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ratherastory ([personal profile] ratherastory) wrote2010-04-09 06:03 pm

Two extra thoughts about 5.17

Back home, and I think LJ is letting me post again...

So why is it that when SAM wants to have a normal life and a family, it's wrong and selfish and hurtful to his family, but when DEAN wants it everyone goes "AAAAAAAWWWWW!"

Is it because Sam actually tried to get it for himself, whereas Dean is apparently willing to throw himself on the proverbial grenade? What?

The double-standard makes me sad.

:(


Also, I am SERIOUSLY ANNOYED by the Whore of Babylon thing. Come on, SPN. You can stop being so blatantly misogynistic any day now. :(

[identity profile] ali888.livejournal.com 2010-04-12 06:21 pm (UTC)(link)
So why is it that when SAM wants to have a normal life and a family, it's wrong and selfish and hurtful to his family, but when DEAN wants it everyone goes "AAAAAAAWWWWW!"

Because Sam left 'the family business' to persue his dream. On a couple of occasions Dean has hinted that he'd like a family but has regularly put his own desires behind doing 'the right thing'. And I personally think that Sam was perfectly within his rights to want to go to university. From the few hints the show has given us, he didn't intend to leave completely but John told him not to come back.