not even the biggest bad guys in all Creation can get Cas that riled up.
*** Don't forget that 5x18 is the only time Castiel has ever physically attacked Dean. And why does he loose control this way? Because Dean is willing to give himself up [[spoiler:and say yes to Michael]].
* Surely, someone must have noticed 5.02, when Castiel borrows Dean's pendant, that the object in question could be "virginity", and the lines would still be the same.
** Let's also note that beyond that, we're talking about ''Dean's amulet''. The one that Sam gave him when Dean was thirteen, and that Dean has worn ever since. The one that his ''soul'' [[http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mcxvrs4fPR1r062ft.jpg apparently wore]][[note]]It's just barely visible in the very last scene of 3x16, when Dean is in Hell, but that's not his physical body. The actual amulet was removed from Dean's (dead) body and kept safe by Sam until 4x01, when [[http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mcxvsvUUXO1r062ft.jpg he gave it back to the newly-resurrected Dean]][[/note]]. That Dean "felt naked" without. And he just hands it over to Cas after not a full minute of thought with an "okay, I guess" and nothing more than "don't... ''lose'' it" as a warning.
* Episode 5x03, "Free To Be You and Me". Castiel appears out of nowhere about a foot away from Dean so that when Dean turns around, their faces are really close together. Later in the episode, Dean straightens Castiel's collar and tightens his tie.
** And when Dean takes Castiel to a brothel to get him laid, they both end up fleeing the place, with Dean admitting that he hasn't had that much fun in a while as he slings his arm around Castiel and the two share a smile.
*** Dean promised Castiel wouldn't die a virgin. Many a fanfic has sprung up around him keeping that promise when the brothel plan fell through.
** Dean also, quite pointlessly, informs Castiel that [[Series/SesameStreet Bert and Ernie]] are gay before taking him off to get laid. [[{{Subtext}} One has to wonder why]].
*** Earlier in the episode, when Cas first shows up and asks for Dean's help, Dean says, "So, what, I'm [[Film/ThelmaAndLouise Thelma and you're Louise]], and we're just gonna hold hands and sail off this cliff together?" Thelma and Louise, of course, kissed right before sailing off said cliff. [[http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lrhzmyLurf1qzcnvbo1_500.gif The way he looks at Cas]] as he says it...are they even trying to keep this to subtext?
*** Not to mention the reason he takes Cas to a brothel is because he asked Cas what he wants to do (on his last night), and offers booze, women...the look Cas gives Dean could easily be (mis)taken for "you".
** The whole plot for Dean and Cas counts, actually. Cas probably isn't consciously manipulating Dean, but his explanation about needing Dean's help isn't exactly true. Everything they do in regards to the case, he could have done himself. Even his implication Dean could be used as a human shield didn't work, because when Raphael gets pissed and explodes a window, Cas instinctively shields Dean with his own body. It seems what Cas actually needed was moral support--understandably, not many people would want to spend what could be their last hours alone. Dean, in general, is so important to Cas that, in this instance, Cas mentally assigned him a more important role in this particular case than Dean actually occupied.
* Episode 5x04, "The End":
** Even in the post-apocalyptic future, Castiel remained on Earth with Dean and fought beside him for 5 years, and, despite becoming utterly disillusioned, he still follows Dean into a situation he knows to be potentially deadly.
** Future!Dean basically admits that he is using his friends as cannon-fodder, and yet:
--->'''Dean:''' Are you coming?
--->'''Castiel:''' Of course.
** One of the things that appalls Past!Dean most about Future!Dean is his willingness to sacrifice his friends, but Past!Dean seems especially horrified that he's sacrificing Castiel. "You mean you're going to feed your friends into a meat grinder? Cas too?" He seems to imply that he could ''possibly'' understand sacrificing the others, but deliberately letting Cas die is crossing the line.
** Cut from the production script:
--->'''Future!Castiel:''' But instead, we become this. The only thing I think we have left, Dean and me, is each other. ''[unadorned sincerity]'' If Dean says it’s time to go out in a blaze of glory, win or lose, so be it. I’m in. But, then... ''[smiles at Past!Dean]'' That’s just how I roll.
** [[http://lurea.tumblr.com/post/32740499203/5-04-future-dean-and-cas-are-lovers-and-the-whole There's a pretty good argument]] [[http://lurea.tumblr.com/post/32801243802/5-04-future-dean-and-cas-are-lovers-and-the-whole that Future!Dean and Future!Cas]] [[http://lurea.tumblr.com/post/32886310546/5-04-cas-sexuality-is-deans-business-future were, in fact, in a relationship]] [[http://lurea.tumblr.com/post/33015108069/5-04-loving-you-darling-till-the-end-future and everyone at Camp Chitaqua knew]].
* Episode 5x08, "Changing Channels", has an interesting little moment. The host calls Cas a "pretty boy angel", and we get a ReactionShot from Dean. Not from Sam, just Dean. And the face he makes... if he'd said ''"'Pretty boy angel'? I never really thought... well, maybe a little..."'' out loud, it couldn't have been any clearer he was thinking it.
** And that's not all in this episode: So, Dean and Sam are in a [[ItMakesSenseInContext sitcom-style show]]; Castiel manages to break in, and apparently tries to impart some important information. Before he can, the Trickster bursts in, throwing him against a wall and making duct tape appear over his mouth so he can't say anything. Dean looks, until this point, surprised/confused/annoyed, but not much more.
--> '''Trickster:''' [brightly] Hey, Castiel!
--> ''(The Trickster flicks a hand, and Castiel vanishes)''
--> '''Sam:''' You know him?
--> '''Dean:''' Where did you just send him?
--> '''Trickster:''' Relax. He’ll live. ''(pause)'' Maybe.
--> '''Dean:''' ''(stepping forward, now clearly angry)'' All right, you know what? I’m done with the monkey dance. ‘Kay? We get it. /
*** So he ignores Sam's fairly good question -- how ''does'' a Trickster know Cas by name? -- in favor of just getting mad.
* Dean called Castiel "Huggy Bear" over the phone in "Abandon All Hope..." (in reference to a character on ''Series/StarskyAndHutch'', because of Cas saying "it's going down").
*** Don't forget that 5x18 is the only time Castiel has ever physically attacked Dean. And why does he loose control this way? Because Dean is willing to give himself up [[spoiler:and say yes to Michael]].
* Surely, someone must have noticed 5.02, when Castiel borrows Dean's pendant, that the object in question could be "virginity", and the lines would still be the same.
** Let's also note that beyond that, we're talking about ''Dean's amulet''. The one that Sam gave him when Dean was thirteen, and that Dean has worn ever since. The one that his ''soul'' [[http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mcxvrs4fPR1r062ft.jpg apparently wore]][[note]]It's just barely visible in the very last scene of 3x16, when Dean is in Hell, but that's not his physical body. The actual amulet was removed from Dean's (dead) body and kept safe by Sam until 4x01, when [[http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mcxvsvUUXO1r062ft.jpg he gave it back to the newly-resurrected Dean]][[/note]]. That Dean "felt naked" without. And he just hands it over to Cas after not a full minute of thought with an "okay, I guess" and nothing more than "don't... ''lose'' it" as a warning.
* Episode 5x03, "Free To Be You and Me". Castiel appears out of nowhere about a foot away from Dean so that when Dean turns around, their faces are really close together. Later in the episode, Dean straightens Castiel's collar and tightens his tie.
** And when Dean takes Castiel to a brothel to get him laid, they both end up fleeing the place, with Dean admitting that he hasn't had that much fun in a while as he slings his arm around Castiel and the two share a smile.
*** Dean promised Castiel wouldn't die a virgin. Many a fanfic has sprung up around him keeping that promise when the brothel plan fell through.
** Dean also, quite pointlessly, informs Castiel that [[Series/SesameStreet Bert and Ernie]] are gay before taking him off to get laid. [[{{Subtext}} One has to wonder why]].
*** Earlier in the episode, when Cas first shows up and asks for Dean's help, Dean says, "So, what, I'm [[Film/ThelmaAndLouise Thelma and you're Louise]], and we're just gonna hold hands and sail off this cliff together?" Thelma and Louise, of course, kissed right before sailing off said cliff. [[http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lrhzmyLurf1qzcnvbo1_500.gif The way he looks at Cas]] as he says it...are they even trying to keep this to subtext?
*** Not to mention the reason he takes Cas to a brothel is because he asked Cas what he wants to do (on his last night), and offers booze, women...the look Cas gives Dean could easily be (mis)taken for "you".
** The whole plot for Dean and Cas counts, actually. Cas probably isn't consciously manipulating Dean, but his explanation about needing Dean's help isn't exactly true. Everything they do in regards to the case, he could have done himself. Even his implication Dean could be used as a human shield didn't work, because when Raphael gets pissed and explodes a window, Cas instinctively shields Dean with his own body. It seems what Cas actually needed was moral support--understandably, not many people would want to spend what could be their last hours alone. Dean, in general, is so important to Cas that, in this instance, Cas mentally assigned him a more important role in this particular case than Dean actually occupied.
* Episode 5x04, "The End":
** Even in the post-apocalyptic future, Castiel remained on Earth with Dean and fought beside him for 5 years, and, despite becoming utterly disillusioned, he still follows Dean into a situation he knows to be potentially deadly.
** Future!Dean basically admits that he is using his friends as cannon-fodder, and yet:
--->'''Dean:''' Are you coming?
--->'''Castiel:''' Of course.
** One of the things that appalls Past!Dean most about Future!Dean is his willingness to sacrifice his friends, but Past!Dean seems especially horrified that he's sacrificing Castiel. "You mean you're going to feed your friends into a meat grinder? Cas too?" He seems to imply that he could ''possibly'' understand sacrificing the others, but deliberately letting Cas die is crossing the line.
** Cut from the production script:
--->'''Future!Castiel:''' But instead, we become this. The only thing I think we have left, Dean and me, is each other. ''[unadorned sincerity]'' If Dean says it’s time to go out in a blaze of glory, win or lose, so be it. I’m in. But, then... ''[smiles at Past!Dean]'' That’s just how I roll.
** [[http://lurea.tumblr.com/post/32740499203/5-04-future-dean-and-cas-are-lovers-and-the-whole There's a pretty good argument]] [[http://lurea.tumblr.com/post/32801243802/5-04-future-dean-and-cas-are-lovers-and-the-whole that Future!Dean and Future!Cas]] [[http://lurea.tumblr.com/post/32886310546/5-04-cas-sexuality-is-deans-business-future were, in fact, in a relationship]] [[http://lurea.tumblr.com/post/33015108069/5-04-loving-you-darling-till-the-end-future and everyone at Camp Chitaqua knew]].
* Episode 5x08, "Changing Channels", has an interesting little moment. The host calls Cas a "pretty boy angel", and we get a ReactionShot from Dean. Not from Sam, just Dean. And the face he makes... if he'd said ''"'Pretty boy angel'? I never really thought... well, maybe a little..."'' out loud, it couldn't have been any clearer he was thinking it.
** And that's not all in this episode: So, Dean and Sam are in a [[ItMakesSenseInContext sitcom-style show]]; Castiel manages to break in, and apparently tries to impart some important information. Before he can, the Trickster bursts in, throwing him against a wall and making duct tape appear over his mouth so he can't say anything. Dean looks, until this point, surprised/confused/annoyed, but not much more.
--> '''Trickster:''' [brightly] Hey, Castiel!
--> ''(The Trickster flicks a hand, and Castiel vanishes)''
--> '''Sam:''' You know him?
--> '''Dean:''' Where did you just send him?
--> '''Trickster:''' Relax. He’ll live. ''(pause)'' Maybe.
--> '''Dean:''' ''(stepping forward, now clearly angry)'' All right, you know what? I’m done with the monkey dance. ‘Kay? We get it. /
*** So he ignores Sam's fairly good question -- how ''does'' a Trickster know Cas by name? -- in favor of just getting mad.
* Dean called Castiel "Huggy Bear" over the phone in "Abandon All Hope..." (in reference to a character on ''Series/StarskyAndHutch'', because of Cas saying "it's going down").
to:
*** Don't forget that 5x18 is the only time Castiel has ever physically attacked Dean. And why does he loose control this way? Because Dean is willing to give himself up [[spoiler:and say yes to Michael]].
* Surely, someone must have noticed 5.02, when Castiel borrows Dean's pendant, that the object in question could be "virginity", and the lines would still be the same.
** Let's also note that beyond that, we're talking about ''Dean's amulet''. The one that Sam gave him when Dean was thirteen, and that Dean has worn ever since. The one that his ''soul'' [[http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mcxvrs4fPR1r062ft.jpg apparently wore]][[note]]It's just barely visible in the very last scene of 3x16, when Dean is in Hell, but that's not his physical body. The actual amulet was removed from Dean's (dead) body and kept safe by Sam until 4x01, when [[http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mcxvsvUUXO1r062ft.jpg he gave it back to the newly-resurrected Dean]][[/note]]. That Dean "felt naked" without. And he just hands it over to Cas after not a full minute of thought with an "okay, I guess" and nothing more than "don't... ''lose'' it" as a warning.
** Dean also, quite pointlessly, informs Castiel that [[Series/SesameStreet Bert and Ernie]] are gay before taking him off to get laid.
*** Earlier in the episode, when Cas first shows up and asks for Dean's help, Dean says, "So, what, I'm [[Film/ThelmaAndLouise Thelma and you're Louise]], and we're just gonna hold hands and sail off this cliff together?" Thelma and Louise, of course, kissed right before sailing off said
*** Not to mention the reason he takes Cas to a brothel is because he asked Cas what he wants to do (on his last night), and offers booze, women...
** The whole plot for
* Episode 5x04, "The
** Even in the post-apocalyptic future, Castiel remained on Earth with Dean and fought beside him for 5 years, and, despite becoming utterly disillusioned, he still follows Dean into
** Future!Dean basically admits that he is using his friends as cannon-fodder, and yet:
--->'''Dean:''' Are you coming?
--->'''Castiel:''' Of course.
** One of the things that appalls Past!Dean most about Future!Dean is his willingness to sacrifice his friends, but Past!Dean seems especially horrified that he's sacrificing Castiel. "You mean you're going to feed your friends into a meat grinder? Cas too?" He seems to imply that he could ''possibly'' understand sacrificing the others, but deliberately letting Cas die is crossing the line.
** Cut
--->'''Future!Castiel:'''
--->'''Future Castiel:''' But instead, we become this. The only thing I think we have left, Dean and me, is each other. ''[unadorned sincerity]'' If Dean says it’s time to go out in a blaze of glory, win or lose, so be it. I’m in. But, then... ''[smiles at Past!Dean]'' That’s just how I roll.
** And that's not all in this episode: So,
--> '''Trickster:''' [brightly] Hey, Castiel!
--> ''(The Trickster flicks a hand, and Castiel vanishes)''
--> '''Sam:''' You know him?
--> '''Dean:''' Where did you just send him?
--> '''Trickster:''' Relax. He’ll live. ''(pause)'' Maybe.
--> '''Dean:''' ''(stepping forward, now clearly angry)'' All right, you know what? I’m done with the monkey dance. ‘Kay? We get it. /
*** So he ignores Sam's fairly good question -- how ''does'' a Trickster know Cas by name? -- in favor of just getting mad.
* Dean called Castiel "Huggy Bear" over the phone in "Abandon All Hope..." (in reference to a character on ''Series/StarskyAndHutch'', because of Cas saying "it's going down").
