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destiel-wings · 7 months

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Dean Winchester & hug dynamic analysis

I was thinking about how whenever Dean hugs someone he's almost always the one hugging the other and how this links to his psychological trauma of always being the caretaker of people, making himself bigger to protect them.

Because that's how Dean sees himself, as a shield for others, and then I thought about how Cas actually is the shield, and he's HIS SHIELD, specifically, the only one who's really there to protect HIM, which is why it hits so much when we see this:

The way Cas wraps his arms around him, trying to protect him with his whole body--that he'd use as a shield and give up in a second if he could spare him from any pain and save him.

(for context: Dean was about to go use the soul bomb on Amara there, it was a suicide mission)

Bobby is another one that hits, he hugs him as the big hugger because he's his father, he loves him and he's actually here to protect him (and Dean LETS him -barely, but he lets him *and Cas* - in a way that he doesn't let Sam)

I watched a compilation of Sam & Dean hugs to check if i was right about it, but it's almost always Dean the big hugger with Sam, except when he's about to die or Sam sees him alive again after losing him.

Even then, Dean mostly tries to hug Sam as the big hugger anyway, with at least one arm, like a way to comfort him, making him feel protected, like his body language is saying "I'm here, I'm okay, I'm still strong, i can still protect you" (because their real father failed and Dean thinks it's his job).

He rarely lets himself be the little one hugged with Sam, unless he's barely conscious. Which is why it kills me so much more now that in this moment (s14, when Dean was going to lock himself in the Ma'lak box cause he was possessed by Michael) and Sam has a desperate breakdown and punches him (to stop him) he forcefully hugs him as the little hugger, the way Dean always kept him, like a way of saying "I still need you to protect me, please don't do this to yourself".

In the scene below he gives Sam his blessing to do a dangerous (possibly suicidal) mission, and one of his arms is down, but the other one tries to stay up--he's forcing himself to do it and he struggles because he still wants to protect him, but (as the seasons progress) he slowly becomes more prone to let go.

So in this view the hug dynamic becomes an indicator of how Dean sees Sam (and himself) and his protector role, how adult and self sufficient he considers Sam, and how much he lets people around him take care of him, lowering his walls and letting himself be hugged.

This is also why i think hugs from characters like Garth or Charlie are so special, because they're just like us: they see Dean and they just know that he needs to be hugged a lot, and that he's not used to it, so they just go for it-- and it's so normal and kind and spontaneous that Dean's just not used to it-- he doesn't know how to respond (especially with Garth, at the beginning, but as the seasons progress, he learns to, and he even initiates the hug eventually).

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I love the hugs where they're 50/50 (one arm up, one arm down both), feels like they're equals, both taking care of each other. I feel like with Sam and Dean, this indicates a healthier dynamic, because Dean lets go a little of the role that was imposed to him and manages to see Sam as the strong individual that he is. But the same applies to 50/50 hugs with other characters, like with Cas, where I feel like it testifies how equals they feel in terms of being fighters, there's a show of respect of each other's strength that transpires by the gesture (which is even more astounding considering that Cas is literally a powerful angel).

And just to end on a destiel note, I'd like to note the possessiveness and protectiveness of Dean (rightfully so) whenever he finds Cas after he thought he had lost him, and how that translates into his body/hug language:

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deansraspberrypie · 3 months

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"You’re the most caring man on Earth. You are the most selfless, loving human being I will ever know"

💝🍰 Happy Birthday, My Hero Dean Winchester! I love you so much 🥧💖

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fluffsnake · 6 months

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hug your local trenchcoat angel today

#this is from a year ago #but I hated it at the time so I don't think I posted it idk???#either way happy 5th fellas #destiel #deancas #spn fanart #supernatural #dean winchester #castiel #destiel fanart #ps I don't particularly like it now but Cas needs all the hugs he can get so #hug his ass #my art

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thefableddestiel · 26 days

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Do you guys see how goddamn emotionally charged this hug is for both of them? Deans holding on for dear life. This hug is the physical embodiment of “I need you. I’ve always needed you.”

Is this hug not a confession in itself?? This hug feels like Dean finally admitting to himself the depth of his feelings for Cas. Because if he doesn’t, Cas might leave again, and that’s unacceptable.

#destiel #dean winchester #castiel #dean x cas #supernatural #cas x dean #deancas #spn #dean loves cas #spn 15x09 #spn the trap #Destiel hug

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valeron99 · 11 months

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Once upon in Heaven.

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lambmotifz · 28 days

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sam be like “i wanna be seen as a grownup !!” and then everytime they’re in danger he would stand behind dean like a scared little kid. okay baby boy we get it, you still want your big brother to protect you

#i love him for this <3 #also the way he often tries to make himself smaller when dean hugs him…i’m so normal about this #he gets annoyed when he’s not treated like an adult but also desperately wants to be babied by dean #because dean is his father and his mother <3 #wincest #samdean #sam winchester #dean winchester #spn

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jackles010378 · 24 days

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Love waking up to new Jensen pics 😍🔥💚

Look at that face 🥹💚

#jensen ackles #dean winchester #jackles #supernatural #jensen ross ackles #spn cast #deanwinchtser #jensen ackles gifs #soldier boy #beau arlen #god i love him #he's so gorgeous #wanna hug him

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thefandomchaos · 3 months

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Sam and Dean are both touch starved, but Sam is ‘I crave comfort’ and Dean is ‘I don’t know how to react to comfort’

#supernatural #sam winchester #dean winchester #spn #touch starved #they both need a hug #and cuddles #they should cuddle each other #weirdcest #wincest #samdean #deansam

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wigglebox · 2 months

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Solitude 🌙 [x]

#dean winchester #spn fanart #spn art #spnfanart #supernatural #wiggleart #I’m sorry keirjfkejnfedjkn #I was redrawing this thing from like a decade ago #and this quote kept popping in my head #and thus yea h I’m in my feels today idk #someone needs to hug him #this is a banger episode tho I love dark side of the moon #your heaven is other people’s thanksgiving #😭

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destiel-wings · 2 months

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Dean actually is a hugger, he just never learned how to express that because who would hug him in his childhood? John??

#dean winchester #spn #john winchester #fuck john winchester #supernatural #hugs #dean winchester & hugs

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katherinehoughtoncastle47 · 1 month

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11.07 - PLUSH

#love Donna sm #supernatural #spn #spn edit #donna hanscum #dean winchester #sam winchester #briana buckmaster #jensen ackles #jared padalecki #season 11 #11x07 #Donna is my spirit animal #I’d kill to be in a hug with the Winchesters too

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rosedark88 · 22 hours

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I love the way Dean tells Sam “ come here”

This is actually my third favourite hug of the guys, i will talk about first and second in later posts, but this hug is just awwwww

I love the way that Dean says “ come here” and Sam just goes, no awkwardness just right into his big brother arms.

I actually love the idea of Dean being the one who initiate the hug, the same guy with the “no chick flick moments” rule. He is the big brother, he started this stupid rule, but he is also the one who needed to have his baby brother in his arms, before they both go on the toughest mission ever. When it’s all said and done, we all need hugs. They both needed the assurance, and Dean not being on big words, this was “ i love u, i trust u” hug

I love how bitch/ Jerk is Sam and Dean way of saying “ i love u “ ❤️

#supernatural #dean winchester #sam and dean #sam winchester #deansam #spn meta #classic spn #samdean #the winchester brothers #spnedit #spnfandom #spn fanart #spn #wincest #hugs

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aborddelimpala · 1 year

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