Thanks for dropping in. I love hearing boy/Show love. It never ceases to amaze me the different ways people were drawn to The Show.
Initially I was fascinated with the hows and whys of Sam, but Dean weaseled his way into my heart and made himself at home. Dean's voracious need to protect Sam and his sense of duty and honor to his family and work have always been admirable. He's just hard work, salt of the earth, and what you see is what you get. There's an honesty in that which is hard to come by, sort of a backwards vulnerability (like, "Here I am if you don't like me screw off"), I think. I love that even though he's a hunter and deals with the intangible, Dean makes it a point to root himself in the tangible (women, beer, food, the car, guns). He's this huge walking contradiction that is so fun to pick apart.
In so many ways he's counterpoint to Sam but, weirdly, they're so very similar. Half the time I'm thinking, "Is Sam even related to John and Dean?" and the other half I'm nodding my head thinking, "Gah, those Winchester self-sacrifice genes!" But I guess it's the push-pull of Sam and Dean's dynamic on so many levels that has me enthralled.
But the deal ties Sam in with something that's not about him -- his love for Dean is what drives him now, and I like it!
I'm glad we're finally beginning to see the extent of Sam's devotion, too. Sam's not without his contradictions either. He's gives the impression that he's all soft and cuddly and empathetic (OK, maybe he is?), but on the inside he seems to be the harder, more driven brother, the one who doesn't necessarily let his heart rule his head (the exception being Dean, of course). Sam seems to be more about calculated risks and "acceptable" losses this season. And during war those tough decisions have to be made, but I worry about what Sam thinks will be "acceptable", especially because he has virtually no perspective when it comes to Dean (which is why I love him!).
"for a rock feels no pain, and an island never cries"
Good old Simon and Garfunkel. :)
the world of the story has methodically stripped away everyone else from the two brothers
I love that The Show has made the other their world entire AND then had the courage to put it ALL at stake. But the more a character has to lose the more they have to win. Plus, I'm a sucker for desperate, angst-ridden characters in impossible situations--it's even better when they cry!
Show is not perfect, but I love it like a basket of helpless little kittens, with their blue eyes and stubby tails and their sharp little claws and annoying mewling!
A couple other people have pointed out how they're thinking about Sam and Dean as tigers now. I'm becoming slightly enamored with the idea of fuzzy little felines. Aww, tiger cub boys. ;)
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Thanks for dropping in. I love hearing boy/Show love. It never ceases to amaze me the different ways people were drawn to The Show.
Initially I was fascinated with the hows and whys of Sam, but Dean weaseled his way into my heart and made himself at home. Dean's voracious need to protect Sam and his sense of duty and honor to his family and work have always been admirable. He's just hard work, salt of the earth, and what you see is what you get. There's an honesty in that which is hard to come by, sort of a backwards vulnerability (like, "Here I am if you don't like me screw off"), I think. I love that even though he's a hunter and deals with the intangible, Dean makes it a point to root himself in the tangible (women, beer, food, the car, guns). He's this huge walking contradiction that is so fun to pick apart.
In so many ways he's counterpoint to Sam but, weirdly, they're so very similar. Half the time I'm thinking, "Is Sam even related to John and Dean?" and the other half I'm nodding my head thinking, "Gah, those Winchester self-sacrifice genes!" But I guess it's the push-pull of Sam and Dean's dynamic on so many levels that has me enthralled.
But the deal ties Sam in with something that's not about him -- his love for Dean is what drives him now, and I like it!
I'm glad we're finally beginning to see the extent of Sam's devotion, too. Sam's not without his contradictions either. He's gives the impression that he's all soft and cuddly and empathetic (OK, maybe he is?), but on the inside he seems to be the harder, more driven brother, the one who doesn't necessarily let his heart rule his head (the exception being Dean, of course). Sam seems to be more about calculated risks and "acceptable" losses this season. And during war those tough decisions have to be made, but I worry about what Sam thinks will be "acceptable", especially because he has virtually no perspective when it comes to Dean (which is why I love him!).
"for a rock feels no pain, and an island never cries"
Good old Simon and Garfunkel. :)
the world of the story has methodically stripped away everyone else from the two brothers
I love that The Show has made the other their world entire AND then had the courage to put it ALL at stake. But the more a character has to lose the more they have to win. Plus, I'm a sucker for desperate, angst-ridden characters in impossible situations--it's even better when they cry!
Show is not perfect, but I love it like a basket of helpless little kittens, with their blue eyes and stubby tails and their sharp little claws and annoying mewling!
A couple other people have pointed out how they're thinking about Sam and Dean as tigers now. I'm becoming slightly enamored with the idea of fuzzy little felines. Aww, tiger cub boys. ;)