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** In other words, John said yes because the love of his life was in danger. Cas, meanwhile, is continually getting weaker, and is being targeted by both the angels and the demons. And what does Dean do a few episodes later? Try to say yes to Michael, even though Dean and Sam themselves are still okay. The only one currently really threatened is Cas. Meaning...
** And, of course, there's this: When [[http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbjd5f1Doc1rzhyyio1_r1_250.gif Cas almost collapses]], [[http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbjd5f1Doc1rzhyyio2_250.gif Dean and Sam]] [[http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbjd5f1Doc1rzhyyio3_250.gif help hold him up]]. [[http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbjd5f1Doc1rzhyyio4_250.gif However]], they hold him very differently. Note how Sam has his hand on Cas's chest, but quickly removes it as Dean comes farther forward. While Sam has one hand hooked under Cas's arm and the other holding Cas by his elbow, Dean is holding Cas's arm so tightly it's pulling at the fabric, and the other is holding Cas's forearm. The way Sam is holding Cas actually provides more support than Dean, which would usually be Dean's primary concern. Then, when Cas starts to fall again, Sam tries to pull him up, using his own body weight as an anchor, while Dean collapses down with Cas to catch him before he hits the ground.
** And, of course, there's this: When [[http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbjd5f1Doc1rzhyyio1_r1_250.gif Cas almost collapses]], [[http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbjd5f1Doc1rzhyyio2_250.gif Dean and Sam]] [[http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbjd5f1Doc1rzhyyio3_250.gif help hold him up]]. [[http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbjd5f1Doc1rzhyyio4_250.gif However]], they hold him very differently. Note how Sam has his hand on Cas's chest, but quickly removes it as Dean comes farther forward. While Sam has one hand hooked under Cas's arm and the other holding Cas by his elbow, Dean is holding Cas's arm so tightly it's pulling at the fabric, and the other is holding Cas's forearm. The way Sam is holding Cas actually provides more support than Dean, which would usually be Dean's primary concern. Then, when Cas starts to fall again, Sam tries to pull him up, using his own body weight as an anchor, while Dean collapses down with Cas to catch him before he hits the ground.
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* 5x14, "My Bloody Valentine" - a shipper's dream come true.
** Everyone in the town is being affected by Famine. While Castiel explains that the effect can be to make them crave love, sex, drugs, or food, Sam is listening to Cas and taking in what he's saying. [[http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mcsie75psw1qdcf9f.png Dean,]] [[http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mcsievKgtG1qdcf9f.png on the]] [[http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mcsifrjWZB1qdcf9f.png other hand]]...
** Near the end of the episode, Dean tells Castiel to go in and deal with Famine while he waits in the car. He does so for all of twelve seconds. Dean then says it's "taking too long", and follows Cas inside. This is the hunter who's stayed up all night on a stakeout how many times, and now ''twelve seconds'' is "too long" to wait for Cas to come back. Tell me again how [[http://mishasminions.tumblr.com/post/37334593506 Dean isn't hungering for anything]]?
*** Let's note that the one who gave us that line about Dean not hungering inside because he was "dead inside already" was Famine. Who was working with Lucifer. Who wanted Dean to say yes to Michael so that Sam would also give in. And Famine would have no problems lying to Dean to advance his agenda...
*** One interpretation is that the reason Dean says that is not due to impatience, but the simpleness of the plan, which was teleport into the diner, cut of Famine's ring, teleport back with the ring. The fact that it took longer than a few seconds meant that the plan had failed.
** Also note the name of the episode: "My Bloody Valentine"? With the impatience to follow Cas and the practically ''lustful'' staring referenced above, could this be another parallel perhaps?
** "Huggy bear" from the last episode isn't their only slashy phone call. Practically all of them are, to some degree, but this episode has a particularly nice one. Dean calls Castiel to give him their location, and Castiel appears ''right in front of him'' before the call is even finished. Which prompts this exchange, all while standing mere inches apart and staring at each other, apparently oblivious to the fact that Sam is in the room with them:
--->'''Castiel''': I'm there now.
--->'''Dean''': Yeah, I get that.
--->'''Castiel''': I'm going to hang up now.
--->'''Dean''': Right.
* Episode 5X16 has a bit.
** First, there's the fact that, several episodes prior, Dean jokingly called Cas Huggy Bear. In this episode, one scene features Dean wearing a T-shirt that reads, "I wuv hugs"... and features a picture of a bear! More of a ShipTease than anything Dean consciously or unconsciously meant to communicate, though, because it was of course based on a shirt Dean owned decades prior to ever meeting Cas. However:
** In more of a TearJerker move near the end, after Dean has spent the episode facing abandonment issues from his parents, Sammy, and God Himself, Cas gives back the amulet he borrowed near the beginning of the season. Of course, it was never a gift and the understanding was always that Castiel would return it when he was done. However, given the timing and how down both were feeling, the scene plays out more like a girlfriend returning a ring or a necklace after a painful breakup. No wonder Dean throws it in the trash after Cas is gone.
* Episode 5x18, "Point of No Return", has a lot of fun with this:
** Dean responds to one of Castiel's way-too-intent stares: "Last person who looked at me like that, I got laid," followed by a wink when Castiel starts to leave.
*** Dean's "Blow me, Cas", may have been a retort, but taken out of context... Castiel's confused expression [[ReactionShot immediately afterwards]] says he [[LiteralMinded didn't realize]] it was a figure of speech.
** The fight (or rather beat-up) scene. While it was surely brutal and nothing to be encouraged, not many fangirls missed how CLOSE their faces were. And just the fact that Cas took it that ''personally'' that Dean in particular was giving up... it was all very emotional.
** It seems very likely that the quite stunning overload of HoYay in this particular episode was all quite deliberate {{Fanservice}}, since this was a milestone episode (the show's 100th) and what better way to thank your fans than trampling all over that fine line between subtext and text?
** Everyone in the town is being affected by Famine. While Castiel explains that the effect can be to make them crave love, sex, drugs, or food, Sam is listening to Cas and taking in what he's saying. [[http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mcsie75psw1qdcf9f.png Dean,]] [[http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mcsievKgtG1qdcf9f.png on the]] [[http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mcsifrjWZB1qdcf9f.png other hand]]...
** Near the end of the episode, Dean tells Castiel to go in and deal with Famine while he waits in the car. He does so for all of twelve seconds. Dean then says it's "taking too long", and follows Cas inside. This is the hunter who's stayed up all night on a stakeout how many times, and now ''twelve seconds'' is "too long" to wait for Cas to come back. Tell me again how [[http://mishasminions.tumblr.com/post/37334593506 Dean isn't hungering for anything]]?
*** Let's note that the one who gave us that line about Dean not hungering inside because he was "dead inside already" was Famine. Who was working with Lucifer. Who wanted Dean to say yes to Michael so that Sam would also give in. And Famine would have no problems lying to Dean to advance his agenda...
*** One interpretation is that the reason Dean says that is not due to impatience, but the simpleness of the plan, which was teleport into the diner, cut of Famine's ring, teleport back with the ring. The fact that it took longer than a few seconds meant that the plan had failed.
** Also note the name of the episode: "My Bloody Valentine"? With the impatience to follow Cas and the practically ''lustful'' staring referenced above, could this be another parallel perhaps?
** "Huggy bear" from the last episode isn't their only slashy phone call. Practically all of them are, to some degree, but this episode has a particularly nice one. Dean calls Castiel to give him their location, and Castiel appears ''right in front of him'' before the call is even finished. Which prompts this exchange, all while standing mere inches apart and staring at each other, apparently oblivious to the fact that Sam is in the room with them:
--->'''Castiel''': I'm there now.
--->'''Dean''': Yeah, I get that.
--->'''Castiel''': I'm going to hang up now.
--->'''Dean''': Right.
* Episode 5X16 has a bit.
** First, there's the fact that, several episodes prior, Dean jokingly called Cas Huggy Bear. In this episode, one scene features Dean wearing a T-shirt that reads, "I wuv hugs"... and features a picture of a bear! More of a ShipTease than anything Dean consciously or unconsciously meant to communicate, though, because it was of course based on a shirt Dean owned decades prior to ever meeting Cas. However:
** In more of a TearJerker move near the end, after Dean has spent the episode facing abandonment issues from his parents, Sammy, and God Himself, Cas gives back the amulet he borrowed near the beginning of the season. Of course, it was never a gift and the understanding was always that Castiel would return it when he was done. However, given the timing and how down both were feeling, the scene plays out more like a girlfriend returning a ring or a necklace after a painful breakup. No wonder Dean throws it in the trash after Cas is gone.
* Episode 5x18, "Point of No Return", has a lot of fun with this:
** Dean responds to one of Castiel's way-too-intent stares: "Last person who looked at me like that, I got laid," followed by a wink when Castiel starts to leave.
*** Dean's "Blow me, Cas", may have been a retort, but taken out of context... Castiel's confused expression [[ReactionShot immediately afterwards]] says he [[LiteralMinded didn't realize]] it was a figure of speech.
** The fight (or rather beat-up) scene. While it was surely brutal and nothing to be encouraged, not many fangirls missed how CLOSE their faces were. And just the fact that Cas took it that ''personally'' that Dean in particular was giving up... it was all very emotional.
** It seems very likely that the quite stunning overload of HoYay in this particular episode was all quite deliberate {{Fanservice}}, since this was a milestone episode (the show's 100th) and what better way to thank your fans than trampling all over that fine line between subtext and text?
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** Amusingly, whenever another character points out the "profound bond" that Dean and Castiel seem to have, the normally snarky Dean goes completely silent and cannot even seem to muster a denial.
* In episode 6x05, "Live Free or Twi-Hard", Dean and Sam go to a bar during their investigation. While there, we see a taller fair-haired man kissing a shorter man with dark hair. ::cough::'''parallel'''::cough::
** Worth noting, too, that [[spoiler:soulless!Sam]] shows no reaction, but Dean apparently finds it so unpleasant to look at that he turns away, glancing over to see Sam's reaction, and then keeps his eyes deliberately averted for several minutes more.
* In episode 6x05, "Live Free or Twi-Hard", Dean and Sam go to a bar during their investigation. While there, we see a taller fair-haired man kissing a shorter man with dark hair. ::cough::'''parallel'''::cough::
** Worth noting, too, that [[spoiler:soulless!Sam]] shows no reaction, but Dean apparently finds it so unpleasant to look at that he turns away, glancing over to see Sam's reaction, and then keeps his eyes deliberately averted for several minutes more.
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* Most of season 6 has Dean being a big baby about Castiel not being around enough for him. He openly laments Cas not being human-like anymore. He just seems so entitled and used to having Cas by his side, and he's being a big jerk about it. In episode 6x17, "My Heart Will Go On", when Castiel finally opens up enough to say things aren't going so good for him, Dean finally starts cutting him some slack.
** It's not just that Cas admits things aren't going well for him, it's that he admits he'd rather be with Dean and Sam.
** Not to mention, later in the same episode [[spoiler:Castiel has Balthazar sink the Titanic again to save Dean and Sam from Fate.]] [[ItMakesSenseInContext It's more significant in context.]]
** That episode gets better: Balthazar tells the boys, or more specifically Dean, who he's clearly looking at for the last part, "I'm sorry, you have me confused with the other angel. You know, the one in the dirty trenchcoat who's in love with you?"
* Episode 6x19, "Mommy Dearest."
--->'''Dean''': Why's it always gotta be me that makes the call, huh? It's not like Cas lives in my ass, dude's busy!
--->'''Bobby''': *Gives a disbelieving look*
--->'''Castiel''': *Shows up behind Dean*
--->'''Dean''': Cas, get outta my ass!
--->'''Castiel''': I was never in... your... *Cue awkward looks*
** When Sam and Dean are about to leave the police station to escort two children home, Cas emotionally (or at least, emotionally by Cas standards) pleads with Dean to stay and help him. Not Sam, just Dean. The intense eye contact and close proximity did nothing to lessen the sexual tension.
*** The poignant music playing in the background as Cas watched Dean leave with a hurt expression certainly didn't help either.
* Episode 6x20, "The Man Who Would Be King", is one giant testament to Dean and Cas's relationship, depressing ending included.
** It's not just that Cas admits things aren't going well for him, it's that he admits he'd rather be with Dean and Sam.
** Not to mention, later in the same episode [[spoiler:Castiel has Balthazar sink the Titanic again to save Dean and Sam from Fate.]] [[ItMakesSenseInContext It's more significant in context.]]
** That episode gets better: Balthazar tells the boys, or more specifically Dean, who he's clearly looking at for the last part, "I'm sorry, you have me confused with the other angel. You know, the one in the dirty trenchcoat who's in love with you?"
* Episode 6x19, "Mommy Dearest."
--->'''Dean''': Why's it always gotta be me that makes the call, huh? It's not like Cas lives in my ass, dude's busy!
--->'''Bobby''': *Gives a disbelieving look*
--->'''Castiel''': *Shows up behind Dean*
--->'''Dean''': Cas, get outta my ass!
--->'''Castiel''': I was never in... your... *Cue awkward looks*
** When Sam and Dean are about to leave the police station to escort two children home, Cas emotionally (or at least, emotionally by Cas standards) pleads with Dean to stay and help him. Not Sam, just Dean. The intense eye contact and close proximity did nothing to lessen the sexual tension.
*** The poignant music playing in the background as Cas watched Dean leave with a hurt expression certainly didn't help either.
* Episode 6x20, "The Man Who Would Be King", is one giant testament to Dean and Cas's relationship, depressing ending included.
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* Most of season 6 has Dean being a big baby about Castiel not being around enough for him. He openly laments Cas not being human-like anymore. He just seems so entitled and used to having Cas by his side, and he's being a big jerk about it. In episode 6x17, "My Heart Will Go On", when Castiel finally opens up enough to say things aren't going so good for him, Dean finally starts cutting him some slack.
** It's not just that Cas admits things aren't going well for him, it's that he admits he'd rather be with Dean and Sam.
** Not to mention, later in the same episode [[spoiler:Castiel has Balthazar sink the Titanic again to save Dean and Sam from Fate.]] [[ItMakesSenseInContext It's more significant in context.]]
** That episode gets better: Balthazar tells the boys, or more specifically Dean, who he's clearly looking at for the last part, "I'm sorry, you have me confused with the other angel. You know, the one in the dirty trenchcoat who's in love with you?"
*Episode 6x19, "Mommy Dearest."
--->'''Dean''': Why's it always gotta be me that makes the call, huh? It's not like Cas lives in my ass, dude's busy!
--->'''Bobby''': *Gives a disbelieving look*
--->'''Castiel''': *Shows up behind Dean*
--->'''Dean''': Cas, get outta my ass!
--->'''Castiel''': I was never in... your... *Cue awkward looks*
**Dearest", When Sam and Dean are about to leave the police station to escort two children home, Cas emotionally (or at least, emotionally by Cas standards) pleads with Dean to stay and help him. Not Sam, just Dean. The intense eye contact and close proximity did nothing to lessen the sexual tension.
*** Thetension, and the poignant music playing in the background as Cas watched Dean leave with a hurt expression certainly didn't help either.
* Episode 6x20, "The Man Who Would Be King", is one giant testament to Dean and Cas's relationship, depressing ending included. %%Move parts of this to HomoeroticSubtext
** It's not just that Cas admits things aren't going well for him, it's that he admits he'd rather be with Dean and Sam.
** Not to mention, later in the same episode [[spoiler:Castiel has Balthazar sink the Titanic again to save Dean and Sam from Fate.]] [[ItMakesSenseInContext It's more significant in context.]]
