I prefer to believe that Sam is the only child he will ever raise.
Okay, that breaks me hard. HARD. Boys. Oh, boys.
What? I'm not allowed to hit people? Wesley: Not people capable of genocide. Angel: Those are exactly the types of people I should be allowed to hit!
'Just Rewards (2)'
Supernatural 2: Why is it our job to save everybody?
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Amy - Apr 09, 2010 8:56:37 am PDT #7086 of 30002
Because books.
§ ita § - Apr 09, 2010 9:02:16 am PDT #7087 of 30002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I prefer to believe that Sam is the only child he will ever raise.
::sniff::
Uh, yeah, that.
aurelia - Apr 09, 2010 9:38:54 am PDT #7088 of 30002
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
I feel kinda lonely in my parsing of this episode.
I'm with you.
I also do not want Dean to believe Ben is his.
Until this part. I don't know what Dean believes, but he sure has been harping on deadbeat dads a lot. That seems like the reason for the visit to Lisa to me.
I prefer to believe that Sam is the only child he will ever raise.
I do like this sentiment though.
Marcia - Apr 09, 2010 9:40:00 am PDT #7089 of 30002
Kneel before Glod. ~Stephen Colbert
I know. I'm sorry. It seems to fit the narrative of Dean. :-(
§ ita § - Apr 09, 2010 9:40:32 am PDT #7090 of 30002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
If Dean has believed Ben is his this whole time, he's been a royal shithead. I don't like that character note. If he hasn't, and learns Ben is actually his, it forces a choice on him, and one outcome of that is an apple pie ending I don't actually want for the series.
Marcia - Apr 09, 2010 9:49:59 am PDT #7091 of 30002
Kneel before Glod. ~Stephen Colbert
Maybe the apple pie ending ("There'll be peace when you are done") is Heaven?
Theresa - Apr 09, 2010 9:58:33 am PDT #7092 of 30002
"What would it take to get your daughter to stop tweeting about this?"
If Dean has believed Ben is his this whole time, he's been a royal shithead.
But he is a demon fighter. The best thing that he can do for Ben and Lisa would have been to stay as far away as possible. In doing that, Ben is able to be normal (was at baseball practice) and Lisa stays relatively safe. Dean is a soldier at war so I don't see this as a character flaw. I think he is doing what he thinks is best for them, not out running any responsibility.
Theresa - Apr 09, 2010 10:03:40 am PDT #7093 of 30002
"What would it take to get your daughter to stop tweeting about this?"
I like Mo Ryan's idea that Dean made the decision to say yes to Michael when the boy was killed. I did think that they had the boy hunter made up like Dean Jr. When he turned his back to the camera to lean against the car, it was very Deanesque. I can see where bonding with other hunters seeing a younger version of himself cut down could have been the cumulative straw.
Also--it's been a long time since I have cried from preview clips. Damn.
ehab - Apr 09, 2010 10:04:43 am PDT #7094 of 30002
...all my words have been taken by my work. - Mala
I would like to know what he whispered. Damn it. I hate whispered secrets.
§ ita § - Apr 09, 2010 10:06:16 am PDT #7095 of 30002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Dean knows what his father did for Adam, and we got to see the pain on his face that John had never done it for him. If he's been going through being a deadbeat father this whole time, I definitely judge Show for hiding all of that. I'm okay with having been shown all that time ago that Lisa is a symbol of family for him. But if he's been wrestling with actual paternity this whole time and fatherhood issues on top of issues with his father...fail. There's been no hint at all.