Well, the converse is also true -- when I say I *don't* see subtext, I'm not just saying it to harsh your squee, I'm saying it because I don't see it and don't share your interpretation.

I don't think caring about intent is square, but I do think it's futile, beyond certain limitations, and also not ... well, intent isn't execution. Like, do I think the SPN writers intended "Heart" to say that women who achieve agency and sexual independence are then doomed to die because that empowerment makes them aggressive past their own ability to control? I don't think that was their intent at all. But I do think that's one of the things the episode *does* say.