Dean Winchester

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Canon: Supernatural TV Series

Character: Dean Winchester

Timeline: Episode 22, Season 5 [Swan Song], prior to Castiel being resurrected by God. In this canon point, Dean saw Castiel explode, Bobby breaking his spine and dying, and Sam jumping into the cage, so he lost all the people whom he considered as family.

Personality:
Dean Winchester is a very complicated character and no single word could ever describe him. He's like a stew prepared for over half a day. At first, you're attracted by the smell, then the taste, then the condiments and meat and then the wave of flavors rushing through your palate as you eat more and more - only to find out how dreadfully hard it is to create such a stew. All the pain and effort it took to create that stew is similar to all the pain it took to get Dean to this point in his life. You have to study him carefully if you're to find out who Dean Winchester really is underneath all the layers.

Baconcheeseburgers, sexy ladies and all the pie you can eat
At a first glance, Dean appears to be a simpleton. He's like the school jock who has all the cheerleaders rooting for him and begging him to take them home. He runs around in jeans, boots, leather jacket and a gun, any girl would easily fall for him. He also has that classic charming smile that can make all the ladies swoon, and he knows it. Hence he can be a little or overtly cocky. In fact, he acts so surprised when a lady would approach Sammy instead of him. Everything about him is liquid confidence.

Dean loves pie. He loves bacon cheeseburgers. Dean loves beer. So much so that in an attempt to change destiny and prevent Sam from seeing Lilith, he sacrificed his love for baconcheeseburger and went for tofu burger instead, and Dean was not happy about it. However, he was given baconcheeseburger by mistake and for a while, he was so happy until it was taken away. This shows that Dean is easy to please and it doesn't take extravagant things to make him happy. This is why when Dean was sent to the 'clean room', they had prepared a large platter of cheeseburgers and a bucket of ice cold beer. The angels knew it would make him calmer.

When Famine came into town, everyone, including Castiel and his vessel Jimmy, fell into Famine's powers, and devoured things in insane amounts. However, did this not affect him and in fact, Dean was shown to have lost his appetite instead. He stated that the reason why he wasn't hungry for anything was because when he wants something, he gets it, and he is well fed. However, Famine counters Dean's assumption, by stating that Dean was empty inside. His soul does not desire for anything because he's empty and broken inside. For all his smiles, laughs and jolly attitude, Dean was sad and broken inside, but he would never or rarely admit to it.

From the surface, Dean appears to be a fun-loving person who always jokes around and gets the girl with his macho(manly) charms. He's always shown to desire women, having an apple-pie family, burgers, beer and pie more than anything, but in the end, he always chooses against it. At the end of the day, he'd sacrifice his worldly desires, including his life for the things he considers more important, his family. In fact, he was willing to have his mother leave his father prior to conceiving him, just so she would live and the world would be saved. His plan failed, but at that moment, he was willing to trade his life to make sure his mother would live.

Dean, the Good Son
In Changing Channels (Episode 8 of Season 5), Gabriel mentioned Dean and Sam should be able to relate to Lucifer and Michael. When Gabriel was trapped by the Winchesters in holy oil, he had mentioned that he loved both his brothers, Michael and Lucifer, but the war was caused by their betrayal and turning on each other. Gabriel mentions that like Dean, Michael was a big brother who was loyal to an absent father. Later on, Dean tells Michael that the 'good son' route was a dead end road to take. However, throughout the series, Dean maintains being a good son to a father who was always absent, and he took good care of Sam.

More than just Sam, he also took care of his mother. When Dean was in Heaven in episode 5-16, Sam witnessed how it was for Dean back when Sam wasn't born yet. He saw how caring Dean was and how he would always be there to comfort his mother whenever she got into arguments with their dad. It showed that even early on, Dean had to carry the burden of an absent father, always telling their mother that their Dad loved her, and that everything would be alright, even if he himself was not sure. At an early age, he had to carry such a heavy burden and yet, always showed himself to be okay and jolly.

In the same episode, Dean had an argument with Sam with regards to the differences in their definition of Heaven. Sam's happy memories always included his memories without his family. Whilst, Dean's happiest memories always included his family, which shows how family-centered he was. Even when they were faced with the apocalypse, Death saw right through Dean. Death had to make Dean promise to allow Sam to sacrifice himself so that Lucifer could be caged once more. Because Death knew that there's nothing more important for Dean than his family.

