Random meta thought about SPN
Spoilers for Season 5 in this post
I'm not LJ-cutting this. If you haven't seen Season 5, skip the post. :)
So I've been obsessing a bit a lot about the show, specifically about the whole Sam problem.
Of the two boys, I think Sam might be the bigger problem. Sure, Dean went to hell, he got betrayed by his brother, all that stuff, but ultimately he's the "righteous" of the two (the prophecy said so!), the one who's basically the "good" brother.
Sam, on the other hand, seems to be spiraling into despair. Anyone else notice that? Sure, there are episodes in which he seems fine, but he's basically trapped in a lose-lose scenario. The best he can do is not be evil. Wow, that's an awesome career choice. "Don't Be Evil." It might work for Google, but Sam isn't a giant corporation.
I'm kind of waiting for someone -specifically Dean- to realize that Sam needs to be forgiven, unconditionally. No questions asked, no more apologies. We all know Sam is sorry. God knows he's sorry. But there aren't enough "sorrys" in the universe to make up for what he's done, and he knows it. Just in case he didn't know it, Dean and Castiel and everyone they know are pretty quick to throw it back in his face. Everywhere he turns, people are rubbing his nose in the fact that every single choice he's made for the past three years has been wrong.
So, y'know, Dean, just forgive your brother already, and quit waiting for him to somehow miraculously pull something out of his ass that's going to make it all better. You don't forgive someone because they've earned it, or because they deserve it. You forgive them because they need it. Forgive him, or you'll send him right into Lucifer's waiting arms.
Seems pretty simple to me.
I'm not LJ-cutting this. If you haven't seen Season 5, skip the post. :)
So I've been obsessing a bit a lot about the show, specifically about the whole Sam problem.
Of the two boys, I think Sam might be the bigger problem. Sure, Dean went to hell, he got betrayed by his brother, all that stuff, but ultimately he's the "righteous" of the two (the prophecy said so!), the one who's basically the "good" brother.
Sam, on the other hand, seems to be spiraling into despair. Anyone else notice that? Sure, there are episodes in which he seems fine, but he's basically trapped in a lose-lose scenario. The best he can do is not be evil. Wow, that's an awesome career choice. "Don't Be Evil." It might work for Google, but Sam isn't a giant corporation.
I'm kind of waiting for someone -specifically Dean- to realize that Sam needs to be forgiven, unconditionally. No questions asked, no more apologies. We all know Sam is sorry. God knows he's sorry. But there aren't enough "sorrys" in the universe to make up for what he's done, and he knows it. Just in case he didn't know it, Dean and Castiel and everyone they know are pretty quick to throw it back in his face. Everywhere he turns, people are rubbing his nose in the fact that every single choice he's made for the past three years has been wrong.
So, y'know, Dean, just forgive your brother already, and quit waiting for him to somehow miraculously pull something out of his ass that's going to make it all better. You don't forgive someone because they've earned it, or because they deserve it. You forgive them because they need it. Forgive him, or you'll send him right into Lucifer's waiting arms.
Seems pretty simple to me.