Well, I didn't really see it as complaining. I saw it more as what he said--expressing his feelings about it, but dealing with it and moving on. And while some people might think his clarification was "damage control," I've seen enough of fandom to know that all the media needs to do is give the fans a few quotes out of context to get the fans riled. It's like the gossip columns that post stories so they can get site hits. That big headline "Supernatural Star Unhappy With Role" fairly screamed to me that it was what we call "spin," presenting a story in a certain way to get a certain reaction. So when Jensen said his comments were not presented in the proper context, I tend to believe him. (And because the "raw" transcript read a lot differently than the "news reports.")

But you are right about fans latching onto anything negative to project their own disgruntlement. It's the nature of fandom, and unless we're actually working with the people we have to draw our own conclusions.

The conclusion I drew was that he felt Dean was being written too soft, and he had to think harder about how to play the character. He's said that he finds it more difficult to play Dean when he doesn't have the easy camaraderie with Sam (he said that's what made WIaWSNB such a weird ep to shoot. He didn't have that easy relationship to fall back on). So really, everything he said made sense to me, and what he's said about missing that dynamic with Sam is nothing new. I just didn't read as much into it as lots of other people did. *shrug*