And she was absolutely enamoured that Dean went to be with the woman with the kid who looked like Dean. I think she's the only one in fandom who more than not hates the idea of Dean with Lisa.

I'll be on the bench with ehab.

After watching Swan Song a couple times in the last few days, I think I may ship Dean/Lisa as much as Dean/Carmen, who is my OTP. I agree that execution may be problematic and I don't want to watch the Dean and Lisa Story, but she is The One for him -- for me.

I dunno. It's way too tidy. It creeps me the hell out. Cassie is the one true woman for him for me, if I had to pick. I just never want to see that actress again. Or maybe the chick from Monster Movie. I mean, it's not that much more random than Lisa.

I mean, it's not that much more random than Lisa.

Exactly!

He can romanticize the hell out of a bendy weekend in his head but that doesn't make it Real. (sorry for the Pooh Caps, ita.)

The more I think about it, the more I can believe that Dean and Lisa did have some sort of connection besides that weekend of very bendy sex. Would Dean have sought her out like he did in the year of his deal just because the sex was that great?

Edit: contradictory xpost!

Would Dean have sought her out like he did in the year of his deal just because the sex was that great?

Then they should have articulated it. Because that's Exactly (see I can do it too) what he did say. I only got the impression he thought of her again was because of Ben and the near miss paternity wise, and that she wasn't otherwise disgusting.

Even if the reason they didn't have Dean pin the fantasy on Cassie is because of the poor reception to the actress, I'm willing to accept as canon the fact that they were young, they didn't work out, blah blah, and he was over it.

In my head, he was all bendy-weekend-yay! only until he met Ben, and *then* he started to romanticize it. Not just her (not even her, specifically, awesome as she seems) but the whole Life He Didn't Have.

Mind meld x-post with Amy.

And that's why I think it's creepy. He's fetishising her son, and otherwise not being unattracted to her.

Would Dean have sought her out like he did in the year of his deal just because the sex was that great?

Yes.

I think my Dean/Lisa may be born of fatigue for running through female characters. I'm not sure it's rational from a story or plotting perspective, though I am fond of the character and the actress. So many of the alternative story lines I can imagine for extricating her from Dean's life I DO NOT WANT. I'd prefer they fond a graceful way to make her character work.

I'm sick of women being killed off, left, marginalized. I guess I want show to find a way to make her work, without sacrificing the Dean, Sam, Castiel & impala dynamic. Tall order I know.

ETA: I agree with the problems ita mentions, but I think it's possible to build on their shaky foundation and make it work.

And that's why I think it's creepy. He's fetishising her son

Precisely. This is my issue and ewwwww all wrapped up together.