Ok so given that Iāve got shit for not adequately voicing the possibility of Azazel!Dean on my blog and misreading Alastair in a random ask and well Iāve said so many times recently that Iām not speculating about not!Dean anymore because it just depends they go blatant or left field and this is my most likely left field idea that makes the most sense but itās still left field so i hadnāt shared it in detail, well here goes.
Iām not saying this is likely just well itās a good strong option for a left field option.
- Azazel couldnāt demon blood up sam as he wasnāt born after John died but Mary was already pregnant similar to 5x13. Which is also the ep John says yes to Michael in to save Mary.
- Azazel posessed Dean a while back. Perhaps led to Maryās death.
- Cas lying / telling half the truth about the boys not being born because itās too painful to say Dean was and is now lost therefore leading to the whole half truths miscommunication trope fest of importance this season.
- Our Mary facing the person she fears most, Azazel inside one of the people she loves most, Dean (or John this is why I also have an Azazel!John idea because that imo would be epic for all of them for similar reasons but I wonāt go into that here).
- Our Dean then either facing Azazel!John in Matt Cohenās body (imo makes most sense for Deanās arc) or himself as Azazel. Azazel being the one who āstole Samās childhoodā in a way and corrupted him. Dean as Samās parent. Thereās so many ways this could work brilliantly re the codependency which is on its way out and closure.
- Remember how Bobby was able to take control of his body enough to stab himself to exorcise a demon when someone he loved and who loved him got through to him? Yeah.
So yeah I might make throwaway comments about Azazel!John or my crack demon!john!dean theory or Azazel!Dean but Iām not like wow thereās such foreshadowing because there isnāt really or anyway not as much blatant stuff. Michael is the blatant one. Itās just, in Dabb era? The show is GOOD. The show is CLEVER.
Itās a case of if Dabb is in control itāll not be the obvious Michael posession imo, itāll be one of these and yeah my favourite option is Azazel!John obviously for the metaphorical reasons for Dean facing him but idk how that works out for Dean being someone else unless he lets Azazel possess him to save John (for Mary because he knows what itās like to lose someone you love and thatās a whole other can of yes please).
If Bucklemming are in control of the plot arc as they have been most of the season then probably just Michael as blatantly foreshadowed. And that works because Dean is doing it for everyone, for his whole family and the world and heās increasingly desperate this season to save the others who keep dying on him. He wants to protect Sam and Cas in particular from Lucifer too. If Michael is wearing Johnās face for some reason when he does it then perfect.