Today's topic of random frivolity

[feliciakw]

Today's topic of random frivolity is . . .

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Jensen's hair color!

When I first watched the show, then started reading fic or checking out fan art, it drove me nuts because the trend seemed to call/make Dean blond, and I just wasn't seein' it. I see medium brown with blond highlights if the light is right (i.e., when his halo or his aura is showing ;-) ). Pictures of when he was young (DoOL, for example), yes, he was blond. But lots of people's hair darkens as they age.

Then I saw the argument that he is "dark blonde" which can include light brown. Okay, that was a little closer, but still . . . eh.

Truth is, I don't know what I'd call him. I wouldn't be inclined to call him blond. But I hesitate to call him brunet, because his hair does have a lot of light color underneath, if that makes sense. If there's dark blond, is there such a thing as light brunet?

Basically, his hair changes color like his eyes do. He's magic!

Anyway, all that to say that while this is an open post because some of my semi-regular readers might be interested, I'ma not have the OMGHE'SBLONDCAN'TYOUSEETHAT???? debate.

Because he's not blond.

Or brunet.

He's ginger.

:-)



Okay, maybe not quite.

I don't know exactly how red is traditionally considered "ginger," though I have heard fans refer to his beard as ginger, and just_ruth was correct in her observation that his beard, when he grows it in fully, is mahogany. A red-brown.

Then I saw a picspam recently of his days as Jason Teague. Now, I've seen those eps of SV, and I know his hair is lighter in that show than in SPN. But this spam struck me as his having reddish blond (almost a strawberry blond, with a distinct red to it) hair.

Now this picture. I thought, wow. They've lightened his hair. (Or let it go light.) But that ain't blond. It's in the brown range, but there's definitely a red in that lightened shade. Chestnut, maybe? Depending how it reads on the show, it might take some getting used to.

But I think I like it.

Now to wait for fan art to start depicting a chestnut/ginger Dean.

Hee.

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[strgazr04.livejournal.com]

Just found these and thought I'd tack 'em on to the discussion. Unfortunately I think it just makes this debate more confusing LOL