** That episode gets better: Balthazar tells the boys, or more specifically Dean, who he's clearly looking at for the last part, "I'm sorry, you have me confused with the other angel. You know, the one in the dirty trenchcoat who's in love with you?"
*
--->'''Dean''': Why's it always gotta be me that makes the call, huh? It's not like Cas lives in my ass, dude's busy!
--->'''Bobby''': *Gives a disbelieving look*
--->'''Castiel''': *Shows up behind Dean*
--->'''Dean''': Cas, get outta my ass!
--->'''Castiel''': I was never in... your... *Cue awkward looks*
**
*** The
* Episode 6x20, "The Man Who Would Be King", is one giant testament to Dean and Cas's relationship, depressing ending included. %%Move parts of this to HomoeroticSubtext
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** OHMYGOD this episode is so Dean/Castastic it's not even funny. Dean not wanting to believe the truth about Castiel, Castiel's desire to have his friends [read: Dean] not think poorly of him, topped with the emotional confrontation at the end. Take away all the heaven/hell/angels/demons stuff and this is an episode about cheating. Castiel is a cheating husband who covers his tracks and eventually slips up, Crowley is the other woman and Dean is the wife who won't listen to her girlfriends when they tell him her man is cheating. Take a look at this exchange and replace 'working' with 'sleeping', seriously.
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** OHMYGOD this episode is so Dean/Castastic it's not even funny. Dean not wanting doesn't want to believe the truth about Castiel, Castiel's desire to have his friends [read: Dean] not think poorly of him, topped with the emotional confrontation at the end. Take away all the heaven/hell/angels/demons stuff and this is an episode about cheating. Castiel is a cheating husband who covers his tracks and eventually slips up, Crowley is the other woman and Dean is the wife who won't listen to her girlfriends when they tell him her man is cheating. Take a look at this exchange and replace 'working' with 'sleeping', seriously.
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** [[http://bakasara.tumblr.com/post/33563455783/ Everybody and their mother knows]] Dean projects his issues on other people. We see it again and again, including repeatedly in season 7, particularly 7x03 and 7x05, but there's a brief moment here, too.
--> '''Bobby:''' ''(talking about Castiel)'' That means we're dealing with a Superman who's gone Dark Side.
--> '''Dean:''' ''(looking at Sam)'' That makes you Lois Lane.
--> '''Bobby:''' ''(talking about Castiel)'' That means we're dealing with a Superman who's gone Dark Side.
--> '''Dean:''' ''(looking at Sam)'' That makes you Lois Lane.
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* Episode 6x21, "Let It Bleed". Despite it being an episode with Lisa and Ben, it screams of break-up for Dean and Castiel. In Dean's mind, all things having to do with Cas > Lisa and Ben.
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** Dean clenches his jaw and turns off the tv immediately after a woman being interviewed calls Cas sexy.
** And then, that final scene is so slashy it's not even funny. First, right at the beginning of the ritual, Cas falls and Dean starts forward to help him ''immediately'', is hesitant to let go, and is clearly ready to catch Cas if he starts to fall again.
** Then, just as the portal is opening, Cas turns to Dean and says "''I'm sorry, Dean.''". The mix of emotions on both of their faces says so much in just a few seconds. And then, when you learn a few minutes later Cas didn't expect to survive the ritual, you realize that though he had enough time to say goodbye, he chose not to, so that instead the [[http://theyretakingthetardistolesamis.tumblr.com/post/34466855748 last thing he said would be Dean's name.]]
** As soon as the ritual is over, Dean is ''there'' with Cas, trying to tell if he's alive. When Bobby says Cas is cold, he asks if there's a pulse. Then, he gets this hopeful look on his face and suggests "Maybe angels don’t need to breathe". When Bobby convinces Dean that Cas is really gone, he looks completely crushed, and like he can't believe this is really happening. As he stands up, he says "''dammit''", and he sounds like he's had the wind knocked right out of him.
** And then, all that is completely reversed in a matter of seconds when Cas heals and opens his eyes. He looks like he's just been told the most wonderful thing he's ever heard. He helps Cas up, holding on to him rather longer than necessary, and when he does let go he just kinda trails his hand down Cas's arm slowly...
** Despite Cas having betrayed him completely - including hurting ''Sam'' - when he says he'll find some way to redeem himself to Dean, he says "one thing at a time," indicating that as actually possible. Only Sam's ever gotten that much from Dean.
** And ''then'', after the Leviathan take over and say Cas is dead, Dean just collapses, looking utterly crushed, and so much more so than any time before, even when he thought Cas was dead just minutes ago.
*** And this isn't nearly everything! There's so much meta out there about this episode.
** Also a bit of slashy FoeYay there, considering Leviathan!Cas yanks Dean close, holds their faces about four inches apart, and stares at Dean's lips half the time they're talking.
*** Might be more than just FoeYay, too... In a later episode, a captured Leviathan tells Dean they knew everything Cas knew. Perhaps a bit of Cas's ... ''feelings''... carried over for those initial few seconds?
* Episode 7x02 is just as amazing. In particular, when Castiel seemingly explodes underwater and his trench coat (over coat) washes ashore, Dean picks it up, folds it, and takes it with him.
** Not just folds it - folds it roughly the way the flags on veterans' coffins are folded for their widows/widowers.
** Bobby points out the thing Dean and Cas had, in a totally un-Bobby move. When Sam chose Ruby over Dean, Bobby's reply was "''So sorry your feelings got hurt, princess.''" When Cas dies?
--> '''Bobby:''' You just lost one of the best friends you ever had, your brother’s in the bell jar, and purgatory’s most wanted are surfing the sewer lines, but you know, yeah, I get it. You’re ''fine''.
* Parallel time! Episode 7x03 has a major parallel: from Dean's point of view, Sam/Amy is pretty much the same as Dean/Cas; a relationship between a supernatural being and a Winchester boy who fell in love with them when he was too stupid not to. Dean thinks Cas betrayed him, and that he should have killed Cas when he had the chance, and he projects that guilt onto Sam and Amy. Killing Amy is basically Dean trying to do it right this time.
* Episode 7x04, we see Dean go for his first one-night-stand in a very long time, and he apparently has to convince himself to do it.
--> '''Dean:''' You are Dean Winchester. This is what you do.
** And then there's this:
--> '''Dean:''' I’ll do another.
--> '''Bartender:''' Love life or job? [*smiles at Dean’s confused look*] Two quick doubles, it’s something. I’m Mia, by the way.
--> '''Dean:''' Well, Mia. That is a… complex question.
*** ...so why exactly is it complex? What "love life" are we talking about? Dean hasn't slept with anyone that we know of since Lisa, and before that, Anna. Why would either of those be affecting him like this now?
* Episode 7x05, "Shut Up, Doctor Phil". Though, as mentioned above, this could be a parallel to the Sam/Dean relationship, there's some notes of Dean/Cas in there, too.
--> '''Dean:''' Obviously you two are capable of wiping each other out, right? But you haven’t, huh? Which means, that you two, you still value… whatever it is you’ve got. And you want to keep that dance going.
** Dean and Cas both had the chance to kill each other, multiple times, but didn't. And then, it gets better...
--> '''Dean:''' Maybe it’s punishment. Maybe it’s sick, messed-up, kinky, erotic, clamps-and-feathers kinda love…
--> '''Sam:''' Okay, that’s going WAY too deep there, cowboy.
--> '''Dean:''' *''pulls back, looking completely horrified''*
** Since when has Dean been bothered by talking about sex? He and Sam have joked about it before, what difference is there this time? ...except maybe the fact that he's talking about himself and Cas there? Dean himself has used "feathery" to talk about/to Cas before, including in "''The Third Man''" - moments before Cas's line about their "profound bond"; remember that - and that previous bit set it up as Dean talking about the two of them disguised poorly as talking about the two witches. How does Sam take over from here?
--> '''Sam:''' What he's trying to say is that you two, whatever it is you have, you're ''bonded''.
** "More profound bond", anyone? Clearly, considering how Sam cut Dean off, he got what Dean was really saying there, and was basically saying "''stop projecting your shit on these two''."
** And then, that final scene is so slashy it's not even funny. First, right at the beginning of the ritual, Cas falls and Dean starts forward to help him ''immediately'', is hesitant to let go, and is clearly ready to catch Cas if he starts to fall again.
** Then, just as the portal is opening, Cas turns to Dean and says "''I'm sorry, Dean.''". The mix of emotions on both of their faces says so much in just a few seconds. And then, when you learn a few minutes later Cas didn't expect to survive the ritual, you realize that though he had enough time to say goodbye, he chose not to, so that instead the [[http://theyretakingthetardistolesamis.tumblr.com/post/34466855748 last thing he said would be Dean's name.]]
** As soon as the ritual is over, Dean is ''there'' with Cas, trying to tell if he's alive. When Bobby says Cas is cold, he asks if there's a pulse. Then, he gets this hopeful look on his face and suggests "Maybe angels don’t need to breathe". When Bobby convinces Dean that Cas is really gone, he looks completely crushed, and like he can't believe this is really happening. As he stands up, he says "''dammit''", and he sounds like he's had the wind knocked right out of him.
** And then, all that is completely reversed in a matter of seconds when Cas heals and opens his eyes. He looks like he's just been told the most wonderful thing he's ever heard. He helps Cas up, holding on to him rather longer than necessary, and when he does let go he just kinda trails his hand down Cas's arm slowly...
** Despite Cas having betrayed him completely - including hurting ''Sam'' - when he says he'll find some way to redeem himself to Dean, he says "one thing at a time," indicating that as actually possible. Only Sam's ever gotten that much from Dean.
** And ''then'', after the Leviathan take over and say Cas is dead, Dean just collapses, looking utterly crushed, and so much more so than any time before, even when he thought Cas was dead just minutes ago.
*** And this isn't nearly everything! There's so much meta out there about this episode.
** Also a bit of slashy FoeYay there, considering Leviathan!Cas yanks Dean close, holds their faces about four inches apart, and stares at Dean's lips half the time they're talking.
*** Might be more than just FoeYay, too... In a later episode, a captured Leviathan tells Dean they knew everything Cas knew. Perhaps a bit of Cas's ... ''feelings''... carried over for those initial few seconds?
* Episode 7x02 is just as amazing. In particular, when Castiel seemingly explodes underwater and his trench coat (over coat) washes ashore, Dean picks it up, folds it, and takes it with him.
** Not just folds it - folds it roughly the way the flags on veterans' coffins are folded for their widows/widowers.
** Bobby points out the thing Dean and Cas had, in a totally un-Bobby move. When Sam chose Ruby over Dean, Bobby's reply was "''So sorry your feelings got hurt, princess.''" When Cas dies?
--> '''Bobby:''' You just lost one of the best friends you ever had, your brother’s in the bell jar, and purgatory’s most wanted are surfing the sewer lines, but you know, yeah, I get it. You’re ''fine''.
* Parallel time! Episode 7x03 has a major parallel: from Dean's point of view, Sam/Amy is pretty much the same as Dean/Cas; a relationship between a supernatural being and a Winchester boy who fell in love with them when he was too stupid not to. Dean thinks Cas betrayed him, and that he should have killed Cas when he had the chance, and he projects that guilt onto Sam and Amy. Killing Amy is basically Dean trying to do it right this time.
* Episode 7x04, we see Dean go for his first one-night-stand in a very long time, and he apparently has to convince himself to do it.
--> '''Dean:''' You are Dean Winchester. This is what you do.
** And then there's this:
--> '''Dean:''' I’ll do another.
--> '''Bartender:''' Love life or job? [*smiles at Dean’s confused look*] Two quick doubles, it’s something. I’m Mia, by the way.
--> '''Dean:''' Well, Mia. That is a… complex question.
*** ...so why exactly is it complex? What "love life" are we talking about? Dean hasn't slept with anyone that we know of since Lisa, and before that, Anna. Why would either of those be affecting him like this now?
* Episode 7x05, "Shut Up, Doctor Phil". Though, as mentioned above, this could be a parallel to the Sam/Dean relationship, there's some notes of Dean/Cas in there, too.
--> '''Dean:''' Obviously you two are capable of wiping each other out, right? But you haven’t, huh? Which means, that you two, you still value… whatever it is you’ve got. And you want to keep that dance going.
** Dean and Cas both had the chance to kill each other, multiple times, but didn't. And then, it gets better...
--> '''Dean:''' Maybe it’s punishment. Maybe it’s sick, messed-up, kinky, erotic, clamps-and-feathers kinda love…
--> '''Sam:''' Okay, that’s going WAY too deep there, cowboy.
--> '''Dean:''' *''pulls back, looking completely horrified''*
** Since when has Dean been bothered by talking about sex? He and Sam have joked about it before, what difference is there this time? ...except maybe the fact that he's talking about himself and Cas there? Dean himself has used "feathery" to talk about/to Cas before, including in "''The Third Man''" - moments before Cas's line about their "profound bond"; remember that - and that previous bit set it up as Dean talking about the two of them disguised poorly as talking about the two witches. How does Sam take over from here?
--> '''Sam:''' What he's trying to say is that you two, whatever it is you have, you're ''bonded''.
** "More profound bond", anyone? Clearly, considering how Sam cut Dean off, he got what Dean was really saying there, and was basically saying "''stop projecting your shit on these two''."
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** Dean clenches his jaw and turns off At the tv immediately after a woman being interviewed calls Cas sexy.
** And then, that final scene is so slashy it's not even funny. First,end of the episode, right at the beginning of the ritual, Cas falls and Dean starts forward to help him ''immediately'', is hesitant to let go, and is clearly ready to catch Cas if he starts to fall again.
** Then, just as the portal is opening, Cas turns to Dean and says "''I'm sorry, Dean.''". The mix of emotions on both of their faces says so much in just a few seconds. And then, when you learn a few minutes later Cas didn't expect to survive the ritual, you realize that though he had enough time to say goodbye, he chose not to, so that instead the [[http://theyretakingthetardistolesamis.tumblr.com/post/34466855748 last thing he said would be Dean's name.]]
** As soon as the ritual is over, Dean is ''there'' with Cas, trying to tell if he's alive. When Bobby says Cas is cold, he asks if there's a pulse. Then, he gets this hopeful look on his face and suggests "Maybe angels don’t need to breathe". When Bobby convinces Dean that Cas is really gone, he looks completely crushed, and like he can't believe this is really happening. As he stands up, he says "''dammit''", and he sounds like he's had the wind knocked right out of him.
** And then, all that is completely reversed in a matter of secondsagain. Then when Cas heals and opens his eyes. He looks like he's just been told the most wonderful thing he's ever heard. He eyes, Dean helps Cas him up, holding on to him rather longer than necessary, and when he does let go he just kinda trails his hand down Cas's arm slowly...
** Despite Cas having betrayed him completely - including hurting ''Sam'' - when he says he'll find some way to redeem himself to Dean, he says "one thing at a time," indicating that as actually possible. Only Sam's ever gotten that much from Dean.
** And ''then'', after the Leviathan take over and say Cas is dead, Dean just collapses, looking utterly crushed, and so much more so than any time before, even when he thought Cas was dead just minutes ago.
*** And this isn't nearly everything! There's so much meta out there about this episode.
** Also a bit of slashy FoeYay there, considering Leviathan!Cas yanks Dean close, holds their faces about four inches apart, and stares at Dean's lips half the time they're talking.
