#spn 14x11

[uh-ohspaghettio]

No one has given me yet a reason why there’s a poster of a shirtless guy in the workshop Dean makes the malak box

#spn #supernatural #dean winchester #spn 14x11

[becauseofthebowties]

For my 7k Followers Celebration ↳ anonymous requested: Dean & Donna

#requests7k #spn #supernatural #dean winchester #donna hanscum #spnedit #spn 9x13 #spn 10x08 #spn 11x07 #spn 13x11 #spn 14x11 #my stuff #myspn #1k #spncreatorsdaily #cowboycoven #scottstiles #tuserpris #tuserjord #useranny #deanncastiel #useralison #and that concludes my 7k celebration requests!!!! #thank you everyone for your lovely requests and your patience <33333 #also i'm probably gonna reach a new milestone very soon so. sldkfjsldf

[arcanespillo]

“Damaged Goods”

SPN S14E11

#spn #supernatural #me?? #oh god #spn 14x11 #sam winchester #dean winchester #jensen ackles #jared padalecki #damaged goods #get mad girl #screencaps #screenshots

[shallowseeker]

Cas is different; he is a major reason Dean got "shaky" on his coffin plan

Rereading 14x11 and 14x12 this morning, and I'm struck by how much Dean's farewell behavior concerning Cas is so different than other family members.

It's in part because Cas functions as protector, whether Dean accepts that dynamic at this point or not. But it's striking that Dean's not just afraid of getting emotional, he's nervous about Cas's pull. He knows seeing Cas (and Jack) specifically could ruin his resolve:

14x12 (Blue draft), Prophet and Loss

It's certainly a family effort to support Dean enough not to check out of life in the Ma'lak box, but Cas is an unspoken cornerstone that not even Sam understands the magnitude of. (That Dean admitted it even for a second is unusual.)

Later, in 14x14, Dean is still working on Cas about the coffin plan. He's effectively appealing to Cas to let him die, and he's still keeping Jack in the dark. It's as if Cas is a major barrier he has to clear, which has implications for the uncomfortable underlying tensions in 14 & 15.

If it becomes primarily Cas's "fault" that Dean got emotional and stayed, instead of throwing himself into the ocean, then the fact that Michael got out, killed the AU hunters, destroyed Jack's soul, damaged Rowena, etc. etc.--well.

Dean's feelings for Cas (whether you view them romantically or in a faith-based manner) are a BIG part of what "went wrong" here. Without the allure of faith, everyone (sans Dean ofc) would be alive and healthy. That hope and spark Cas provided when healing Donatello--that miracle--was just a narrative trap that tipped the scales too far in the direction of stupid, doomed hope.

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14x14 (Production draft), Ouroboros

#tfw dynamics #casdean #destiel #spn 14x11 #spn 14x12 #spn 14x14 #spn scripts #my takes

[kitsune024]

Supernatural Fanfiction

10 Years Gone by cayuga

What if Nick had kidnapped Mary before she'd gone into Donna's workshop and saw the Ma'lak box in Damaged Goods?

What might have happened if Dean had managed to go through with his trip to the bottom of the Pacific without telling Sam.

Chapters:10/?

#cayuga #ao3 fanfic #spn fanfic #cas x dean Implied #spn 14x11 #Apocalypseverse Michael Possessing Dean Winchester #dean winchester #dean fic #spn michael #really good fic #fic rec #spn #spn fic #spn season 14 #michael!dean

[mlobsters]

supernatural s14e11 damaged goods (w. davy perez)

course i just said how sam and dean are good these days in the last recap and now dean is packing up a load of sketchy items (surely without telling him about the thing with billie), gives sam a damned hug and runs off alone to see mary. like that's not a big fat fucking red flag that he's about to do something really bad/stupid

SAM Sorry, I’m just – I’m worried, you know? Ever since we locked Michael up, Dean’s been acting strange, and he just packed up and left, and then, uh… MARY And what? SAM He hugged me. MARY That’s sweet. SAM Mom, we don’t hug. I mean, w-we do, but only if it’s literally the end of the world, you know? MARY Sam, he’ll be here soon. I’ll look after him. I’ll get to the bottom of this.

maybe you this is a sign you should hug in not world-ending situations too. but also, handy right now that you don't because it's a useful indicator of dean's mindset

SAM Yeah, alright. M-maybe it’s like you said, you know? Maybe he just needs some space, like Bobby. MARY Yeah. Well, and until we know for sure, we have to respect that.

