Walking off the chessboard: Sam and Lucifer and the role of the Scapegoat in SPN

[amonitrate]

I have been working on this for what seems like forever, and apologies if you are on my flist and have already seen the posts. But since it's finally complete, I thought I'd toss it up here.

MASTER POST

PART ONE: The Scapegoat in the Dysfunctional Family

PART TWO: The Scapegoat as Focus of Family Dysfunction

PART THREE: The Scapegoat as Truth Teller

PART FOUR: Perpetuating the Role of Scapegoat

PART FIVE: How Lucifer and Sam Ultimately Differ

PART SIX: Sam as Traditional Scapegoat

I know it's long for meta (clocks in at 9,700 words) but I hope some of you find it interesting and I welcome comments.