#hunting life

[rewatching-sam-and-dean]

Random Musings on Sam and Dean: Relationships and Hunting

There is something about Sam starting out the series as the one with friends, and Dean being this loner who essentially tells him he shouldn’t even try to have relationships with other people when they are hunters. Dean sees his immediate family and hunting as the absolute most important things, and everyone else are outsiders.

Some of these things sort of stay the same over the course of the show, but others change in a pretty significant way.

Random, not super well-organized, and potentially off-base, thoughts under the cut. (If anyone actually reads this, please feel free to weigh in.)

Then, as the series goes on, Sam loses or let’s go of almost all of his relationships, until he has pretty much only Dean. He’s afraid to truly get close to anyone out of fear they will be hurt … except for Dean, who is already embedded too deeply in his heart to cut out.

Meanwhile, “Loner” Dean is collecting friends, or extended “family”. Yet, he still doesn’t want them around most of the time, seeming happiest when it’s just him and Sam, with Castiel and Bobby as tolerated/appreciated additions to the family, yet not quite full-family. I’m not including Jack here because no one will ever convince me that Dean fully let him in (and this isn’t a criticism).

The relationships differences between Sam and Dean are like an extension of how they fit into hunting.

Sam befriended normies in the past, but doesn’t fully connect with many new characters out of fear of losing them, while Dean befriends hunters and the supernatural adjacent. There is something about this … like, Dean fits the hunter life in a way Sam doesn’t, even in terms of relationships or how those in the hunting life relate to Dean vs Sam. I’m not saying Dean always likes hunting, or that he bares his soul to everyone he calls friend/family, but he fits it, even socially, better than Sam (and Dean isn’t even that friendly). Sam, with just a very few exceptions, doesn’t make himself at home in the hunting life, including not opening himself up to the people they meet… at least until much later in the series (if then). It’s like he’s afraid to fully live or engage as a hunter in some ways. This is like him refusing to see the bunker as a home until long after Dean has already thoroughly nested there.

Even Sam’s reactions to the hunting life are never quite proportionate, they are often too big (Demon blood, saving Dean from the MOC and risking literally everyone else) or too little (running when he loses Dean Season 7/8). Sam is the Goldilocks of hunting, except I don’t think he ever finds “just right.” And this doesn’t mean he isn’t good at it, or doesn’t learn to “love it,” but I don’t think it ever quite fits him fully.

Sam got close to Jessica and makes friends at Stamford, but he had fully turned his back on hunting at the time. Sam gets close to Amelia, but it’s because he’s running from hunting (and losing Dean). The only time he feels really settled in as a hunter (when it’s not a connection to Dean) is when he’s soulless. It’s only when he’s missing a crucial part of himself (or he has a revenge mission) that he fully embraces the life.

Dean, on the other hand, feels like purgatory is pure: kill the bad thing, rinse and repeat. Even when Dean is living with Lisa, he has an eye and ear open for monsters, and can’t fully shut off those instincts. Unlike with Sam, Dean melds life and hunting and family into this co-existing thing that he’s able to settle into. Again, this isn’t all Dean is, and it doesn’t come without personal/emotional/mental consequences, but Dean is a hunter, and he even suggests in Season 14 that he’s content.

Sam, in Season 10, tells Charlie he loves hunting, but he adds the caveat that he wouldn’t do it without his brother. And even getting into the weeds of Dabb era, Sam tells Mary he hunts because his family (Dean) does.

Speaking of Mary, Sam doesn’t even let her fully in. He provides a shoulder for her at times, respects her autonomy, and eve tries to make her proud, but he never fully opens up to her, not like Dean does. And we know how Sam got along with John who trained the boys to hunt .. or, you know, didn’t.

Dean is Sam’s exception. He’s close to Dean even though Dean is associated with hunting, is basically the best hunter. Sam says several times that he hunts because Dean does. He doesn’t get close to anyone in the hunting life, except for Dean. Dean is Sam’s tether into hunting after his revenge quest for Jess and guilt from losing John wear down.

Bear with me on this one, but the long-term, or big characters, associated with the hunting world are largely closer to Dean or exist to hurt Sam. John (Mr. Hunter Parent) was disappointed in Sam’s lack of both commitment to hunting and obedience, and favoured Dean (not that it did him any good). Bobby considers Sam like a son, but Dean is his clear favourite (and Sam rarely turns to Bobby for personal help, if ever). Castiel considers Sam a friend/family, but as an extension of Dean. The angels hate Sam because he’s lucifer’s vessel. Ruby was able to manipulate Sam into embracing his power (and hunting) and was closer to him than Dean, but it was because of his initial grief for Dean that she was able to get in his head. Sam is tormented by the devil himself when he’s in the hunting life. Sam never thaws towards Crowley w who tries to take Dean away when he becomes Dean’s frienemy. Mary (Mrs Hunter Parent) comes back to life and basically ignores Sam out of her own guilt and bonds more with Dean (at least at first). Rowena bonds more with Sam than Dean, but they bond over shared trauma not really hunting (though she does teach him spells, so she’s a bit of an exception). Jack, Sam actually bonds with more than Dean, but it’s over shared “freak” experience, and Jack actually becomes the new god, so while he starts as a part of hunting life, he is actually beyond it.