*** Might be more than just FoeYay, too... In a later episode, a captured Leviathan tells Dean they knew everything Cas knew. Perhaps a bit of Cas's ... ''feelings''... carried over for those initial few seconds?
* Episode 7x02 is just as amazing. In particular, when Castiel seemingly explodes underwater and his trench coat (over coat) washes ashore, Dean picks it up, folds it, and takes it with him.
**him throughout the season as a TragicKeepssake. Not just folds it - only that, but he folds it roughly the way the flags on veterans' coffins are folded for their widows/widowers.
** Bobby points out the thing Dean and Cas had, in a totally un-Bobby move. When Sam chose Ruby over Dean, Bobby's reply was "''So sorry your feelings got hurt, princess.''" When Cas dies?
--> '''Bobby:''' You just lost one of the best friends you ever had, your brother’s in the bell jar, and purgatory’s most wanted are surfing the sewer lines, but you know, yeah, I get it. You’re ''fine''.
* Parallel time! Episode 7x03 has a major parallel: from Dean's point of view, Sam/Amy is pretty much the same as Dean/Cas; a relationship between a supernatural being and a Winchester boy who fell in love with them when he was too stupid not to. Dean thinks Cas betrayed him, and that he should have killed Cas when he had the chance, and he projects that guilt onto Sam and Amy. Killing Amy is basically Dean trying to do it right this time.
* Episode 7x04, we see Dean go for his first one-night-stand in a very long time, and he apparently has to convince himself to do it.
--> '''Dean:''' You are Dean Winchester. This is what you do.
** And then there's this:
--> '''Dean:''' I’ll do another.
--> '''Bartender:''' Love life or job? [*smiles at Dean’s confused look*] Two quick doubles, it’s something. I’m Mia, by the way.
--> '''Dean:''' Well, Mia. That is a… complex question.
*** ...so why exactly is it complex? What "love life" are we talking about? Dean hasn't slept with anyone that we know of since Lisa, and before that, Anna. Why would either of those be affecting him like this now?
* Episode 7x05, "Shut Up, Doctor Phil". Though, as mentioned above, this could be a parallel to the Sam/Dean relationship, there's some notes of Dean/Cas in there, too.
--> '''Dean:''' Obviously you two are capable of wiping each other out, right? But you haven’t, huh? Which means, that you two, you still value… whatever it is you’ve got. And you want to keep that dance going.
** Dean and Cas both had the chance to kill each other, multiple times, but didn't. And then, it gets better...
--> '''Dean:''' Maybe it’s punishment. Maybe it’s sick, messed-up, kinky, erotic, clamps-and-feathers kinda love…
--> '''Sam:''' Okay, that’s going WAY too deep there, cowboy.
--> '''Dean:''' *''pulls back, looking completely horrified''*
** Since when has Dean been bothered by talking about sex? He and Sam have joked about it before, what difference is there this time? ...except maybe the fact that he's talking about himself and Cas there? Dean himself has used "feathery" to talk about/to Cas before, including in "''The Third Man''" - moments before Cas's line about their "profound bond"; remember that - and that previous bit set it up as Dean talking about the two of them disguised poorly as talking about the two witches. How does Sam take over from here?
--> '''Sam:''' What he's trying to say is that you two, whatever it is you have, you're ''bonded''.
** "More profound bond", anyone? Clearly, considering how Sam cut Dean off, he got what Dean was really saying there, and was basically saying "''stop projecting your shit on these two''."widows/widowers.
** And then, that final scene is so slashy it's not even funny. First,
** Then, just as the portal is opening, Cas turns to Dean and says "''I'm sorry, Dean.''". The mix of emotions on both of their faces says so much in just a few seconds. And then, when you learn a few minutes later Cas didn't expect to survive the ritual, you realize that though he had enough time to say goodbye, he chose not to, so that instead the [[http://theyretakingthetardistolesamis.tumblr.com/post/34466855748 last thing he said would be Dean's name.]]
** As soon as the ritual is over, Dean is ''there'' with Cas, trying to tell if he's alive. When Bobby says Cas is cold, he asks if there's a pulse. Then, he gets this hopeful look on his face and suggests "Maybe angels don’t need to breathe". When Bobby convinces Dean that Cas is really gone, he looks completely crushed, and like he can't believe this is really happening. As he stands up, he says "''dammit''", and he sounds like he's had the wind knocked right out of him.
** And then, all that is completely reversed in a matter of seconds
** And ''then'', after the Leviathan take over and say Cas is dead, Dean just collapses, looking utterly crushed, and so much more so than any time before, even when he thought Cas was dead just minutes ago.
*** And this isn't nearly everything! There's so much meta out there about this episode.
** Also a bit of slashy FoeYay there, considering Leviathan!Cas yanks Dean close, holds their faces about four inches apart, and stares at Dean's lips half the time they're talking.
*** Might be more than just FoeYay, too... In a later episode, a captured Leviathan tells Dean they knew everything Cas knew. Perhaps a bit of Cas's ... ''feelings''... carried over for those initial few seconds?
**
** Bobby points out the thing Dean and Cas had, in a totally un-Bobby move. When Sam chose Ruby over Dean, Bobby's reply was "''So sorry your feelings got hurt, princess.''" When Cas dies?
--> '''Bobby:''' You just lost one of the best friends you ever had, your brother’s in the bell jar, and purgatory’s most wanted are surfing the sewer lines, but you know, yeah, I get it. You’re ''fine''.
* Parallel time! Episode 7x03 has a major parallel: from Dean's point of view, Sam/Amy is pretty much the same as Dean/Cas; a relationship between a supernatural being and a Winchester boy who fell in love with them when he was too stupid not to. Dean thinks Cas betrayed him, and that he should have killed Cas when he had the chance, and he projects that guilt onto Sam and Amy. Killing Amy is basically Dean trying to do it right this time.
* Episode 7x04, we see Dean go for his first one-night-stand in a very long time, and he apparently has to convince himself to do it.
--> '''Dean:''' You are Dean Winchester. This is what you do.
** And then there's this:
--> '''Dean:''' I’ll do another.
--> '''Bartender:''' Love life or job? [*smiles at Dean’s confused look*] Two quick doubles, it’s something. I’m Mia, by the way.
--> '''Dean:''' Well, Mia. That is a… complex question.
*** ...so why exactly is it complex? What "love life" are we talking about? Dean hasn't slept with anyone that we know of since Lisa, and before that, Anna. Why would either of those be affecting him like this now?
* Episode 7x05, "Shut Up, Doctor Phil". Though, as mentioned above, this could be a parallel to the Sam/Dean relationship, there's some notes of Dean/Cas in there, too.
--> '''Dean:''' Obviously you two are capable of wiping each other out, right? But you haven’t, huh? Which means, that you two, you still value… whatever it is you’ve got. And you want to keep that dance going.
** Dean and Cas both had the chance to kill each other, multiple times, but didn't. And then, it gets better...
--> '''Dean:''' Maybe it’s punishment. Maybe it’s sick, messed-up, kinky, erotic, clamps-and-feathers kinda love…
--> '''Sam:''' Okay, that’s going WAY too deep there, cowboy.
--> '''Dean:''' *''pulls back, looking completely horrified''*
** Since when has Dean been bothered by talking about sex? He and Sam have joked about it before, what difference is there this time? ...except maybe the fact that he's talking about himself and Cas there? Dean himself has used "feathery" to talk about/to Cas before, including in "''The Third Man''" - moments before Cas's line about their "profound bond"; remember that - and that previous bit set it up as Dean talking about the two of them disguised poorly as talking about the two witches. How does Sam take over from here?
--> '''Sam:''' What he's trying to say is that you two, whatever it is you have, you're ''bonded''.
** "More profound bond", anyone? Clearly, considering how Sam cut Dean off, he got what Dean was really saying there, and was basically saying "''stop projecting your shit on these two''."
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* Episode 7x07, Dean manages to say more about what's up with him than he has so far in the entire season except through projecting on others.
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* Episode 7x07, Dean manages to say more about admits what's up bothering him, and the wording is akin to someone dealing with him than he has so far in the entire season except through projecting on others.TheLostLenore.
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* Episode 7x08 takes that even farther, thanks to the Turducken.
--> '''Dean:''' Are you kidding? I’m fine! I — I actually feel great. The best I’ve felt in a couple months. ''Cas? Black goo? I don’t even care anymore.'' And you know what’s even better? I don’t care that I don’t care. I just want my damn slammer back.
** So, having been drugged by said slammer, Dean's able to say what's bothering him. It's not the problems he and Sam had been having, it's not losing/giving up Ben and Lisa for good, it's not the Leviathan keeping them on the run, it's not Sam's mental problems, it's not even [[spoiler:Cas's betrayal, or time as God]], it's about ''Cas's death''.
* Episode 7x17 is an entire episode of incredible parallels.
--> '''Dean:''' Are you kidding? I’m fine! I — I actually feel great. The best I’ve felt in a couple months. ''Cas? Black goo? I don’t even care anymore.'' And you know what’s even better? I don’t care that I don’t care. I just want my damn slammer back.
** So, having been drugged by said slammer, Dean's able to say what's bothering him. It's not the problems he and Sam had been having, it's not losing/giving up Ben and Lisa for good, it's not the Leviathan keeping them on the run, it's not Sam's mental problems, it's not even [[spoiler:Cas's betrayal, or time as God]], it's about ''Cas's death''.
* Episode 7x17 is an entire episode of incredible parallels.
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* Episode 7x08 takes that even farther, thanks to 7x17, the Turducken.
--> '''Dean:''' Are you kidding? I’m fine! I — I actually feel great. The best I’ve felt in a couple months. ''Cas? Black goo? I don’t even care anymore.'' And you know what’s even better? I don’t care that I don’t care. I just want my damn slammer back.
** So, having been drugged by said slammer, Dean's able to say what's bothering him. It's not the problems he and Sam had been having, it's not losing/giving up Ben and Lisa for good, it's not the Leviathan keeping them on the run, it's not Sam's mental problems, it's not even [[spoiler:Cas's betrayal, or time as God]], it's about ''Cas's death''.
* Episode 7x17 is an entire episodereturn of incredible parallels. Castiel, has several moments:
--> '''Dean:''' Are you kidding? I’m fine! I — I actually feel great. The best I’ve felt in a couple months. ''Cas? Black goo? I don’t even care anymore.'' And you know what’s even better? I don’t care that I don’t care. I just want my damn slammer back.
** So, having been drugged by said slammer, Dean's able to say what's bothering him. It's not the problems he and Sam had been having, it's not losing/giving up Ben and Lisa for good, it's not the Leviathan keeping them on the run, it's not Sam's mental problems, it's not even [[spoiler:Cas's betrayal, or time as God]], it's about ''Cas's death''.
* Episode 7x17 is an entire episode
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** The entire conversation in the car is amazing, and cannot possibly be summed up here. One moment out of many, and one fairly easy to overlook on a casual viewing, is when Emmanuel!Cas asks Dean if the one who betrayed Dean was his friend. Dean doesn't answer verbally, but his face gives it away. [[http://bakasara.tumblr.com/post/34026405355/ He gets this expression on his face]], and looks away from Cas, like he wants to say "Yes, he was, but he was ''more'' than that, too," but can't, because he still doesn't quite understand how he feels, and he doesn't know how to put it into words.
** When Cas regained his memory in that same episode, the three memory flashes shown were about Dean. , too, but with that one we didn't get to see what he remembered, only the expression on his face when he did. And look at his eyes: he's looking down and to his right, "a body language cue which generally indicates you are remembering a smell, a feeling, or a taste."
** Not to mention, Dean kept his coat in the back of their car, and there was the line from the promo, "part of me always believed you'd come back." How is this not canon?
** This deserves to be repeated. Despite Cas lying to them about a major issue and [[spoiler: hurting Sam, which Dean will not tolerate from ''anyone'']], and despite the two having to change cars at least ''seven'' times over the past few months, ''Dean never stopped carrying the coat around''. He ''always'' kept it with him. He never washed it, either, as if he wanted it to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuFk8s9HYMo still smell like Cas.]]
* Episode 7x21, "Reading Is Fundamental" has this little gem:
-->'''Dean''': The Angels, they don’t care. I think maybe they just don’t have the equipment to care. Seems like when they try, it just breaks them apart. *forlorn stare into nothingness*
** It should be noted that while he is talking to Kevin at this moment about the angels in general, that he is talking about Cas in particular is heavily implied by the nature of the other events in the episode. i.e. Deans attempted intervention/talking about feelings with Cas.
* Those demons and their lampshading. In the season 7 finale, episode 7x23, Meg says to Dean that Castiel "was [his] boyfriend first". Dean says nothing to deny it, as if he's given up on pretending they weren't.
* That entire episode was Destiel filled, from the apology to [[spoiler:Purgatory.]] The only thing missing is the big kiss.
** When Cas regained his memory in that same episode, the three memory flashes shown were about Dean. , too, but with that one we didn't get to see what he remembered, only the expression on his face when he did. And look at his eyes: he's looking down and to his right, "a body language cue which generally indicates you are remembering a smell, a feeling, or a taste."
** Not to mention, Dean kept his coat in the back of their car, and there was the line from the promo, "part of me always believed you'd come back." How is this not canon?
** This deserves to be repeated. Despite Cas lying to them about a major issue and [[spoiler: hurting Sam, which Dean will not tolerate from ''anyone'']], and despite the two having to change cars at least ''seven'' times over the past few months, ''Dean never stopped carrying the coat around''. He ''always'' kept it with him. He never washed it, either, as if he wanted it to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuFk8s9HYMo still smell like Cas.]]
* Episode 7x21, "Reading Is Fundamental" has this little gem:
-->'''Dean''': The Angels, they don’t care. I think maybe they just don’t have the equipment to care. Seems like when they try, it just breaks them apart. *forlorn stare into nothingness*
** It should be noted that while he is talking to Kevin at this moment about the angels in general, that he is talking about Cas in particular is heavily implied by the nature of the other events in the episode. i.e. Deans attempted intervention/talking about feelings with Cas.
* Those demons and their lampshading. In the season 7 finale, episode 7x23, Meg says to Dean that Castiel "was [his] boyfriend first". Dean says nothing to deny it, as if he's given up on pretending they weren't.
* That entire episode was Destiel filled, from the apology to [[spoiler:Purgatory.]] The only thing missing is the big kiss.
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** The entire conversation in the car is amazing, and cannot possibly be summed up here. One moment out of many, and one fairly easy to overlook on a casual viewing, is when When Emmanuel!Cas asks Dean if the one who betrayed Dean was his friend. friend, Dean doesn't answer verbally, but his face gives it away. [[http://bakasara.tumblr.com/post/34026405355/ He gets this has a sad expression on his face]], face, and looks away from Cas, like as if he wants to say "Yes, he was, but he was ''more'' than that, too," but can't, because he still doesn't quite understand how he feels, and he doesn't know how to put it into words.
** When Cas regained his memory in that same episode, the three memory flashes shown were about Dean., Sam, too, but with that one we didn't get to see what he remembered, only the expression on his face when he did. And look at his eyes: he's looking down and to his right, "a body language cue which generally indicates you are remembering a smell, a feeling, or a taste."
did.
** Not to mention, Dean kept his coat in the back of their car, and there was the line from the promo,"part "[[IWillWaitForYou part of me always believed you'd come back.back]]." How is this not canon?
