Dicks with Wings

[sistermagpie]

So Supernatural was on last night, which means time for the weekly round of "who's the biggest jerk and why, and who owes what to who..." Since I’ve been reading a lot about it, I'm going to say ...

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Re: Argh, trying this again

[ginzai]

I think that's an issue of how extremely deep the divide between Sam and Dean had become, though. It's not a single betrayal; it was several betrayals that happened day after day for half a year, with significant distance between them ever since Dean got back from Hell. IMHO, Dean could have (and indeed, has - look at Asylum, for instance) forgiven a single incident. A full year of it? That's a bit harder to swallow.

If anything, I'd argue that Dean's deep hurt and distrust of Sam lingering is a sign of how much love and trust he had in Sam before. It's going to hurt considerably worse to be betrayed by someone you love and have held close to your heart for years than someone you've only known for a matter of months and have known you couldn't fully trust.

With those thoughts in mind, it's not OOC at all to me for Dean to have issues with Sam afterward. I'd have been really annoyed if Dean HAD forgiven Sam so easily because it would mean so many terrible things about Dean's self esteem and concept of self worth. If you can forgive that sort of treatment so readily, it's either because you're a saint (which is almost laughable to consider of Dean) or because you think you deserve it.

Re: Argh, trying this again

[percysowner]

I totally agree that Dean should have continuing issues with Sam. The hurt and betrayals were more ongoing and I expect to see more conflict before the brothers truly reconcile, if they ever do. I am going to agree to disagree about Castiel. We will simply have to see how the show handles the situation.

Re: Argh, trying this again

[ginzai]

That works for me. :) I do want Sam and Dean to eventually reconcile and I've got a lot of hope that when they really do, they'll have a much stronger relationship than they did before. As for Castiel, I think you've got the right idea of it in waiting to see where canon takes us!