Awk-ward

[deirdre_c]

Wow.

Compared with Dean, Sam is really hard to buy for!!!

Someone should write a meta-post about how little we know about Sam's tastes. You know, Dean. He's got the Impala and metal bands and C-grade horror movies and M&Ms and weaponry and Jack Nicholson and you could go on and on. But what does Sam like? Casa Erotica and the laptop? Seriously.

Comments

[janissa11]

I could not agree more. See, I don't get this about the characterization -- Dean has been fleshed out in so many different ways, but it's like positives and negatives, as you point out: We know what Dean likes, but only the same details about Sam to the extent that he disagrees with Dean's likes. So we can say "Dean likes X, Y and Z," but for Sam we're kinda forced to say, "and Sam doesn't like X or Y and really hates Z." But what does he like instead? I think Dean talks about Sam's music, but what IS Sam's music? I mean, really, so much of Sam's character in fanfic is fanon, you know? Like healthier foods -- I don't know if canon Sam has ever really advocated eating better. I just can't remember any specific instances. I CAN remember Dean saying just once he'd like to eat something that doesn't come from a Quickie Mart or something, or out of a microwave, or SOMETHING. Does Sam's fanficcy desire to be healthier spring from a canon reference -- surely it does? Argh

[trinity_clare]

I think Sam bitchfaces at Dean's gas-station Twinkies for breakfast routine, maybe in Skin. Not sure. Also there was a line cut from an episode about Sam's "angry chick rock" at some point.

[deirdre_c]

Heh. I'm not sure Sam actually eats at all! Mostly he's all about turning down food. *g*

And, boy, doesn't the fact that the line about Sam's music gets cut say it all about how little they've given us!

[trinity_clare]

Isn't there a conspiracy or something that Sam never eats onscreen? (Are you the one following that?) I'd say something metashow about how a lot of actors won't eat onscreen because they have to film it over and over again, but Jared doesn't seem like the kind of person to have a problem with that. Jensen certainly doesn't. :D I personally think that while Sam doesn't eat like an anorexic ballet dancer, he probably substitutes salad for french fries once in a while. He's not as sophisticated as we make him sometimes - look at the debacle with the wine list in Provenance - but I bet he likes sushi.

I think that Sam's characterization is a really interesting thing to look at, because so much of fandom is made up of students or people who went to college and know how that changes a person. The other fascinating thing is that we have all this fanon about Sam - and unlike most of the wacky Dean fanon, we know it's right without canon confirmation. We knew Sam listened to angry chick rock before that script with the deleted line got

[jasmasson]

Maybe a DVD boxset of Days of Our Lives? (we know he likes soap operas! ;-)

[deirdre_c]

Only because he wanted in Madison's pants under duress. *g*

[xtremeroswellia]

And they were watching All My Children. ;)

[deirdre_c]

Yes, but old DOOL might hold a certain appeal for Sam, too. *koff*EricBrady*koff*

[missyjack]

You are right - he is so hard to shop for !!!

I think i might try and get him a new destiny as well, if i can find one in his size.

[deirdre_c]

Nah. "Destiny" doesn't rhyme. :D

(Hey, Sam? You're a size XXX, right? Oh, XXL. My mistake.)

[missyjack]

destiny does rhyme - if you have an Australian accent!

[thirdsouthobbi]

*just facepalms* This got a country song stuck in my head. Thanks. ♥

[deirdre_c]

Ding, ding, ding! Ladies and gentlemen, WE HAVE A WINNER!

XD

[deirdre_c]

No worries, hon! You are certainly talented with the compliments! :D

I'm so glad you like these lists. Sammy certainly deserves a few presents today. *G*