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canon updates
● ● ● CANON UPDATES
ICly, whoever is in charge of bringing the characters to the station decides that you’ll be a better asset to the team with new memories, hence they return you back to your world to get new experience and then whisk you back to fulfill your contract.
Please note that new canon needs to be at least a month old in order to canon update to it.
To opt for a canon update, simply fill out the form below and wait for mod approval.
CANON UPDATE FORM:
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CHARACTER: Dean Winchester
CANON: Supernatural
PREVIOUS CANON POINT: post S5, E22
NEW CANON POINT: s8, e1
CHANGES: OKAY SO
This is obviously three years later, so he'll be older (33/34??? - SPN doesn't give a damn about continuity; he was with Lisa for a year after s5, then between 7 and 8 he was in Purgatory for a year, but they insisted on staying relevant to OUR current timeline so they just...disregarded two years??? idfk, he should actually be 35 by the end of his update, so we're going with that, wtf), gruffer, a little hardened and distracted.
His year with Lisa left him hollow; Lisa is an amazing person who took him in when he was out of his mind with grief, full of sorrow and rage and helplessness, and let him into her home and life when she didn't need to. It never really felt right, but it's what Sam asked him to do, and so he did. He sinks into deep depression; the moments we are shown with him and his family are sweet, but it's very clear that Dean's mind is completely elsewhere.
Into season 6, he discovers his brother is actually back from Hell, but he's completely different - soulless, actually, which he doesn't find out until later. Sam is a total asshole, which obviously frustrates and devastates Dean into literally killing himself in order to speak with Death and strike a deal to retrieve Sam's soul. He fails of course, but Death agrees anyway and puts a 'plaster wall' in Sam's mind, that's flimsy at best.
The rest of the season is essentially them fighting monsters, trying to figure out who and where Eve is, and eventually discovering that Cas - Dean's bff - is the one that's made a deal with Crowley and betrayed them. It leaves Dean raw and devastated, especially when it's Cas that breaks Sam's wall down. He still tries to help Cas best he can, doing the ritual to send the souls back to Purgatory. Most do go back, but Cas ends up possessed by Leviathans and they end up...really fucking a lot of shit up.
(at least he meets charlie???)
Season seven had him missing his angel for nearly the entire season while he deals with the Leviathans - those creatures that Cas unwittingly let loose upon the world then prompt died, leaving it to Dean and Sam to clean up. Dean's also having to deal with his brother as Sam's mental wall from Death (to prevent his memories of Hell coming back) crumbles down (thanks to Cas). It's gutting for Dean, and half of the season is fighting Leviathans and trying to figure out how to take them down (which means Crowley is involved...again), and half is trying to keep Sam from going literally batshit insane. Sammy does end up in a mental ward, with Dean and Meg of all people seeking a healer - who ends up being an amnesiac Cas. Fun. Dean doesn't want to tell Cas who he is, but Meg can't seem to help herself, and so he takes Cas aside and hands him back his coat - he'd kept it for 17 episodes, even though he thought Cas was legitimately dead. It shows his attachment to the angel, how much he has truly grown to care for him deep down despite the things that have happened and the differences between them. He doesn't show it, but in keeping the coat we know he's been wrecked ever since that first episode; watching Cas walk into that damn lake broke his heart.
Once he's been found Cas doesn't die again (yet), but he does take Sam's crazy and ends up in the looney bin himself, left in the care of Meg the demon, which was a weird move but alright, Dean.
Eventually, the season does finally end with the head Leviathan dying and Cas helping to clean up the mess he'd created, but the end result sucks Dean and Cas both into Purgatory, leaving Sam alone.
Purgatory is the place in SPN canon where monsters go when they die, so he's spent an entire year defending himself, barely sleeping, and killing monsters. He calls it 'pure'; Dean was in a hunting ground that was chock full of monsters in a kill or be killed environment - it's something he's used to, but not on that level. This was a friggin' monster battle royale, like Gladiator type stuff except it's never ending. It's constant, monster after monster, leaving him blood splattered but never quite wrung dry.
We know hunting is what Dean does best, and that he enjoys it on certain levels. He was pushed into the life for his father and while it's clear it isn't what he would've picked for himself, he's made due to the point where he enjoys it - or he's convinced himself he has. That said, Purgatory is everything he's ever lived, and in this greyed out place, Dean essentially living in a condensed version of his life back in the 'real world'.
That said - it's an interesting change in him because yes, he enjoys killing them (which begs the question of where they go when they die in Purgatory - the Empty? or is that it?), but he also begins to understand them. A vampire named Benny becomes one of his closest friends on his search to find his angel, and strikes a deal with him to literally bring a monster BACK into the world of the living. That kind of closeness manifested from their situation - it's unlikely Dean would've come to that agreement back home, but Benny knew a way out, and Dean had no choice. Six months of togetherness pushed them closer, and in a fight with Sam while holding a cursed coin, he tells Sam that Benny's been a better brother to him than Sam ever was - and that's...saying something. The coin brings out your rage, your anger and hate, and everything Dean said was true.
When he comes back from Purgatory there's some lingering issues, some (more) PTSD, and a quietness that belays the things he's been through. He's also experiencing flashbacks to those times, and tends to get more violent, more aggressive towards people when it's not really deserved.
He's also convinced himself that he let Cas down, that he let him go, he couldn't hold on and it's his fault that the angel stayed there, trapped in Purgatory. In reality, his brain created a false memory to erase the trauma of Cas actually letting go. Because of his brain literally protecting itself from MORE trauma, he believes the lie and harbors enormous, gut wrenching guilt for not being able to pull Cas through the portal.
basically, he's a mess.
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Before we can approve Dean's canon update, can you please succinctly clarify how Dean will be a better asset to the team with these new memories/this canon update?
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He's also gained a deeper knowledge of monsters and creatures that were previously thought either extinct or myth (dragons for example), and especially with his time in Purgatory he's learned to be a more efficient killer and yes, a little ruthless, but sometimes the team has to be both of those in missions to retrieve the orb.
While he's still a little biased towards monsters, he's also learned things aren't so black & white, even if that's easier to deal with. His friendship with Benny is a great example of this - they rely on each other, trust each other. It'll help to see all sides while on a mission. He's angry, but not unreasonable, and that coupled with his gut wrenching guilt about what he perceived as leaving Cas, there will be no man left behind on any mission - period. He will do everything in his power to make sure everyone gets back as safely as possible.
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Your canon update has been approved! Feel free to proceed with it at any point after mid-February, after the team have returned to the station.
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one more q - totes fine if not, butttt can he have his purgatory blade with him? idk if they can come back with stuff, if not, no worries!!
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