Sam Winchester: Putting the "co" in "psychotically, irrationally, erotically codependent".

[errant_jane]

And, let's face it, the "psychotically" as well...

Note: Okay, so I've been promising (or threatening, possibly) to write a crazy essay about Sam's love for Dean for awhile. In light of recent events (S6!Sam, the wincon panel, missyjack's Sam meta, and my own S6!Sam thoughts), I finally sort of got to it. I'm pretty sure there are a ton of things I meant to

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[corbyinoz]

Wow. I am *so* glad I found my way to your journal. I love the way you reason things out.

I'm not a Sam fan, I frequently don't actually *like* him, but I love to watch him and Dean. Does that make any kind of sense? And I think you've encapsulated that here; his love of Dean brings out Sam's best and worst. You've made mt look at him anew, after all this time.

There's a lot to be said, for both characters, about the selfishness of love. And also for the way good old Carl Jung reckoned we looked for the person to complete us, our Other, in our lover. I am not a Wincester, but there's clearly a co-dependence between these two way over the healthy line of brotherly love. The Greeks probably had a name for this kind of relationship! But thinking about that notion of searching for ones completion in one's object of love - I think that's a kind of tragedy for them both, in that they are positioning each other as their be all and end all without acknowledging it, and possibly without understanding they're looking for the same things from each other. Dean needs respect, loyalty, approval and in S4 and S5 felt he doesn't get that from Sam any more. Sam needs pretty much the same things.

Damn, they're such rich characters, such great people to wallow around with! Especially naked. Oh, did I say that out loud?

[errant_jane]

Awww, thank you!! ♥

You've made mt look at him anew, after all this time.

That makes me ridiculously happy!! I have always had a soft spot for Sam - he quite frequently breaks my heart! I was just watching Houses of the Holy last night and when Sam tells Dean he does pray, I'm just all, "SAM!" ♥_________♥ Ummm, anyway...

Oh, yes! They're both incredibly selfish in their love most of the time, IMO. I have always maintained that the difference between Gen and Wincest is whether or not they have sex, because the emotional basis is there. It's textual! They're both so... *hands* And it's ridiculous and messed-up and so very, very fascinating. They're both so close to getting it, but at the same time, the don't understand each other in the most basic ways.

INORIGHT?!?! I swear, this show has ruined me for all other shows. It's like the perfect storm of rich characterization, delicious angst and pretty, pretty boys. Naked Sam and Dean = never a bad thing EVER!