SPOILERS for SPN 9.10: "But don't go thinking that's the problem cause it's not." What did Sam mean?

[morganlucas41]

I haven't posted in a LONG time. I've been spending a lot of time over on Tumblr, and I've sort of been enjoying this season quietly.

Here today because I had some meta-y thoughts on Road Trip, particularly the last Sam and Dean scene.

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[cuddyclothes]

As I remarked in my review, Dean victimizes Sam and then paints himself as the ultimate victim. Which then leaves Sam with nowhere to go with his own emotions. I mean, what do you say after the person who fucked you over says "I'm a terrible person and what I did and it's all about meee." "Uh, yeah, okay." That tends to be Sam's knee-jerk response. Here, he was freaked out, in pain, had discovered that his head had been messed with again and then he can't express himself because of Dean's epic tantrum. Not exactly tantrum, but a definite pre-emptive blocking of whatever Sam actually had to say. "Okay, let me have it" is a confrontational statement, immediately putting the other person on the defense.

ETA: I vastly prefer Sam's actual reaction at the end of 910, as opposed to Gadreel!Sam's overblown one at the end of 909. Him punching Dean seemed OOC to me, and I think the way Sam reacted here made a lot more sense.

But it was Gadreel!Sam punching Dean, and guessing how Sam would react. Also, he needed Dean out of commission while Gadreel killed Kevin.

long comment is long.

[morganlucas41]

Yeah, I get what you're saying. But I think that's also part of the problem. Dean's martyr complex is SO big that he's not even letting Sam work out his own emotional issues. That, to me, is the main problem.

But it was Gadreel!Sam punching Dean, and guessing how Sam would react. Also, he needed Dean out of commission while Gadreel killed Kevin.

Right...that was my point, that it was Gadreel guessing how Sam would react. My point was that it's usually Dean who reacts with physical violence when he's pissed/feeling betrayed by Sam, not the other way around. So, the reaction we get from Sam - once he's no longer possessed - felt much truer to how I thought Sam would react, which makes sense.

[cuddyclothes]

It makes perfect sense. Sorry I didn't understand!

[morganlucas41]

No problem!