Children are usually divided into three groups when it comes to how they view their family: There are children who are parent-pleasers, there are rebels and there are those children who simply don't care. Dean was a good child, a good son. He loved both his parents very much and did everything in his capacity to fulfill his duties as a good son. When he was four, their house was attacked by Azazel, the yellow-eyed demon. That day, his mother died and his father gave Dean an order to take his little brother, Sammy out of their house and protect him. He obeyed without question. Anybody else during that age would have freaked out. The responsibility was too much for a little kid. Dean was very young and their father entrusted him with a human life and yet, Dean never complained when he should have.

Since then, Dean was given the task of protecting Sammy whenever their father was out hunting. Dean never complained. He never said a word. In fact, he always made sure Sammy saw nothing but good things in their father. He would always say that their father was there with them during christmas and that their father was bound to come home soon enough even if he wasn't sure when their father would be back and if he would even come back. To make matters worse, their living conditions were never ideal. They always had to transfer schools and they were forced to live in grungy motels. Yet, Dean never complained about it while growing up. That was something very hard for a kid to do. Surely, just like any kid, Dean would have wanted to have a normal life, living in a comfortable home and going to school, playing and making friends. Dean never had the luxury of a normal childhood, instead, he had to force himself to endure everything for the sake of making sure that he could stay together with his family. He would never admit to wanting an apple-pie life with a white picket fence, but with their situation, it would have been preferable because they were living tough lives. Still, Dean would still choose family over luxury because family was were he derived a sense of normalcy. This is because later on in the canon, (season 6), he was shown to have lived a normal life for a year when Sam died, however, when he learned Sam was alive, he eventually chose to be with Sam.

Dean told Michael that following the "good-son"-route was a dead end route, though he still continued to follow it after he met with Michael. Dean continued being a good son and being a good brother, but deep inside it ate away on him. He had nothing to gain from following orders aside from a world of pain and anguish. In fact, following the path led to Dean losing everything. During season 3, Dean and Sam strove to get his soul back from Lilith because in season 2, Dean traded his soul for Sam's life. He was so dependent on Sam and he loved Sam so much that it was so easy for him to trade his soul for Sam's life, even if it meant having only one year to live and going to hell afterwards. He rationalized his behavior by saying that it was always his job to protect Sam. Dean said that nothing was more important than making sure that Sam was always safe and he'd always keep his promise to his dad to protect Sam. He always lied and pretended to be strong. However, in one episode, when he was talking to himself in a dream, his otherself became a demon and told him he was going to die and going to hell. He was told he was going to be a demon and all because he obeyed his father. For the first time, Dean showed his emotions which he hid deep within himself. He said that he hated his father so much for the burden his father placed on him. For the first time he admitted that he was afraid of going to hell. This was the first time Dean showed how broken he was inside for all the bullshit that was going around him and that he was only trying to cover it all up.

No Price to High?
Just like any Winchesters, Dean is especially skilled when it comes to self-sacrifice. He's not willing to sacrifice anyone else, but when it comes to his own life, he's willing to sacrifice it for his loved ones. As mentioned earlier, he readily offered to go to hell just so Sammy would live. He was also burdened by the fact that his father gave up his life for his. At the end of the day, he doesn't want anyone sacrificing their life for him, though he appreciates knowing that Sam has his back. It's almost as if he doesn't care what happens to his pathetic life as long as everyone else is safe.

In fact, throughout the series, he breaks INTO jail, he sneaks up on supernatural beings, enters places which are clearly very dangerous and picks up a fight with the devil himself. No clinically sane person would do that. Rushing into a dangerous situation is one thing, but doing that on a daily basis is a different thing entirely. What makes it even harder is the fact that he gains no reward for all the self-sacrifice. He's lucky if he'd get a little thank you or some money, but that is it. So when the Wraith in season 5 asked Dean how he was still able to get up in the morning, he couldn't even answer it with the truth or a lie, because he himself didn't know. The burden of protecting Sammy was hard enough on its own, but the burden of having to protect the entire world was too heavy to bare. Thus, there were lots of time when Dean felt so defeated and wanted nothing else but to just give up.

Dean has saved many lives over the first five seasons. He always went over what was expected of him. However, there was a time he was shown a glimpse of what his life could have been if their mother never died. Their father never went into hunting (He lived a long life and died of a stroke and never went to hell), their mother was alive, Dean got married to a beautiful and perfect (knew how to make great sandwiches, always had his favorite beer on stock and understood everything about him) woman, Jessica was still alive and was proposed marriage to by Sammy who was pursuing his career in law. There were some things which Dean did not like about the life he was shown, but it was still perfect and ideal. However, he was shown all the lives that died because he never went into hunting, and was given a choice to stay in the perfect reality monster had allowed him to live. It tore Dean apart. He had a chance to have a perfect family, live with his mother and a chance to see his brother's dream come true, but he chose against it. Sure it was wrong and Dean would eventually die, but still, he couldn't even bring himself to have such a life. Doing the right thing still mattered a lot to him, though he told Sammy that the choice wasn't easy. He told Sammy that their lives were hard and it was a tough call. But at the end of the day, Dean would still do anything to protect everyone including his loved ones.

