I was swooning over Sam and Dean in this one-a lot of it for the reasons you've listed here! To me this was such a great display of the very foundation of their relationship: up or down, in the end they always put the other above anything else, and sometimes that manifests itself in putting faith in the other like they wouldn't put it in themselves
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I had a really long reply here...and LJ ate it. *sobs*
But yes. That HUG. I nearly died. :D And I do think that everything that happened with Benny here really shows how far Sam and Dean have come in S8. And how they've (hopefully) gotten past all the mistrust that plagued them at the beginning of the season... I also think that for Sam, his animosity towards Benny is mostly tied to the fact that he sees Benny as something Dean is keeping from him, you know? That, and just plain jealousy, since Dean has made it clear how much he trusts Benny, how Benny has never let him down, etc. So to see Sam rise above all that and like you said, get back to his old self, and accept Benny is just really, really beautiful. <3
I was also pretty moved by Dean and Benny's conversation before he goes back to Purgatory. *__* IDK, something about that drawl, and the word 'rodeo'... I just kind of melt every time. ;)
I totally agree with you about Sam's past issues with Benny.
You know, I couldn't help but giggle when I thought of what fanfic would make of all this: Benny's obviously crazy in love with Dean and they had something special, but Sam is Dean's true love, and Sam is jealous of Benny, asks Dean to leave Benny and go back to Sam, because Dean is Sam's true love as well, and Benny sacrifies himself to get Sam back to Dean, because he's the tragic figure and he knows those two belong together, drama, drama, drama.:D
Irritatingly enough, it's happened to me a few times, when I click on the 'picture' link to choose an icon, due to the fact that LJ stole all my icon info, lol. Word to the wise, don't click that link, because your comment will not be there when you return! ^_~
But anyway, yes, I totally agree about that drama, lol. <3 Benny is such a tragic hero here. *sigh* If I wasn't so in love with Sam and Dean, I'm sure I'd be writing crazy Benny fic! ^_~
I agreed with you about the plot holes, until I thought about it for awhile and came up with some excuses to help me hand-wave them away. Hopefully they'll help you too
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Those are all really excellent hand-wavy excuses! Especially the one about security in Hell. I totally wasn't thinking of it in terms of there being different security levels or areas, but... That makes sense
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Whatever you said! All those things drove me nuts, too. I like the explanation I saw on someone's review, that maybe it was easy for Sam to get in and out of Hell because he wasn't dead, and he hadn't been ~sent there this time. I wish the writers would put half as much thought into these things as we do. :-D
Huh, that does kind of make sense, about Sam not being dead! I've read a lot of convincing hand-wavey explanations for all of my issues about this episode too, so I think for the moment I'm mollified, but... Yeah, some indication that the writers have thought these things through would be nice, too. ;)
And of course, really, it's all about the hug. <3 sdfladhfkjdh HUG~ ♥
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But yes. That HUG. I nearly died. :D And I do think that everything that happened with Benny here really shows how far Sam and Dean have come in S8. And how they've (hopefully) gotten past all the mistrust that plagued them at the beginning of the season... I also think that for Sam, his animosity towards Benny is mostly tied to the fact that he sees Benny as something Dean is keeping from him, you know? That, and just plain jealousy, since Dean has made it clear how much he trusts Benny, how Benny has never let him down, etc. So to see Sam rise above all that and like you said, get back to his old self, and accept Benny is just really, really beautiful. <3
I was also pretty moved by Dean and Benny's conversation before he goes back to Purgatory. *__* IDK, something about that drawl, and the word 'rodeo'... I just kind of melt every time. ;)
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I totally agree with you about Sam's past issues with Benny.
You know, I couldn't help but giggle when I thought of what fanfic would make of all this: Benny's obviously crazy in love with Dean and they had something special, but Sam is Dean's true love, and Sam is jealous of Benny, asks Dean to leave Benny and go back to Sam, because Dean is Sam's true love as well, and Benny sacrifies himself to get Sam back to Dean, because he's the tragic figure and he knows those two belong together, drama, drama, drama.:D
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But anyway, yes, I totally agree about that drama, lol. <3 Benny is such a tragic hero here. *sigh* If I wasn't so in love with Sam and Dean, I'm sure I'd be writing crazy Benny fic! ^_~
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BUT. HUG! HUG! /easily satisfied
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And of course, really, it's all about the hug. <3 sdfladhfkjdh HUG~ ♥
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