They were going up against a ghost. That shotgun was loaded with rock salt. Worst-case scenario, Dean's jacket woulda got marked up a bit. And because Sam shooting Dean is OOC for Sam unless Sam's spiked on something, and because Gary probably wouldn't have been able to hide his total shock at the shotgun having rock salt instead of buckshot or something, there's no way Dean wouldn't have clued in right then and there. Would probably have taken a while to come around to the idea of bodyswap if Gary hadn't cooperated, since shapeshifters and demons are considerably more likely in his experience than bodyswap--I'm thinking he tried silver and salt and so forth on Gary offscreen--but he still would've caught on sooner or later and gone looking for Sam. So I'm thinking the ghost slamming Gary into the wall was less to do with keeping Dean alive and more to do with keeping the plot going.
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Date: 2010-01-31 08:14 pm (UTC)From: