I have to agree with you there. He had no choice when he was a child but the fact that he never rebelled and toed his father's party line all through adulthood frustrates me too. Whenever Sam pulled him up on it I was like, yay! It kind of annoys me that so many people see Dean as this hero who makes huge sacrificial gestures and they see Sam as a selfish whiner.
I see Dean as someone with so little self-esteem and so much fear he'll do anything not to be left behind or left alone. I see him as more of a sad figure than big hero. I see Sam as fiercely intelligent and independent who looked at his life and thought, this can't be all there is. That's not selfish, it's a normal human reaction. Dean's attitude is the abnormal one - holding onto everyone far too tightly. I love both characters but I can empathise more with Sam, and I too am completely annoyed by martyrs. Martyring yourself to lock the devil in his cage or closing the gates of hell are both understandable causes, martyring yourself to bring your brother back from death is just kind of sad and reeks of abandonment issues.
I see Dean as someone with so little self-esteem and so much fear he'll do anything not to be left behind or left alone. I see him as more of a sad figure than big hero. I see Sam as fiercely intelligent and independent who looked at his life and thought, this can't be all there is. That's not selfish, it's a normal human reaction. Dean's attitude is the abnormal one - holding onto everyone far too tightly. I love both characters but I can empathise more with Sam, and I too am completely annoyed by martyrs. Martyring yourself to lock the devil in his cage or closing the gates of hell are both understandable causes, martyring yourself to bring your brother back from death is just kind of sad and reeks of abandonment issues.
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