Dean just needs to be hugged for the rest of his life, he deserves it.
I am curious about Mary's history though - and if it was the demon blood that made those kids special or if they had powers already, or...I need backstory, dammit!
You know what else is sad? For all of Sam's empathy and compassion, this season he's so focused on the big picture he loses track of the little things he used to find so important. When Sam died back in AHBL, Dean didn't go after Jake - he stayed with Sam. Now, I think the situation in this episode was a little different, because he KNEW an exact way to stop Dean dying, but the fact is: he seems to have no problem sacrificing time with his brother for trying to save him. For some reason, and I can't pinpoint why, I think that may come from John.
And you're right, if it hadn't worked in Faith, how devastated would he have been, that he spent his brother's last days away from him?
I can't imagine being Sam right now. Because if he spends all his time researching, that's time he'll never get back to be with Dean if Dean doesn't make it. And if he spends all his time with Dean, or maybe even any time at all and Dean dies, there will always be a part of him going, "If you'd looked more often, you would have found a way." Sam's more focused on the future than the now, which is how he always is - but for Dean it must hurt, because he lives for NOW, and NOW he is kind of without his brother.
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Date: 2008-02-06 11:23 am (UTC)I am curious about Mary's history though - and if it was the demon blood that made those kids special or if they had powers already, or...I need backstory, dammit!
You know what else is sad? For all of Sam's empathy and compassion, this season he's so focused on the big picture he loses track of the little things he used to find so important. When Sam died back in AHBL, Dean didn't go after Jake - he stayed with Sam. Now, I think the situation in this episode was a little different, because he KNEW an exact way to stop Dean dying, but the fact is: he seems to have no problem sacrificing time with his brother for trying to save him. For some reason, and I can't pinpoint why, I think that may come from John.
And you're right, if it hadn't worked in Faith, how devastated would he have been, that he spent his brother's last days away from him?
I can't imagine being Sam right now. Because if he spends all his time researching, that's time he'll never get back to be with Dean if Dean doesn't make it. And if he spends all his time with Dean, or maybe even any time at all and Dean dies, there will always be a part of him going, "If you'd looked more often, you would have found a way." Sam's more focused on the future than the now, which is how he always is - but for Dean it must hurt, because he lives for NOW, and NOW he is kind of without his brother.