Y'know, in this case, as I think with most cases involving fandom, it's not about being a Dean girl or a Sam girl. It's about being human and having a little empathy. I always considered myself a Dean girl. Would never lie about it, but I've always been able to see Sam's side of things and felt for him, too. Which is why I really find all the anger is misplaced and, frankly, infuriating at this point because it seems so hypocritical to try to empathize with one but not the other. I agree that it makes total sense. I won't even say I was surprised. When he tossed the amulet, I really didn't see how that episode, given all the lead up, could've gone any other way. And while I didn't see Lisa coming at me in neon lights, that scene didn't seem random at all, considering all the mentions lately of family, love, and in this episode, weddings. Specifically the weddings was a pretty big clue, how people look for stability when things are really starting to fall apart. If they were going to go that route, I don't think they had too many go to girls on the roster that would've worked.
You know - I think right now Dean lost all hope for himself. And of course this makes him miss a normal life even more. He used to say he doesn't want something like a family of his own. And yet he was the one whoes memories in heaven all evolved around his family (well, his brother and his mother). Sam used to believe in wanted to have a normal life. And look at his memories. I think somewhere deep down Lisa used to be his little part of normal life - even though he never really "had" her and Ben in his life. And I think the visit was more about Ben than about Lisa. I think in his eyes she is the mother of Ben and special because of that. But I'm not so sure he would have gone to here without Ben.
I agree, I think, that he went to Lisa because of Ben. I'm not entirely sure that he's convinced that's his kid, but it doesn't even matter. Ben was so MUCH like Dean, that whether it's his kid or not, Dean would totally see taking the kid as almost giving himself a second chance. If he can save that kid from ending up where he's at and get that kid a safe place to live in where there are no monsters and no hunting and a mother who loves him, then it's worth it. I think Ben's the symbol of all of Dean's lost potential and ambition. So, even if Dean does what he's planning and never comes back from it, there will still be someone able to realize the things he never got to.
Not to say that I would hate if it turned out he was Dean's kid, just not sure they have to go that far to make the point they're trying to make.
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I think somewhere deep down Lisa used to be his little part of normal life - even though he never really "had" her and Ben in his life. And I think the visit was more about Ben than about Lisa. I think in his eyes she is the mother of Ben and special because of that. But I'm not so sure he would have gone to here without Ben.
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Not to say that I would hate if it turned out he was Dean's kid, just not sure they have to go that far to make the point they're trying to make.
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