#bespoke: dean's hatred of mary is a function of childhood abandonment and the right to identify as Johns Bereaved Spouse | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

virginwhoredichotomy · 2 years

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the funniest thing supernatural ever pulled was when they brought back mary and instead of choosing the oedipal route for their compulsively masculine protagonist they gave him an electra complex

#like yeah dean's always been quite electral in his relationship w john but his idealization of mary always made that reading difficult #solution: bring mary back to life just long enough for dean to start hating her guts #broke: dean's fear of john is rooted in their rivalry as family patriarchs #bespoke: dean's hatred of mary is a function of childhood abandonment and the right to identify as Johns Bereaved Spouse #which in a truly unparalleled stroke of genius in supernatural writing history mary doesn't give a FUCK about it's SO! FUNNY!#you know what could fix dean. sharon olds poetry.

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