+1 for all the good communication. between them, at least. -100 for dean

glad to see donna. dean on top tier deflection duty.

DONNA Just wondering if you’ve run out of ways to ask me how I’m doing, so as to avoid me repaying the favor. I know you were just possessed. Again. Sam. He had us all out, looking for you. And I know you got an archangel hitching a ride up there in your noggin. Also Sam. DEAN What does he got? A freakin’ newsletter?

good job, sammy

two of my biggest triggers are terminal illness and suicide and well sure acting like they're trying to go two for two this season.

MARY Awesome. You know, if you wanted to make it a full reunion, we could call Sam over. DEAN Yeah, you know, I was thinking I’d actually be a little greedy with my Mom time, if that’s cool. MARY Well, I just thought, you know, if you’re staying a few nights… DEAN I don’t want Sam here.

stressing me out.

and now some vague metalworking montage. ok. and nick who's basically lucifer 2.0 without powers now. which he does very well! but like. i'm tired

DEAN He’s soaking wet, and he’s pulling baloney and sliced cheese out of his pants. So, me being the big brother, I’m the cook. I take all that baloney, all that sliced cheese, and I put it onto a hot plate. MARY No. DEAN Yeah. MARY Oh. DEAN It stunk up that room so bad. Dad comes home, and he is so mad. He picks up everything, chucks it in the trash. Probably reminded him of you, and… Anyway, it did not taste right. It didn’t taste like this. MARY Oh. Sometimes I forget just how much I missed while I was gone and how much the two of you just… DEAN But you’re here now, right? And even though the last couple of years have been a little rough, just knowing that you’re around, that you’re alive… Mom, that’s meant everything to me. And everything to Sam.

you know i'll tuck every morsel of pre-series stories in my pocket. the double whammy of how much she missed, and how neglected they were

SAM Listen, Mom, I-I… I think I should come up. Uh, there’s some stuff missing from the bunker, and – MARY Sam, I don’t know what’s going on, but something is going on. Just give me some time. Let me talk to him, okay?

my kind of move. i think i should drive up there (already in the car halfway there)

DEAN Everybody keeps asking how I am. And how I am… is I don’t want to talk about it. Please.

well you're freaking everyone out and acting like you're about ready to drive off the cliff off throw yourself into the cage sooo

dean don't wear jeans to bed challenge (but nic, when he gets a phone call in the middle of the night and has to go wandering outside looking for mary, he doesn't have time to put on real pants)

MARY Okay, you’re right. I trapped him. We fought, and he was winning. So, I put him in an Enochian puzzle box. He’s contained.

what. is this new? or something else i've forgotten. makes me think of the niffin boxes in the magicians. new, apparently.

looks like one of john's (or bobby's, presumably) storage places

s3e3 bad day at black rock / s5e1 sympathy for the devil (both)

wiki says there was a tripwire with a shotgun in john's lockup that's featured in s3e3 and s5e1 too, like this one in wherever mary is

SAM It’s not about being dumb, Dean. It’s called compassion. Look, what happened to Nick could’ve happened to me. It almost happened to me. You change one little thing in our past, and that was me. Lucifer wearing me to the prom. And besides, since when do we give up on people? Since when do we just cut people loose? DEAN Well, maybe you need to learn, okay? ‘Cause when people are past the point of saving, maybe you need to learn to walk away.

sigh. well at least that's transparent enough sam should get the message

MARY I saw, Dean. Donna’s shed. I know what you’ve been building, planning. And we’re gonna talk about that. We are all three of us gonna talk about that. So if you don’t tell Sam… I will.

thank you, mary

DEAN Buried’s not safe enough. Plan is, pay a little hush money, charter a boat to take me out to the Pacific. Splash. SAM You and Michael, trapped together – for eternity?

so this episode is introducing an enochian puzzle box for trapping demons and a ma'lak box for trapping archangels. sure. dean's fashioned himself a topside cage. heavy sigh

SAM But there has to be another way. DEAN There’s not, okay? There – Sam you’ve tried. Cas has tried. Jack… And I love you for trying. But none of it’s gonna work. SAM We don’t know that. DEAN Yeah, we do. SAM What? DEAN Billie. SAM Billie? DEAN She paid me a little visit. She said that there’s only one way this ends right. And this is it. This, right here, this box. So, she gave up the special recipe, and all I had to do was the work. It’s fate. SAM Since when do we believe in fate? DEAN Now, Sam. Since now.