** This deserves to be repeated.Despite Cas lying to them about a major issue and [[spoiler: hurting Sam, which Dean will not tolerate from ''anyone'']], and despite the two having to change cars at least ''seven'' times over the past few months, ''Dean never stopped carrying the coat around''. He ''always'' kept it with him. He never washed it, either, as if he wanted it to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuFk8s9HYMo still smell like Cas.]]\n* Episode 7x21, "Reading Is Fundamental" has this little gem:\n-->'''Dean''': The Angels, they don’t care. I think maybe they just don’t have the equipment to care. Seems like when they try, it just breaks them apart. *forlorn stare into nothingness*\n** It should be noted that while he is talking to Kevin at this moment about the angels in general, that he is talking about Cas in particular is heavily implied by the nature of the other events in the episode. i.e. Deans attempted intervention/talking about feelings with Cas.\n* Those demons and their lampshading. In the season 7 finale, episode 7x23, Meg says to Dean that Castiel "was [his] boyfriend first". Dean says nothing to deny it, as if he's given up on pretending they weren't.
*That entire episode In Episode 7x21, "Reading is Fundamental", Hester notably accuses Dean of serving as tempting force for Castiel:
--> '''Hester''': The very touch of you corrupts. When Castiel first laid a hand on you in Hell, he wasDestiel filled, from the apology to [[spoiler:Purgatory.]] The only thing missing is the big kiss. lost!
* Episode 7x23 has this exchange between Sam and Dean about Castiel:
** When Cas regained his memory in that same episode, the three memory flashes shown were about Dean.
** Not to mention, Dean kept his coat in the back of their car, and there was the line from the promo,
** This deserves to be repeated.
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* Episode 7x23 has this exchange between Sam and Dean about Castiel:
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---> '''Dean:''' Do I look like good luck to you?
---> '''Cas:''' *awkward pause*
** Castiel has been swearing up and down that he doesn't condone or commit violence anymore. When Dick Roman makes a move to attack Dean, Cas lunges between them and shoves Roman across the room and into a wall.
** He also draws attention to himself when Hester looks like she's about to move against Dean.
** Even the DownerEnding seems to come right out of a SlashFic! [[spoiler: Dean and Castiel are now [[LockedInAFreezer trapped together in Purgatory]] and will probably have to [[ShipTease depend on each other for survival]].]]
---> '''Dean:''' Do I look like good luck to you?
---> '''Cas:''' *awkward pause*
** Castiel has been swearing up and down that he doesn't condone or commit violence anymore. When Dick Roman makes a move to attack Dean, Cas lunges between them and shoves Roman across the room and into a wall.
** He also draws attention to himself when Hester looks like she's about to move against Dean.
** Even the DownerEnding seems to come right out of a SlashFic! [[spoiler: Dean and Castiel are now [[LockedInAFreezer trapped together in Purgatory]] and will probably have to [[ShipTease depend on each other for survival]].]]
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** Even the DownerEnding seems to come right out of a SlashFic! [[spoiler: Dean and Castiel are now [[LockedInAFreezer trapped together in Purgatory]] and will probably have to [[ShipTease depend on each other for survival]].]]
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* Sam and [[spoiler:Lucifer.]] "It had to be you", after some rather intimate moments in bed with [[spoiler:the supposed ghost of]] Jessica.
** The whole [[spoiler: Lucifer-is-destined-to-possess-Sam thing]] had shades of an arranged marriage, with [[spoiler: Lucifer]] doing his best to "court" Sam and trying to convince him that it was his destiny. Brought to its fullest subtext in the finale of Season 5 when [[spoiler: Lucifer finally possesses Sam and spends most of the episode trying to make him happy with the arrangement from sparing Dean (which came back to bite him the ass) to giving him revenge against Azazel's cronies who'd been manipulating him his entire life.]] Really he came off as an older dutiful husband trying to please his young, unhappy bride!
* Season 7 gets off to a good start HoYay wise, what with [[spoiler:Hallucination!Lucifer]] calling Sam things like "bunkmate" and "his little bitch in every sense of the word". It's far beyond subtext now.
** Balthazar more than implied this way back in the middle of Season 6; Michael and [[spoiler:Lucifer]] "hate-banging" Sam, anyone? And even earlier on, Castiel was making some extremely suggestive comments about how traumatized Sam would be as a result of the two pissed-off angels "taking out their frustrations" on him.
** Actually, what Mark Pellegrino has unleashed upon the seventh season is probably the most ''blatant'' HoYay in the history of the show.
*** At this point, [[spoiler:Lucifer]] isn't actually there. Which means that yeah, it's Sam's mind that generates all of [[spoiler: Lucifer]]'s yay-tastic comments. "Aww, he wants to hold your little hand... How sweet."
** And in Season 7, Episode 15 [[spoiler: Sam's hallucination of Lucifer]] returns, this time acting pouty whenever Sam ignored him and squealing like a schoolgirl when Sam finally interacted with him again! Not helped by the [[MonsterOfTheWeek Monster of Week's]] relationship to his former host almost explicitly paralleling [[spoiler: Lucifer]]'s relationship to Sam, and they were anything but subtle!
*** Not to mention the line about how [[spoiler: Hallucination!Lucifer]] had missed interacting with Sam: "The rapier wit, the wittier rape..."
** The whole [[spoiler: Lucifer-is-destined-to-possess-Sam thing]] had shades of an arranged marriage, with [[spoiler: Lucifer]] doing his best to "court" Sam and trying to convince him that it was his destiny. Brought to its fullest subtext in the finale of Season 5 when [[spoiler: Lucifer finally possesses Sam and spends most of the episode trying to make him happy with the arrangement from sparing Dean (which came back to bite him the ass) to giving him revenge against Azazel's cronies who'd been manipulating him his entire life.]] Really he came off as an older dutiful husband trying to please his young, unhappy bride!
* Season 7 gets off to a good start HoYay wise, what with [[spoiler:Hallucination!Lucifer]] calling Sam things like "bunkmate" and "his little bitch in every sense of the word". It's far beyond subtext now.
** Balthazar more than implied this way back in the middle of Season 6; Michael and [[spoiler:Lucifer]] "hate-banging" Sam, anyone? And even earlier on, Castiel was making some extremely suggestive comments about how traumatized Sam would be as a result of the two pissed-off angels "taking out their frustrations" on him.
** Actually, what Mark Pellegrino has unleashed upon the seventh season is probably the most ''blatant'' HoYay in the history of the show.
*** At this point, [[spoiler:Lucifer]] isn't actually there. Which means that yeah, it's Sam's mind that generates all of [[spoiler: Lucifer]]'s yay-tastic comments. "Aww, he wants to hold your little hand... How sweet."
** And in Season 7, Episode 15 [[spoiler: Sam's hallucination of Lucifer]] returns, this time acting pouty whenever Sam ignored him and squealing like a schoolgirl when Sam finally interacted with him again! Not helped by the [[MonsterOfTheWeek Monster of Week's]] relationship to his former host almost explicitly paralleling [[spoiler: Lucifer]]'s relationship to Sam, and they were anything but subtle!
*** Not to mention the line about how [[spoiler: Hallucination!Lucifer]] had missed interacting with Sam: "The rapier wit, the wittier rape..."
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* Sam and [[spoiler:Lucifer.]] "It had to be you", after some rather intimate moments in bed with [[spoiler:the supposed ghost of]] Jessica.
**The whole [[spoiler: Lucifer-is-destined-to-possess-Sam thing]] had shades of an arranged marriage, with [[spoiler: Lucifer]] doing his best to "court" Sam and trying to convince him that it was his destiny. Brought to its fullest subtext in the finale of Season 5 when [[spoiler: Lucifer finally possesses Sam and spends most of the episode trying to make him happy with the arrangement from sparing Dean (which came back to bite him the ass) to giving him revenge against Azazel's cronies who'd been manipulating him his entire life.]] Really he came off as an older dutiful husband trying to please his young, unhappy bride!
* Season 7 gets off to a good start HoYay wise, what with [[spoiler:Hallucination!Lucifer]] calling Sam things like "bunkmate" and "his little bitch in every sense of the word". It's far beyond subtext now.
** Balthazar more than implied this way back in the middle of Season 6; Michael and [[spoiler:Lucifer]] "hate-banging" Sam, anyone? And even earlier on, Castiel was making some extremely suggestive comments about how traumatized Sam would be as a result of the two pissed-off angels "taking out their frustrations" on him.
** Actually, what Mark Pellegrino has unleashed upon the seventh season is probably the most ''blatant'' HoYay in the history of the show.
*** At this point, [[spoiler:Lucifer]] isn't actually there. Which means that yeah, it's Sam's mind that generates all of [[spoiler: Lucifer]]'s yay-tastic comments. "Aww, he wants to hold your little hand... How sweet."
** And in Season 7, Episode 15 [[spoiler: Sam's hallucination of Lucifer]] returns, this time acting pouty whenever Sam ignored him and squealing like a schoolgirl when Sam finally interacted with him again! Not helped by the [[MonsterOfTheWeek Monster of Week's]] relationship to his former host almost explicitly paralleling [[spoiler: Lucifer]]'s relationship to Sam, and they were anything but subtle!
*** Not to mention the line about how [[spoiler: Hallucination!Lucifer]] had missed interacting with Sam: "The rapier wit, the wittier rape..."bride!
**
* Season 7 gets off to a good start HoYay wise, what with [[spoiler:Hallucination!Lucifer]] calling Sam things like "bunkmate" and "his little bitch in every sense of the word". It's far beyond subtext now.
** Balthazar more than implied this way back in the middle of Season 6; Michael and [[spoiler:Lucifer]] "hate-banging" Sam, anyone? And even earlier on, Castiel was making some extremely suggestive comments about how traumatized Sam would be as a result of the two pissed-off angels "taking out their frustrations" on him.
** Actually, what Mark Pellegrino has unleashed upon the seventh season is probably the most ''blatant'' HoYay in the history of the show.
*** At this point, [[spoiler:Lucifer]] isn't actually there. Which means that yeah, it's Sam's mind that generates all of [[spoiler: Lucifer]]'s yay-tastic comments. "Aww, he wants to hold your little hand... How sweet."
** And in Season 7, Episode 15 [[spoiler: Sam's hallucination of Lucifer]] returns, this time acting pouty whenever Sam ignored him and squealing like a schoolgirl when Sam finally interacted with him again! Not helped by the [[MonsterOfTheWeek Monster of Week's]] relationship to his former host almost explicitly paralleling [[spoiler: Lucifer]]'s relationship to Sam, and they were anything but subtle!
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* 15x14 [[spoilers: [[spoiler: has more domestic brothers going on, particularly with cooking. But moreover, there's a blink-and-you'll-miss-it moment when Sam is getting ready to meet Eileen for a date, and Dean looks downright upset. Later in the episode, Dean and Jack are in trouble, but Dean refuses to call Sam for help. He jokes later that he thought Sam might be in the middle of getting laid, but there's an impression that Dean avoided calling Sam due to his own mixed feelings about Sam possibly having a relationship and leaving Dean behind.]]
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* 15x10 [[spoiler: opens with some very domestic moments between the brothers, with Sam cooking dinner, Dean grocery shopping, and the two of them having an old-married-couple argument about Dean's parking ticket and Sam seeming to catch a cold.]]
** [[spoiler: Later in the ep, a demoralized Dean gives Sam a pretty insincere pep talk to try to get both their spirits up, Sam nodded along but later admitted he didn't believe a word of it. Perhaps not "wincesty" in the traditional sense, but an interesting aspect of their relationship and how hard they try to keep each other's hopes up even when they individually feel hopeless. They both understood that if they (individually) went completely hopeless, the other brother would go down too, and that would be the end of them.]]
* 15x11 is [[spoiler: full of similar married-couple bickering, especially over food and their limited travel budget. They're also both protective and admiring of one another going up against Fortuna, both refusing at different times to allow their brother to go up against her alone, and both staring proudly when said brother manages to beat her anyway. Sam even tells her he learned from Dean.]]
** [[spoiler: Later in the ep, a demoralized Dean gives Sam a pretty insincere pep talk to try to get both their spirits up, Sam nodded along but later admitted he didn't believe a word of it. Perhaps not "wincesty" in the traditional sense, but an interesting aspect of their relationship and how hard they try to keep each other's hopes up even when they individually feel hopeless. They both understood that if they (individually) went completely hopeless, the other brother would go down too, and that would be the end of them.]]
* 15x11 is [[spoiler: full of similar married-couple bickering, especially over food and their limited travel budget. They're also both protective and admiring of one another going up against Fortuna, both refusing at different times to allow their brother to go up against her alone, and both staring proudly when said brother manages to beat her anyway. Sam even tells her he learned from Dean.]]
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* In 15x15 [[spoiler: Dean and Sam find a lead on Amara, and seem desperate to go track her down alone without Cas and Jack, even finding another random case for them to take so the brothers could go off together. And while Dean was a little jealous and insecure over Eileen in the previous episode, in this episode Sam looks visibly annoyed on several occasions when Dean references his prior "thing" with Amara, or when they flirt in front of Sam. Sam is clearly not very happy about Dean talking about or spending time around Amara.]]
* 15x17 [[spoiler: has Sam and Dean disagreeing and separated for most of the episode, but at the same time, Dean admits outright to Jack that he's okay with Jack dying because all he really cares about at this point is getting himself and Sam out from under Chuck's control - a sentiment he reiterates to Sam himself later on.]]
** [[spoiler: As it gets closer to the moment that Jack is supposed to confront Chuck, Dean starts getting more and more enraged and unhinged, to the point of punching Sam and even pointing his gun at him because Sam is trying to stop them. At the same time, he says point-blank that he doesn't care who {{else}} has to die, as long as he and Sam can be free together. The only thing that gives Dean pause at all is when Sam points out that if Jack goes through with the plan, Sam {{himself}} might die, as Billie will take charge at that point and cancel out all the resurrections that had already happened. Once Dean gets calm enough to listen, Sam goes on to say that despite all the manipulation and his own brushes with insanity, one thing he's {{always}} known to be true is that Dean protects him. This comment gets through to Dean enough that he finally puts his gun down - thereby defying Chuck yet again, who was hoping for Dean to kill Sam in his rage.]]
* In 15x19 [[spoiler: the brothers and Jack fight their climactic battle against Chuck. Despite Chuck beating both Sam and Dean to a pulp, they're able to triumph over him thanks to Jack, and they physically hold each other up in the moment that Chuck realizes he'd been beaten. In the final moments of the episode, Sam and Dean are entirely alone - all their friends either dead or moved on - but they're happy, with Sam declaring that now it's "just them" before Dean throws an arm over Sam's shoulders and they go on a road trip together.]]
** [[spoiler: Wincest fans also got excited over a small moment at the end when Dean was handing Sam a beer. The shot was zoomed in on their hands, and it appeared Dean's pinky was stroking along Sam's hand as he handed off the bottle. One of those things that likely doesn't mean much, but was just strange in how focused and pronounced it was on-camera.]]
* Finally, 15x20 [[spoiler: is sad as hell, but also confirms "queerplatonic Wincest." Practically the entire episode focuses on the brothers' relationship, but let's make an attempt to focus on discrete moments here:]]
** [[spoiler: The episode opens to some unspecified period of time after beating Chuck, and Sam and Dean are still living together and still hunting together - now with Miracle the dog - clearly out of choice now and not due to manipulation or world-ending obligations. There's quite a bit of domestic routine between them, and they also take a brief vacation together during the episode to go to a pie festival. There's an element of Real Life Writes The Plot, in that Covid restrictions reduced the number of possible guest stars in the episode, but it's also clear that Sam and Dean are quite happy and unbothered by their apparent lack of friends, spending all their time together like they did in earlier seasons.]]