No man left behind
When presented with a choice, to sacrifice one virgin versus having most of them escape and all the demons within a large radius exorcised, Dean chose to have the virgin live. He would rather go through hell with fighting a horde of demons with minimal chances of surviving, rather than sacrifice an innocent life.

If he has a choice, he would rather get everyone out or none at all. He would do everything to save everyone under his care. That's why it was devastating for him when he had to leave Jo and Ellen Harvelle in the supply store to kill the hell hounds. Even if it would mean running with Jo in a stretcher, he would have preferred it to leaving her there to die.

Dean might have enjoyed torturing souls in hell, but he was against having Castiel inflict pain on a young boy just so they could get the information they needed. He may be willing to do everything in his power to get the job done, but he would never sacrifice an innocent life. At least, not willingly. This shows that Dean has a strong moral center. He takes into heart all his losses, from his mother up to Adam. In fact, when he learned the angels were about to use Adam as a vessel, Dean came running to save Adam so he could take his half-brother's place. For every person he has lost, Dean constantly blamed himself. He mentally and emotionally tortured himself for every death that occurred during his watch. In fact, he deeply regretted losing their dad in exchange for his own life. Sure he didn't force his dad to make the decision, but he still blamed himself for it. Dean also hated himself for all the souls he tortured when he gave in to all the pain Allistair inflicted on him. Dean hates himself even more for the fact that he enjoyed it. Dean blames himself for a lot of things which slowly ate away at his jolly exterior. As the seasons progressed, we see that it was getting harder and harder for Dean to pretend to be happy.

Demons are a bag of dicks
If there's one thing that stays constant with Dean, it's his moral center and his way of seeing things. Even if he could bring himself to believe a demon's statement, it would take a lot of time and a lot of persuasion from his loved ones, most especially Sam. In this way, he's really like Michael. This is because Dean would do everything to ensure he'd do what is right by his moral standards.

In this way, Dean can be a little too stubborn and close-minded, and well, in Ruby's case, it paid of. Demons should never be trusted. Hence, it hurt so much when Sammy chose a demon over Dean. He knew when he should have fun, crack jokes and play mean tricks, but Dean always made the morally right decision. For the most part, he looks at things with a black or white attitude. Rarely does he entertain grey areas. It's either you're good and decent, or you're bad news. It's because of this attitude that he can act ruthless and aggressive when it comes to hunting. He doesn't care who he is hunting, he will gank any demon and take names. Only exception however is Death, whom he seems to be genuinely afraid of. Otherwise, he doesn't care if he's insulting the most powerful of Heaven or hell, he'll still do his job and send them all packing.

Bros before....everything
Early in Season 5, Dean learned that he was responsible for breaking the first seal of Lucifer's cage, and Sam broke the last one. They were also told that it was their destiny to lend their bodies to Lucifer and Michael so they can fight and level half the world, but eventually kill one of the brothers. Yet, just like Michael, he loved his younger brother too much. In fact, he loved Sammy more than Michael had loved Lucifer. This is because no matter what destiny dictated, all the torture from both sides and putting the world at risk, Dean could never get himself to say 'yes' to Michael and kill Sammy. Ever since he could remember, he's been protecting Sammy and until his dying breath, he'd never allow anything to happen to Sam. This is why Dean was devastated when Sam chose Ruby instead of him. Sam was Dean's world and he expected a similar brand of loyalty. At the end of the day, Sam was Dean's weakness. If anything ever jeopardized Sam's well-being, Dean's rational way of thinking gets thrown out of the window.


Background:
General info on Dean Winchester
Hunters
Events of Episode 5-22
He's the vessel of Michael.
His father John Winchester
Summary of each season


Abilities/Additional Notes:
At his current canon point, Dean is just a regular human being. Though he's the vessel of Archangel Michael, his body is devoid of any supernatural powers. He's an exceptional hunter. He knows how to use traps and how to craftily hide them from most demons. He's very good at picking locks. He's good at fixing cars, specially his baby, his 1967 Chevrolet Impala.

