one foot on the platform

[glorious_spoon]

Title: one foot on the platform
Pairing: Gen
Rating: PG
Warnings: Spoilers for 6.01
Summary: Sam, on the road.

Comments

[vanillafluffy]

My favorite part is the bit about Sam's car. Don't get me wrong, in the ep it killed me when he turned down the Impala---but I think right now Sam is in a mode akin to his stoic travels in "Mystery Spot". He's under rigid control, and while I'm sure he's satisfying his own compulsion for order in how he's got his car organized, the Impala would be way too...triggering for him.

Don't mind me, I'm a car slut....

[glorious_spoon]

Yeah, I think Sam is, at the very least, in that mode where he absolutely has to keep the entire world at arms length, to micromanage everything he comes into contact with, et cetera. The Impala is a link to a part of his life he thinks is over and doesn't quite know how to come to terms with, so...yeah, I'm with you there.

/also a car slut.

[debbiel66]

Oh. It didn't really hit me - Dean's comment about Sam being his heaven - until I ead it in your story.

Thank you! I needed that.

Very well written and lovely as always. &hearts

[glorious_spoon]

I thought that was a really, horribly telling moment for him--hey, maybe this really isn't what he wanted after all!

XD I'm glad you liked this.

[sistabro]

Nice. My impression.. the only thing firing right now are Sam's logic circuits. All emotional reasoning has more or less been shut down so he can function. So empathy for Dean's grief, not really processing. The idea that Dean not hunting = a safer Dean, totally clicking... maybe. It'll be interesting to see Sam start to connect emotionally again. I predict epic messiness.

[glorious_spoon]

Empathy's never really been Sam's strong point to begin with, and yeah--I'm with you there. I can see this as a rationally considered decision, with the fact that this was something Dean would NEVER get over just...not on his radar.

Glad you liked :)

[chibifrieza]

I'd say you've done a pretty damn good job rationalizing considering you disagree. I lean toward Sam on this one, and considering he was so off this episode I think there might be factors we don't know about yet. But I'm pissed at Sam and Bobby as much as I'm sympathetic, so, yeah.

Beautiful job, again, and please continue to spew fic all over the place. Please. It makes the wait more bearable.

[glorious_spoon]

Assuming Sam is acting entirely on his own (which I'm not sure about, because there was definitely something wrong with him in this ep), I think he at least thought he was guided by entirely altruistic motives. I don't necessarily think that makes what he did justifiable, but I do think it's both understandable and quintessentially Sam.

I'm really glad you liked this :)

[ursalita]

This was perfect. I can totally believe in this Sam. Thanks!

[glorious_spoon]

Thank you!