Let's be clear--Cas was feeding Dean with his mouth

Okay, that's just gross. I mean, I'm happy I didn't have to do that for my kids, for heaven's sake.

It was kinda okay from Cas' PoV because he didn't have a frame of reference, but Sam did think it was mother-bird cute.

I think Sam totally wants to be with Dean. He's insisted. He's asked Dean to come with him.

That's not family and being brothers, that's Sam coldly deciding that he is more effective with Dean there.

Sam wants Dean there but not to be his brother, as a hunting weapon.

I want brothers, dammit. Messed up brothers. But messed up in the right way. My way.

I think Sam wants Dean there because Dean is what he's missing as more than a weapon. I think he knows Dean is what he's missing as a person, and he knows that because they're brothers. Dean's all soul at this point.

Sam wants Dean there but not to be his brother, as a hunting weapon.

I think Sam wants Dean there because Dean is what he's missing as more than a weapon. I think he knows Dean is what he's missing as a person

I have to agree with ita on this one. If all Sam wanted was a Dean-shaped weapon to add to his arsenal, wouldn't he have shown up at Lisa's doorstep a year ago? If we accept the rather clumsy explanation the writers provided he stayed away because he wanted Dean to have the opportunity at a normal life, and while that wish began before he jumped into hell it continued upon his return. That was something he wanted because he thought it was something good that Dean deserved (leaving aside the glaring neon wrongness of letting Dean believe his brother was in hell...which in fact he may still be, come to think of it). Anyway, this seems to imply that he is capable of wanting something good for someone else. So either he's not completely cold or the writers are not completely consistent.

I think he knows Dean is what he's missing as a person, and he knows that because they're brothers. Dean's all soul at this point.

Your argument is persuasive. I am now more positively inclined toward this season so far.

I think Sam knows what he thinks is good for Dean, but doesn't get that what he was doing hurt, which I find consistent.

Seeing Dean made the difference, because it highlighted his lack, and he wanted what was his, and what he was missing.

I think Sam knows what he thinks is good for Dean, but doesn't get that what he was doing hurt, which I find consistent

The only way I can make this function in my head is by reminding myself that a large part of what makes Sam Sam isn't present at the moment, and that what we and Dean have been seeing isn't really Sam. It's not Sam on a bad day, or Sam being pissy, or Sam acting out of anger or arrogance or thinking he knows how to do it better, or because he wants to put one over on Dean. It literally isn't really Sam.

Real Life Supernatural?

Opus Angelorum, which means "the work of angels" in Latin, was founded by an Austrian housewife who died in 1978.

She claimed to have identified the angels and demons who were battling for the control of human beings.

Was her last name Campbell?