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Sam, getting to know Dean in season 1.

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Sam and Dean’s individual relationships to John are so fascinating, and his abuse of them was so complex and different for each of them, and each thinks he loves the other more because they didn’t receive the personalized abuse he doled out to the other. Dean was the “good child”, obedient, the peacemaker, doing whatever his father asked of him, and so he didn’t receive the negative attention that Sam did, which Dean viewed as more care. Because his father was paying more attention to Sam because Sam put up a fight. Dean would receive praise, but he wouldn’t receive the love and affection that he truly craved. He felt ignored and uncared for.

Meanwhile, Sam received John’s negative attention, the brunt of his ire because he fought back and didn’t acquiesce the way Dean did. He and John screamed at one another, got into fights, and thus he received more attention than Dean did. But at his core, Sam wanted that love that he thought Dean was getting. It’s just that when he did his job, he still felt neglected. Because he realized that that praise wasn’t really love. But even though he realized this, he was still unable to distinguish that this was also what Dean was receiving, not some form of praise or higher love.

Add to that that fundamentally, Sam and Dean were just such different people with completely different early life experiences that formed them. Dean could remember life before hunting, Sam couldn’t. Dean feels Mary’s loss and the loss of normalcy, Sam doesn’t remember her and craves the thing he has never experienced. And to top it all off, there is John blaming Sam for Mary’s death and fearing his potential monstrosity which makes him incapable of viewing Sam the same way he does Dean, even if Sam did completely what he was told. Sam was there when Mary died. Dean was outside the room, ready to follow his orders.

TLDR John Winchester didn’t have a favorite son: he had a soldier and he had a scapegoat and he loved them both the same, but in completely different ways.

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Sam and Dean’s individual relationships to John are so fascinating, and his abuse of them was so complex and different for each of them, and each thinks he loves the other more because they didn’t receive the personalized abuse he doled out to the other. Dean was the “good child”, obedient, the peacemaker, doing whatever his father asked of him, and so he didn’t receive the negative attention that Sam did, which Dean viewed as more care. Because his father was paying more attention to Sam because Sam put up a fight. Dean would receive praise, but he wouldn’t receive the love and affection that he truly craved. He felt ignored and uncared for.

Meanwhile, Sam received John’s negative attention, the brunt of his ire because he fought back and didn’t acquiesce the way Dean did. He and John screamed at one another, got into fights, and thus he received more attention than Dean did. But at his core, Sam wanted that love that he thought Dean was getting. It’s just that when he did his job, he still felt neglected. Because he realized that that praise wasn’t really love. But even though he realized this, he was still unable to distinguish that this was also what Dean was receiving, not some form of praise or higher love.

Add to that that fundamentally, Sam and Dean were just such different people with completely different early life experiences that formed them. Dean could remember life before hunting, Sam couldn’t. Dean feels Mary’s loss and the loss of normalcy, Sam doesn’t remember her and craves the thing he has never experienced. And to top it all off, there is John blaming Sam for Mary’s death and fearing his potential monstrosity which makes him incapable of viewing Sam the same way he does Dean, even if Sam did completely what he was told. Sam was there when Mary died. Dean was outside the room, ready to follow his orders.

TLDR John Winchester didn’t have a favorite son: he had a soldier and he had a scapegoat and he loved them both the same, but in completely different ways.

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(2/2) how many different continents were you taught there were growing up?

4 or less (?)

5

6

7

8 or more (?)

more than one of the above, by different teachers/relevant authority figures

again, not adding geographic options to this since it'd just be a mess but feel free to share where you're from in the notes if you want

again, not adding geographic options to this since it'd just be a mess but feel free to share where you're from in the notes if you want

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home is any four walls that enclose the right person 🤍

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For I have sinned.

I finally met my goal of finishing/posting all my wips + projects I’ve had sitting around.

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Okay, that right there - is the creepiest things I've ever seen.

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Special Children :: All Hell Breaks Loose

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1x01 // 5x22 

March 8

Sam told me and Dean today that he is going to Stanford. I told him that if he goes, he better stay gone. I think Dean would have taken a swing at him if I hadn’t kept my cool. Barely. Trying to work out what to do about this. We can’t tolerate any of us quitting. We’re better as a team. I’ve protected Sammy his whole life, and so has Dean. Could be I’ve gone too easy on him. Dean always responded to discipline because he believed in the mission. I thought that by giving Sammy more room, I’d let him find his own way to dedication like Dean’s. Doesn’t look like that worked out. Now he’s a straight-A student, computer whiz…I think he’s gone a little soft. How many tight spots have we bee in since he was a baby? And now he’s going to college? He can go to hell, is where he can go. - John Winchester’s Journal by Alex Irvine

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girl whatever

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I’m sorry, Dean. I really am — I never wanted to hurt you or anyone. But I swear, even if the word ‘family’ didn’t mean the same thing to me as it did to you way back then… you made growing up in the place we did a little easier. I don’t know what I would have done if you hadn’t been there, okay? You kept me sane sometimes. You were my only constant friend. 

You’ve gotta know, my heaven wouldn’t have been right without you there. 

Why do you think we share one?

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it's important to stay hydrated

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you know what, fuck you *unkills your character*

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saw this tiktok and its comment section and some of them reminded me of my best friend dean

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I FOUND ITTTTT I FINALLY FOUND THE TWITCHY DEPRESSION TITS COMMENT AFTER SEVEN MONTHS

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my first ever fanart