Reaction: Supernatural 5.06

[caffienekitty]

Late, sorry. Contains a few screencaps and one brief well-marked spoiler for the episode of the Mentalist that aired on 10/15/09. And all the usual stuff.

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[blackcat333_99]

Hee! Poor Sam. First chance Dean has to safely pull a practical joke on him in an episode full of them, of course he takes it. Would this be a trust exercise? I think this might be a trust exercise. Because if Dean has to re-learn to trust Sam, Sam has to re-learn to trust Dean won't kill him on purpose. Or something. Needs more brain.

I hadn't thought of it like that, but you might have a very good point. It's not just Dean that needs to work on trusting his sibling. *ponders*

-"We destroyed that kid's life by telling him the truth." Not really. You gave him a heads-up that evil things are out to get him. And seriously, his life was pretty screwed regardless, you just let him know why and gave him the option of doing something about it, which is not a bad thing, I think.

I love how much perspective plays into the conclusions one can honestly reach. Because from their shoes... I see why Dean feels this way. And I kinda agree with him. Not because of intent, but because of the end result. They gave him full disclosure, and now the kid not only knows everything, but he's alone and undoubtedly scared and upset, etc, not even having his parents with him to help him through this. BUT, I agree that he was screwed regardless, and because the alternative was demons getting their claws into him... it was a necessary thing. Just... hard situation. Period. Poor Jesse. I do hope we see him again and he gets reunited with his parents, at least.

[caffienekitty]

I hadn't thought of it like that, but you might have a very good point. It's not just Dean that needs to work on trusting his sibling. *ponders*

Trust is very much a two-way street, and Sam kind of lost a few kinds of trust in Dean during season 4. That Dean would never leave him, that Dean could handle anything (he kept saying Dean wasn't strong enough), and that Dean would not see him as a monster and kill him. Some of that was done in through outside influence, some through internal doubt. Trust is a kind of faith, and both of them need to rebuild their faith in each other and in the strength of their family. They have to, or they won't survive this and neither will the world.

They gave him full disclosure, and now the kid not only knows everything, but he's alone and undoubtedly scared and upset, etc, not even having his parents with him to help him through this. BUT, I agree that he was screwed regardless, and because the alternative was demons getting their claws into him... it was a necessary thing. Just... hard situation. Period.

In both the Winchester's cases and Jesse's case, it's kind of like an incurable disease. Would you want to know if you had a fatal disease if there was nothing you could do to fix it? What about if knowing let you avoid certain things and extend your life? Ignorance is a kind of bliss in this case, but knowledge can extend a less-than-blissful life. Bad analogy maybe, but I;m about to fall asleep on the keyboard and it's the best I can do at the moment.