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Hey friends!!!

I’m alive and well, I’ve just moved to a different blog!!!

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I just read a great meta about Dean’s leather jacket by @dustydreamsanddirtyscars and happened to watch the pilot just afterward and I noticed he wasn’t wearing the jacket at the beginning of the episode, but rather gets it halfway through. I haven’t been in the fandom long, so I had no idea that the jacket actually was one of the things John left behind in his hotel room when he went missing. I guess I always assumed it was given to him by John, like the Impala was, and now that just adds new layers to Dean’s character, this jacket he wrapped himself up in when Dad went missing, which he went on to cherish after John died. It’s also interesting that we never really see John noticing ~~that I remember hello rewatch~~ that Dean has it, and he certainly doesn’t seem to mind. So, for anyone else who didn’t realize, here you go:

While looking for John, Sam and Dean find the hotel where John stayed, where a lot of his personal belongings have been left behind. Dean is wearing a canvas jacket at that point, which has been muddied up by his fall in the river.

Dean goes to take a shower and you can see the shelf with a brown piece of clothing but it’s hard to tell what it is:

And then Dean comes out of the shower and:

Grabs the piece of clothing, goes outside and voila:

The iconic leather jacket.

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Holy crap. @trexrambling @pinknerdpanda have you ever noticed this????

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Omg. Nope. Never noticed. But it is so spot on. @wheresthekillswitch @emilywritesaboutdean you guys probably did. But just in case.

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Here’s my take on it.

John knows Dean envies his leather jacket. He also knows that, whether Dean is willing to admit it or not, the first day at a new school always makes him nervous. So John lends Dean his jacket, even though Dean hasn’t quite grown into it yet.

John does this because he’s noticed over the years that when Dean puts on his leather jacket, he stands a little taller, he becomes a little more confident. Almost like he’s trying to live up to the legend that usually wears the jacket.

John also does it for another reason. This leather jacket has been through a lot with him. It’s almost a second skin.

It’s the jacket that has keep him warm, and when he’s thrown it over his sleeping sons in the back of the Impala, it’s the jacket that has kept his sons warm.

So when John lends Dean his jacket, it’s him saying. ‘I’ve got you covered son. I’m with you, even if I’m not there.’ That’s why he leaves it behind in the motel room. Because John knows what he has to do, and he knows he might not make it back. His car and his jacket. His car, because it’s the only home he could provide for his sons. His leather jacket, because it’s the only way he knows how to continue to hold Dean and offer him comfort. Whether Dean realizes it or not.