He's also good at driving cars. He's good at doing research and has above average intellect, however, in canon, he's not bright-witted, simply because he's surrounded by people and beings who are exceptionally brighter and smarter, making him look like a dumb hairless ape. He has an extensive knowledge of supernatural beings, lore and how to kill demons. He's also very good at lying and pretending to be a member of different government organizations, such as CDC, FBI, Homeland Security and Sheriff's office. He knows how they operate, and he knows how to avoid them. He is highly-skilled when it comes to escaping dangerous situations. Though Sammy is exceptionally better when it comes to hacking into systems, Dean is still very good at breaking into security systems, stealing other people's cars and using credit cards which isn't his. He's good at stealthy situations, such as sneaking up on Lucifer to shoot him using the Colt.

Dean is an excellent marksman. Like any good character, he rarely misses his mark. He's good at putting down anything vulnerable to bullets. Because of his training with his dad, Dean is good at hunting and surviving. He is very good at improvisation, such as making bombs with ingredients he found in a grocery store, for when the Hell Hounds were attacking them.

Dean has been shown to have great leadership skills and people would often look up to him for what to do next. He works well with a group of people and is capable of giving and obeying commands. There's also something about him that inspires trust, because even if he gets caught by someone lying, he's still able to turn it around and have the person believe him. Just like any leader, he's good at developing tactics and strategies.

He's good at torturing people. In fact, he's said to be better at torture than those in heaven, but is second only to Allistair. He regrets it, but when given the opportunity, a part of him seemed to have enjoyed it.

As a hunter who trained with his father, Dean is good at using most firearms, maintaining them, and changing them to demon-hunting weapons. He is good at tracking demons and supernatural beings with minimal equipment. He is good at hand to hand combat and using knives. He's strong enough to kick down a door.

Additional Note: He loves his father's leather jacket. With the mod's permission, Dean may be carrying the Colt (and a few rounds), a regular shotgun with salt rounds, and Ruby's knife. If at all possible, can he arrive in Adstring with his wrecked 1967 Impala, with it having it's usual contents?

First-Person Sample:
[The feed opens with a man kneeling on a desolate grassy plain with a bloodied face. More than half his face was barely recognizable, but for those who knew him, they would know it was, Dean. It was surprising how he could still manage to keep his position without just falling against the ground.

At first, there were no visible movements, just silent tears. After a few moments, Dean manages to stand up and stare angrily at the dark sky.]

Are you happy now, you sons of bitches?

He is gone!

They're all gone!

[After a long time with no answer from God or any of the angels, he decided to fulfill his promise to his little brother. Normal life. There was nothing normal about it. Nothing could ever be normal without Sammy in his life. But he had to try. He promised.

Dean was about to go back to his Impala when he noticed it was a larger wreck than it was the last time he remembered.]

Oh, baby. What happened to you?

What the hell...

[Dean inched closer to the vehicle, but then, he noticed he was no longer in the cemetery where Michael and Lucifer was supposed to have their big fight. This place looked worse. Was it Gabriel? Was it Raphael? Dean looked back up at the sky.]

Which of you ass-clowns did it? Show yourselves!

[As if they'd make it that easy for him. Nothing was ever easy for them after all. Why can't they just leave him alone?]

Third-Person Sample:
Dean has survived hell, he has survived Heaven and he has survived some mean sons of bitches. He should be fine. Brightside was the fact that there was no Croatoan virus in this place and Sam and Castiel were alive. Downside, Crowley and Lucifer were alive and kicking, no baconcheeseburger, no cable TV, no porn sites, no pie, no Bobby and no Lisa among other things. This place was hell as far as Dean was concerned.

Still, Sam was alive and that's all he needed right now. Sure he threatened to shoot Sam thinking he might still be possessed by the pain in the ass king of hell, but they cleared it up. 'S'all good now', he thought as he gathered some pieces of wood. It'll take a lot more than a few pieces of wood to fix that cabin of theirs, but it was a start. Either way, Dean was okay with roughing it out, they always have. They'll survive.

Once done, Dean picked up the rest of his supplies and took his gun from beside the pile. "It's time to go home", he said proudly. But before he could reach for his gun, he smelt a familiar stench rolling over his features. Then it was followed by a ghostly snarl.

"H-hell hounds", he said nervously whilst feeling the hair on his back stand erect. Sam may have missed telling Dean about the hell hounds. He hated those invisible motherfuckers. For a moment, he stood still with all his muscles tense. He just arrived and he had no intention of going back to hell. As quick as he could, he took his gun, shot a couple of rounds then started running the opposite direction. Surely Sam and Cas would understand if he left the things he gathered there.

He turned around, shot a couple more rounds and ran for dear life. "Cas!", he shouted hoping Cas would beam him out of there like in Star Trek. "Cas!", he shouted once more, a little more desperately. Then he just kept on running and shooting before he shouted what could possibly be his last word. "Sammy!!!!"