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It’s funny now but sad when you think about the psychological side of things.
TW: Eating disorder, childhood neglect, and food scarcity mentioned.
Sam and Dean grew up in poverty with scarce amounts of food at times for reasons mentioned in the post, (John’s shitty parenting mostly) but Dean would steal food to feed Sam. Would one not think Dean would also go without food so that Sam could eat?
This was mentioned in another post by someone here a long time ago, but people Dean eats so much food and junk because he has a food insecurity and a binge eating disorder. Sam has the luxury of his ‘rabbit food’ diets as he never had to worry about going without food is, because Dean always made sure his little brother was fed even if that meant he wasn’t.
TLDR:
Sam has a healthy relationship with food because Dean kept him fed as a child, therefore goes on whatever diet he feels is healthy for his body.
Dean had an unhealthy relationship with food because he’d starve as a child, therefore in adulthood obtains a binge eating disorder as he doesn’t know when he’ll next get food.
Thanks for coming to my Ted talk.
Sorry for ranting but this fictional family has my heart and soul (not John or Mary though they suck).
the way supernatural treats food is soooooooo crazy because they establish that sam and dean grew up in poverty and they had such little access to food that dean would have to shoplift bread and go without meals for himself so he could feed sam. but then as the show goes on they make more and more jokes about how much dean relies on food for comfort and can never feel full enough, and how sam stringently follows diets and exercise regiments as a form of control. but it's funny you see because dean likes pie and sam likes rabbit food. it's funny
Been thinking about what I posted awhile back about Sam being the better brother... But, now I'm more of a Dean person. After rewatching the show, I guess I have more of an appreciation for his jokes and sarcasm. Also, I may or may not relate to Dean as an older sibling.
But I don't hate Sam. The Winchester I hate is John. For how he treated 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 of his sons. HE WAS WILLING TO FUCKING KILL SAM!!! WTF DUDE!!!