I've been surfing around the fandom since Wednesday night, reading people's comments on the finale and on the show in general - and I can't wrap myself around the whole "Oh, that brothers conversation was OMG!I can't EVEN!!!!!" Like it was everything that needed to be said, and it was just gold-plated PERFECT.
But you know what? It struck me all wrong. Sam went into the booth and confessed that his worst sin was "letting Dean down"? Because all of a sudden, after 7 seasons of his being an entitled douche, what he's really wanted above everything else was for Dean to be proud of him?
Now, yes... I *can* buy that Sam has always wanted Dean to be proud of him. The Sam that lives in my head definitely feels that way. But that's not what the show has been giving us, other than sporadically. And I do buy that Sam has emotional justification for feeling that Life Is All About Sam, because during his formative years, his father and brother made it plain that yes indeed, Life Was All About Sam. That's realistic, and I can buy it. I don't *like* it, but I can buy it. But that means that when the writers hand me a speech like that weepy thing in 8.23, all I can think is, "Oh? Where did that come from, exactly?" It didn't make me adore Sam. It didn't make me believe the brothers were coming closer to settling all their differences. It felt contrived.
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Date: 2013-05-18 02:34 pm (UTC)But you know what? It struck me all wrong. Sam went into the booth and confessed that his worst sin was "letting Dean down"? Because all of a sudden, after 7 seasons of his being an entitled douche, what he's really wanted above everything else was for Dean to be proud of him?
Now, yes... I *can* buy that Sam has always wanted Dean to be proud of him. The Sam that lives in my head definitely feels that way. But that's not what the show has been giving us, other than sporadically. And I do buy that Sam has emotional justification for feeling that Life Is All About Sam, because during his formative years, his father and brother made it plain that yes indeed, Life Was All About Sam. That's realistic, and I can buy it. I don't *like* it, but I can buy it. But that means that when the writers hand me a speech like that weepy thing in 8.23, all I can think is, "Oh? Where did that come from, exactly?" It didn't make me adore Sam. It didn't make me believe the brothers were coming closer to settling all their differences. It felt contrived.
So yeah, I hear you.