Comments | zara_zee: Fic: Combat survival (episode 10.15 coda)

zara_zee

Fic: Combat survival (episode 10.15 coda)

Mar 23, 2015 12:11

I've only watched this episode once so far. There were some things about it that didn't quite gel: [Spoiler (click to open)]The sloppy assumptions about the parasite. Cole's overuse of nicknames. The lost opportunities - for Dean to address the fact that Cole tortured Sam, for Sam to bond with Kit's wife, to talk about his feelings, for Dean to take his shirt off.

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episode coda, show level violence, s10, gen, pg-13, spoilers, sam winchester

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twnchesterangel March 23 2015, 01:37:54 UTC

Loved this. Amazing as usual. That last part though. OUCH. He will save Dean or kill them both. I don't think Sam has it in him to survive losing Dean again. Then again, I'm not sure this is headed to a place where Sam survives anyway. I don't know. I'm scared. But this was great. Thank you.*hugs*

zara_zee March 23 2015, 07:35:28 UTC

Thank you. Yeah, I really don't think either of them can deal with losing the other again. :(

cassiopeia7 March 23 2015, 02:22:14 UTC

LOVE this, just love it. I still think that Sam should've called Cole out on that "Sammy" business, but otherwise, spot-on. Especially this part:

It’s self-preservation. Combat survival. You can’t kill as many sentient beings as he’s killed and stay sane if you don’t shut down emotionally.

Brilliant. I've been wondering about the brothers' apparent callousness since S7 and this explains it perfectly.

zara_zee March 23 2015, 07:38:23 UTC

Thank you. I definitely think they've had to shut down in order to cope.

And I agree...Sam really should've called Cole out! Dean should've too. If it irritated us, I'm sure it must've irritated them.

fanspired March 23 2015, 02:49:00 UTC

> You can’t kill as many sentient beings as he’s killed and stay sane if you don’t shut down emotionally.

I think this says a lot about Sam and the way he responds to trauma. I think that was the metaphorical underpinning of him coming out of Hell soulless.

zara_zee March 23 2015, 07:41:16 UTC

I agree. Sam has such high emotional intelligence. He'd have to shut down emotionally to cope with their life. :(

mdlaw March 23 2015, 03:15:41 UTC

OH! m. :/

zara_zee March 23 2015, 07:42:25 UTC

♥

sailorhathor March 23 2015, 05:28:50 UTC

I think we were all pretty frustrated with the fact that Dean was in a sweat lodge but wouldn't shed some of his clothes, even though it made perfect sense. :D

zara_zee March 23 2015, 07:46:31 UTC

Yes indeed. It's not like it would've been gratuitous semi-nudity. There was a perfectly valid story reason for it! :)