#deanbela

[emiliosandozsequence]

supernatural (2005-2020) cr. eric kripke / 'mirror traps', hera lindsay bird

[winchestergifs]

STACKEDNATURAL ⇉ 107/327

3.7 Fresh Blood Written by Sera Gamble Directed by Kim Manners Original Air Date: November 15, 2007

[sheepstiel]

you know, when this is over, we really should have angry sex

[freakwiththeknifecollection]

Dean and Bela should've had angry sex. She should've handcuffed him to the bed, then afterward steal his stuff and just leave him there

[scoobydoodean]

Thinking about 3.06 Red Sky At Morning and how after Bela sees the ship, Dean says he isn't going to help her and starts to leave. She tricked them and she sold the hand of god—the one thing that could save her—and Dean is angry because he thinks there's nothing they can do to save her, and he's angry because Bela is him.

We get multiple little lines letting us know we're supposed to see similarity between them, including,

"You're so damaged." "Takes one to know one."

and

"What, did Daddy not give you enough hugs or something?" "I don't know. Your daddy give you enough?"

Bela's going to die and no one can save her. Dean's going to die soon and nobody can save him. The choices Bela made put her in the situation she's in. The choices Dean made put him in the situation he's in. She can't be saved. He can't be saved.

But Sam has this crazy last ditch plan that just might work (which is also in theme, because Sam believes Dean can be saved) and they decide to try it, and as soon as Bela starts choking up water, Dean, who played at not caring, immediately rushes to Bela and just holds her. She's choking to death on water and Dean probably still doesn't think she'll survive, but he holds her so she at least won't die all alone. For all the self-hatred Dean's holding onto, a part of him still has compassion—compassion for Bela and compassion for himself. Dean believes he deserves to die but there is also a part of him that knows he doesn't deserve to die—a part we're going to meet in a few episodes in "Dream A Little Dream of Me". But this right here is our first glimpse all season of a Dean who doesn't think Bela deserves to die—whatever she might have done to her family—and doesn't think he deserves to die despite blaming himself for Sam and John's deaths.

[subtextnatural]

Anyone being mean about deanlisa or drowley or deanbela or deanjo or deanbenny or w/ever just consider that this bisexual man has a heart the size of Texas and there is more than enough space in there for everyone even if it already accommodates a Chrysler Building sized angel

[laufire]

Supernatural – "Bad Day at Black Rock" | The New Batman Adventures – "Cult of the Cat"

[werepires]

What if I shipped deanbela a little bit actually

[emiliosandozsequence]

supernatural (2005-2020) cr. eric kripke / wuthering heights, emily brontë

[dailyspnpolls]

[sheepstiel]

full versions

[libracorpvs]

femnatural 1/?

[angelsdean]

for me it goes like this. deanjo are platonic gender besties. whereas deanbela are gender enemies to fuck-buddies. and deanrhonda are gender besties with benefits. and deancassie are gender besties-to-lovers. and they're all bi.

[scoobydoodean]

hiiii! i see you have a bunch of different dean ships that you enjoy on occasion in your bio :D deanbela isn't there tho so i was wondering your opinion on that, if you have one?

Dean and Bela's relationship is fascinating! I meant to talk about it more when I was rewatching season 3 but got distracted and now my thoughts about them are like a bunch of bees swarming around I can't capture them all. But my god. The mutual hatred born through recognition of the self in the other. 🤌 "I hate myself. I am awful. And I accept that and it means I deserve to die." Coupled with "I don't deserve this fate. I don't deserve to be condemned because of the things that happened to me."

They squabble and fight and tell each other "You suck you're awful you're the worst person" but when Bela is drowning (and it's all her own fault and she condemned the other victims too so he's mad mad mad) Dean stops everything to just hold onto her so she doesn't die alone.

Their last conversation is horrible it's under horrible circumstances. Bela thought she just assassinated both of them to save her own skin but they saw her coming and now she knows she's going to die, and Dean is furious at her because she was going to kill them (and this isn't the first time she nearly got them killed) and he's furious also because he thinks "If you had just worked with us we could have saved you" but like... that is also Dean talking about himself? He spent the first part of season 3 refusing to aid in subverting his own approaching demise. He thought he deserved it. Bela thinks she deserves this too. But also they both know they don't? A part of them knows "I do not deserve to go to hell". But now it's too late. It's too late for Bela. It's too late for Dean.

BELA: The Demon that holds [your contract]. She holds mine too. She said she holds every deal. DEAN: She? BELA: Her name's Lilith. DEAN: Lilith? Why should I believe you? BELA: You shouldn't but it's the truth. DEAN: This can't help you, Bela, not now. Why you telling me this? BELA: Because just maybe you can kill the bitch. DEAN: I'll see you in hell.

He'll see her in hell. He knows he won't succeed. They're both going to lose. They won't even get the satisfaction of vengeance. They HATE each other but also they see themselves in each other and that's the biggest reason they hate each other but there's also this fragile whisper of affection in their interactions (seen most prominently in their delightful banter) and it's because deep down they both know they do not deserve this and they shouldn't hate themselves this much. They deserve to live.

[fandom-hoarder]

[my reputation precedes me]