#that's par for the course of cas being treated as a narrative device instead of a full character

[clairenatural]

okay but i DO think supernatural suffers from Only Dean Matters syndrome, especially in the later seasons. I usually don’t mind this because I too suffer from Dean Winchester Derangement Syndrome BUT something i’m very irritated by is how, twice, they’ve taken kids from cas and given them to dean. that’s very aggressive phrasing but like...both claire and jack were introduced with a distinct unique connection with cas, but then after the introductory period is over, they’re handed almost entirely to dean. claire is more extreme, as she and cas never appear in an episode together again after she bonds with dean in s10. jack is more subtle, as he’s main cast, but as soon as cas does his job introducing jack (and dies for it), the focus is almost entirely on dean’s relationship with jack even when cas is alive again. like yeah that’s his Baby Boy and we get some incredible dadstiel moments but in terms of, like. development and plot it’s all about dean and jack (save for the empty deal, i’ll give them that). this situation is also unfortunate because, while sam and claire are never significantly bonded in the first place, handing jack’s storyline almost entirely to dean also cuts off his relationship development with sam (much worse than with cas). which is upsetting. much like sam and cas’ relationship, sam and jack’s definitely exists stronger offscreen, and i just would have loved to see more moments of just them and see their separate relationship develop post s13

#this is not me Entering The Discourse #i was reminded by it but i've been thinking about this for a long time #they made claire a dean mirror which???? WHY i will question why until i die even though i love it 10/10 #and then obviously the dean and jack tension is just more interesting to explore #like i ADORE dean and his kids i ADORE dean and claire and dean and jack #please this is NOT criticism of dean or dean being a dad at ALL u should all know this by now #but im. really really sad that they never show cas and claire anymore #and he starts losing jack a bit too #and even with the empty deal it feels like. it's about cas and not jack? we NEVER forget how much cas loves jack thats's his KID! #but on the other side?? jack like. doesn't mention him when he's gone u know. idk im sad. they cut that part from 15x19. why. that's his so #and this is on a meta level i dont think Evil Dean Stole Cas' Kid we just. we dont SEE it #it's like. once he does his Job as like. a plot device to get the kids into dean's life he doesn't matter? #which is me being a bitter casgirl but like #that's par for the course of cas being treated as a narrative device instead of a full character #it just. upsets me #he should have been in last holiday ): #and yeah it fucked up sam and jack too #idk this is probably messily phrased bc im Sleepy im about to go to sleep. i might delete it if i get anxious it's gonna start shit #mae.txt #negativity #this is getting more notes so to clarify deancrits this is Not For You #like i said i too have the winchester derangement #dad!dean is my favorite dean and jack make me SOB this is besides all of that