"I think Dean, I think he needs that pain, he needs that responsibility, he needs that burden in his..."

“I think Dean, I think he needs that pain, he needs that responsibility, he needs that burden in his life to kind of validate it. I think without that he feels aimless, and without direction. So I think he gravitates towards the painful version of himself. And taking on that heavy responsibility, carrying the guilt that goes along with the decisions that he makes, I think that that’s something he needs in his life because there’s a certain validation there for him. I think that was obvious when he tried to become a domesticated guy, and even though he got kind of pulled back into it, I think once he got back into it, he was like ‘You know what, this is where I feel like I’m needed, this is where I feel like I’m worth something, this is where I feel my most purpose’. And I think along with that comes the responsibility of being an older brother, and the guilt that he has due to decisions that he’s made in the past. So I think that’s just a part of what makes him tick.”

- Jensen talking about Dean and how he feels when he has the chance to be on his own and ‘be himself’ (via freckledbuttchester)