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Dean + picking up Cas-isms
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omg i never considered jack attaching himself to dean because he was trying to grieve his mom and cas just like dean was.
I think it might be one of the things going on in 13.01-13.04, though it's not just that. It's also that Dean is honest, while Sam hides ulterior motives for why he was being nice. Jack's dislike of lies is a throughline all the way to "Moriah" where he makes it impossible for people to lie to each other. And I'd wager Dean specifically lying to Jack about the mal'ak box wounds Soulless Jack the most, because the truth is something he depends on Dean to give him the most, in situations where Cas or Sam might handle him with kid gloves he doesn't want. I also think Jack and Dean just have innately a similar sense of right and wrong and both care in a way that makes Jack gravitate toward Dean.
But yeah. Dean serves as a model for feeling your feelings, whereas we don't see Sam's numb exterior crack until 13.04 when he shouts at Dean over Mary. Not only that—Jack specifically overhears Sam minimize the significance of Cas's death in 13.03, which Dean fiercely rebuffs. Jack makes it very clear in 13.01 that he considers Cas to be his father, and Sam has become so emotionally detached that he convinces himself Cas death doesn't even matter. Dean fucking cares about Jack's dad, and trying to grow close to Dean is also probably a way Jack thinks he can feel closer to Cas! Dean's emotional outburst at Sam's dismissive language in 13.03—among other things—makes it clear that it's okay to miss Cas, and in that very moment, Jack calls out for his father and wakes him up.
this scene makes me fucking crazy. the disgust on dean's face!! 💕 To Me jack self-harming registers in dean's brain as inherently deviant behavior. like I am reminded so intensely of how dean looked at sam at the end of 4.20 after the first time he saw him drink blood. perfect circle.
DEAN WINCHESTER in one random episode per day ‣ 248/327 13.02 THE RISING SON
dean better kill yourself
whatever, I just like their vibe here
DEATH IN PARADISE | 13.02
s13e02 -- "The Rising Son"