Sam decided he wanted to venture out of the bunker, he worked closely with other people and had people be nice to him for once, he used his own inner resources to solve the case (both in terms of hearing his voice on the phone and remembering his experience of soullessness), he got to be a restorative force for other people when he returns the souls and gives Julia (?) a chance to confess and be absolved. <3
This so much! Recently I saw the S1 plane episode. Sam was the level-headed one who kept it together, first exorcising the co-pilot and then exorcising the PLANE when it was plunging downwards, paper scattering everywhere, Dean freaking out--and Sam kept going. Then the guy on the ground was "thanks, boys" because their dad had once done him a solid. It was so simple.
I've enjoyed when the brothers become separated because Sam is so much more clear-headed and not being completely plunged in Carrying The Burden That Is Dean. He does so much better without his brother these days.
What I don't get is viewers being puzzled by Dean's relationship to Cain. Dean was the one who told Cain to skip the fine print. Dean has basically been a killing machine for years. He said Purgatory felt "pure" for that reason. Kill or be killed, end of story.
It also PISSES ME OFF that so many people get killed or punished for no good reason. Okay, they don't want to show us endless exorcisms, but the scene in the vault in the last episode showed the guards as nice guys who get possessed. But they kill EACH OTHER, which makes it "sad." Unlike the hundreds of possessed people the Winchesters have spiked. This is off topic to what you are discussing, but the Winchesters are single-handedly depopulating the Midwest USA.
I've enjoyed when the brothers become separated because Sam is so much more clear-headed and not being completely plunged in Carrying The Burden That Is Dean. He does so much better without his brother these days.
Constantly sucking up all of Dean's frustrations and putting on an unflagging show of ~appreciating Dean's brotherly love~ takes a toll on his hunting game, WHO'D HAVE GUESSED?
Dean was the one who told Cain to skip the fine print.
Oh, Dean definitely has some accountability for this, but "you're going to have a hard time controlling yourself" doesn't take any more time to say than "with the Mark comes a great burden," or whatever it was that Cain did spit out, which, as he seems quite aware, is catnip to Dean. It's the same game Crowley got him through the door with, the oooooh-so-scary implicit challenge to Dean's manhood. Dean is definitely being an asshole, but not-nice people can be messed with, too.
Dean has basically been a killing machine for years. He said Purgatory felt "pure" for that reason. Kill or be killed, end of story.
He's suited to the Mark for a lot of reasons, for sure.
Unlike the hundreds of possessed people the Winchesters have spiked. This is off topic to what you are discussing, but the Winchesters are single-handedly depopulating the Midwest USA.
Maybe not quite single-handedly, the demons are helping a little, but yeah, it is a big issue. I think that question of "how much collateral damage can they live with" is an interesting one, though I do get why the characters can't afford to think about it much.
This so much! Recently I saw the S1 plane episode. Sam was the level-headed one who kept it together, first exorcising the co-pilot and then exorcising the PLANE when it was plunging downwards, paper scattering everywhere, Dean freaking out--and Sam kept going. Then the guy on the ground was "thanks, boys" because their dad had once done him a solid. It was so simple.
I've enjoyed when the brothers become separated because Sam is so much more clear-headed and not being completely plunged in Carrying The Burden That Is Dean. He does so much better without his brother these days.
What I don't get is viewers being puzzled by Dean's relationship to Cain. Dean was the one who told Cain to skip the fine print. Dean has basically been a killing machine for years. He said Purgatory felt "pure" for that reason. Kill or be killed, end of story.
It also PISSES ME OFF that so many people get killed or punished for no good reason. Okay, they don't want to show us endless exorcisms, but the scene in the vault in the last episode showed the guards as nice guys who get possessed. But they kill EACH OTHER, which makes it "sad." Unlike the hundreds of possessed people the Winchesters have spiked. This is off topic to what you are discussing, but the Winchesters are single-handedly depopulating the Midwest USA.
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Constantly sucking up all of Dean's frustrations and putting on an unflagging show of ~appreciating Dean's brotherly love~ takes a toll on his hunting game, WHO'D HAVE GUESSED?
Dean was the one who told Cain to skip the fine print.
Oh, Dean definitely has some accountability for this, but "you're going to have a hard time controlling yourself" doesn't take any more time to say than "with the Mark comes a great burden," or whatever it was that Cain did spit out, which, as he seems quite aware, is catnip to Dean. It's the same game Crowley got him through the door with, the oooooh-so-scary implicit challenge to Dean's manhood. Dean is definitely being an asshole, but not-nice people can be messed with, too.
Dean has basically been a killing machine for years. He said Purgatory felt "pure" for that reason. Kill or be killed, end of story.
He's suited to the Mark for a lot of reasons, for sure.
Unlike the hundreds of possessed people the Winchesters have spiked. This is off topic to what you are discussing, but the Winchesters are single-handedly depopulating the Midwest USA.
Maybe not quite single-handedly, the demons are helping a little, but yeah, it is a big issue. I think that question of "how much collateral damage can they live with" is an interesting one, though I do get why the characters can't afford to think about it much.
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