By the way – Sam's the one trying to help Cas, *Sam*. Again.
Yeah, I think that's part of my gradual loss of interest in Dean/Cas. Every time Sam is all, "How's Cas??" and Dean's answer is "Meh," I ship it a little less.
Twice this episode Dean was called stupid. Sam: "You know, Dean, the ones without pictures" – ukgh. Dislike. Can it be OOC, just Zeke being a douchbag? We all know he doesn't have to do the eye thing! Crowley called Dean brainless and Sam soulless (or the other way around?). Ouch. And if Charlie's Toto, does that mean Crowley's the coward? That much might work, the way he seems to think about himself.
I always figured Sam calling Dean stupid was the equivalent of Dean calling Sam a girl/sissy/gay. They go there precisely because they know it doesn't push any buttons. Sam would never call Dean a girl because Dean is actually insecure about his masculinity, but it's okay for Dean to do it to Sam because Sam doesn't have that particular anxiety. This is contrary to popular fanon, but personally I've never gotten the sense that Dean thinks he's stupid, or that he seriously believes Sam thinks he's stupid, or that there's anything regarding this whole issue that keeps him up at night.
I would've pegged Crowley for Oz. He presents himself as great and powerful, but when you look behind the curtain he's just a pathetic little man. Maybe the cowardly lion is Kevin. He comes off as weak and scared, but when the chips are down he finds his courage.
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Yeah, I think that's part of my gradual loss of interest in Dean/Cas. Every time Sam is all, "How's Cas??" and Dean's answer is "Meh," I ship it a little less.
Twice this episode Dean was called stupid. Sam: "You know, Dean, the ones without pictures" – ukgh. Dislike. Can it be OOC, just Zeke being a douchbag? We all know he doesn't have to do the eye thing! Crowley called Dean brainless and Sam soulless (or the other way around?). Ouch. And if Charlie's Toto, does that mean Crowley's the coward? That much might work, the way he seems to think about himself.
I always figured Sam calling Dean stupid was the equivalent of Dean calling Sam a girl/sissy/gay. They go there precisely because they know it doesn't push any buttons. Sam would never call Dean a girl because Dean is actually insecure about his masculinity, but it's okay for Dean to do it to Sam because Sam doesn't have that particular anxiety. This is contrary to popular fanon, but personally I've never gotten the sense that Dean thinks he's stupid, or that he seriously believes Sam thinks he's stupid, or that there's anything regarding this whole issue that keeps him up at night.
I would've pegged Crowley for Oz. He presents himself as great and powerful, but when you look behind the curtain he's just a pathetic little man. Maybe the cowardly lion is Kevin. He comes off as weak and scared, but when the chips are down he finds his courage.