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The thing is, I get that it’s frustrating and disappointing to not have the actor who plays the character agree with what is ultimately a very popular, if not the most popular, reading of that character. Particularly one that resonates with a lot of fans. But Destiel was entirely an accident. That means Jensen didn’t intend any of how Dean was read in terms of Destiel.

He…clearly keeps Dean a little too close, to put it nicely. He very much seems to have character bleed. And I don’t think he wants to process this particular reading of a character he very very clearly feels is very very much like him in ways he has heavily internalized.

Dean, and Destiel, are the product of more than one person though, even someone like Jensen who absolutely built him from the ground. The writers involved with the show have been clear on their intentions. Misha Collins has been clear as well, which suggests Jensen is not actively bothered by it anymore, he just doesn’t “get” it. That’s very probably the best we’ll get in that regard and that is okay! Destiel was real, and ultimately intended by roughly half the people writing the scripts. It was not imagined, or in fandom’s head, and it is canonically a core theme within the show.