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me when bad things happen to adrien agreste in the Bad Things Happening To Adrien Agreste Show

Listen! Much as I do have a lot of strong negative feelings about the way Sam tends to behave under pressure, and the way he is behaving thus far in season eight, I think that the spn writers have done something incredibly real and true in the way Dean and Sam’s characters have been shaped as the older and younger children of an abusive parent.

Dean gets drunk, fucks up, gets mad, hurts people, but he doesn’t act out in the same way Sam does, because he’s never really had the safety of knowing he has someone to act out to.

Sam always has this baseline sense that he can be a massive dick if he wants. He can complain, he can say it’s just too hard and he doesn’t wanna, he can throw all his toys out of the pram and still basically know that someone who loves him will pick them back up again. That person, obviously, is Dean - most of the time in the story Dean functions as Sam’s father, not his older brother. Apart from the year that passes between seasons 7 and 8, he’s always been there to cushion Sam from life, to tell Sam he’s special, to get punched in the face (metaphorically and literally) so Sam isn’t hurt.

Dean, though, is always on the front lines and emotionally alone. There were good people in his life growing up - Bobby, Ellen - and I think he gets most of his very strong and mostly positive morality from them - but he’s missed out on the knowledge that there’s one constant presence for whom he comes first. And because he missed that, he will rip himself apart to take care of everyone he meets but he doesn’t believe for a second that he’s worthy of care himself. That’s why the moment in season 4 when Cas asks why he doesn’t think he’s worthy of being saved hits so hard, and why Dean is so fascinated by Cas from jump. He’s the one person who’s ever turned to Dean and said directly that he is important.

But of course Cas just saying it isn’t enough to flip a lifetime of learned behavior. Dean cannot even for a second allow himself to be the level of self-centred that Sam is on a regular basis. If Dean hit a dog he might not take it to the vet (because he baseline does not trust society) but he’d just quietly assume that he has a dog now, even if he doesn’t want one. Whereas Sam allows himself to yell and cry and say he doesn’t WANT a dog, actually!!

So maybe I don’t like Sam a huge amount, or condone the way he’s behaving, but at a deep level I think he works and makes sense as a human being. Yes, this is how he’d function if he was real!

Both Winchesters are facing intolerable shit all the time, but only one of them is emotionally able to articulate that, because only one of them has ever been told that he’s allowed to want more than intolerable shit every day for ever. Everyone should feel able to behave badly the way Sam does, and the central tragedy of the show is that Dean doesn’t ever feel safe enough to be a rotten little butthead once in a while.

I take every single opportunity to project my sensory issues/neurodivergence on every character with perpetual headphones- Nino included.

Some headcanons about the main 5 and their persona changes under the cut!

Each protag has something that changes when they're in either one of their personas.

The main two's are obvious and fairly cloae to canon but the other three are a little bit different since they pertain a lot to this AU'S headcanons.

- Marinette's biggest is her confidence and decision making that doesnt always come through in her civilian form.

-Adrien's is his carefree attitude and agency that he doesn't have in his everyday life.

The more headcanony ones:

- Alya is always mediating between her older sister, parents, and little siblings. With her older sister and dad butting heads a lot, and the twins being the pranksters they are, Alya's patient and calm front to the situations helps keep everything under control. Constantly emotionally aware and trying to monitor everyone's moods, but doesn't abuse the influence she has in her family. D O E S however manipulate the FUCK out of her enemies when transformed. Makes the trickster part of her miraculous proud.

Also does gentle parent her teammates when there's a dispute. Only Carapace has noticed.

- Chloe in this AU is like Jane Austen's "Emma": constantly helping her dad keep things in order. Has been the one honestly running the hotel business since she was 10, at least in every aspect but on paper. She sees her dad and his bouts of depression, and tries her best to ease his workload at home at least. She's not perfect, but she's trying. As class president, she tries to please everyone and lead with a firm, but fair, hand. In comparison to the busy mayor's daughter who's tried her best to clean up her image and ebb her temper, Queen Bee is a harsh critic. Chloe feels her emotions much more freely when transformed, and is the most willing of her teammates to do the dirty work that needs to get done.

- Nino's grew up entertaining his brother while their mom would work late, taking on a more upbeat attitude longer than he would actually be comfortable with. This behavior moved into school too, where he got into habit of pushing his social battery past what it should while trying to make everyone comfortable. Doesn't mask as much with the class and his main friend group, and always puts his headphones on as a "do not disturb sign" that everyone in class respects. Carapace is the complete opposite. Since there's no need for a social buffer between the heroes and Carapace was the last to join and was welcomed warmly- Nino stays mute/speaking when necessary and has his gear help buffer his senses. Incredibly observant since he's not draining himself, and is the best defense and tank the team could ask for.

It’s trans day of visibility so like, look at him! 🏳️‍⚧️

I found out that Alastor likes doodling and immediately had to draw something

(the other guy on the paper is supposed to be Lucifer btw)

Supernatural Season 10 in a nutshell

Dean with the mark of cain: shoves someone lightly against a door

Sam & Cas: he's gone too far

I was re-watching episode 4, and just look at Gihun's reaction when the first teams lost in a six legs game

It looks like he was trembling 😭

happy international ace day everyone

Husk's secret weapon

Right in front of his salad :/