Sometimes I think about Lisa
I saw a post earlier about the women in SPN being mainly just love interests for the boys. And Lisa was brought up in the post. While yes Lisa was a love interest, saying that’s all she is, is selling her short.
When we first met Lisa in The Kids Are Alright, she was a single mother of a 10 year old boy. And from what we know of Ben she raised a good, smart kid. Being a single mother takes a lot of strength and courage. She could have given up that kid for adoption, she could have found herself a man to marry to support her and her son, but she didn’t. That takes so much strength. It also shows she is protective of Ben. She didn’t let just any guy near her son. She got mad at Dean at first when Dean tried to teach the kid something. I am one of those that believe that Ben is Dean’s kid. And even in not telling Dean Ben wasn’t his, she was protecting Ben. Dean was some guy she knew for a weekend and she didn’t know anything about him, she showed smarts not telling this strange guy. Once she got to know Dean is when she let him in a little more. And I she came to love and trust him.
Now in Season 6 which is where a lot of her hate comes from, yes she was a love interest for Dean. But once again I don’t think it detracted from her character. I think Lisa was very good for Dean. She had the strength to let this broken man into her home. And in those first couple weeks, he had to be a mess but she kept with him. Once again that takes strength. But later on she came to rely on him, she trusted him more than any other man with her son. In this time Lisa may have told Dean Ben was his son. We never really got much of went on between them. But the way he was with Ben, I think atleast Dean might have thought of him that way. Lisa knew exactly who Dean was, she loved him for it, and never tried to change him. When Sam came back, she let Dean go. She was the one that came up with idea that Dean could do both. I would have loved to see how that played out without the interference of vampire!dean. I believe if any of the boys are gonna have a long term love interest it’s gonna be a little like the arrangement Dean and Lisa had made. The woman being strong enough to let them go and understanding that that’s who they are and being there for them when they get back.
When Dean had her memories erased she didn’t ask for that, she probably would have objected had she known. Something I want out of this show before it ends is some kind of closure with Lisa, Dean, and Ben. I don’t see it every happening though. She needs to remember this good guy who may be her kid’s father. Ben needs to remember this guy who was the only father figure he’s ever known. The guy that played catch with him, the guy that was gonna teach him how to drive the impala, the guy that was gonna teach him how to talk to girls, the guy that was gonna teach him to defend himself.
Now a few years after the memory erase. I wonder where Lisa and Ben are. Probably living a painfully normal life in Indiana or Michigan, at least I hope so, she atleast deserves that. Is she dating a guy, is he as good to Ben as Dean was, does she get little nags at the back of her brain that something isn’t quite right. Does she see freckles, green eyes, or a leather jacket and wonder where the déjà vu is coming from. Does she see some horrific/strange thing on the news and get this nagging thing in her head that tells her she might know what’s really going on. Ben is probably 16 or 17 now. Starting to drive, starting to date. Does he also get those vague thoughts of a guy who was gonna teach him how to drive a big old black car.
Sometimes I get Lisa!feels. And her and Dean may not have worked out, but I think they were important in each other’s lives.
And I really don’t get the hate for her. I liked her a lot.
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