** [[spoiler: The brothers take a hunt involving vampires, and Dean is fatally wounded during the fight. The scene is extremely tragic and emotional, as Sam goes from not realizing what's going on to tearfully begging Dean not to leave him. Dean's last words are a heartfelt speech about how terrified he was to get Sam from Stanford, waiting outside of Sam's apartment for hours because he didn't know what he would have done had Sam rejected him that night. He made it clear that even way back then, he had never wanted to spend his life with anyone but Sam. He then went on to tell Sam not to try to bring him back, but to keep going and keep fighting (a shoutout to Jared Padalecki's real life Always Keep Fighting mental health organization). Dean ends off telling Sam for the very first time that he loves him, and begging Sam to tell him it's okay to go. Sam does so, clasping Dean's hand and resting their foreheads together, collapsing into sobs when Dean dies.]]
** [[spoiler: In the aftermath, we see Sam grieving and distracted, to the point where there are some hints that he's considering killing himself - at one point, he sits in Dean's room and looks at Dean's guns, before being distracted by a phone-call and potential hunt in Austin. He leaves the bunker with Miracle and some of Dean's personal effects, still looking so broken up it's hard to imagine him surviving a hunt, and obviously doesn't plan on ever coming back.]]
** [[spoiler: In the meantime, Dean wakes up in Heaven where he meets Bobby and learns that Jack and Cas have changed Heaven so that there are no longer separate rooms/memories, but people can mingle freely. Dean is happy, but admits it's not really Heaven for him yet - Bobby understands, and reassures him that time moves far more quickly in Heaven than on Earth, and that Sam will be there soon. Dean then discovers his old Impala, and opts to go for a drive and wait for Sam before joining Heaven "properly".]]
** [[spoiler: There is a several-minutes long montage of the remainder of Sam's life interspersed with Dean driving and waiting for him. Sam, surprisingly, doesn't die on a hunt, appears to marry, and has a son named Dean - however, the woman in question only appears in the background of one scene, and the viewer never sees her face or finds out who she is. The montage focuses on Sam raising his son and growing older, alongside moments and details showing that he never stops missing and grieving for Dean. At one point as an old man, he sits in the Impala - which he's kept - and cries. He's also shown wearing Dean's wristwatch for the rest of his life. When we finally see Sam dying as an old man, his son beside him, and surrounded by pictures of his family, Sam dies with a smile on his face...]]
**[[spoiler:... and in that moment, Dean, who has seemingly passed only a few minutes in the car while Sam lived decades, pulls over and gets out to look at the view. The look on Dean's face makes it clear that he can sense Sam arriving in Heaven himself. Sam is young again, and wearing clothes very similar to what he was wearing in the Pilot episode - a response to Dean's confession about the night he got Sam at Stanford and an indication that it was actually one of Sam's happiest memories. The brothers stare at each other and hug before Dean leads Sam to the view he had just been admiring.]]
** [[spoiler: Understanding that this is {{a lot}} for one episode, the entire episode emphasizes again and again that Sam and Dean had wanted to and planned on spending their lives together. Even without any external need to keep hunting or living together, they were choosing to do so. When Dean died, Sam was devastated and seemed to have wanted them to grow old together. While Sam does apparently go on to marry, his wife gets very little focus at all - to the point that there are some Unfortunate Implications about their relationship, considering how much Sam visibly grieved for Dean and the fact that he appeared in front of Dean in Heaven without his wedding band. Dean couldn't even be happy in {{Heaven}} without Sam, and chose to wait for him before doing anything else or even seeing their parents or friends. Dean knowing where to stop, and knowing when Sam arrived before seeing him, hints again at them being soulmates. The way the episode ends implies that they then go on to spend {{eternity}} together. That is to say... no, they aren't screwing like incestuous bunnies, but they are clearly the loves of each other's lives/afterlives and by any other possible metric, they are "together".]]
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* {{Squick}}y example when Ishim threatens to cure Castiel of his "human weakness". Ishim's ''actual'' intent is to kill Dean, but due to the way he starts by suspiciously shuffling his clothes around the pants buckle region as he approaches Castiel, who is lying on the ground injured and unable to do more than utter "no" in protest, it briefly looks as if he's about to commit AttemptedRape on Castiel at first.
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** While it's subtle, Sam doesn't notice Castiel in Bobby's kitchen because the scene is happening in Dean's dream.
** Dean continues his habit of staring at Castiel and Castiel continues his habit of getting way too close.
** "You should show me some respect. I dragged you out of hell. I can throw you back in."
** Dean continues his habit of staring at Castiel and Castiel continues his habit of getting way too close.
** "You should show me some respect. I dragged you out of hell. I can throw you back in."
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** And there was this little gem with Cas who was all [[http://38.media.tumblr.com/76afc6ef589b652c83207ec70d138d55/tumblr_nm5rw3Vl7b1s8gsleo4_500.gif happy]] while talking with Hannah but when she told him she can't help him with Dean his expression changed so much that he was practically on the verge of tears and fury. In this episode [[spoiler: Cas was so desperate to find the cure for the Mark of Cain that he didn't care about the possibility of being completely banished from heaven and took Metatron out of the jail.]]
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** Cas knows from experiece experience that Dean is an angry sleeper and there is a wrong way to wake him up. This ties in with 12x19, when Sam didn't seem surprised that Cas pulled the colt from under Dean's pillow.
* 3.11, In "Mystery Spot" not only do we see the close quarters and intimacy with which the brothers live their daily lives, Dean jokes to Sam that he gets all tingly when Sam takes control.
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** In season 3 we saw Dean being tortured in Hell while wearing Sam's amulet. Back on earth Earth Sam was wearing Dean’s Samulet since he left. That means that ''Dean's soul was wearing the amulet''. This gives support to the theory that [[spoiler:Sam and Dean are soulmates, tied to one another]].
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* In 4.22, "Lucifer Rising", Dean arrives after Sam has killed Lilith and realizes he's released Lucifer. As Dean kills Ruby with her own knife, Sam holds her for Dean. For a brief instant, the three have a position suggesting a menage a trois and the brothers are gazing into each other's eyes.
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--> '''Dean:''' My boobs.
--> ''(The deputy [[http://media.tumblr.com/6db251ee62929eb0479a1b44cf61c914/tumblr_inline_mfplpwD2tM1rnoh2b.gif pushes Dean against the car]] and starts to pat him down, and Dean smiles, for all the world enjoying it.)''
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--> '''Dean:''' My boobs.
--> ''(The deputy [[http://media.tumblr.com/6db251ee62929eb0479a1b44cf61c914/tumblr_inline_mfplpwD2tM1rnoh2b.gif pushes Dean against the car]] and starts to pat him down, and Dean smiles, for all the world enjoying it.)''
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--> '''Dean:''' My boobs.
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** Let's be realistic. There is no way in [[IncrediblyLamePun Hell]] that Alastair did not get around to tormenting Dean ''that'' way at some point.
*** There's only so many ways you can try to break somebody. ''Has'' to be taken into account.
* 4x06, "Yellow Fever", Dean gets drunk and [[http://www.homeofthenutty.com/supernatural/screencaps/albums/SPN4x06/SPN_0688.jpg starts flirting]] with a policeman.
** Made even more blatant in the french dub, where "You're awesome" is translated to "You're very seductive". Yes really.
*** There's only so many ways you can try to break somebody. ''Has'' to be taken into account.
* 4x06, "Yellow Fever", Dean gets drunk and [[http://www.homeofthenutty.com/supernatural/screencaps/albums/SPN4x06/SPN_0688.jpg starts flirting]] with a policeman.
** Made even more blatant in the french dub, where "You're awesome" is translated to "You're very seductive". Yes really.
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*** There's only so many ways you can try to break somebody. ''Has'' to be taken into account.
** Made even
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** Dean [[http://www.homeofthenutty.com/supernatural/screencaps/displayimage.php?album=74&pid=117626#top_display_media ignores the girls]] at the ''strip club'', [[http://www.homeofthenutty.com/supernatural/screencaps/displayimage.php?album=74&pid=117627#top_display_media instead paying]] [[http://www.homeofthenutty.com/supernatural/screencaps/albums/SPN4x14/SPN_0737.jpg attention]] to Nick. Note that this is ''before'' Nick has poisoned him, and so any effects Nick has on Dean are entirely free of the supernatural.
** When Dean thinks Sam has been infected by the siren, he calls Nick - the (supposed) ''Federal Agent'' - for help.
** Most of the episode goes back and forth between Sam and Cara (who Dean thinks is the siren) working together, and Dean and Nick (the actual siren) working together. The two relationships run more-or-less parallel; we see each pair growing closer in roughly similar time. Sam and Cara's relationship leads eventually to sex...
** When Dean thinks Sam has been infected by the siren, he calls Nick - the (supposed) ''Federal Agent'' - for help.
** Most of the episode goes back and forth between Sam and Cara (who Dean thinks is the siren) working together, and Dean and Nick (the actual siren) working together. The two relationships run more-or-less parallel; we see each pair growing closer in roughly similar time. Sam and Cara's relationship leads eventually to sex...
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** Dean [[http://www.homeofthenutty.com/supernatural/screencaps/displayimage.php?album=74&pid=117626#top_display_media ignores the girls]] girls at the ''strip club'', [[http://www.homeofthenutty.com/supernatural/screencaps/displayimage.php?album=74&pid=117627#top_display_media instead paying]] [[http://www.homeofthenutty.com/supernatural/screencaps/albums/SPN4x14/SPN_0737.jpg attention]] paying attention to Nick. Note that this is ''before'' Nick has poisoned him, and so any effects Nick has on Dean are entirely free of the supernatural.
** When Dean thinks Sam has been infected by the siren, he calls Nick - the (supposed) ''Federal Agent'' - for help.
** Most of the episode goes back and forth between Sam and Cara (who Dean thinks is the siren) working together, and Dean and Nick (the actual siren) working together. The two relationships run more-or-less parallel; we see each pair growing closer in roughly similar time. Sam and Cara's relationship leads eventually to sex...supernatural.
** When Dean thinks Sam has been infected by the siren, he calls Nick - the (supposed) ''Federal Agent'' - for help.
** Most of the episode goes back and forth between Sam and Cara (who Dean thinks is the siren) working together, and Dean and Nick (the actual siren) working together. The two relationships run more-or-less parallel; we see each pair growing closer in roughly similar time. Sam and Cara's relationship leads eventually to sex...
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** Sam sees that for Dean, the siren appears as a man. He is totally unsurprised by this.
** Bobby sees that for Dean, the siren appears as a man. ''He'' is totally unsurprised by this.
** And do let's note that this episode was written by Kripke himself, shall we?
** Bobby sees that for Dean, the siren appears as a man. ''He'' is totally unsurprised by this.
** And do let's note that this episode was written by Kripke himself, shall we?
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* And of course, in season five's ''Changing Channels'', Dean ''very'' obviously has a crush on the very ''male'' "Doctor Sexy". Just look at [[http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mcsanqX3v81qdcf9f.gif that body language]]. Could he look any more like a pre-teen girl meeting her celebrity crush?
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* And of course, in season five's ''Changing Channels'', Dean ''very'' obviously has a crush on the very ''male'' "Doctor Sexy". Just look at Sexy" with some [[http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mcsanqX3v81qdcf9f.gif that interesting body language]]. Could he look any more like a pre-teen girl meeting her celebrity crush?language]].
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* Demon!John leans in ''real'' close to Dean and emotionally tortures him.
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* 7x12, "Time After Time After Time", Dean [[http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxszghT4PM1qcn7o0o2_500.gif very clearly checks out]] a man in uniform, ''immediately'' [[http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxszghT4PM1qcn7o0o1_500.gif after ignoring two girls]] walking past. Later, when Dean is dressed in perion-appropriate clothing, Elliot Ness looks up at him and whistles, indicating that HeCleansUpNicely is in effect.
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* In fact, by the end of season seven, Dean has been [[http://sobrans.livejournal.com/736.html fairly firmly established as bisexual]].
* A new ship joined the fleet right in the very first episode of season 8: Dean/Benny, also known as Denny. They embrace each other right in the first five minutes of the episode, and obviously share a strong bond they formed in Purgatory.
** Then, 8x05 introduced us to the OT3 that is Dean/Cas/Benny also known as "Destiny". Benny saves Castiel's life in Purgatory despite their mutual dislike, and the entire episode is basically Dean and Benny bonding further, outside of Purgatory.
* A new ship joined the fleet right in the very first episode of season 8: Dean/Benny, also known as Denny. They embrace each other right in the first five minutes of the episode, and obviously share a strong bond they formed in Purgatory.
** Then, 8x05 introduced us to the OT3 that is Dean/Cas/Benny also known as "Destiny". Benny saves Castiel's life in Purgatory despite their mutual dislike, and the entire episode is basically Dean and Benny bonding further, outside of Purgatory.
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--> '''Sam:''' So, [[http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj535/FlyingDerps/GIF%204/samfail1.jpg you gonna look]] at more anime, or [[http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj535/FlyingDerps/GIF%204/samfail2.jpg are you strictly into]] ''Dick'' now?
--> ''(and, [[http://bakasara.tumblr.com/post/33703136953/ as bakasara points out]], he looks oh-so-proud of/amused by his own joke/pun)''
--> ''(but for some reason, [[http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj535/FlyingDerps/GIF%204/samfail3.jpg instead of responding in kind]] or shrugging it off, as he usually would with Sam teasing him, [[http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj535/FlyingDerps/GIF%204/samfail5.jpg Dean just glances at him]] and looks away quickly)''
--> ''(and then [[http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj535/FlyingDerps/GIF%204/samfail7.jpg looks down at the computer]] apparently concentrating intensely on typing [because a google search requires one's full and complete attention])''
--> ''(and, to quote bakasara again, "and Sammy held [[http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj535/FlyingDerps/GIF%204/samfail8.jpg this priceless face]] for 2+ seconds straight as he decided he would never try to be funny again)''
--> But ''why'' is it this joke, out of all the many he's laughed off or returned in kind, that Dean's apparently too hurt/upset by to respond or even acknowledge?
--> ''(and, [[http://bakasara.tumblr.com/post/33703136953/ as bakasara points out]], he looks oh-so-proud of/amused by his own joke/pun)''
--> ''(but for some reason, [[http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj535/FlyingDerps/GIF%204/samfail3.jpg instead of responding in kind]] or shrugging it off, as he usually would with Sam teasing him, [[http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj535/FlyingDerps/GIF%204/samfail5.jpg Dean just glances at him]] and looks away quickly)''
--> ''(and then [[http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj535/FlyingDerps/GIF%204/samfail7.jpg looks down at the computer]] apparently concentrating intensely on typing [because a google search requires one's full and complete attention])''
--> ''(and, to quote bakasara again, "and Sammy held [[http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj535/FlyingDerps/GIF%204/samfail8.jpg this priceless face]] for 2+ seconds straight as he decided he would never try to be funny again)''
--> But ''why'' is it this joke, out of all the many he's laughed off or returned in kind, that Dean's apparently too hurt/upset by to respond or even acknowledge?