SAM So… you came out here to see Donna, to see Mom on some – some what? Some sick, secret farewell tour? You were gonna leave, and you weren’t even gonna tell me. Me. Do you realize how messed up that is, how unfair that is? DEAN I didn’t have a choice! Sam, you’re the last person I could tell, the last person I could be around, ‘cause you’re the only one that could’ve talked me out of it. And I won’t be talked out of it. I won’t. I’m doing this. Now, you can either let me do it alone… or you could help me. But I’m doing this. SAM All right.

thanks i hate everything about this. they did a good job. dean's voice even wavered, without him tearing up. but i'm never good with the suicide/noble sacrifice bullshit

(and mushy music swells at the end)

#supernatural #spnwatch #spn clip #spn 14x11 #davy perez #spn mushy music

[jinkieswouldyoulookatthis]

Damaged Goods (14x11)

So not only is there the usual weirdness, Sam up late in the bunker library researching a way to save his brother, obviously exhausted but determined, but then Dean says he wants to go for a drive to visit Mary... alone. And it gets weirder, the lingering shots of Dean's uncertainty in telling Sam he wants to do something without him, Sam's clear discomfort but support of whatever Dean needs, Dean's reaction to that like he knew it would be that way but was bracing for (maybe hoping for) pushback from Sam instead??? And then this hug...

Dean doesn't hug Sam goodbye when he's just going out for a drive, even if it means he'll be gone for a few days. Hugs are for "I thought you were dead" or "I may never see you again" moments so Sam knows what this is, he just doesn't know why.

And then while Dean is talking with Donna, when she finally gets to ask him about how he is doing, the bell ringing in the background is a fucking nice, subtle touch, very "for whom the bells tolls."

Again, Dean thinks he's playing things close to the vest, but he walks around holding his emotions right out in front of him all the time.

Mary: Awesome. You know, if you wanted to make it a full reunion, we could call Sam over. Dean: Yeah, you know, I was thinking I’d actually be a little greedy with my Mom time, if that’s cool. Mary: Well, I just thought, you know, if you’re staying a few nights… Dean: [quickly] I don’t want Sam here.

Mary telling Sam to give her some time to talk with Dean, meanwhile Sam is already on his way, regardless.

"Everybody keeps asking me how I am, and how I am is I don't want to talk about it. Please."

Sam: But there has to be another way. Dean: There’s not, okay? There – Sam you’ve tried. Cas has tried. Jack… And I love you for trying. [cut to Sam looking at Dean for 2 seconds like this...]

Dean: But none of it’s gonna work.

"You were gonna leave, and you weren’t even gonna tell me. Me."

Y'all, this is kicking my ass. I'm going to start crying. These two!!! I swear!

"Sam, you’re the last person I could tell, the last person I could be around, ‘cause you’re the only one that could’ve talked me out of it."

Sam: alright.

#spn 14x11

[prince-of-elsinore]

props to whoever was responsible for casting this guy (Nelson Leis) as Abraxas in Damaged Goods

Been a while since a demon had such a genuinely icky and threatening presence, even if he only lasted one scene, rip

#spn abraxas #spn 14x11 #supporting one-off roles like this were so key to the vibe of the show early on and they got so many stellar actors #then they started to get all bland and corporate (angels and demons at least) and sameface cw-pretty cookie cutter #this guy was such a breath of (rank) fresh air #good job nelson #spn episode damaged goods #musings #spn

[inacatastrophicmind]

Dean's socked feet

#deanedit #spnedit #Dean Winchester #tuserpris #*mara #spn #supernatural #dean #6x01 #6x06 #6x08 #8x12 #14x04 #14x11 #14x12

[imaginedragonsnatural]

“it probably reminded him of you” was that really necessary.

#spn liveblog #spn 14x11 #seriously.

[winchestress]

#classic winchester behaviour #supernatural #dean winchester #spn rewatch #14x11 #damaged goods

[aborddelimpala]

National Hugging Day ❤️

#hug #samdean #sam winchester #dean winchester #spn gifs #02x22 #03x11 #04x01 #06x01 #06x12 #08x01 #08x19 #08x20 #08x23 #11x23 #12x22 #13x22 #14x11 #14x12 #15x20 #mygifs #spn has a gif for that

[deanwinchesterpregnant]

dean: i was hoping for some 1 on 1 time with mom

sam, looking hurt, and offended:

#and then that hug? is dean about to go off himself or something????? #or try to at least #23 spn liveblog #14x11

