Sometimes They Need a Slap Upside The Head
I just have to post this here, because someone finally wrote exactly what I've been feeling regarding Dean & Sam's behavior in Supernatural recently, particularly regarding the Season 6 finale and the premiere of Season 7.
"We don't have much time, Dean," was practically the first thing out of Jimmy's mouth. "Cas is trapped inside there and we've gotta get him out before they tear him to shreds!"
Dean bristled at being ordered about, especially on behalf of the angel that had gone off with Crowley behind his back like Cas had. People choosing demons over him would never stop being a raw nerve with Dean. He gave Jimmy a level look and squared his shoulders. "You don't think he kinda brought this shit down on his own head?"
Less than the space of one heartbeat had Jimmy flickering away from one part of the kitchen and flickering right into Dean's personal space, right up in his face. Jimmy's eyes were almost as blue as Cas's, his glare a little harder, his anger more human and therefore more accessible.
"And you've never brought shit down on your own head, I suppose?" Jimmy spat at him. "Are you so fucking perfect, Winchester? You've never made a mistake or a bad call or wished you could have a do-over?"
"He was working with Crowley!" Dean growled back at him.
"Well, who the hell here hasn't?!" Jimmy demanded of him. "Just where the fuck do you get off trying to put this morally superior bullshit over on anybody?" His nostrils flared as he ranted, as though he were actually having to breathe quicker through his tirade. "Where do you think Castiel learned any of this behavior from in the first place, huh? Working with Crowley, making a deal with a demon, not telling his loved ones about it? You're seriously gonna stand there and make out like you're better than him over this?"
It was not unlike being slapped in the face about five times in a row, but Dean was determined not to show it. He returned Jimmy's stare quietly, swallowing and feeling the vein in his left temple throb a little.
"Look, man," Sam's voice rose up into the heated atmosphere, "we hear where you're coming fro - "
"You dare?" Jimmy hissed, and Dean saw the edges of his spirit form tremble for a fraction of a moment, as though it was all Jimmy could do right then to keep a hold of himself. Jimmy turned on his heel and advanced slowly toward where Sam was seated, his voice low, his fury barely contained as he started in on Sam. "You dare to even have an opinion on the subject? You, who I thought should have understood best of all? Let me remind you about the last days Lucifer was walking the Earth, Sam."
Sam opened his mouth as though to protest but Jimmy barreled on, his white-hot wrath giving him momentum. "Oh, I'm sure you think you don't need reminding, but I'm here to tell you that you obviously don't remember shit. You decided, in order to save the world from the Apocalypse, to allow a more powerful entity into your vessel because you were sure you could handle it in order to save the world. And everyone - including Cas - backed your play, despite their own misgivings. They all, Cas too, had your back. And you went through with your plan and you did save the world. Good for you, Sam. You're a hero. Flashforward to a little while ago and what happened? Cas decided, in order to save the world from the same Apocalypse, to allow a more powerful entity into his vessel because he was sure he could handle it in order to save the world. And NO ONE backed his play. NO ONE had his back."
Dean could see Sam's face losing more and more color as Jimmy went on, as Jimmy's words sank in with them all. Dean tried taking a sip of his whiskey but swallowing it was like swallowing ash and bile.
"But," Jimmy continued, "Cas went through with his plan and he did save the world, just like you did, from the same Apocalypse. And what did you do to him, Sam?"
Sam's gaze flicked toward the Novak women and across at Dean before returning to Jimmy. "I - "
"You stabbed him in the back," Jimmy answered for him, rage punctuating every syllable. "Literally." He loomed over Sam's seated form, his ghostly status giving him a gravitas he hadn't really possessed in life. "I felt it," he enunciated slowly. "I felt the blade enter us. Felt it slice through my liver."
Both Novak women sat up a little upon hearing that, their postures becoming rigid and their expressions more stony.
Jimmy shook his head at Sam. "You didn't try to save him, didn't try to help him. You didn't even give him the comfort your brother gave you in Kansas, when he repeatedly told you how loved you are, that you would never be left alone." Jimmy stood up straighter. "You just went for the murdering blow, upon someone you had the gall to profess a friend. Would have murdered me, too, if things had gone a little different. I don't want to speak to you."
This is an excerpt from a_carnal_mink's " Living In A Godless Universe". I had to put this here because it's exactly what I've been thinking all along. (Not to give away any of the story, but in this excerpt, Cas has released Jimmy (who is now a ghost) from his body in order to keep the Leviathans from getting him.) Things changed a bit in 7.02 but this has been exactly what's been in the back of mind. I'm still not sure how Dean can justify riding his high horse when he and Sam have done the exact same shit as Cas. I found it ridiculous in 7.01 when Cas is apologizing to Dean and Dean can't even really accept it and forgive him, even though there was a good chance Cas was about to die. I mean, really. Really. You're friend is about to die trying to set things right and you can't forgive him? Can't?
I think, since 7.02, that my feelings on this subject have gotten a little better, but the bad taste of Season 6 still stings a bit. Dean and Sam basically spent the last year treating Cas like shit and somehow they are the ones who are morally superior? I have hopes for this season, I really do, no matter how much it makes me want to cry all ready. (Haha.) But I hope we see some character growth on Dean's part. I love Dean and Sam but sometimes I don't like them very much, if that makes sense. Sam sort of redeemed himself in 7.01, but I feel like Dean still doesn't quite get it. I hope that changes.
