Ah! Ok.. see, yes. I was thinking that also. I pretty much hated the first half of the season (well, not all of it - I liked Dean in Purgatory and I liked Benny).
I suppose I'm not entirely convinced that they set out make it all about making his failings up to Dean - but I do think it was a theme they were playing with. I'm in two minds about how I feel about that - on the one hand - NO, we've been there and Sam shouldn't be feeling this and grow up Sam etc., but on the other hand I WANT to see this stuff from Sam. I want Sam's failings to matter. And yeah, it could be argued they aren't really failings but from Sam's POV I can see that they would be.
The jealousy thing was damn annoying in the first half - from both of them - but I'd like to think that it was about them working through those jealousies. Dammit - I don't know. Maybe I'm still riding high from that scene. I know it opens up a whole heap of other issues and solves nothing really, but I can't deny that I've been desperate to see the toll the years have taken on him. (And I am still annoyed he didn't look for Dean - so maybe I DO want him to feel bad about that...shouldn't probably, but dammit Sam..)
They broke Dean and then built him up again - maybe they're doing the same with Sam...?
*shrugs* I don't know. Honestly I thought this season was such a mess that the only hope I have is that maybe they've wiped enough of the slate clean that they can paint the picture they want to paint in S9 and S10.
You know, at first this post made me grumpy, because I was thinking how much more interesting the fan-theories here are sure to be than what we get in actual SNein BUT then I got over myself and found these comments all hugely inspiring for my spnsummergen story!
I suppose I'm not entirely convinced that they set out make it all about making his failings up to Dean - but I do think it was a theme they were playing with. I'm in two minds about how I feel about that - on the one hand - NO, we've been there and Sam shouldn't be feeling this and grow up Sam etc., but on the other hand I WANT to see this stuff from Sam. I want Sam's failings to matter. And yeah, it could be argued they aren't really failings but from Sam's POV I can see that they would be.
The jealousy thing was damn annoying in the first half - from both of them - but I'd like to think that it was about them working through those jealousies. Dammit - I don't know. Maybe I'm still riding high from that scene. I know it opens up a whole heap of other issues and solves nothing really, but I can't deny that I've been desperate to see the toll the years have taken on him. (And I am still annoyed he didn't look for Dean - so maybe I DO want him to feel bad about that...shouldn't probably, but dammit Sam..)
They broke Dean and then built him up again - maybe they're doing the same with Sam...?
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So thank you! <3
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