== '''Wincest in Canon''' ==
[[Shippers]] often seek validation of the character pairing they are interested in from canon. Wincest fans haven't had to look to hard.
Since Season One, Sam and Dean have been mistaken for a gay couple on a couple of occasions: by a Realtor in [[1.08 Bugs]], by [[Young Michael]] in [[1.18 Something Wicked]], and by the inn owner [[Susan Thompson]] in [[2.11 Playthings]]. This later encounter causes Dean to ask
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There followed much discussion in fandom whether this exchange indicated the Show's support or condemnation of Wincest. It is certainly the first time on a TV show that incestuous gay fanfic porn has been mentioned by the characters about whom it is written.
In Season Five, the character of fangirl [[Becky Rosen]] is introduced. <sup>[[5.01 Sympathy For The Devil]]</sup> She is a fan of the "[[The Supernatural" novels Books]] by Carver Edlund aka [[Chuck Shurley]] and runs a website called morethanbrothers.net. She is first seen writing a [[Wincest]] fic which can be read [[Becky Rosen|here]]. The fact that the writers of Supernatural, had now themselves written Wincest fanfic caused much delight amongst Wincest fans.
At the Supernatural Convention featured in [[5.09 The Real Ghostbusters]] , the MC announces that there will be a session on "The homoerotic subtext of Supernatural". The two fanboys featured in the epsiode episode [[Demian and Barnes]], who are role playing as Sam and Dean at the convention, are revealed at the end of the episode to be lovers.
In late Season Five, further explicit Over time more references were are made in the show to the extreme closesness of Sam and Dean's relationship. While , not actually suggesting that the characters were involved in a sexual relationship, it was interesting but that the writers chose to play up the Wincest interpretation, rather than play it downis a relationship of great intimacy. While in [[Heaven]], Ash explains Even Dean finds it hard to Sam and Dean that most people are alone in their own version of Heaven capture what it is "Because whatever we have between us -- whereas Sam and Dean share theirslove, family, whatever it is . This happens only in special cases Ash explains - such as soulmates. <sup>[[5.16 Dark Side Of The Moon]]</sup>"
While in [[Heaven]], Ash explains to Sam and Dean that most people are alone in their own version of Heaven - whereas Sam and Dean share theirs. This happens only in special cases Ash explains - such as soulmates. <sup>[[5.16 Dark Side Of The Moon]]</sup> [[Zachariah]]is less subtle, when trying to make sure a resurrected [[Adam]] doesn't side with the Winchesters , he says: "So you know you can't trust them, right? You know Sam and Dean Winchester are psychotically, irrationally, ''erotically'' codependent on each other, right?" <sup>[[5.18 Point Of No Return]]</sup><br>Even [[Lisa]] says to Dean : "You two have the most unhealthy, tangled up, crazy thing that I've ever seen". Even the New York Times noted in a 2011 review of the show "at its most basic it is about sibling devotion: no pair of brothers or sisters on television is more closely bound — not even the siblings on “Brothers and Sisters.” Proving their intimacy each week the Winchesters argue as if they were a married couple ..." [http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/27/arts/television/27supernatural.html?_r=1&src=twrhp Source]
== '''What do those outside fandom think?''' ==