Sometime earlier in the season, shit, I dunno when -- I posted something along the lines of how I keep wanting the show to give me a truly broken Sam, broken over Dean. And there was considerable discussion regarding how Sam is simply not Dean-like in his responses, blah blah, and I finally came to the conclusion that wanting Sam to be broken up over Dean -- in spite of what we saw in Mystery Spot -- just wasn't gonna happen.
This ep just rubbed ALL my fur the wrong way in this regard. It really does seem, looking back now at the early parts of this season with new knowledge, that Sam...did not entirely want Dean back. Now I think in a literal, "would you prefer to have your brother back and breathing than burning in Hell for all eternity" sort of way, Sam would absolutely 100% want Dean with him.
But there are layers, and I'm now convinced that the early funky sensation of "Man, Sam sure is low-key about Dean coming back," was pretty spot-on. I'm not saying he didn't -- only that he now had several problems to cope with, first and foremost of course, Ruby and his speshul powerz. Dean popping unexpectedly back into the picture did, beyond the shadow of a doubt, throw a wrench into the works for Sam.
Trouble is, now we can't forget that Sam just...did not grieve the way fanon and many, MANY stories this past summer suggested that he would/could. He grieved, of course, and a substantial case could be made, I guess, for saying that he threw himself into the powerz and training (and, it must be said, nookie) in order to distract himself from his grief, to set it aside until the job was done. (Hrmmm, the John comparisons, they do flow freely.)
But overall it left a dreadful taste in my mouth. The show will never address this issue because clearly it doesn't recognize that there's a problem. But I would give a lot to read a long-ass hard-hitting story about Dean coming to grips with the fact that Sam DID get on with things, that he found power and focus and pussy (the latter of which, Dean always said he should get) in Dean's absence. Sam got on with his life. Now -- only Sam could say if this is true. But by all accounts thus far, much of it is self-evident.
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This ep just rubbed ALL my fur the wrong way in this regard. It really does seem, looking back now at the early parts of this season with new knowledge, that Sam...did not entirely want Dean back. Now I think in a literal, "would you prefer to have your brother back and breathing than burning in Hell for all eternity" sort of way, Sam would absolutely 100% want Dean with him.
But there are layers, and I'm now convinced that the early funky sensation of "Man, Sam sure is low-key about Dean coming back," was pretty spot-on. I'm not saying he didn't -- only that he now had several problems to cope with, first and foremost of course, Ruby and his speshul powerz. Dean popping unexpectedly back into the picture did, beyond the shadow of a doubt, throw a wrench into the works for Sam.
Trouble is, now we can't forget that Sam just...did not grieve the way fanon and many, MANY stories this past summer suggested that he would/could. He grieved, of course, and a substantial case could be made, I guess, for saying that he threw himself into the powerz and training (and, it must be said, nookie) in order to distract himself from his grief, to set it aside until the job was done. (Hrmmm, the John comparisons, they do flow freely.)
But overall it left a dreadful taste in my mouth. The show will never address this issue because clearly it doesn't recognize that there's a problem. But I would give a lot to read a long-ass hard-hitting story about Dean coming to grips with the fact that Sam DID get on with things, that he found power and focus and pussy (the latter of which, Dean always said he should get) in Dean's absence. Sam got on with his life. Now -- only Sam could say if this is true. But by all accounts thus far, much of it is self-evident.
It sticks in the craw, it do.