Given the bit I just read where Jensen taught Chad Lindberg how to shotgun beer for Dark Side Of The Moon, I think he's got plenty Dean Winchester in him.
I tried watching those photos--they're gorgeous--but it really felt like I shouldn't be looking. Everyone was really gorgeous as far in as I got, though. Genevieve was radiant, and I don't really think of her as pretty.
I have a strange feeling like I'm running out of good S5 Castiel fics. And so much of the S4 stuff has problematic Sam in it. I'm not interested in fic where Dean is substituting companionship, or where Sam is a pissy dick
or
where Ruby isn't evil. I'm in the middle of a huge AU series that's got a pretty good Sam motivation--it's true to what I think the series did--he's trying to be strong and use what he's got, and he's truly trying to do the right thing, and thinks he will come out on top. And, interestingly, his struggle for independence is very late S5. The Dean/Castiel emotional component goes off the deep end into schmoop, though. I'm a big fan of Dean not feeling worthy and Castiel wanting to show him how chosen he is, but the authors go a bit crazy with it here--it's in every sex scene and inbetween to boot. Absolution, by wolfling and omphalos.
Okay, separate post for the round of pain...
Season 2, Round 5, Bracket #1/1:
John:You know, when you were a kid, I'd come home from a hunt, and after what I'd seen, I'd be, I'd be wrecked. And you, you'd come up to me and you, you'd put your hand on my shoulder and you'd look me in the eye and you'd... You'd say "It's okay, Dad." Dean, I'm sorry.
Dean:What?
John: You shouldn't have had to say that to me, I should have been saying that to you. You know, I put, I put too much on your shoulders, I made you grow up too fast. You took care of Sammy, you took care of me. You did that, and you didn't complain, not once. I just want you to know that I am so proud of you. 10:3
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Dean: When you were little, couldn't have been more than five, you just started asking questions. How come we didn't have a mom? Why did we always have to move around? Where's Dad? I remember I begged you: "Quit asking, Sammy. You don't want to know." I just wanted you to be a kid, just for a little while longer. Always tried to protect you. Keep you safe. Dad didn't even have to tell me. It was just always my responsibility, you know? It's like I had one job. I had one job, and I screwed it up. I blew it, and for that, I'm sorry. I guess that’s what I do. I let down the people I love. You know, I let Dad down, and now I guess I’m just supposed to let you down, too. How can I? How am I supposed to live with that? What am I supposed to do? Sammy? What am I supposed to do? 13:0
Yeah, I'm not ready to vote yet either.
Alright.
One resonates ever so slightly more for me so I'll take the plunge. It was the delivery.
Bracket #1
They both resonate with me for different reasons. I really needed to hear John say #1. But my heart breaks when Dean says #2. I'm also thinking, there will be so many more Dean quotes. Is that a valid reason to vote for a John quote?
Is that a valid reason to vote for a John quote?
There can't possibly be any invalid reasons.
I just want you to know that I am so proud of you. Cause Dean needed to hear it and I needed him to hear it. It was the capstone of that arc to me.
Season 2, Round 5, Bracket #1/1:
Dean: When you were little, couldn't have been more than five, you just started asking questions. How come we didn't have a mom? Why did we always have to move around? Where's Dad? I remember I begged you: "Quit asking, Sammy. You don't want to know." I just wanted you to be a kid, just for a little while longer. Always tried to protect you. Keep you safe. Dad didn't even have to tell me. It was just always my responsibility, you know? It's like I had one job. I had one job, and I screwed it up. I blew it, and for that, I'm sorry. I guess that’s what I do. I let down the people I love. You know, I let Dad down, and now I guess I’m just supposed to let you down, too. How can I? How am I supposed to live with that? What am I supposed to do? Sammy? What am I supposed to do?
Oddly, this was a harder choice for me. But I'd already made my peace with voting against the John quote last round. Nothing says Supernatural to me like codependent Winchester brothers apparently. Plus JA just killed me in this scene. Not as much as it killed Sam, of course.
I'm running out of good S5 Castiel fics
Have yo read aesc's "FreedomHangs Like Heaven"? [link]
It's a slow burn, maybe a bit dry, but I'm rereading it, and I kinda love the take on Sam.
