This a subject that I've had so many thoughts about for so long that I could never quite figure out how to pin them all down into a structure. Then I spitballed
a reblog on tumblr a while back and, because I was just intending to make a quick comment, ended up accidentally forcing myself into organization. So here is the greatly-expanded version
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But yeah, I think that's a really important angle to it, that Sam would not be willing or even able to wrap his head around because most people aren't, men in particular, and Sam specifically because he works so hard to seize some autonomy, so even what he thinks isn't necessarily reliable. And on top of that, what we see isn't all of what happened, it's what he told Dean (nothing about the blood drinking comes up, after all), and on some level Dean's scrutiny trips him into circling the wagons and defending his relationship with her.
tbh I think encounters after that are of extremely questionable consent in a way I don't see talked about very often? Because regardless of if someone shares my read on the demon blood (that it's effectively self-medication for a chronic condition) or if they think it's "just" a recreational drug, chemical dependence is chemical dependence. Someone who can hold shit you need over your head like that is...I lean heavily toward presuming coercion there.
my own head theory is that since Ruby made sure the sex was fairly violent, I also think that this was how she got Sam ingesting her blood. We saw in Heart that Sam was an active sex partner and I think there was some light biting there. Rough him up, nick herself during sex and get it in his mouth.
That is bone-chilling but I absolutely buy it.
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