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The Winchesters' underlying plot and unreliable narration of Dean as the new restless spirit, the new angry god (interference from on high) leeching trauma brainworms onto his parents' love story as he can find no happy ending without his beloved (his partner in apotheosis) in it

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echoes of Dean falling in love across different worlds until he Says Yes To Life after life to do it all over again

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Dean (and writers) deconstructing-reconstructing his parents’ fairytale to instead find and create his happily ever after

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the lies Dean tells himself in the Limbo between worlds, "a clown with a broken heart dreaming of your love and not knowing where to start"

vs true happiness with his family calling him home through the maze of mirrors

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Bisexuals of The Winchesters

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Only on Earth is there any talk of free will.

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Wake up babes two years ago/inb4 the revival announcement whenever, Jensen Rich and Robbie dropped The Tapes (OR: how do we know John and Mary are romantic? Because -as Reflections on them will once again validate- Dean and Cas are)

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Confrontation with the Shadow and the triumph of Being over Nothingness as The Truth sets you free (now Dean's turn, but he's taking the time he needs to tell his story)

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(The strength within) Cas' words striking right at the core of Dean's self-doubt and (what they mean) echoing throughout the love story he tells (truly about them)

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Eternal return of: "Dean, just look at it. Really look at it."

(Fandom, really look at it.)

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heuristic exhortations to read the subtext context clear text at the heart of this Supernatural Love Story

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'tis the song, the sigh of the weary (don't you cry no more)

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death isn't the end (to mirrors in which Dean finds his family/won't leave his love behind)

see you on the other side (of broken cycles, of the road to life after death)

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saying it back in their eyes, musical signatures, and context of what's unsaid

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what is The Winchesters if not Dean trying to commandeer the airwaves from the past to The Future with 13 traxx on angel radio

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The Winchesters: The Epic Retold Supernatural Love Story Of Dean and Cas

subtextcontextcleartext - that's the tag I'm using to celebrate the Age of Aquarius for a very special birthday boy like his actor/vessel did during the airing of his last appearance (so far). I thought there hasn't been nearly enough meta explaining how The Winchesters points to Dean and Cas' romantic relationship with elaborate parallels in every episode, but it's harder to put into words what I can express with a gutpunch of side-by-side comparisons, so a series of photo essays it is! Hope you'll enjoy the power of association they've leveraged so well, and the reminder of where we are in year five(!) of Canon Destiel.

Tagging a few people who've written meta on the series @dotthings @shallowseeker @ilarual @wellofdean @ironworked @mbqnoyolo @sio-lokistiel @ahundredbillionheavens - I hope this might be of interest or inspire new insights. Cut short as the work may be, it will be good to brush up as we anticipate more!