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homehauntsyou · 6 months ago

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hate interacting with the widespread fandom about 05x16 for obvious reasons but it is such a key episode to me like. sam sees a memory of dean and his mother. he could be jealous of their relationship, instead he acknowledges the familial pressure dean has experienced since he was a toddler. dean sees a memory of sam leaving for college (and also being disowned!! and by proximity, by dean too!!!). he tells sam that this was the worst night of his life, he does not acknowledge the struggle sam must have also been experiencing. it’s so crucial to me in the way that they consider their relationship to each other where sam is willing to accept/recognize dean’s struggles and try to help him, but dean isn’t, because he views that as proof that he “failed.”

#in a 05x16 kinda mood tonight #and I really don’t want to defend dean’s claim that sam “ditched them”#because I have had the same thing said to me about the same thing and it feels fucking awful #but it really makes sense for his character #he has to believe that stanford was a failure on sam’s part or else it was actually a failure on dean’s #which is obviously. not true.#did not think I’d see the day where I accidentally make a post all about dean #this is a new one #but anyways. yeah #dean is incapable of acknowledging sam’s issues that he might not know about #because of his own belief of what it means for him #tagging #dean crit #just in case #sw #dw #star notes

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