I assumed that he erased every thing since the boys arrived on her doorstep, but why would a legacy hunter say something like that?

My definition of Supernatural-dead is when your body is done and free to rot. The soul may end up attached to a lock of hair, so it hasn't really gone anywhere, but the heart's stopped beating, and decay will soon set in.

By that measure, Dean was killed and his soul taken to hell. Dead. Sam was not killed, but his body and soul were taken to hell. Alive.

Dead is the point at which the Reaper (or the big guy himself, if you're lucky) shows up, and you either go with them up or down, or you fight it and try and stay incorporeal, tethered to something, on earth.

why would a legacy hunter say something like that?

Something like what?

Something like what?

Angels are watching over you. I got the impressions that hunters didn't believe in God and angels, just the easy bits like demons, and even they weren't something the Winchesters were expert with at the start of the show.

Oh, sorry. Yeah, I agree.

Time travel -- in your continuity, screwing it up.

I totally think this looks like West: [link]

Oh my god. Is that the kid from Pet Sematary?

Yes. And I totally think they're kindred on a number of levels.

Oh dear. (Vicki, run!)

I mean, I figure Misha has to be the one teaching him the bad behavior ...

Do you think it was harder for Dean to come back from hell, knowing what he'd done, with those memories, or for Buffy to come back from heaven?

Also, the idea that Dean was in hell for longer than he'd been alive on earth is really heartbreaking.

I think Dean came back hating himself and Buffy came back hating her friends.

And I think the latter is easier to get over, because you don't change. Something has to happen to give you more insight and acceptance of yourself. But if it's other people that you hate, they can explain themselves, apologise, win back your trust and love.

Besides, Buffy loved those guys. Dean never loved himself.