I'm not going by fanon and I'm a little insulted you think I am.
There are some pretty strong hints that Dean and Sam weren't talking, including that Sam thought Dean didn't know about Jess. Were he and Dean in any form of contact Dean would have been well aware that Sam was interested in proposing to said girl. Sam also didn't know that Dean and John occasionally came to check up on him. In the first episode Sam and Dean have two very significant fights, the one on the bridge where Sam professes about how much he hates hunting and the one in the apartment, where Dean accuses Sam of being the one to leave while Sam points out that his Dad said he could never come home. Had they been in contact those issues would be on a back burner. So in canon its pretty firmly established that Sam and Dean weren't chatting each other up since before Sam got a date with Jess.
The canon of the show goes very heavily with the "Sam ran away" motif, which is prevelant in all seasons. His choice to leave for college is never affirmed by anyone, the closet the show gets is the John was proud moment in Dead Man's Blood and the ep where we find out John was spying on Sam while he was gone. However, when Dean ends up with Lisa we have both Sam and Bobby on screen being happy for that choice.
And I will agree that in the first two seasons things were more even, but since Season 3 the show has been slipping into a serious Pro Dean, Anti Sam stance. Sam's choices and efforts to try and save Dean, while desperate, become darker and darker. Sam also starts shooting first, being sensitive later. It isn't nearly as big of deal in season 3 as it is in later seasons, but it is there.
And I disagree with the characterization making sense in later seasons. You can tell when someone decided that Kripke had to do the apocalypse (and he was forced into it. It was never part of his five year plan. He says he's glad it turned it, but it was never part of the deal).
My evidence for this is Mystery Spot. Dean died ~100 times that episode, then Sam lived without Dean for 6 months. During that time he managed to not become a suicidal alcoholic. Yet when Dean dies again Sam barely makes it four months. So in a smaller time frame more damage is done from the exact same problem. That doesn't make any sense.
Then when Dean comes back Sam has the prescence of mind to lie about Ruby? Seriously? His not so dead Brother is standing right there and Sam still has the ability to go "huh. If this is him he'll be pissed to know I'm chilling with a demon so I'll call her...Kristie." Then Sam remained both physically and emotionally distant through out that episode. I get the emotional distance. But Sam is a clinger. When things go wrong he grips tighter. Remember in ELAC? He wouldn't Dean an inch of space. Same with the deal. When it clicked that Dean was alive Sam would have started hovering to make sure that it was Dean and that he stayed that way, because that is how Sam reacts to other people being in danger. The whole notion of him running off by himself while his suddenly alive brother is possibly vulnerable doesn't fit with Sam's characterization.
And the demon blood. Sam was 25 year old hunter, not a 15 year old kid. The episode where he decided to use demon blood was easily the weakest in the season (Chris Angel is a Douche) and it didn't make much sense. You can tell it was written because they needed Sam to become an addict and couldn't really figure out how to incorporate it, so they wrote this ep. Sam's drug addiction came about because he didn't want to hunt when he was old. Seriously? Considering how pro hunting obsessed Sam was that season (Jump the Shark) he showed no plans of whoaing up even after he killed Lilith. But in this one episode he's suddenly all shaken by the idea of being a hunter forever? And that leads him to drink blood?
Sam has been established as being an intellectual character, which means he knows what can happen when you drink human blood, never mind demon blood. Plus as a hunter he would be aware of how dangerous using any type of dark arts is. Plus he would be aware of the negative reprocussions of using augments for power. As a hunter his body is his last weapon and if he needs something for it be more powerful it leaves him vulnerable because the moment he can't get some he's screwed. If he didn't have this figured he and Dean would probably be popping steriods.
The characterization for the later seasons was very forced by the writers. It's like someone tried to drag the storyline kicking and screaming to the apocalypse, and it did kick and scream. But Sam also became the show whipping boy.
And yes, I've missed the last few episodes. Sera made promises she isn't keeping and I'm having difficulty following a show that isn't what I signed up for. The actors are doing a great job, as per usual, but I'm very distraught over the writing.
There are some pretty strong hints that Dean and Sam weren't talking, including that Sam thought Dean didn't know about Jess. Were he and Dean in any form of contact Dean would have been well aware that Sam was interested in proposing to said girl. Sam also didn't know that Dean and John occasionally came to check up on him. In the first episode Sam and Dean have two very significant fights, the one on the bridge where Sam professes about how much he hates hunting and the one in the apartment, where Dean accuses Sam of being the one to leave while Sam points out that his Dad said he could never come home. Had they been in contact those issues would be on a back burner. So in canon its pretty firmly established that Sam and Dean weren't chatting each other up since before Sam got a date with Jess.
The canon of the show goes very heavily with the "Sam ran away" motif, which is prevelant in all seasons. His choice to leave for college is never affirmed by anyone, the closet the show gets is the John was proud moment in Dead Man's Blood and the ep where we find out John was spying on Sam while he was gone. However, when Dean ends up with Lisa we have both Sam and Bobby on screen being happy for that choice.
And I will agree that in the first two seasons things were more even, but since Season 3 the show has been slipping into a serious Pro Dean, Anti Sam stance. Sam's choices and efforts to try and save Dean, while desperate, become darker and darker. Sam also starts shooting first, being sensitive later. It isn't nearly as big of deal in season 3 as it is in later seasons, but it is there.
And I disagree with the characterization making sense in later seasons. You can tell when someone decided that Kripke had to do the apocalypse (and he was forced into it. It was never part of his five year plan. He says he's glad it turned it, but it was never part of the deal).
My evidence for this is Mystery Spot. Dean died ~100 times that episode, then Sam lived without Dean for 6 months. During that time he managed to not become a suicidal alcoholic. Yet when Dean dies again Sam barely makes it four months. So in a smaller time frame more damage is done from the exact same problem. That doesn't make any sense.
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And the demon blood. Sam was 25 year old hunter, not a 15 year old kid. The episode where he decided to use demon blood was easily the weakest in the season (Chris Angel is a Douche) and it didn't make much sense. You can tell it was written because they needed Sam to become an addict and couldn't really figure out how to incorporate it, so they wrote this ep. Sam's drug addiction came about because he didn't want to hunt when he was old. Seriously? Considering how pro hunting obsessed Sam was that season (Jump the Shark) he showed no plans of whoaing up even after he killed Lilith. But in this one episode he's suddenly all shaken by the idea of being a hunter forever? And that leads him to drink blood?
Sam has been established as being an intellectual character, which means he knows what can happen when you drink human blood, never mind demon blood. Plus as a hunter he would be aware of how dangerous using any type of dark arts is. Plus he would be aware of the negative reprocussions of using augments for power. As a hunter his body is his last weapon and if he needs something for it be more powerful it leaves him vulnerable because the moment he can't get some he's screwed. If he didn't have this figured he and Dean would probably be popping steriods.
The characterization for the later seasons was very forced by the writers. It's like someone tried to drag the storyline kicking and screaming to the apocalypse, and it did kick and scream. But Sam also became the show whipping boy.
And yes, I've missed the last few episodes. Sera made promises she isn't keeping and I'm having difficulty following a show that isn't what I signed up for. The actors are doing a great job, as per usual, but I'm very distraught over the writing.
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