Well no. I don't see him as overbearing or anything. I also don't see him as needing to be, honestly. Just look at him -- I'm sure Dean has women throwing themselves at him all the time.

Edited to add, we've also seen that Dean possesses a wide streak of honor and protectiveness. I never meant to imply that I would suspect him of pushing himself on her.

Oh, Dean with his longing for a "normal" life and his acceptance of the fact that it will never be his. Oh, Sam, so clearly willing to do whatever it takes to save his brother. Oh, lord, I'm flailing.

Oh, lord, I'm flailing.

YAY! ...and why didn't the Paul Gross arms work?

Oh, Dean with his longing for a "normal" life and his acceptance of the fact that it will never be his.

Which is ironic, considering how often he mocks Sam for those same longings.

You have to put a whole bunch of "" to make it work, Beverly. \\o/

that's 5

You have to do, like four of them in a row \\0/ or something (just the first arm) to get it to print.

I think people frequently mock the things they want the most before they can admit to themselves that they want them.

Keerap. I'll just stick with YaY!

Oh, lord, I'm flailing.

Flail all you want! We'll always make more.

I don't think Dean ever considered that he *might* want a normal life until now, with death (or hell, whatever) waiting in just a few months. I also think he needs to associate it with something he already understands.

In this case, Ben is a cool kid, the kind of kid he probably was. Lisa is a good mom, and still super hot. With that frame of reference, I think he could actually finally see how a life like that would be kind of nice.

He's looking down that road not taken. Till now, there could always have been a fork that led that way. But with the time he has left, that's never going to happen now. I don't think he wants it. He's just having to give up the idea it's there, if he ever did decide he wanted it.