#4x17 it’s a terrible life
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i feel like the boys’ representation in “it’s a terrible life” is a really accurate and insightful look into how they work on an Instinctual level.
at first it seems like just a funny bit for dean to be the one dismissing the ghost thing, but dean wesson actually fits perfectly into dean’s personality. i mean, think about it. hunter dean is OBSESSED with the job. he lives breathes and sleeps hunting. he’s proud of who he is and what he does, and he enjoys being a part of something. this episode shows how that’s part of dean’s intrinsic personality. he needs order. structure. discipline.
sam is mischaracterized as ‘the emotional one’, but i think dean’s a lot more of a romantic than him. he likes the idea of a stable life, whether that’s hunting or a cushy corporate job. he wakes up at 6am everyday, has a distinct routine and a circle of friends. he does herbal detoxes and drinks frothy rice milk lattes.
life is a package for him. dean likes fitting in. he doesn’t like breaking status quo. he instinctively looks to blend in, whether that’s in a corporate environment or with his father and other hunters. dean likes the idea of family. connection. he needs people, people who are familiar and trustworthy. he’s very community/family oriented. he’s not a lone wolf.
but sam on the other hand, he’s intrinsically in tune with weird frequencies. he’s strange and he picks up strange things. he cares about people and appreciates connection but he values himself and his gut instinct more. he loves sticking his nose where it doesn’t belong. he doesn’t give a fuck about blending in. he didn’t as a hunter so he sure as hell doesn’t in a goddamn tech support cubicle.
sam straight up tells dean that everything about this feels wrong. and you can TELL that dean feels it as well. sam tells him that he thinks he should be doing more, it’s in his blood, he hates everything about this fake life. but dean deflects. no matter how uncomfortable he seems he pushes it down in favour of predictably and routine. even if deep down, he knows its wrong, it takes him a lot more time than sam to admit it.
this shows that sam is more than ‘hunting bad’ and dean is more than ‘hunting good’. it was never about hunting. sam refuses to turn a blind eye. he WANTS to rebel. it’s his nature. he instinctively looks for things that don’t line up and he calls that out. he doesn’t care about the backlash. dean needs stability. he needs people. he needs to feel like he’s a part of something. it’s why he brushes off that feeling of wrongness so quickly at the beginning of the episode, because he’s willing to overlook some of the bad for the benefits.
it’s just like how hunter dean is willing to defend john, defend the grisly violence of hunting, and convince himself into thinking this is his only choice. sam refuses to do that. he instead latches onto that feeling of otherness and rebels even though it costs him family and familiarity.
#oc#supernatural#spn#spn meta#sam winchester#dean winchester#4x17 it’s a terrible life#sam wesson#dean smith#ok u could argue that sam was getting those visions so he had more evidence of it#but honestly i’m not completely convinced dean wasn’t getting weird vibes too#like he must’ve felt this underlying sense of Wrong the entire time#but he seems so well adjusted and happy in the opening#just shows how good he is at pushing down his negative emotions#really makes u think… how much of his Zeal for hunting is actually excitement#and how much is forced out of necessity#and the most painful part is that i fully believe dean doesn’t even register that he’s doing this#he’s so used to manipulating himself that he doesn’t pick up on it anymore
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sera gamble is such a fascinating writer like she will find so many ways to tell us that not living the hunter life is emasculates dean and also makes him gay. even when he's fullfilling a type of capitalist masculine ideal of corporate success or when he's literally essentially literally married with a kid in white picket fence suburbia. but it's gay not to be a hunter. when will be there be another show like project runway. yours or your wife's. sera let's talk.
