I have a metric buttload of family members and I'm still on talking terms with most of them. I have cut some of them out of my life, but I don't know if my sister could ever do anything to warrant that.

I did tell my mother that I didn't want her unconditional love and acceptance and that I needed to know there were things I could do that would make her stop loving me, but she completely failed to get that. And this from a woman who refused to evince love for a good 18 years. There's no winning with her.

I mostly get Bobby's speech in Supernatural Winchesterland. It makes perfect sense there.

I am Amy too! At least when it comes to Bobby.

I love the quote boo hoo and all. It's was very Bobby and Dean needed to hear it.

I have a very small immediate family -- one brother, my mom was an only child, my dad has only one sister -- but my extended family on my dad's side is so huge I don't even know all their names.

Some of them were apparently offended when I didn't invite them to my wedding, but dude, I see you once every five or six years at a reunion and could care less about you anyway. I'm going to pay whatever a plate to have you here? Uh uh.

If you've never wanted to whack Dean with a spoon, you haven't been watching the same show I've been watching. And I love the boy.

We don't differ in wanting to smack him, just in how the smack's delivered.

I disagree. Sam had just beaten the shit out of him, but I don't think he was trying to kill him, otherwise I think he would have done it. He definitely had the upper hand there. He ended the fight by getting up and walking away.

Having been in Dean's physical position with what was at the time a loved one, when the hands are around your throat and squeezing, bluntly, the fact that they stopped before they killed you and got a grip on themselves doesn't stop your gut reaction from being, "You just tried to kill me."

It's a line beyond throwing words or even throwing punches. The physical reaction to the threat was, for me, completely different.

Possibly because I agree so hard with Bobby's sentiment, right down to the boohoo.

I very, very strongly don't. I agree with the fact that sometimes, you've got to buck up and be strong for someone who has hurt you. I don't agree at all with the boo hoo aspects of that quote.

I think both boys regularly deserve a good spoon-whacking.

We don't differ in wanting to smack him, just in how the smack's delivered.

I'm not sure I should say on a public board how I'd like to deliver the smack.

I guess I could say I'm in favor of the concept, but in that case, not a fan of the execution.

Although I was a big fan of the Castiel/Dean beatdown. So. Err. *Cough*

We don't differ in wanting to smack him, just in how the smack's delivered.

That was in response to Missouri, not Bobby. Do you have a problem with how she handled him?

doesn't stop your gut reaction from being, "You just tried to kill me."

Hmm. I can see that in some situations, but not this one. I don't think that Dean has/will ever come to terms with why Sam thought he was doing what he was doing, but I'd think he had enough respect for the fact that Sam's a stone killer to know that if Sam truly wanted him dead (especially with the darkside part of things) he'd be dead. Sam wanted him hurt, and Sam wanted his way, and Sam wanted control of the situation, but I truly think Dean was treating the situation like an abandonment, not like a murder attempt.

I was a big fan of the Castiel/Dean beatdown. So. Err. *Cough*

Ohdearlord. That was so many flavours of ... ohdearlord. Just so right.

Sam's correct. I am a bad person.

Sam: What the hell happened to him?
Castiel: Me

ita: ::faints::

That was in response to Missouri, not Bobby. Do you have a problem with how she handled him?

My bad! Hell no!

Hmm. I can see that in some situations, but not this one. I don't think that Dean has/will ever come to terms with why Sam thought he was doing what he was doing, but I'd think he had enough respect for the fact that Sam's a stone killer to know that if Sam truly wanted him dead (especially with the darkside part of things) he'd be dead. Sam wanted him hurt, and Sam wanted his way, and Sam wanted control of the situation, but I truly think Dean was treating the situation like an abandonment, not like a murder attempt.

Our readings will vary on this one. I don't think he really let himself fully believe in Sam as a stone killer until that moment in the hotel room. That was the break in faith that didn't fully mend until the end of S5. It's actually kind of beautifully structured, now that I think about it.

Ohdearlord. That was so many flavours of ... ohdearlord. Just so right.

Yes, exactly. Knew I forgot something up there.