#destiel dynamics

[silver-salt-knife]

We don't talk enough about our badass warriors Dean and Cas turning into whimpering whining mess when they have a scratch and the other is around.

Dean not around: Cas digs bullets out of his stomach to kill another angel with it Dean around: Cas: I've bEen huRt By a SpeLl anD I'm goIng to DiE (AlsO sAm is soO meaN)

Cas not around: Dean runs on his broken leg Cas around: Dean winces and makes faces and looks like he has never suffered that much in his whole life

They are such dumbass [affectionate]

[angelsdean]

anyways destiel miscommunication is almost as integral to me as destiel being human x angel. like these are FOUNDATIONAL elements to them. obvs i want them to eventually overcome that miscommunication but like, it's so very a necessary ingredient in the sauce of their dynamic for much of their relationship. they both want thee same thing! but they're speaking different languages. they're using different codes. the ways they express themselves often chafes at their fears and insecurities. cas leaves to go fight Big Bads so dean doesn't have to, thinking This Is Proof of My Love because he was raised solely as a warrior for billions of years and he has learned to put all his worth into what he can Do and he takes great pride in being a protector for those he cares about. meanwhile dean was raised constantly watching people leave him. seeing cas leave all the time makes him ache. it stabs at his abandonment issues. and cas isn't meaning to do that. and dean is speaking in references and saying stuff like "don't get dead!" and "i need you!" and TO HIM those words are drenched in love and aching devotion but cas needs things spelled out more. they are both saying i love you i love you i love you a million different ways for 12 yrs and that's so integral to their dynamic 2 ME !!!

[reallyunluckyrunaway]

Are you gay? test:

Do these dates hold any significance for you?

9/18/2008

11/5/20

[worrynoodle]

I love how *maybe* the writers tried to go for "well, dean is really hard on cas in these seasons so obviously they aren't together" but it REALLY came off as "Dean holds cas to a higher standard than anyone else because he sees the good in him and wants to be able to lean on him. His whole life, he has had to be self-sufficient, he takes the blame for everything, admittedly so, even when it isnt his fault. He wants to rely on Cas in a way he is unable to with any other character so when he is let down, he is extremely disappointed. But theres nothing cas can do that he cant forgive." And "they are an old married couple"

[roachingurcoach]

love how Dean hates people flirting with Castiel unless he sanctioned/arranged it

[angelsdean]

when people portray cas as Super Healthy Farmers Market Gardener Guy and as someone who would try to get dean to eat vegetables and be "healthier" i am like. NO!!!!! cas is INDULGING dean in all his food pleasures. cas is watching him eat 50 burgers in a row and then using his grace to clear his arteries. dean and cas are doing those eating contests at restaurants all across the country. cas canonically loves burgers too. and pork rinds. and pb&j's. that's his whole diet. cas hounds claire abt eating a vegetable bc he's trying to cosplay as Responsible Adult and Pseudo-Father Figure with her. but he is NOT micro-managing dean's eating habits. he is ordering extra burgers to swap plates with dean. he is buying pie (cas would never forget the pie, unlike someone). in that scene where cas is like "surely you can't eat another slice of pizza" that's sam!cas. it's literally sam's dream. he's projecting his own judgement onto everyone in his dream (jack has been keeping count of how many slices dean's eaten, mary recounts calling dean her "little piglet" as a child. and cas is astounded by how much he's eaten). but real cas? he'd go get dean a second pizza and then roleplay the pizza delivery.

[silver-salt-knife]

People love to scream at Dean and frame him as selfish for his relationship to Cas, but Dean is the first person to treat Cas as another person. He cares about what Cas thinks. He's also the first person ever to protect Cas.

That's something I love about Destiel dynamics.

[silver-salt-knife]

We don't talk enough (and by enough I mean never) about the fact Cas doesn't ask Dean to help him between seasons 5 and 6 because he KNOWS that Dean will drop everything to help him.