It's scary to think how shut-off Sam could become. Absolutely. I tend to think that with Dean gone, Sam would step by step go down a similar route like Gordon or most of the other hunters that we met so far. People who all started out as decent human beings but their hunter's quest out of hate & vengeance & despair slowly but surely turned them into 'revenge driven sociapaths'. I think Sam has all the characteristics to potentially slip away like that. It's a horrific thought if you think back at the gentle and caring young man we met at the beginning of the show. Dean needs to stay alive. Period! :)
When you think back to season one, he's always had that about him, it just manifested in different situations back then. (...) True, but then he was under a great deal of time pressure in both R666 and MM and he had to make a quick decision, that usually doesn't leave a lot of margin for internal debates or questioning. It's noticeable though that Dean usually takes the time to look after his brother first, before he undertakes any steps. I am thinking about how he tries to get Sam to breathe first in 'Home' before he takes action or that he chooses to stay with Sam for his last hours instead of trying to find another solution to the virus problem in 'Croatoan'.
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Absolutely. I tend to think that with Dean gone, Sam would step by step go down a similar route like Gordon or most of the other hunters that we met so far. People who all started out as decent human beings but their hunter's quest out of hate & vengeance & despair slowly but surely turned them into 'revenge driven sociapaths'. I think Sam has all the characteristics to potentially slip away like that. It's a horrific thought if you think back at the gentle and caring young man we met at the beginning of the show. Dean needs to stay alive. Period! :)
When you think back to season one, he's always had that about him, it just manifested in different situations back then. (...)
True, but then he was under a great deal of time pressure in both R666 and MM and he had to make a quick decision, that usually doesn't leave a lot of margin for internal debates or questioning. It's noticeable though that Dean usually takes the time to look after his brother first, before he undertakes any steps. I am thinking about how he tries to get Sam to breathe first in 'Home' before he takes action or that he chooses to stay with Sam for his last hours instead of trying to find another solution to the virus problem in 'Croatoan'.