I accept that. We each have our own views on the characters. Sam was an "asshole" because Dean took away something that was extremely precious and important to him - his ability to choose (not to mention betrayal and deceit). In my mind, what Sam said in two episodes does not even come close to the hurt Dean caused. I'm not saying that Sam is innocent at all. He's not. But just like I have sited above - Dean acted certain ways for contextual reasons, so did Sam. Sam says stuff. Dean does stuff. They are both equally troubled and have potential to be nasty to the other (as we've seen time and time again). Curious that even though Sam said all those thing he never acted on them.
Sam abandoning Dean is purgatory is certainly a storyline or direction that I didn't like. I felt it was out of character, but at face value we might have to accept (though I do begrudgingly) that Sam did actually think Dean was dead and understood that making deals wasn't a good way to bring him back. They've obviously realised now that that wasn't a version of Sam that made sense with the previous seasons and returned him to the one we've seen in the past in S10. I have thoughts on that also (I'm probably one of the few fans that doesn't see their co-dependence as a "positive" thing - it's destructive and we've seen that evidence time and again.)
I think it's sad that you can hate either of the characters. I still love Dean as a character very much - this is my way of of analysing him without hating on him. I think he's on a journey of self discovery. As I think Sam is too. Perhaps you might try looking at Sam and try and understand his reasons for acting the way he did and see the bigger picture rather than simply "sam's an asshole".
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Date: 2014-11-07 04:17 am (UTC)Sam abandoning Dean is purgatory is certainly a storyline or direction that I didn't like. I felt it was out of character, but at face value we might have to accept (though I do begrudgingly) that Sam did actually think Dean was dead and understood that making deals wasn't a good way to bring him back. They've obviously realised now that that wasn't a version of Sam that made sense with the previous seasons and returned him to the one we've seen in the past in S10. I have thoughts on that also (I'm probably one of the few fans that doesn't see their co-dependence as a "positive" thing - it's destructive and we've seen that evidence time and again.)
I think it's sad that you can hate either of the characters. I still love Dean as a character very much - this is my way of of analysing him without hating on him. I think he's on a journey of self discovery. As I think Sam is too. Perhaps you might try looking at Sam and try and understand his reasons for acting the way he did and see the bigger picture rather than simply "sam's an asshole".