x When Sam is researching SucroCorp online , he shows Dean an article written by Jenny Klein, staff reporter. Jenny Klein is a writer on Supernatural. (7.22)
i saw this post earlier about therapists and it reminded me of my old therapist paul, who in my opinion is one of the greatest men alive and who did not put up with my bullshit for even one second
anyway i go in to see paul one week in the summer of 2016, and i’m doing my usual bullshit which consists of me talking shit about myself, and paul is staring at me, and then he cuts me off and says that he’s got a new tool for helping people recognize when they’re using negative language, and gets up and goes over to his desk
and i’m like alright hit me with that sweet sweet self-help article my man, because i’m a linguistic learner and whenever paul’s like here i have a tool for you to use it’s pretty much always an article or a book or something
paul opens a drawer, takes something out, and turns back around. i stare.
i say, paul.
is that a nerf gun.
yeah, says paul.
i say, are you gonna shoot me with a nerf gun in this professional setting.
he happily informs me that that’s really up to me, isn’t it. and sits back down. and gestures, like, go ahead, what were you saying?
and i squint suspiciously and start back up about how i’m having too much anxiety to leave the house to run errands, like it was a miracle to even get here, like i’ve forgone getting groceries for the past week and that’s so stupid, what a stupid issue, i’m an idiot, how could i–
a foam dart hits me in the leg.
i go, hey! because my therapist just shot me in the leg. paul blinks at me placidly and raises an eyebrow. i squint again.
i say, slowly, it’s– not a stupid issue, i’m not stupid, but it’s frustrating me and i don’t want it to be a problem i’m having.
no dart this time. okay. sweet.
so the rest of the hour passes with me intermittently getting nailed with tiny foam darts and then swearing and then fixing my language and, wouldn’t you know it, i start liking myself a little more by the end of the session, which is mildly infuriating because paul can tell and he’s very smug about it
anyway i leave his office and the lady having the next appointment walks in and i hear what’s all over the floor? and paul very seriously says cognitive behavioral therapy tools.
The “I won’t hesitate, bitch” vine but @ friends who don’t love themselves
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So let’s see, the person who nurtured Jack, who believed in him, who helped him understand what he was and to use his powers, the person who clothed, nurtured and fed him (because Dean at the time wasn’t interested in anything other than killing him), the person that panicked when Jack disappeared and did everything in his power to get him (and his mom) back, the one who Jack came to when Sam prayed for help, the one that tried to save Jack from his biological father and almost was killed in the process, the one everyone deferred to regarding whether they could take Jack hunting or not, the only guy to know Jack’s date of birth in the hospital. That’s the guy you’re saying hasn’t “earned” the title of dad?
Castiel, I’m going to give some credit to, he championed Jack when he was in the womb and defied Sam and Dean to do so, but what has he actually done for Jack in terms of active parenting since then? You know I love Dean, but no, a one day fun trip out and a hunt does not an active parent make, though he’s making up for it, and that was the point of the last two episodes. TO BRING HIM TO THE SAME POINT SAM ALREADY IS.
I know I’ve been somewhat triggered by this, but if that post doesn’t sum up parenthood, I don’t know what does. The active parent does everything and gets zero credit for it.
Dean offers to take Jack to a bar to score a hookup, but Jack has another idea… I’m sure it’s better than Dean’s idea.
dean: i’m experiencing things that i don’t understand and/or make me uncomfortable so i’m resorting to my basic level of deflecting, also this is what i was pretty much taught to do growing up.
jack: let’s …fix that.
Don’t go anywhere Jack, FIX EVERYONE PLEASE
This is exactly what he’s for and I’m so here for it.
For your next trick Jack….make. Cas. stay.
Also a dog for Sam, and for Sam to accept his powers would be good.
Karate, SPN Demonic Octopus Guardian 