I don't see his vision of himself as all that positive, in the construct world, I guess.
I don't either. I saw it as spelling out to the audience exactly how low the self esteem of Dean Winchester can go. The boy is so very very broken.
only able to be with someone like Cameron because she had low standards
I agree and this part of it still doesn't make sense to me. Carmen was the perfect girlfriend. Smart, kind, funny and loving toward his family. I took the 'low standards' remark as an off hand tease between a very comfortable couple in love. She didn't say it spiteful or like she meant it. She didn't even nag him about the night before. If he was making as many poor decisions as seemed to be the case in the construct world (the stealing, the prom date, the drinking), then really how did he end up with her? Does this mean that his subconscious accepts that part of him might be loveable?
Dean has a looming expiration date
Ouch. This is painful to me and the season hasn't even started yet. I can't remember the last time I was sensing the angst while a show was on hiatus. Two months, that's all I have to wait.
After The Gift. She saved the world.
A lot.
It's the last occasion I remember being this anxious and trepidatious at the same time.
Exactly.
::sniffle::
Now my allergies are acting up.
whereistheluv gives good fanvid.
The boy is so very very broken.
This, I think, bears repeating.
A lot.
Bev, damn it, STOP THAT.
I saw it as spelling out to the audience exactly how low the self esteem of Dean Winchester can go. The boy is so very very broken.
So much this.
It's the last occasion I remember being this anxious and trepidatious at the same time.
Me, too. I think because (speculatively spoilery for plot points Kripke talked about at ComicCon) I want less of the war that's apparently looming, and more of Sam trying to figure out how to save Dean, and what Dean is thinking/doing as he heads into his last year on earth. I want the angst. Gimme angst, Kripke. Please.
AmyLiz, you don't think that they will do both?
I certainly hope so, sumi! I just ... want the angst a lot.
Captain Crunch:
I know they're connected, too -- both of them are committed to the life and the hunt, and Sam especially I think will feel a lot of responsibility that in their quest to finally kill the YED they ended loosing more demons on the world.
It's just like Buffy was for me -- saving the world was good and fine, but how Buffy felt about it, what happened to *her* was the draw for me. Which is probably obvious, but worth stating.
When I watched the pilot, I never expected the realtionship between these boys to be so incredibly rich and complicated, or for either of them to be so gorgeously broken (especially Dean. Oh, DEAN).