Even the junior hunter girls are arguably closer to Dean: Krissy, Claire and Charlie. And we have the part-time hunters. Jody is pretty close to both boys, maybe even leaning towards Sam, but she’s a cop as well as a part-time hunter. She isn’t fully in the life. Donna, the other cop and part-time hunter is definitely closer to Dean. So, the rule mostly holds true even for the more minor hunters. Finally, even a lot of the random hunters we meet hate Sam (Gordon, Walt and Roy, Girl in Episode 2 of Season 9, etc).

Anyway, my point with all of this is that there might actually be a reason that so many chracters in the hunter world, or associated with it, are closer to Dean than Sam. And it isn’t just writer favouritism or “Everybody just loves Dean” ( 🤷🏻‍♀️). I mean, it makes sense that chracters are drawn to Dean because he’s got that charm, while Sam tends towards introverted. But it actually makes sense to be more than that within the story. Sam is never quite at home, or settled in, or fits in to the hunter society or hunting world.

And yet, while most chracters are out here preferring Dean, Dean couldn’t care less because Sam is his world. And in return, Dean is Sam’s exception to everything. He stays in hunting for Dean (in the long run). He gives up many of his morals for Dean. He risks damning everyone in the world with the darkness for Dean. He learns to love hunting because it’s part of his life with Dean. And he gives it up again when there is no Dean alive on earth (assuming he quits in the finale).

I know there is more to their relationships than this little summary, and this didn’t cover Deans also complex relationship with hunting and John and Mary, etc., but it just stuck me as interesting how so much of the show truly points to Sam not fitting in the hunting world. It’s almost like he paused his regularly scheduled programming to be with Dean for the rest of Dean’s life, before carrying on.

But the kicker is, even though Sam (seemingly) gets out of hunting, the normal life can no longer fit him either because it doesn’t have his big brother Dean in it.

It is undoubtably sad that Dean dies young, but Sam is also still living out a tragedy at the end of Supernatural.

The fact that we got reunited brothers on that bridge is … everything.

[kentuckymud]

[silver-stake-through-the-heart]

There's something so personal about Bobby (who is seen as Supernatural's best father figure) lying to Dean for one year to force him into a normal life and not caring if it makes him miserable because it fulfils thee hunter fantasy of getting out.

While Dean always respects the choice of other people even if he disagrees, like it's shown with Krissy and Claire.

He doesn't drag Jesse and Cesar back into hunting because leaving is their choice and he isn't going to ruin it because they (Sam) freed the Darkness.

[falseandrealultravival]

Gender differences that can be seen in such places (apology, invention, comedy...): Essay

Men and women passing each other: bows and vessels

Below is part of a letter I wrote to a certain woman.

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Thinking back, when I met you at F in 20XX, I called you and said, "(Ms. T's) waiting time will be about 30 minutes." I wanted to hear what you said." In other words, you said that you was worried that I didn't answer, "The waiting time will be about 30 minutes. I'm sorry." On the contrary, I felt that it was an unexpected opinion.

One time, I heard a story on the radio. When two boys (A and B) were playing together, when B asked, "What are you going to do tomorrow?" It's no good because there is." The storyteller said she was worried that this would damage their friendship, but she said that there was no problem, and that A and B continued to interact normally. It is a mental landscape of men that is difficult for women to understand.

Since ancient times, men's language has been constructed simply for the exchange of "instructions" and "understandings" in hunting life, while women have been engaged in gathering and farming, and have long and long-term partnerships. It must have been arranged to exchange "comforts" so that the same members who were working would not quarrel.

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In the "invention" genre, the achievements of men are overwhelmingly conspicuous. An invention that overturned common sense until then... For example, the telephone as a tool was an invention that defied common sense by far. On the other hand, inventions made by women are "minor inventions" that fall within the bounds of common sense. For example, a housewife invented the "half-cut slipper", which cuts off the heel side of the slipper and asks you to stand on your toes, which leads to a clean diet. This was a hit in Japan, and many women went out of their way to purchase it.

Here are some contrasting sentences:

@1: It is the man who makes the child bear, and the woman who bears it.

@2: In the world of comedy, "Men make women laugh, and women laugh."

@3: A man builds a bridge over a river, and a woman crosses it. This is the same as for inventions. Women are beneficiaries.

It is a sentence that feels the gender difference between men and women. Especially from the man's side, it takes a lot of effort to get a woman to do something, and he feels supreme joy when he can do something that a woman expects.

[beaft]

do genuinely find it fascinating how indeed.com is like the biggest job-hunting website out there and yet manages to be profoundly useless in every possible way

[batcavescolony]

Katniss is such an unreliable narrator. She says "Then something unexpected happens. At least, I don't expect it because I don't think of District 12 as a place that cares about me" girl you deliver strawberries to the Mayor, you hunt and trade for the district, when you fell at Prim being chosen someone caught you, when you went to Prim people parted for you, when you volunteered EVERYONE stopped. Idk how to tell you but I think you're a pillar of the community.

