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[alwaysenduphere]

So, inspired by anon meme, I posed the question to my twitter followers: Is Season 6 Sam much like Dexter?

Now, Dexter still have feelings and a soul. He intrinsically loves his sister, his wife, and his son, I agree with what crimsonkitty88 said, "Dex adores Deb even if he doesn't admit it. Sam just plain old doesn't feel it." You see that in his actions. But he doesn't really know HOW to feel these things. Sam, Sam I think knows he's supposed to, even knows HOW to feel these things, but just...can't.

foolishcalling had this to say.

I think Sam in some ways is worse off than Dexter. Dexter can at least still somewhat care for things - Harrison, etc. But I think Sam is just going through the motions, because he logically knows what he should care about, but can't. It's almost like they're mirror opposites, evolving in opposite directions. Dexter = getting better at caring about some things and Sam completely losing the ability to.

Me: I think the only thing Sam recognizes is that he needs to be at Dean's side.

She: The sad thing is, is that they got so fucked up over the last two seasons, I don't think he knows how to properly do it anymore.(...) Instead of pulling out all the mythology stuff, maybe focus a bit more on the psychological dynamics of their relationship.
...But not the constant woobie crying stuff that only seems to be whopped out at the end of every ep.

So that's what I want from this season, right there.

Wheeee. SAM'S SOUL IS SRS BSNS. Also someone write me this:

I still want a coda to 6.06 where that beat-down turns into angry sex, with Dean being desperate to make Sam feel something, anything, and the fists don't work, and he's so angry and frustrated and this is Sam but it isn't Sam, and all of Dean's careful reconstruction of himself as an ordinary man breaks down and he goes to the dark place.

Sam lets him, not out of ignorance or confusion, but because it doesn't hurt him, and it might help Dean. Sam's body responds, but he doesn't, can't, really feel any of Dean's pain, but maybe this is a way he can help, just a little. (whoever you were that requested this on the anon me, ILU)

Just food for thought.

Oh, also, new header image made for me by the wonderful twofourteen All my favorite dark!boys. <33 And a new layout to go with, because it'd been forever since I changed layouts and I couldn't handle the brown/black combo.
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TROLOLOLO BACK TO OMEGLE I GO. Or perhaps I will watch The Walking Dead now. Though it's a bit late for that.

Comments

[shiplessheathen.livejournal.com]

This is a very interesting theory. It's a different comparison, but I think it makes some sense. Maybe Sam is a little like Dexter was in season one. Going through the motions, not really feeling anything.

I agree that we should be focusing on more of the psychological on the show. Supernatural is never good at that.

[alwaysenduphere.livejournal.com]

It is a little out there. And yeah, definitely season one (as it's the season I've seen the most of, lol) was what I had in mind.

You know though, that's probably best. I'm afraid they'd trip themselves up even more than they do normally because they rush the research or, don't do ANY, so they'd get the psychology all wrong and then it'd just be annoying.