#i need to pick her brain so bad but i'm pretty sure i wouldn't make it out alive#s4 rewatch#4x17 it's a terrible life#6x01 exile on main st.#too i guess
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friend who is watching Supernatural because I won't shut up about it: I dunno, the episode "It's a Terrible Life" feels kind of empty and doesn't really make a lot of sense. Like, the message is just "ghost hunting is mad fun, bro"
me, buzzing with murder board energy: no, no, but you see... *writes hundreds of words about how this is one of THEE Dean Studies episodes, especially when paired with the season two djinn episode and endverse, and builds important parts of the angel's lore and plans, and is a meta example of the show's creators misunderstanding their own characters and stories*
#dean winchester#dean studies#dean smith#spn meta#spn#spn 4x17#it's a terrible life#the good supernatural in my head#mine.txt#listen. someday I'm going to have the energy and brainspace to do my in-universe meta bullshit series thing and then it's all gonna be over#the wants-vs-needs of it all#the self-loathing of it all#the who-dean-would-be-without-john of it all#the misunderstanding-of-dean-by-everyone-including-himself-and-the-supernatural of it all#the doomed-man-walking-back-into-fate of it all#the machiavellian-nature-of-angels of it all#the unreliable-narrator-of-his-own-life of it all#this episode makes me insane#it's all right there if they'd decided to take just one tiny step into something more interesting than haha what a fucking fairy amirite#also ken doll dean smith are we kidding#adorable
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#supernatural#dean winchester#jensen ackles#season 4#my screencaps#listen to our podcast#dean smith#it's a terrible life#does he you know drink rice milk#spn 4x17
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Dean Winchester every day -- 77/326
Supernatural 4x17//It's a Terrible Life
#dean winchester#spn#supernatural#deanwinchesterseries#spnedit#deanedit#spn 4x17#it's a terrible life
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4x17 It’s A Terrible Life
#4x17#it’s a terrible life#thebeautyofspn#supernatural#spn#supernatural aesthetic#spn aesthetic#dean winchester#dean smith#season 4
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#per my previous reblog. needed this to exist lol#spn#dean#has ID#ID in alt#i have relatively few supernatural enjoyer mutuals so its time to tag for reach. someone has to know about this#spn textpost#dean smith#dean winchester#it's a terrible life#4x17#spn 4x17#supernatural#supernatural textpost#this is becoming a spn blog slowly. o7
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Supernatural S4E17 It's a Terrible Life (written by Sera Gamble)
The Magicians S4E5 Escape from the Happy Place (written by Mike Moore)
#the magicians#supernatural#spn 4x17#escape from the happy place#it's a terrible life#parallels#sera gamble#mike moore#queliot#spn-tm-thoughts#listen this conversation reminded me so hard of the magicians convo especially with sam's little sad face to dean's rant#and sera was a showrunner on the magicians as well so it was just kinda huh well i guess i gotta waste some time making this thing now#at least i talked myself out of making gifs#am i comparing a conversation about trying a romantic relationship to sam trying to get dean to hunt with him#maybe so#it's not wincest but it's also not not wincest#also WORST WIG in the history of wigs on poor jason ralph there it was so disheveled
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#eris.txt#you would not believe the amount of effort this took#(i made it in like 5 minutes)#dean winchester#spn 4x17#it's a terrible life
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Round 2; Group 1
#samepisodebracket#sam winchester#spn polls#spn#repo man#it's a terrible life#pac man fever#7x15#4x17#8x20
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i just realized that in spn 4.17 it’s a terrible life, their last names changed to smith & wesson, a different rifle manufacturer 😑
#they thought they were sooooo clever i bet#they kind of were tho#embarrassed that it took me this long but i just had a revelation#supernatural#spn#spn 4x17#it’s a terrible life
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Episode 4x17 "It's a Terrible Life"
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he's not a corporate douche bag he's a different kind of douche bag
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While we're on the topic of me loving episode 4x17, I actually made this drawing a while back :D
I guess y'all are gonna be seeing the same drawings I've posted on twt here because I don't know what else to post SGJJDSGJJK
Anyways I hope you like it, tumblr community
#supernatural#spn its a terrible life#sam wesson and dean smith#sam and dean#sam Winchester#dean Winchester#sam and dean winchester#spn 4x17#supernatural art#supernatural fanart#sam and dean fanart
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#jensen licks his lips a lot#supernatural#dean winchester#jensen ackles#season 4#my screencaps#listen to our podcast#dean smith#it's a terrible life#does he you know drink rice milk#spn 4x17
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I'm on 4x17 of rewatching Spn along with the podcast, and now that I'm almost caught up with it, I'm kinda sad and need a new show to watch between the podcast episodes.
#supernatural#supernatural cast#supernatural podcast#spn#spn then & now#supernatural them and now#spn 4x17#spn it's a terrible life#spn t&n#rob benedict#robert benedict#rob and rich#richard speight jr.#rich speight jr#supernatural rewatch#spn rewatch
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