[rmspeltzfarm]

AWESOME Brat recipe

Great Brat Venison Recipe

[rainydayspecial]

[notherpuppet]

How the old timey prick got his pet

[valtsv]

catharsis of punishment this catharsis of forgiveness that. what about the catharsis of it finally being acknowledged that it wasn't your fault. the catharsis of being relieved of the burden of guilt that never should have been yours to carry.

[venusitinstitute]

The Age-Old Pursuit: A Closer Look at Hunting

Introduction

Hunting, an age-old practice deeply rooted in human history, has evolved from a necessity for survival to a popular recreational activity, wildlife management tool, and even a cultural tradition. While opinions about hunting vary greatly, it is essential to examine the practice from multiple perspectives to gain a comprehensive understanding of its impact on ecosystems, cultures, and individuals. In this article, we will explore the diverse facets of hunting, from its historical origins to its modern-day significance.

Historical Roots

Hunting is an activity that predates recorded history. Early humans depended on hunting for sustenance, clothing, and tools, marking the beginning of our intricate relationship with the natural world. The evolution of hunting techniques and the development of tools, such as spears and bows, played a pivotal role in human survival and advancement. As human societies grew, hunting also became an integral part of many cultures, often acquiring spiritual, social, and ceremonial significance.

Cultural Significance

For numerous cultures, hunting is more than just a means of acquiring food; it is a deeply ingrained cultural practice. Indigenous societies around the world have maintained hunting traditions as a way of preserving their heritage and maintaining a connection to their ancestral lands. These traditions often involve rituals, storytelling, and the passing down of knowledge from one generation to the next.

Hunting has also played a role in shaping the identities and values of various societies. In some cultures, hunting is seen as a rite of passage, signifying the transition from adolescence to adulthood. It promotes values like responsibility, respect for nature, and an understanding of the interconnectedness of all life forms.

Conservation and Wildlife Management

Hunting has evolved into a crucial tool for wildlife management and conservation. By controlling populations of certain species, hunters help maintain the balance within ecosystems. Overpopulation of certain species can lead to habitat degradation, disease outbreaks, and other ecological imbalances. Through regulated hunting programs, authorities can manage wildlife populations to ensure the health and stability of ecosystems.

Revenue generated from hunting licenses, permits, and fees also contributes to funding conservation efforts. These funds support initiatives such as habitat restoration, research, and the protection of endangered species. Thus, hunting can be seen as a way for enthusiasts to actively participate in the preservation of our natural world.

Ethical Considerations

The ethical aspects of hunting remain a subject of intense debate. While proponents argue that hunting, when carried out ethically and sustainably, is a valid way of procuring food and supporting conservation, opponents raise concerns about the treatment of animals and the potential for excessive killing.

To address these concerns, many regions have implemented strict regulations to ensure the humane treatment of animals and the preservation of species. Ethical hunters are expected to follow these guidelines, which include hunting only within designated seasons, using appropriate firearms, and minimizing suffering through clean and efficient kills.

The Future of Hunting

As society becomes increasingly urbanized and distanced from the natural world, hunting faces challenges in terms of public perception and participation. However, the practice remains a vital component of many rural economies and cultures, as well as a valuable tool in wildlife management.

The future of hunting may involve an increased emphasis on education, ethics, and sustainability. Programs that teach hunters to respect and protect the environment, understand animal behavior, and engage in ethical hunting practices are likely to become more widespread. Additionally, the integration of modern technology, such as GPS tracking and conservation apps, can make hunting more responsible and accountable.

Conclusion

Hunting is a multifaceted activity that has left an indelible mark on human history, culture, and ecology. From its humble beginnings as a survival necessity to its role in wildlife management and conservation, hunting has evolved over millennia. While ethical concerns persist, the practice continues to adapt and find its place in a rapidly changing world. Understanding and discussing the various aspects of hunting is essential for striking a balance between our evolving societal values and the conservation of our natural heritage.

[zhelin-thames]

Wrong Number texts #1

Danny: So then Skulker decides the best way to catch me is by building a giant robot suit. But he forgot to calibrate it for the Ghost Zone’s gravity, so it immediately toppled over and crushed his entire lair. Absolute genius, right?

Jason: I’m torn between laughing and feeling secondhand embarrassment for him. Do all your villains suck this much?

Danny: Hey, I don’t pick my rogues’ gallery. But yeah, most of them are either weird, incompetent, or trying way too hard. Vlad’s the only real threat, and that’s just because he cheats.

Jason: Billionaires always cheat. It’s in their DNA.

Masterpost

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

I'm back in the Tigers cage again.

(You too can join in on throwing a Rat Of A Man into a Tiger cage by reading Tiger Tiger)

[knbwn]

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[superfruitland]

plans, plans, plans. lots of plans... coming sometime soon to a blog near you