And unfortunately, the forums that Kripke and Co read are the ones that do all the squeeing. The unhappy ones either don't post or commiserate privately with each other.
There is a fantastic post over on Limp!Sam about last night's episode and Sam. It really opened up my eyes a lot.
Part of it says: **Sam has been forced to step to the fore as the strong one. He is not the straightforward hero like Dean in Season 1, because nothing is straight forward about his power or the path that brought him to where he is. He is mysterious, and ambiguous, and to me, exciting. He seems cold because he has built walls around himself that a tank couldn’t get through. He cannot allow himself to be vulnerable. Sammy in season 1 had that luxury, Sam in season 4 doesn’t. He especially cannot allow any vulnerability around his brother. 1) he can't be so weak that if he loses his brother again it will destroy him. 2) Dean has the ability to hurt him if he lets his guard down, and has done so. Implying Sam was something to be hunted? Throwing Madison in his face? 3) If he gets distracted by his brother’s pain it will weaken him. The way things are now, God forbid Sam goes weak. If he does the world can kiss its butt goodbye.**
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Date: 2009-03-20 07:16 pm (UTC)There is a fantastic post over on Limp!Sam about last night's episode and Sam. It really opened up my eyes a lot.
http://www.websitetoolbox.com/tool/post/limpsam/show_single_post?pid=32639847&postcount=54
Part of it says:
**Sam has been forced to step to the fore as the strong one. He is not the straightforward hero like Dean in Season 1, because nothing is straight forward about his power or the path that brought him to where he is. He is mysterious, and ambiguous, and to me, exciting. He seems cold because he has built walls around himself that a tank couldn’t get through. He cannot allow himself to be vulnerable. Sammy in season 1 had that luxury, Sam in season 4 doesn’t. He especially cannot allow any vulnerability around his brother. 1) he can't be so weak that if he loses his brother again it will destroy him. 2) Dean has the ability to hurt him if he lets his guard down, and has done so. Implying Sam was something to be hunted? Throwing Madison in his face? 3) If he gets distracted by his brother’s pain it will weaken him. The way things are now, God forbid Sam goes weak. If he does the world can kiss its butt goodbye.**