Our Roles in This Whole Thing
Sep. 14th, 2018 09:32 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
I'm still re-watching SPN season 9. I just finished The Purge. I have to say, Sam and Dean's conversations at the end of Sharp Teeth and The Purge don't make a lot of sense to me. It's clear that Sam is very upset about the Gadreel situation, but it is not clear what, specifically, he is most upset about. He seems to equate Dean tricking him into being possessed with Gadreel to Dean talking him out the trials - too very different things. The conversations are very strange, and not very well-written.
But - Jared Padalecki acts the hell out of it. It drives me crazy when people talk about how mean Sam is in these conversations, because just his face watching Dean at the end of Road Trip and at other points is so empathetic. He's upset with Dean, but he still sympathizes with Dean.
And I still think Dean suggested killing Maritza in The Purge for no other reason than to mess with Sam.
But - Jared Padalecki acts the hell out of it. It drives me crazy when people talk about how mean Sam is in these conversations, because just his face watching Dean at the end of Road Trip and at other points is so empathetic. He's upset with Dean, but he still sympathizes with Dean.
And I still think Dean suggested killing Maritza in The Purge for no other reason than to mess with Sam.
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Date: 2018-09-15 05:27 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2018-09-21 08:37 am (UTC)But my takeaway was that what bothers Sam is basically he's reached the conclusion that their relationship is SUPER unhealthy, as far as the lengths they'll go to in order to stay together (specifically Dean at first, though I think he learns by the end of the season when he's willing to make a deal with Crowley to bring Dean back, that he's just as willing to go to extreme lengths to keep Dean with him, too). I think he equates the trials and the Gadreel possession thing in that in both cases Dean did an unbelievably dangerous thing in order to make sure he didn't lose Sam. :/
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Date: 2018-09-21 03:48 pm (UTC)