they made choices within the destiny they were given.
How does Dean saying no fit within the destiny they were given?
Sam subverted
an angel.
I thought him resisting Famine's ultimate temptation was big, but this? If I weren't so in love with Dean, I'd be the biggest Sam!Girl ever.
YELLOW CRAYON!
THE IMPALA OF BROTHERLY LOVE!
How does Dean saying no fit within the destiny they were given?
Sam subverted an angel.
True. And a mighty effort it was. Their destiny was to save the world, at whatever cost, and they did that.
I know irl streetlights burn out all the time but in fiction it only happens for a reason.
Was that their destiny? I mean - that is what they chose - but I thought that the fate that they were fighting involved them ending the world.
Their destiny was to save the world, at whatever cost, and they did that.
I'm not sure what your objection was. Did you want our heroes to
not
save the world? They were told they needed to participate in its ruin, and they didn't.
If they didn't save the world, they wouldn't be Winchesters. They've grown from two boys dragged along in a vengeance trip to two men who were ultimately willing to sacrifice everything (i.e. each other) for everyone else.
I wouldn't want anything else for them. That is their beautiful story, besides their relationship.
Then I'm glad you were happy with the resolution.
I'm relieved there's somewhere to go from here.
I know irl streetlights burn out all the time but in fiction it only happens for a reason.
I have had more than my fair share of streetlights burn out as I walk under them. It creeps me out.
Beverly, narratively, they were destined to save the world. Inside their universe, they were destined to lay it to waste. They didn't. So I'm confused about you saying they succumbed to destiny.
eta:
I have had more than my fair share of streetlights burn out as I walk under them. It creeps me out.
It's very Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency.
It's weird because I never notice a streetlight burn out at a distance. It only seems to happen when I'm right underneath one. Perhaps I should be on the lookout for birds with strange markings.