it confuses me that Sam doesn't react to that bit of information about their parents.
That's an excellent point and it highlights that Sam has never felt about his parents the way Dean does -- he doesn't remember his mother at all and his father's death had nowhere near the effect on him that it had on Dean. If I were a dedicated Dean-basher I'd say this was just more evidence that Dean is "weak." But the truth is Sam really is detached and unfeeling. He hasn't experienced the kinds of losses that Dean has, and even when he does lose someone he loves (or supposedly loves), like Dean, he bounces back really quickly. What is that? Is that "strength?" Or is it something far less positive -- entrenched, lifelong hardness of heart? From what I've seen, my money's on the latter.
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Date: 2010-02-13 03:50 pm (UTC)That's an excellent point and it highlights that Sam has never felt about his parents the way Dean does -- he doesn't remember his mother at all and his father's death had nowhere near the effect on him that it had on Dean. If I were a dedicated Dean-basher I'd say this was just more evidence that Dean is "weak." But the truth is Sam really is detached and unfeeling. He hasn't experienced the kinds of losses that Dean has, and even when he does lose someone he loves (or supposedly loves), like Dean, he bounces back really quickly. What is that? Is that "strength?" Or is it something far less positive -- entrenched, lifelong hardness of heart? From what I've seen, my money's on the latter.