A question re destiny (or god knows why I'm still thinking about this...)

[ash48]

So, I'm working (well, struggling actually) with this vid and a question came up about the boys' destinies.



Was Sam's destiny always to sacrifice himself to save the world and Dean's was to break the cycle of sacrifice? Which is basically what happened to them in the end.

Or was it to become Michael and Lucifer's vessels all along (as had been mentioned in a few episodes) and they instead exerted some "free will" and therefore didn't fulfil their rightful destinies.

I'm thinking the latter now (man, I'm doing my head in with the amount of turn arounds I've had about this episode). I initially liked the idea that Sam was always destined to save the world (with Dean's help) and Dean was always meant to be the strongest of the Winchesters and break the cycle. But maybe they brought that about themselves. Dean by saying no to Michael and Sam being strong enough to bring Lucifer down.

So free will did win out in the end. Sort of. Because who can say with one brother being dead while the other suffers his loss a win. At all. :(

Or maybe they had 2 potential destinies. Or none. Or...



Ok. My head hurts now. Maybe I'll see if I can make sense of this vid. Though I've realised that even if it doesn't see the light of day (which, let's face it, there's been a plethora of 5.22 vids lately *g*,), I'll have worked something out of my system. :)

Also, special hugs and thanks to my bidders. *smish*

Comments

[davincis-girl.livejournal.com]

I don't know. It's a hard question. I think that what Dean and Sam were destined to do was to be who they are at their very core, no matter who told them differently. For Dean, that means he is destined to stand by his little brother and try to help him no matter what the cost to himself. For Sam, it is to rebel against those in authority who have a plan for him. I think that those are their rightful destines.

I guess in the end, I don't believe at all in destiny or predetermination, just character.

[ash48.livejournal.com]

Oh yes indeed. Interesting. They acted according to their characters and how their characters developed over that time, to get them to where they were at the end.

The notion of "destiny" was always a big playing card in the series, but it was more about who they became in the end in order overcome any "plan" laid out for them.

Hmmm.
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