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Yeah, not a romantic gesture. Deans not known for listening to romantic songs, so odds are theyre not the romantic ones. Also? Didnt make it for cas. It was one of his personal own mixtapes. People made mixtapes for a ton of reasons, theyre not excessively romantic

Hey Nonny! Thanks for sharing your opinion! Here’s my thoughts on all the interesting points you brought up.

To be completely honest with you, that’s not what I got from this text conversation. I’m saying that because: “I’m leaning towards romantic gesture”, “ahhhhh both like each other but don’t want to admit it to each other so it’s an awkward dance around”, with the conversation ending with “they gotta play it out somehow man idk how but it’ll hopefully work out“ “I feel like the mixtape helped [with them both not being straightforward]”, and ending with a very pro-romantic comment that “that must just be frustrating to watch both people just playing footsie around each other basically”. Which to me is a perfect way to sum up Dean and Cas’ relationship: a Will They or Won’t They and a Just Kiss Already

As far as I know, Dean is very well-known for listening to (and loving) romantic songs. His two favourite songs (both by Led Zeppelin) are Ramble On and Travelling Riverside Blues. Let’s look at some lyrics here to see whether there are any romantic themes within his two favourite songs, with Ramble On first.

(chorus)

Ramble onAnd now’s the time, the time is nowTo sing my songI’m goin’ ‘round the world, I got to find my girlOn my wayI’ve been this way ten years to the dayRamble onGotta find the queen of all my dreams

(verse)

I ain’t tellin’ no lieMine’s a tale that can’t be toldMy freedom I hold dearHow years ago in days of oldWhen magic filled the air’T was in the darkest depths of MordorI met a girl so fairBut Gollum, and the evil one crept up and slipped away with herHer, her, yeahAin’t nothing I can do, no

(ending that keeps repeating with different variations of sentence structure until the song fades out)

I gotta keep searching for my baby (baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby)

While this song is very much about living free and traveling the world - not to mention the references to The Lord of The Rings - it’s also very much about finding a lost romantic love.

Now let’s look at Travelling Riverside Blues, though my face is turning slightly red just thinking about it. I am going to use the BBC Session version of the lyrics, if only because that’s what first comes up on iTunes.

Well I know my baby, If I see her in the dark I said I know my rider, If I see her in the dark

See my baby, tell her, Tell her hurry home Had no lovin’, since my baby been gone See my baby, Tell hurry on home I ain’t had, Lord, my right mind, Since my rider’s been gone

Squeeze my lemon ‘til the juice runs down my leg Squeeze it so hard, I’ll fall right out of bed Squeeze my lemon, ‘til the juice runs down my leg

Spoken: I wonder if you know what I’m talkin’ about Oh, but the way that you squeeze it girl I swear I’m gonna fall right out of bed

Nothing can be said about this song except that it is laden with sexual innuendo (or just plain sex). It’s definitely not a “you’re my everything” romantic song *cough erotic cough*, but if you want to say that Dean isn’t known for listening to songs that have romantic/non-platonic relationships, then this is an example of that not being the case.

(and here I get to finally use my knowledge of the songs Dean has listened to/been in the show; courtesy of my love of music and making playlists) Now overall, the songs Dean has played throughout the years can go into three categories: traveling/living free, fighting the good fight, and romance. Some examples of songs (definitely not all) with romantic themes that Dean has listened to include: Burnin’ for You, Can’t Fight This Feeling, Time After Time, Round and Round, Who Do You Love, No One Like You, You Shook Me All Night Long, Back In the Saddle, Heartbreaker, Imaginary Lover, Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow, Heat of the Moment, Heartbreak, Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel, Cherry Pie, It’s Never Too Late, Shake It Off, and Good Love Gone Bad. (I won’t go over these lyrics, as this answer post is already way longer than I first intended). Some of these songs were first played even in season 1, showing that Dean has always had a big taste of romantic music, or at least songs that include romantic themes within them. A direct example of Dean enjoying a romantic song early on is a scene in season 2 (I believe it was 2x05 Simon Said) where after hearing a romantic/love song (Can’t Fight This Feeling by REO Speedwagon) on a jukebox at the Roadhouse, he later sang the song while in the Impala acapella-style because “I can’t get it out of my head”.

And now back to the mixtape. There’s 13 Zepp songs on it; Dean’s top favourites. So obviously Ramble On and Travelling Riverside Blues are on it. That leaves 11 songs unknown to us viewers. There’s a post out there somewhere that listed all of the Led Zeppelin songs there are and counted how many are in each type of themes (I’ll have to dig for it, but once I find it I will definitely link it here). In the end, the majority of songs are about romance or just plain erotic. With Led Zeppelin being known as very romantic and erotic, Dean’s favourite songs both having romantic themes in them, and the fact that Dean likes romantic songs overall, it’s smart to assume that at least two or three more songs on the mixtape are about romance in one form or another. Also, as @cornerbackcastiel points out (x), there has been exactly 13 Led Zeppelin songs referenced in the show, with 5 of them having romantic/erotic themes (2 of them refer to romantic relationships, but the songs aren’t mainly about that). This possibly means that these are Dean’s top 13 favourite songs (though I don’t think so), and even if they aren’t, it shows that there are romantic themes within the songs that Dean at least listens to and enjoy.

Moving on.

True, it isn’t explicitly said whether Dean “just” gave Cas one of his favourite mixtapes, or if he actually took the time to make a mixtape to specifically give to Cas. So it’s really up to us to figure out which of those is true, unless they mention it again in the show and clarify it for us (which I highly doubt). So say Dean gave Cas one of his mixtapes. My lovely friend @paisleyfifteen pointed out to me that this is Dean we are talking about here. “Dean, who is very possessive of what little personal objects he has (especially his tapes), gave that to Cas AS A GIFT. LIKE GAVE IT AWAY. IT’S NO LONGER HIS. That in and of itself is romantic. Especially because Dean made it for himself so it must be personal.” Music is also very important to Dean, it has been a constant in his very hectic life. Music isn’t only sound to Dean, it’s something that helps him get through life. To both weep and celebrate with. So to show Cas his favourite music, it was not only a show of his tastes and to introduce Cas to “good” music, it was also to show Cas his inner self. So while Dean might not have made the mixtape for Cas (though I learn towards that he did), it still has profound importance/meaning.

The last point you mention is that mixtapes are not “excessively romantic”. Searching on any search engine, you can see what a mixtape means, and further, the meaning they hold when a gift. For example, searching “why do people make mixtapes” gives me “Before CDs, there were cassette tapes. As a form of courtship, a person would record songs on a tape that they thought articulated their love for another person. Then, they would give the tape to them. This was called a mixtape.“ The first thing that shows up when searching “what does the gift of a mixtape mean” is “A Mix Is Still The Most Romantic Gift”. Then, since Dean not only gave Cas a mixtape, but a mixtape of his favourite songs by his favourite artist: “when a guy shows you his favourite songs” the first thing to come up is “16 subtle ways your man shows he loves you (when he’s too scared to tell you)”. Let’s try gender neutral: “what does it mean when someone shows you their favourite songs“ and the first article it gives me is “What the Music You Love Says About You and How It Can Improve Your Life”. That last search gave me a non-romantic meaning, but it’s about how your favourite music reflects on yourself; a baring of your soul in a medium that is better than words. I don’t know about you, but giving a mixtape of my favourite songs by my favouite artist where at least one song is highly erotic, is not something I would give to a platonic friend.

Thank you for the ask and hopefully I helped to make some sense of the mixtape!

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