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Dean has resolved many of his issues by going to Purgatory, the mythical Purgatory is a place to be cleansed, so Dean came back from that place with his priorities in order, not as self-loathing, with hunting as his main goal, Sam's dream has always been to have a 'normal' life, and he pressed that on Dean. In past seasons,
Dean may have been 'chosen; by heaven, but he never asked for that, and in the end, defied his destiny, so he doesn't have a 'need' for a mytharc to give him purpose, the great thing about SPN is the humanity of the characters of Sam and Dean - they are us, they confront and defeat monsters (and gods) without any spectacular superpowers, and with the strength of family and allies.
Dean had plenty to do in season eight, and being the glue that holds everything together is not a bad place to be, in fact, it's quite refreshing for a young male hero character, Dean is not only brother/caretaker to Sam, but Kevin, Charlie, and Castiel. In many ways, it's sexist to promote the idea that only the killing machine that is Dean Winchester is the element that needs to be brought to the fore.
Dean is a fictional character, his story is developed by many writers over the course of eight years, it's not always consistent and needs to conform to the story, so psychological analysis is beside the point, Dean and Sam being codependant IS the show. We watch for the brothers interaction and devotion to each other, as long as their conflicts and eventual reunions make narrative sense, and don't go over ground that's already been tread, that's good for me.
Dean may have been 'chosen; by heaven, but he never asked for that, and in the end, defied his destiny, so he doesn't have a 'need' for a mytharc to give him purpose, the great thing about SPN is the humanity of the characters of Sam and Dean - they are us, they confront and defeat monsters (and gods) without any spectacular superpowers, and with the strength of family and allies.
Dean had plenty to do in season eight, and being the glue that holds everything together is not a bad place to be, in fact, it's quite refreshing for a young male hero character, Dean is not only brother/caretaker to Sam, but Kevin, Charlie, and Castiel. In many ways, it's sexist to promote the idea that only the killing machine that is Dean Winchester is the element that needs to be brought to the fore.
Dean is a fictional character, his story is developed by many writers over the course of eight years, it's not always consistent and needs to conform to the story, so psychological analysis is beside the point, Dean and Sam being codependant IS the show. We watch for the brothers interaction and devotion to each other, as long as their conflicts and eventual reunions make narrative sense, and don't go over ground that's already been tread, that's good for me.