[kjosi]

Suddenly thinking about donnadean……

#dean winchester #donna hanscum #dean x donna #donnadean #seeing 14x11 and myheart is breaking #spn #swirly.txt

[shallowseeker]

Dean's farewell tour + avoiding Cas, Part 1

SPN 14x11, 14x12, 14x14:

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

When Dean has decided to "check out" of the fight in 14x11 Damaged Goods and 14x12 Prophet and Loss, we get a wonderful tale of leaning on your brother and mother to find strength to face your battles. Dean goes on a little farewell tour and starts to open up to friends and family, mustering up physical affection and attempting the important emotional conversations surrounding regrets/love that he's always wanted to communicate with them (outlined below).

Cas n' Jack, sidestepped:

But when Dean decides to throw himself into the ocean, he leaves out Cas and Jack. Why? Because, as he admits in 14x12, he can't afford to get "shaky:"

Sam, for all his emotional analytics, fails to recognize the gravity of this giant omission. Omission is admission. Cas and Jack are the things that would get Dean not to jump into the ocean. That's why Dean is avoiding them. Dean doesn't want to get emotional and change his mind. Sam, bless him, has a great deal of cognitive empathy, but he misses giant neon signs like this pretty often during the course of Supernatural. (Geez, I love that about him.)

Here, Sam is stuck in a childish arrested development. That is, he assumes Mary and Dean are mostly focused on Sam himself and thus Sam holds the most sway on family decision-making.

Sam often seems to lack a high degree of natural emotional empathy. He has to work at it. (I think Dean and Cas seem to connect more with other characters: they often showcase true emotional empathy and are typically a little more insightful. Soulless Jack aside, this is a trait Jack shares with Dean and Cas.)

Sam will miss the point when Cas tentatively suggests that he himself speak with Dean. With time ticking away, Sam'd rather have Cas on research duty, and that's not impractical, per se…

Next to Sam, Cas is THE guy for coming up with creative solutions, so Sam wants him looking for Sergei and angel-speed-reading through the Lore. The only time Sam breaks with wanting Cas on strategy will be in terminal SPN, in episode 15x17: "Just get home."

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At the end of 14x11, Dean will tell Sam that he's the last person he can be around, perhaps the even only person who can talk him out of this. This could be true. So why is Dean avoiding Cas then?

A) Cas holds more sway than Dean can admit to others, it's a sway he can barely even face.

B) Maybe Dean believes Cas can't talk him out if it, but Dean can't emotionally handle a big farewell without accidentally telling Cas...things. The last time Dean tried, there was a time pressure: Amara. Dean was able to safely deliver a neutral best friend-brothers-in-arms speech. This time, he fears it won't go that smoothly.

Now, he's either afraid he'll say too much to Cas...or too little. It's distinctiy different in character to the others. Dean even seems to get a little flustered in 14x12 when Cas calls him on the phone.

It’s a glaring tell.

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Sam:

Previously, in 14x11, when Dean is processing his goodbye to Sam, he hugs him, something that immediately sets off Sam's spidey senses, as they're not a "huggy" family. Dean hugs Sam:

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Sam sounds the alarm to Mary (and presumably to Cas):

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Later in 14x12, Dean is able to drudge out his practices, heavy Big Goodbye speech to Sam, apologizing for their childhood and letting loose a lifetime of regrets. Indirectly, he's telling Sam he loves him. This is a pretty remarkable show of emotion, one that Dean will mirror with Mary during their cooking adventure.

Dean digs up his deepest emotions surrounding his history with Sam and opens up about them here:

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Donna:

In 14x11, with Mary and Donna, Dean is partially motivated to make use of the cabin, but he emotionally cannot resist including Donna is his goodbye tour.

They chat about relationships and kids over burgers.

Dean resists big emotional speeches with Donna. Despite her ditzy act, she's too astute.

But he is warm and physically affectionate--this is Dean's actual default when handling emotion he can actually bear to handle:

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Mary and Cas next...

#dean and emotions #spn 14x11 #spn 14x12 #dean's farewell tour #my takes #my meta #spn scripts #spn fambly #tfw dynamics

[m1zumono]

dean when he’s building the ma’lak box in 14x11

one: he looks really really good when he’s actually building it like sir?

and two: the hugs, the meal, spending time with everyone but not together?? man you are the dictionary definition of suicidal please

#spn #supernatural #dean winchester #go to therapy #you need it #not exactly news but just as true #14x11