Well, I think in that case it's the power (implicit or otherwise) imbalance that sets people off. Dean and Sam are seen in the balance of all things as more equal whereas the entire issue with John/Dean (or John/Sam) implies a great many things about John that people aren't as willing to accept or by into. The whole premise of "suspension of disbelief" is predicated by "willing".
i.e. it's easier for me to buy into the idea that Dean (being the co-dependent, approval junkie that he is) might actually respond to overtures from John or even initiate something if he thought his father had need of it than it is for me to believe that John would take advantage of Dean that way or otherwise surrender to even a hidden weakness unless he was possessed -- in which case it isn't really John and the coercion is explicit.
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Date: 2007-06-08 02:29 am (UTC)i.e. it's easier for me to buy into the idea that Dean (being the co-dependent, approval junkie that he is) might actually respond to overtures from John or even initiate something if he thought his father had need of it than it is for me to believe that John would take advantage of Dean that way or otherwise surrender to even a hidden weakness unless he was possessed -- in which case it isn't really John and the coercion is explicit.