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--> '''Sam:''' So, [[http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj535/FlyingDerps/GIF%204/samfail1.jpg you gonna look]] look at more anime, or [[http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj535/FlyingDerps/GIF%204/samfail2.jpg are you strictly into]] into ''Dick'' now?
--> ''(and, [[http://bakasara.tumblr.com/post/33703136953/ as bakasara points out]], he looks oh-so-proud of/amused by his own joke/pun)''
--> ''(but for some reason, [[http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj535/FlyingDerps/GIF%204/samfail3.jpg instead of responding in kind]] or shrugging it off, as he usually would with Sam teasing him, [[http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj535/FlyingDerps/GIF%204/samfail5.jpg Dean just glances at him]] and looks away quickly)''
--> ''(and then [[http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj535/FlyingDerps/GIF%204/samfail7.jpg looks down at the computer]] apparently concentrating intensely on typing [because a google search requires one's full and complete attention])''
--> ''(and, to quote bakasara again, "and Sammy held [[http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj535/FlyingDerps/GIF%204/samfail8.jpg this priceless face]] for 2+ seconds straight as he decided he would never try to be funny again)''
--> But ''why'' is it this joke, out of all the many he's laughed off or returned in kind, that Dean's apparently too hurt/upset by to respond or even acknowledge?now?
--> ''(and, [[http://bakasara.tumblr.com/post/33703136953/ as bakasara points out]], he looks oh-so-proud of/amused by his own joke/pun)''
--> ''(but for some reason, [[http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj535/FlyingDerps/GIF%204/samfail3.jpg instead of responding in kind]] or shrugging it off, as he usually would with Sam teasing him, [[http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj535/FlyingDerps/GIF%204/samfail5.jpg Dean just glances at him]] and looks away quickly)''
--> ''(and then [[http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj535/FlyingDerps/GIF%204/samfail7.jpg looks down at the computer]] apparently concentrating intensely on typing [because a google search requires one's full and complete attention])''
--> ''(and, to quote bakasara again, "and Sammy held [[http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj535/FlyingDerps/GIF%204/samfail8.jpg this priceless face]] for 2+ seconds straight as he decided he would never try to be funny again)''
--> But ''why'' is it this joke, out of all the many he's laughed off or returned in kind, that Dean's apparently too hurt/upset by to respond or even acknowledge?
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* Dean's old hunting buddy Lee in 15x7 comes across a lot like an ex-boyfriend. The scene where the two of them sing karaoke on a stage with [[https://64.media.tumblr.com/7088fa1d96d20c3bb4ab9a8b01b3c152/a37da3ead4c40eb2-53/s540x810/ea8944b8c512aa28dcd7e3250885abf5461753f3.jpg lighting that looks like the bisexual pride flag]] is really something to behold.
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** It doesn't help that in their first meeting, back in ''Tall Tales'', we get Sam paying way too much attention to (what he believes is) a simple janitor, especially considering the story was told from his point of view.
** There's also Gabriel's odd obsession with Sam's genitals in ''Changing Channels'', from the Japanese game show 'Nutcracker' to the genital Herpes commercial.
** Gabriel's final speech in the episode "Changing Channels" about why he left Heaven is addressed for the most part towards Sam, as he frequently makes eye contact with him.
** [[spoiler: Towards the end of ''The Thing'']] is riddled with subtext between them. When the brothers first see Gabriel the camera focuses first on Sam's shocked/concerned reaction to [[spoiler: his alive but less than stellar appearance.]] Later, it's Sam who [[spoiler: removes the wire sewn onto Gabriel's mouth,]] gently asking "Gabriel... man, what happened to you?". Many fans note in this moment that despite [[spoiler: skirting away from all touch, it seems like Sam is the only person Gabriel would consensually allow near him, with a sharp object at that,]] and that Gabriel seems to look rather thankfully at Sam (although the latter is speculation). The episode [[spoiler: ends with Sam being left alone in the bunker with Gabriel. Again, many fans note this scenario to be eerily similar to popular Sabriel fanfics where Sam takes care of a traumatised Gabriel.]]
** There's also Gabriel's odd obsession with Sam's genitals in ''Changing Channels'', from the Japanese game show 'Nutcracker' to the genital Herpes commercial.
** Gabriel's final speech in the episode "Changing Channels" about why he left Heaven is addressed for the most part towards Sam, as he frequently makes eye contact with him.
** [[spoiler: Towards the end of ''The Thing'']] is riddled with subtext between them. When the brothers first see Gabriel the camera focuses first on Sam's shocked/concerned reaction to [[spoiler: his alive but less than stellar appearance.]] Later, it's Sam who [[spoiler: removes the wire sewn onto Gabriel's mouth,]] gently asking "Gabriel... man, what happened to you?". Many fans note in this moment that despite [[spoiler: skirting away from all touch, it seems like Sam is the only person Gabriel would consensually allow near him, with a sharp object at that,]] and that Gabriel seems to look rather thankfully at Sam (although the latter is speculation). The episode [[spoiler: ends with Sam being left alone in the bunker with Gabriel. Again, many fans note this scenario to be eerily similar to popular Sabriel fanfics where Sam takes care of a traumatised Gabriel.]]
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** Gabriel's final speech in the episode "Changing Channels" about why he left Heaven is addressed for the most part towards Sam, as he frequently makes eye contact with him.
** [[spoiler: Towards the end of ''The Thing'']] is riddled with subtext between them. When the brothers first see Gabriel the camera focuses first on Sam's shocked/concerned reaction to [[spoiler: his alive but less than stellar appearance.]] Later, it's Sam who [[spoiler: removes the wire sewn onto Gabriel's mouth,]] gently asking "Gabriel... man, what happened to you?". Many fans note in this moment that despite [[spoiler: skirting away from all touch, it seems like Sam is the only person Gabriel would consensually allow near him, with a sharp object at that,]] and that Gabriel seems to look rather thankfully at Sam (although the latter is speculation). The episode [[spoiler: ends with Sam being left alone in the bunker with Gabriel. Again, many fans note this scenario to be eerily similar to popular Sabriel fanfics where Sam takes care of a traumatised Gabriel.]]
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*** Gabriel also finally returns in his full glory and kills Asmodeus once he sees the Prince of Hell start strangling Sam and Castiel to death.
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** In both ''Bring Em Back Alive'' and [[http://desus-sabriel.tumblr.com/post/173355188689/actions-say-more-than-words-just-documenting-some ''Unfinished Business'']], Gabriel attacks an opponent he was previously avoiding only after they start seriously attacking Sam.
** Richard Speight has even [[http://yes-everhopeful.tumblr.com/post/173328645564/that-might-affect-his-relationship-with-the confirmed that Gabriel has more of a soft spot for Sam]].
** Richard Speight has even [[http://yes-everhopeful.tumblr.com/post/173328645564/that-might-affect-his-relationship-with-the confirmed that Gabriel has more of a soft spot for Sam]].
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* In 5x17, Castiel whispers into Sam's ear, for no apparent reason other than fanservice.
* After Sam asked Balthazar for "angel advice" in 6.11, Balthazar immediately makes a quip about his "boyfriend" and Sam simply responded with "Cas can't help me."
* Cas standing in front of a tied-up Sam, then removing his belt and putting it in Sam's mouth, effectively gagging him, comes across as just a little bit hot (minus the excruciating pain for Sam that followed).
* In "Fan Fiction", Sam actively wonders what his and Cas's [[{{PortmanteauCoupleName}} ship name]] would be.
--->'''Sam''': What about...Sastiel? Samstiel?
* In the ninth season episode, "First Born", Sam is ready to [[DeathSeeker kill himself]] for a chance to find the angel that killed [[spoiler: Kevin]], but Cas refuses to let Sam [[MartyrWithoutACause keep trying to sacrifice himself]], leading to this exchange:
--->'''Cas''': Sam, I want [[spoiler: Gadreel]] to pay as much as you do. But nothing is worth losing you. You know, being human, it didn't just change my view of food. It changed my view of you. I mean, I can relate now to how you feel.
--->'''Sam''': What are you talking about?
--->'''Cas''': The only person who has screwed things up more consistently than you...is me. And now I know what that guilt feels like. And I know what it...I know what it means to feel sorry, Sam. I'm sorry.
--->'''Sam''': I know.
** At the end of the episode, Sam hugs Cas, and [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments teaches him to hug back]].
* Not even for shipping reasons, but the fact that the writers have been developing Sam and Cas's friendship, and having them spend more time together outside of Dean's presence in the recent seasons is certainly refreshing for a lot of fans. It's like they're remembering that Cas and Sam, do in fact, care about each other as much as they care about Dean.
* During a couple episodes in the first half of season 11, Cas is shown to be spending a lot of time in Sam's room while recovering from [[spoiler: Rowena's attack dog-spell]].
* After Sam asked Balthazar for "angel advice" in 6.11, Balthazar immediately makes a quip about his "boyfriend" and Sam simply responded with "Cas can't help me."
* Cas standing in front of a tied-up Sam, then removing his belt and putting it in Sam's mouth, effectively gagging him, comes across as just a little bit hot (minus the excruciating pain for Sam that followed).
* In "Fan Fiction", Sam actively wonders what his and Cas's [[{{PortmanteauCoupleName}} ship name]] would be.
--->'''Sam''': What about...Sastiel? Samstiel?
* In the ninth season episode, "First Born", Sam is ready to [[DeathSeeker kill himself]] for a chance to find the angel that killed [[spoiler: Kevin]], but Cas refuses to let Sam [[MartyrWithoutACause keep trying to sacrifice himself]], leading to this exchange:
--->'''Cas''': Sam, I want [[spoiler: Gadreel]] to pay as much as you do. But nothing is worth losing you. You know, being human, it didn't just change my view of food. It changed my view of you. I mean, I can relate now to how you feel.
--->'''Sam''': What are you talking about?
--->'''Cas''': The only person who has screwed things up more consistently than you...is me. And now I know what that guilt feels like. And I know what it...I know what it means to feel sorry, Sam. I'm sorry.
--->'''Sam''': I know.
** At the end of the episode, Sam hugs Cas, and [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments teaches him to hug back]].
* Not even for shipping reasons, but the fact that the writers have been developing Sam and Cas's friendship, and having them spend more time together outside of Dean's presence in the recent seasons is certainly refreshing for a lot of fans. It's like they're remembering that Cas and Sam, do in fact, care about each other as much as they care about Dean.
* During a couple episodes in the first half of season 11, Cas is shown to be spending a lot of time in Sam's room while recovering from [[spoiler: Rowena's attack dog-spell]].
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* In "Celebrating the Life of Asa Fox", Sam strikes up a couple friendly chats with, and gets defended from intrusive questions from another hunter by, attractive BrotherSisterTeam, the Banes hunters. Early on, there was an exchange with the brother Max where he told Sam their witch mother "mostly" taught him "how to seduce men," with Max first looking off in the distance as he thinks about what he's going to say and then looking Sam dead-on for the "seduce men" part. His sister Alicia adds that she ''also'' taught them magic, but Max immediately says, "Eh, mostly the men thing," and smiles and looks over at Sam when he laughs. Fans took this as flirting and it appears to have already spawned a modest new ship.
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* In "Celebrating the Life of Asa Fox", Sam strikes up a couple friendly chats with, and gets defended from intrusive questions from another hunter by, attractive BrotherSisterTeam, the Banes hunters. Early on, there was an exchange with the brother Max where he told Sam their witch mother "mostly" taught him "how to seduce men," with Max first looking off in the distance as he thinks about what he's going to say and then looking Sam dead-on for the "seduce men" part. His sister Alicia adds that she ''also'' taught them magic, but Max immediately says, "Eh, mostly the men thing," and smiles and looks over at Sam when he laughs. Fans took this as flirting and it appears to have already spawned a modest new ship.
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* Castiel and Balthazar. The cheesy (in-universe) music that plays during their first scene together doesn't help.
** It helps that the two of them already have a history. Balthazar tells Castiel he admires him for rebelling (though his type of rebelliousness is the more shiftless, [[TheHedonist hedonistic]] Gabriel-type) and wastes no time trying to get Cas to indulge.
--->'''Balthazar:''' The footsteps I've been following--they're ''yours''...you might as well blow coke and jump on the bed.
** He then takes on the archangel Raphael to save Castiel, despite telling Castiel that he won't help him with the Civil War in Heaven.
*** And then in "The French Mistake" he does help--despite all his previous declarations about staying out of the war--and shares a long look with Cas while he was at it.
** And Balthazar's last word when Cas stabbed him in the back (literally)... and his eyes sparkled! Probably from leaking Grace or something, but it looked like he was so heartbroken he was crying! Ow!
* The Castiel/Crowley relationship has developed enough for it to gather a sizable following. It even has its own [[PortmanteauCoupleName cute ship name]]: Crowstiel. It helps that the two of them tend to act like husband-and-wife/husband-and-mistress in their interactions, and the other characters notice it (see below).
** In 6.20-6.22, the Castiel/Crowley HoYay is off the charts. Crowley calls him 'kitten' and 'sweetie', there's angry slamming up against walls, Dean and Balthazar make bitchy comments about them being a couple ("THAT marriage is going swimmingly"), Balthazar quite seriously asks if they're "''in flagrante''"...oh, and Crowley reminds Cas "you're the bottom in this relationship".
*** In "The Man Who Would Be King," we're shown Castiel and Crowley having a secret meeting before the backstory of their partnership is explained. The song playing on Crowley's stereo "Me and Mrs. Jones," is an anthem to adultery and a (deliberate?) nod the their symbolic affair. In the next episode, when Sam and Dean reveal to Balthazar that Castiel is trying to find purgatory, Dean calls him Crowley's "butt-buddy".
** In season seven, we've got more:
--->'''Crowley:''' You fancy a drink before you smite me?
--->'''Castiel:''' No.
--->'''Crowley:''' You like to bend 'em right over, do you?
** In another scene with Castiel and Crowley in the same episode, when they have a fight about Crowley sending his demons to kill Sam, Dean, and Bobby, Crowley says "Well, I got news for you, kitten: a whore's a whore's a whore," regarding Castiel's conflicting loyalty. Castiel proceeds to slam him up against the wall and gets right in his face.
** Castiel's archangel brother once calls him a "pretty boy angel", and the male demon Crowley very discreetly checks him out while acknowledging the following:
--->'''Crowley:''' There's a lot of angels swooning over you...you've got what they call "sex appeal".
** Even if you didn't take into account all the blatant flirty comments Crowley tends to send Castiel's way (because homoerotic double entendres do seem to be his specialty), the fact that Castiel seems to be the only character in the series who consistently and profoundly affects Crowley--[[MagnificentBastard cool, always-in-control Crowley]]--is very difficult to miss.
** When Castiel and Crowley meet again to clash over the Word of God, Castiel threatens the King of Hell in his weakened state, Crowley can't help but turn even that into a double entendre:
---> '''Crowley:''' Maybe you can get it up, but you can't keep it up!
* Sam/Cas "Nothing is worth losing you," and the whole speech afterwards where Cas talks about how he and Sam are possibly the only people who can truly understand each others' troubled pasts.
** Sam also teaches Castiel how to hug in Season 9.
** He was the first person Cas ever ''tried'' to hug, back in Season 6.
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* Castiel and Balthazar. The cheesy (in-universe) music that plays during their first scene together doesn't help.
** It helps that the two of them already have a history. Balthazar tells Castiel he admires him for rebelling (though his type of rebelliousness is the more shiftless, [[TheHedonist hedonistic]] Gabriel-type) and wastes no time trying to get Cas to indulge.
--->'''Balthazar:''' The footsteps I've been following--they're ''yours''...you might as well blow coke and jump on the bed.
** He then takes on the archangel Raphael to save Castiel, despite telling Castiel that he won't help him with the Civil War in Heaven.
*** And then in "The French Mistake" he does help--despite all his previous declarations about staying out of the war--and shares a long look with Cas while he was at it.
** And Balthazar's last word when Cas stabbed him in the back (literally)... and his eyes sparkled! Probably from leaking Grace or something, but it looked like he was so heartbroken he was crying! Ow!
* The Castiel/Crowley relationship has developed enough for it to gather a sizable following. It even has its own [[PortmanteauCoupleName cute ship name]]: Crowstiel. It helps that the two of them tend to act like husband-and-wife/husband-and-mistress in their interactions, and the other characters notice it (see below).
** In 6.20-6.22, the Castiel/Crowley HoYay is off the charts. Crowley calls him 'kitten' and 'sweetie', there's angry slamming up against walls, Dean and Balthazar make bitchy comments about them being a couple ("THAT marriage is going swimmingly"), Balthazar quite seriously asks if they're "''in flagrante''"...oh, and Crowley reminds Cas "you're the bottom in this relationship".
*** In "The Man Who Would Be King," we're shown Castiel and Crowley having a secret meeting before the backstory of their partnership is explained. The song playing on Crowley's stereo "Me and Mrs. Jones," is an anthem to adultery and a (deliberate?) nod the their symbolic affair. In the next episode, when Sam and Dean reveal to Balthazar that Castiel is trying to find purgatory, Dean calls him Crowley's "butt-buddy".
** In season seven, we've got more:
--->'''Crowley:''' You fancy a drink before you smite me?
--->'''Castiel:''' No.
--->'''Crowley:''' You like to bend 'em right over, do you?
** In another scene with Castiel and Crowley in the same episode, when they have a fight about Crowley sending his demons to kill Sam, Dean, and Bobby, Crowley says "Well, I got news for you, kitten: a whore's a whore's a whore," regarding Castiel's conflicting loyalty. Castiel proceeds to slam him up against the wall and gets right in his face.
** Castiel's archangel brother once calls him a "pretty boy angel", and the male demon Crowley very discreetly checks him out while acknowledging the following:
--->'''Crowley:''' There's a lot of angels swooning over you...you've got what they call "sex appeal".
** Even if you didn't take into account all the blatant flirty comments Crowley tends to send Castiel's way (because homoerotic double entendres do seem to be his specialty), the fact that Castiel seems to be the only character in the series who consistently and profoundly affects Crowley--[[MagnificentBastard cool, always-in-control Crowley]]--is very difficult to miss.
** When Castiel and Crowley meet again to clash over the Word of God, Castiel threatens the King of Hell in his weakened state, Crowley can't help but turn even that into a double entendre:
---> '''Crowley:''' Maybe you can get it up, but you can't keep it up!
* Sam/Cas "Nothing is worth losing you," and the whole speech afterwards where Cas talks about how he and Sam are possibly the only people who can truly understand each others' troubled pasts.
** Sam also teaches Castiel how to hug in Season 9.
** He was the first person Cas ever ''tried'' to hug, back in Season 6.
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* Let's face it: the demon Crowley and every other male character. He has a naturally-sexual air about him.
** Let's not forget [[spoiler:Crowley and Bobby sealing the deal they made]].
--->[[spoiler:'''Bobby:''' Why'd you have to take a picture?]]
--->[[spoiler:'''Crowley:''' Why'd you have to use tongue?]]
*** And was it just me, or did Sam seem way too interested in whether or not that had happened?
** Crowley is quite possibly the most obvious example of FoeYay you can find in this show. Both Winchesters (though mainly Sam) as well as Kevin have been on the receiving end of his rather ''suggestive'' remarks, the most recent example I believe had to do with Sam with a Corset and a whip.
** Not blatantly sexual, but 10x02 has Crowley looking at a picture of him and Dean together, before one of his assistants tells him "It's time to move on." The music and the acting makes the whole scene read as Crowley missing his ex-boyfriend.
** Let's not forget [[spoiler:Crowley and Bobby sealing the deal they made]].
--->[[spoiler:'''Bobby:''' Why'd you have to take a picture?]]
--->[[spoiler:'''Crowley:''' Why'd you have to use tongue?]]
*** And was it just me, or did Sam seem way too interested in whether or not that had happened?
** Crowley is quite possibly the most obvious example of FoeYay you can find in this show. Both Winchesters (though mainly Sam) as well as Kevin have been on the receiving end of his rather ''suggestive'' remarks, the most recent example I believe had to do with Sam with a Corset and a whip.
** Not blatantly sexual, but 10x02 has Crowley looking at a picture of him and Dean together, before one of his assistants tells him "It's time to move on." The music and the acting makes the whole scene read as Crowley missing his ex-boyfriend.
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* Let's face it: the demon Crowley and every other male character. He has a naturally-sexual air In "The French Mistake" Balthazar helps Castiel--despite all his previous declarations about him.
** Let's not forget [[spoiler:Crowleystaying out of the war--and shares a long look with Cas while he was at it.
* Sam/Cas "Nothing is worth losing you," andBobby sealing the deal they made]].
--->[[spoiler:'''Bobby:''' Why'd you have to take a picture?]]
--->[[spoiler:'''Crowley:''' Why'd you have to use tongue?]]
*** And was it just me, or didwhole speech afterwards where Cas talks about how he and Sam seem way too interested in whether or not that had happened?
** Crowley is quiteare possibly the most obvious example of FoeYay you only people who can find in this show. Both Winchesters (though mainly Sam) as well as Kevin have been on the receiving end of his rather ''suggestive'' remarks, the most recent example I believe had to do with Sam with a Corset and a whip.
** Not blatantly sexual, buttruly understand each others' troubled pasts.
* In 10x02has Crowley looking looks at a picture of him and Dean together, before one of his assistants tells him "It's time to move on." The music and the acting makes the whole scene read as Crowley missing his ex-boyfriend.
** Let's not forget [[spoiler:Crowley
* Sam/Cas "Nothing is worth losing you," and
--->[[spoiler:'''Bobby:''' Why'd you have to take a picture?]]
--->[[spoiler:'''Crowley:''' Why'd you have to use tongue?]]
*** And was it just me, or did
** Crowley is quite
** Not blatantly sexual, but
* In 10x02
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** Consider that Gabriel's alter-ego was [[Myth/NorseMythology Loki]]. In the original myths, Loki was pretty famous for getting it on with anyone, anything, and in any form. The most famous example would be the time he got knocked up while in the shape of a horse, and depending on the version he might have gotten pregnant with triplets or the entire race of trolls after eating the heart of a witch.
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* It should be noted that this has bled over into the behind-the-scenes stuff, especially Jared. Somehow, he tends to be the one that tries to get all the other actors to Corpse, and tends to resort to things like just-off-camera ass pinching and kissy faces to do it. One time, he was laying in a hospital bed for a scene and tried to get Misha to break by planting his foot in Misha's crotch (Misha: "There's a foot in my balls, just FYI.")
* The title of Episode 6.15--"The French Mistake"--is an example. It is a reference to the ending of the movie ''Film/BlazingSaddles'', where [[spoiler:the camera zooms out to show the movie being filmed on a soundstage. Another movie is being filmed adjacent--which happens to be the homoerotic "French Mistake"--and the words "French Mistake" are extremely obviously meant as a euphemism for gay anal sex]].
* The bloopers. Oh god, the bloopers. They have loads of stuff (mostly PlayedForLaughs) like Jensen putting his head in Jared's lap, randomly jumping into his arms or stroking his face, Jared slapping Jensen's ass, J2 hugging and saying "I love you," all the time, Jake Abel groping Jared, Jensen fussing with Jared's hair, Jared fussing with Jensen's eyelashes of all things, Jared checking out Jensen's ass, and surely everyone's heard of the "I miss your musk" incident. And then Misha shows up and the foot-in-Misha's-crotch thing happens, he makes some insane come-hither face (twice), Jensen does this him-me-wink thing, Jared trying to make out with him and playing footsie with him, Jensen smelling his jacket and whipping him on the ass with a prop, etc... Not to mention Jared calling Sebastian a "sexy bastard" and making eyes at him. Jared does a lot of alone stuff too, like constantly showing off his ass and, at one point, licking his knife very suggestively.
** According to Misha's CW Connect session he regularly ruins scenes by laughing--for instance, in the finale of Season 7 when Jared tried to pull his pants off.
* 5x09, "The Real Ghostbusters", hangs a massive lampshade on all this.
-->'''Announcer:''' And at 4:30, there's the "Homoerotic Subtext of Supernatural".
* The title of Episode 6.15--"The French Mistake"--is an example. It is a reference to the ending of the movie ''Film/BlazingSaddles'', where [[spoiler:the camera zooms out to show the movie being filmed on a soundstage. Another movie is being filmed adjacent--which happens to be the homoerotic "French Mistake"--and the words "French Mistake" are extremely obviously meant as a euphemism for gay anal sex]].
* The bloopers. Oh god, the bloopers. They have loads of stuff (mostly PlayedForLaughs) like Jensen putting his head in Jared's lap, randomly jumping into his arms or stroking his face, Jared slapping Jensen's ass, J2 hugging and saying "I love you," all the time, Jake Abel groping Jared, Jensen fussing with Jared's hair, Jared fussing with Jensen's eyelashes of all things, Jared checking out Jensen's ass, and surely everyone's heard of the "I miss your musk" incident. And then Misha shows up and the foot-in-Misha's-crotch thing happens, he makes some insane come-hither face (twice), Jensen does this him-me-wink thing, Jared trying to make out with him and playing footsie with him, Jensen smelling his jacket and whipping him on the ass with a prop, etc... Not to mention Jared calling Sebastian a "sexy bastard" and making eyes at him. Jared does a lot of alone stuff too, like constantly showing off his ass and, at one point, licking his knife very suggestively.
** According to Misha's CW Connect session he regularly ruins scenes by laughing--for instance, in the finale of Season 7 when Jared tried to pull his pants off.
* 5x09, "The Real Ghostbusters", hangs a massive lampshade on all this.
-->'''Announcer:''' And at 4:30, there's the "Homoerotic Subtext of Supernatural".
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** When Anna and Pamela walk into the panic room together with their arms around each other, Ruby stands off to the side, her arms crossed, and watches them go, looking upset for some reason. Jealous much, Ruby?
** When Alastair arrives and Sam's powers aren't powerful enough to kick his ass, Ruby immediately goes to save ''Anna'' and whisk her off to safety without staying behind to make sure the boys made it out okay--the same boys who were the ones actually vital to her plan, unlike Anna, an angel--one of the things Ruby feared most--who wouldn't even be useful to Ruby in the grand scheme of things. Ruby thought that being anywhere near Alastair was a death sentence, yet she chose to make Anna her first priority over Sam or Dean. Not to mention her bringing Sam and Dean the lead on Anna anyway. It's the only case she ever gives them, notable for being even more dangerous than the cases she tried to shoo them away from in the third season, and Ruby's actions in the episodes actually work counterproductive to the demons' goals. Why ''is'' Ruby trying so hard to save Anna?
** When Alastair arrives and Sam's powers aren't powerful enough to kick his ass, Ruby immediately goes to save ''Anna'' and whisk her off to safety without staying behind to make sure the boys made it out okay--the same boys who were the ones actually vital to her plan, unlike Anna, an angel--one of the things Ruby feared most--who wouldn't even be useful to Ruby in the grand scheme of things. Ruby thought that being anywhere near Alastair was a death sentence, yet she chose to make Anna her first priority over Sam or Dean. Not to mention her bringing Sam and Dean the lead on Anna anyway. It's the only case she ever gives them, notable for being even more dangerous than the cases she tried to shoo them away from in the third season, and Ruby's actions in the episodes actually work counterproductive to the demons' goals. Why ''is'' Ruby trying so hard to save Anna?
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** When Anna and Pamela walk into the panic room together with their arms around each other, Ruby stands off to the side, her arms crossed, and watches them go, looking upset for some reason. Jealous much, Ruby?\n
** When Alastair arrives and Sam's powers aren't powerful enough to kick his ass, Ruby immediately goes to save ''Anna'' and whisk her off to safety without staying behind to make sure the boys made it out okay--the same boys who were the ones actually vital to her plan, unlike Anna, an angel--one of the things Ruby feared most--who wouldn't even be useful to Ruby in the grand scheme of things. Ruby thought that being anywhere near Alastair was a death sentence, yet she chose to make Anna her first priority over Sam or Dean.Not to mention her bringing Sam and Dean the lead on Anna anyway. It's the only case she ever gives them, notable for being even more dangerous than the cases she tried to shoo them away from in the third season, and Ruby's actions in the episodes actually work counterproductive to the demons' goals. Why ''is'' Ruby trying so hard to save Anna?
** When Alastair arrives and Sam's powers aren't powerful enough to kick his ass, Ruby immediately goes to save ''Anna'' and whisk her off to safety without staying behind to make sure the boys made it out okay--the same boys who were the ones actually vital to her plan, unlike Anna, an angel--one of the things Ruby feared most--who wouldn't even be useful to Ruby in the grand scheme of things. Ruby thought that being anywhere near Alastair was a death sentence, yet she chose to make Anna her first priority over Sam or Dean.
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** Dean's remark about Anna and Ruby being in the backseat reminding him of a Penthouse Forum letter. After he says that, Ruby looks over at Anna as if to check her reaction.
* [[AmbiguouslyBi Ruby]] also had some extremely blatant FoeYay with her EvilMentor (who was possessing a woman) in "Malleus Maleficarum". [[GirlOnGirlIsHot Dean noticed]].
-->'''Ruby:''' Let me serve you again. I've wanted it--I've wanted you for so long...
* "Fancy lady" Victoria seemed to have a particular...''interest'' in Annie in "Of Grave Importance".
* Retroactively comes into play between John and Azazel in "In My Time of Dying" when one realizes that John's soul was the thing Azazel wanted even more than the Colt (it's the way he says it--staring intently at John while getting closer to him) and that they had to have kissed off-screen to seal their deal, since Azazel was seen kissing Mary to seal theirs. (Yikes. Imagine how disgusted John must've been to kiss [[ArchEnemy him]], and how tickled Azazel must've been at John's having to do it.)
* [[AmbiguouslyBi Ruby]] also had some extremely blatant FoeYay with her EvilMentor (who was possessing a woman) in "Malleus Maleficarum". [[GirlOnGirlIsHot Dean noticed]].
-->'''Ruby:''' Let me serve you again. I've wanted it--I've wanted you for so long...
* "Fancy lady" Victoria seemed to have a particular...''interest'' in Annie in "Of Grave Importance".
* Retroactively comes into play between John and Azazel in "In My Time of Dying" when one realizes that John's soul was the thing Azazel wanted even more than the Colt (it's the way he says it--staring intently at John while getting closer to him) and that they had to have kissed off-screen to seal their deal, since Azazel was seen kissing Mary to seal theirs. (Yikes. Imagine how disgusted John must've been to kiss [[ArchEnemy him]], and how tickled Azazel must've been at John's having to do it.)
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* {{Jim Beaver}} himself saw fit to say hello to people who shipped [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HeterosexualLifePartners?from=Main.Bromance Rufus/Bobby]] at a convention, implying that at least he sees them as a potential couple.
