*sadface*

[ratherastory]

I sometimes wonder what show people are watching.

Clearly, it's not the same one I am.

If you need me, I will be over here in my happy bubble that is free of ship wars, character-bashing, and show-bashing in general.

Comments

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Yes, exactly!

I want Dean to like Sam again, the way he did right up until the end of Season 3. Dean has had so much shit rain down on him that I'm not sure he remembers how to do things like trust people, or like people. Love isn't an issue for Dean: he gives his love out like it's candy. He loves Lisa and Ben and Bobby, and God help him he loves Sam too because he can't not, but love in Dean is a sad, broken thing, like a wounded bird. It's fragile, and it's just something others use to hurt him.

I'd really like to see Dean come to terms with this, and maybe grow out of his conviction that he's basically worthless, or only worth as much as his ability as a hunter lets him be. His words this episode were telling: "I ain't a father, I'm a killer." It's not true, but it's true to him, and that's what breaks my heart and also makes me want to shake him until his teeth rattle in his head and he sees sense.