"We don't have much time, Dean," was practically the first thing out of Jimmy's mouth. "Cas is trapped inside there and we've gotta get him out before they tear him to shreds!"
Dean bristled at being ordered about, especially on behalf of the angel that had gone off with Crowley behind his back like Cas had. People choosing demons over him would never stop being a raw nerve with Dean. He gave Jimmy a level look and squared his shoulders. "You don't think he kinda brought this shit down on his own head?"
Less than the space of one heartbeat had Jimmy flickering away from one part of the kitchen and flickering right into Dean's personal space, right up in his face. Jimmy's eyes were almost as blue as Cas's, his glare a little harder, his anger more human and therefore more accessible.
"And you've never brought shit down on your own head, I suppose?" Jimmy spat at him. "Are you so fucking perfect, Winchester? You've never made a mistake or a bad call or wished you could have a do-over?"
"He was working with Crowley!" Dean growled back at him.
"Well, who the hell here hasn't?!" Jimmy demanded of him. "Just where the fuck do you get off trying to put this morally superior bullshit over on anybody?" His nostrils flared as he ranted, as though he were actually having to breathe quicker through his tirade. "Where do you think Castiel learned any of this behavior from in the first place, huh? Working with Crowley, making a deal with a demon, not telling his loved ones about it? You're seriously gonna stand there and make out like you're better than him over this?"
It was not unlike being slapped in the face about five times in a row, but Dean was determined not to show it. He returned Jimmy's stare quietly, swallowing and feeling the vein in his left temple throb a little.
"Look, man," Sam's voice rose up into the heated atmosphere, "we hear where you're coming fro - "
"You dare?" Jimmy hissed, and Dean saw the edges of his spirit form tremble for a fraction of a moment, as though it was all Jimmy could do right then to keep a hold of himself. Jimmy turned on his heel and advanced slowly toward where Sam was seated, his voice low, his fury barely contained as he started in on Sam. "You dare to even have an opinion on the subject? You, who I thought should have understood best of all? Let me remind you about the last days Lucifer was walking the Earth, Sam."
Sam opened his mouth as though to protest but Jimmy barreled on, his white-hot wrath giving him momentum. "Oh, I'm sure you think you don't need reminding, but I'm here to tell you that you obviously don't remember shit. You decided, in order to save the world from the Apocalypse, to allow a more powerful entity into your vessel because you were sure you could handle it in order to save the world. And everyone - including Cas - backed your play, despite their own misgivings. They all, Cas too, had your back. And you went through with your plan and you did save the world. Good for you, Sam. You're a hero. Flashforward to a little while ago and what happened? Cas decided, in order to save the world from the same Apocalypse, to allow a more powerful entity into his vessel because he was sure he could handle it in order to save the world. And NO ONE backed his play. NO ONE had his back."
Dean could see Sam's face losing more and more color as Jimmy went on, as Jimmy's words sank in with them all. Dean tried taking a sip of his whiskey but swallowing it was like swallowing ash and bile.
"But," Jimmy continued, "Cas went through with his plan and he did save the world, just like you did, from the same Apocalypse. And what did you do to him, Sam?"
Sam's gaze flicked toward the Novak women and across at Dean before returning to Jimmy. "I - "
"You stabbed him in the back," Jimmy answered for him, rage punctuating every syllable. "Literally." He loomed over Sam's seated form, his ghostly status giving him a gravitas he hadn't really possessed in life. "I felt it," he enunciated slowly. "I felt the blade enter us. Felt it slice through my liver."
Both Novak women sat up a little upon hearing that, their postures becoming rigid and their expressions more stony.
Jimmy shook his head at Sam. "You didn't try to save him, didn't try to help him. You didn't even give him the comfort your brother gave you in Kansas, when he repeatedly told you how loved you are, that you would never be left alone." Jimmy stood up straighter. "You just went for the murdering blow, upon someone you had the gall to profess a friend. Would have murdered me, too, if things had gone a little different. I don't want to speak to you."
This is an excerpt from a_carnal_mink's " Living In A Godless Universe". I had to put this here because it's exactly what I've been thinking all along. (Not to give away any of the story, but in this excerpt, Cas has released Jimmy (who is now a ghost) from his body in order to keep the Leviathans from getting him.) Things changed a bit in 7.02 but this has been exactly what's been in the back of mind. I'm still not sure how Dean can justify riding his high horse when he and Sam have done the exact same shit as Cas. I found it ridiculous in 7.01 when Cas is apologizing to Dean and Dean can't even really accept it and forgive him, even though there was a good chance Cas was about to die. I mean, really. Really. You're friend is about to die trying to set things right and you can't forgive him? Can't?
I think, since 7.02, that my feelings on this subject have gotten a little better, but the bad taste of Season 6 still stings a bit. Dean and Sam basically spent the last year treating Cas like shit and somehow they are the ones who are morally superior? I have hopes for this season, I really do, no matter how much it makes me want to cry all ready. (Haha.) But I hope we see some character growth on Dean's part. I love Dean and Sam but sometimes I don't like them very much, if that makes sense. Sam sort of redeemed himself in 7.01, but I feel like Dean still doesn't quite get it. I hope that changes.