Thread by @CharCubed

Compelled by how heavy last week's ep was on Destiel parallels, & how heavy THIS week's ep was on bisexuality / being manipulated into a cycle of violence by a god.

& also, by nature: always parents & children.

I await stronger emphasis on Jack parallels.

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I think what happened to Jack at the end of the SPN (Dean unwittingly sacrificed his son as part of "Abraham & Isaac" & Chuck won via theater) is not always top of mind for people–in comparison to, for example, Destiel or Dean's relationship to HIS parents.

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There's looking here at how John & Mary feel about their parents & thinking about how Dean feels about HIS parents, yea? But a subtle undercurrent is thinking of John & Mary as parents. That forward direction is also a forward direction for Dean, as HE'S a parent.
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It’s positioned as cyclical for a reason. How DO you break an intergenerational cycle? Dean saying “I have a family” to John in "Lebanon" was part of that. Breaking away, having your own family, being who you are..… all connected to loving Cas & speaking truths.

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BUT breaking a cycle between parents & children... as this is positioned, & as this story has always been about... that HAS to translate to being about Jack.

The fact that Mary's parents split after Maggie died felt like a nod to Jack's first death + divorce arc.
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We also got a look at a parent telling their kid the WRONG thing–Millie, "talk is cheap"–& it fucks John up.

I feel like we're inching closer to getting more nuanced in regards to that facet of Dean-as-parent. Very intriguing. + gods being good at theater... 👀

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Side note:
It's important to me this ep contains parallels to Dean & subtext about bisexuality not solely tied to Destiel. I'm gonna try to articulate that later but I think it was fascinating & necessary. Dean being bi + Destiel are independent vital narrative pieces. Cool shit.