I have wanted to comment on the finale since the moment I finished watching it, but I have been in a very non-posting mood. I still am. I'm making an effort here LOL
Dean doesn't make friends with other people because Sam lets him down, or because he can't turn to Sam...that's really dismissive. He makes friends with other people because he values them and they value Dean, and they make a connection, and a friendship grows. Dean is allowed to (and should) have his own life and his own relationships outside his brother (and so should Sam), but apparently Sam (and most of the time Dean too) seems to not get it.
This is something that I feel the show desperately needs to get past, otherwise they're gonna be stuck in a continuous loop with no development on either side.
I often feel like this is something that has been reflective on fandom too, that whenever there's an announcement that both of the brothers are going to have separate storylines there's an immediate outcry that somehow this means they're not brothers anymore, which is absurd. The show will go in an interesting route for them to be independent, only to take that independence away to repeat this unhealthy codependency between them to ensure to those particular fans that Sam and Dean are always gonna be brothers, even though there really is no need for that because the entire show has been about that. And it gets tiring. It is possible for the brothers to remain by each others sides while having other friendships and relationships. The thought that by having independent lives outside of each other is breaking their brotherly bond is such a myth, and I wish the show (and fandom) would understand that.
I don't even watch the show anymore, but I think it's ridiculous that they keep repeating this whole thing just when they actually have the opportunity to expand on their relationships with others. Eight seasons of grown adult men being angsty and brooding and questioning each other's loyalties and having no discussion on the matter? I have no time for that.
This is something that I feel the show desperately needs to get past, otherwise they're gonna be stuck in a continuous loop with no development on either side.
I often feel like this is something that has been reflective on fandom too, that whenever there's an announcement that both of the brothers are going to have separate storylines there's an immediate outcry that somehow this means they're not brothers anymore, which is absurd. The show will go in an interesting route for them to be independent, only to take that independence away to repeat this unhealthy codependency between them to ensure to those particular fans that Sam and Dean are always gonna be brothers, even though there really is no need for that because the entire show has been about that. And it gets tiring. It is possible for the brothers to remain by each others sides while having other friendships and relationships. The thought that by having independent lives outside of each other is breaking their brotherly bond is such a myth, and I wish the show (and fandom) would understand that.
I don't even watch the show anymore, but I think it's ridiculous that they keep repeating this whole thing just when they actually have the opportunity to expand on their relationships with others. Eight seasons of grown adult men being angsty and brooding and questioning each other's loyalties and having no discussion on the matter? I have no time for that.
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