Thinking about Sam...

[ash48]

I made this little gif set and posted it to tumblr recently.



I was thinking about how sad it is that Sam ended up doing exactly what he hoped would never happen (again).



As sad as it is I am kind of excited by it because it speaks volumes about Sam and the recurring nightmare of having his body being out of his control. The fact that this connection has been made from episode 1 to episode 9 gives me hope that not only this, but all the issues surrounding it will be addressed in the second half. Yes yes I can hear you say don't hold your breath - but I'm going to *holds*. Also, Dean heard Sam say this. It has to hit home.



Also, I posted some S8 Sam hair gifs which resulted in some very serious meta on how Sam's hair represents his state of being here at supergifs Yep. It's very deep. And short.

Comments

[de-nugis.livejournal.com]

I think another thing Dean has never realized is that what he did to Lisa and Ben was wrong, and a violation. I feel like it's important to remember them (though I'm sure the show won't, alas), because it's too easy to see Sam as Dean's one blind spot and not see that there's a pattern in Dean's behavior. I think Dean may see it as "I have principles but Sam is the one exception and I get to have an exception" and that he even feels justified in that, because the mandate to protect Sam is so deeply embedded in him. But his boundary/autonomy respecting issues go beyond Sam, and I think if he could figure that out it might help him get past the place he still seems to be in, of "you're going to be pissed but I had to do it" to a place of "I have to learn to STOP doing this," which is the only place where change can happen.

[ash48.livejournal.com]

Yes indeed. How interesting it would be if Ben and Lisa are brought into this at some point. I can't see it happening either, but it (or they) might be part of the bigger reason why they have given Dean this storyline this season. If they are bringing together all of these things then we might see a realisation of having to learn to "stop doing this". Of course, the issue with that is how does he actually fully realise it without Sam dying. (Though we did actually have that at the end of S5…). I suppose the discussion could take place though.

And yes. I think Dean feels totally justified and I think that will be something that is extremely hard to break for him. He will not accept Sam dead so anything (and clearly anything) is acceptable to prevent that.

(Looking back it would have been very interesting if Dean DID find a way to pull Sam out of the cage (without his soul). It might add some weight to what they are doing now. In that he actually couldn't live without him and the act of bringing him back damages Sam - which he then has to fix. Maybe - like Sam's "attempted" life without hunting story last year - they are going back and looking at that).