Controversial Opinion Maybe, But I Think The Fact That The Spn Writers Absolutely Did Not Understand

controversial opinion maybe, but i think the fact that the spn writers absolutely did not understand queer people or autistic people is precisely what makes dean as a bi man and cas as an autistic man so appealing and interesting. because they literally did not mean to put it in there, it just sorta happened, and isn't that just the way life works? if they'd tried to make cas autistic it would have seemed artificial and would probably have ended up being really bad representation. but the fact that they didn't mean to give cas autistic traits means that dean--as well as other characters, get to love those traits (staring, being literal, infodumping, etc) because they're what makes cas who he is. if they'd tried too hard they would have ended up making it weird. same with dean's queerness, dean ended up being queer on accident, which makes it so believable. imagine if the cw had tried to write a bi man, in 2005. that would have been a shitshow of problematic and unrealistic representation. so i'm not saying that they were right not to try, i'm not excusing queerbaiting or nonexistent canon queer and nd rep, i'm just saying that joke's on them bc by not realising queer and autistic people existed they ended up creating some of the most authentic queer and autistic characters i've personally ever seen on my tv.