though what they'd "win" in this situation is kind of up in the air!
One another's respect, I think. It's funny because the sibling thing seems to carry over to their offscreen relationship. I remember JP doing an interview about who was better at basketball vs. golf (JP and JA, respectively), and then trotting out that he was able to beat JA in some video game or other and was very proud of himself for that. I think most little brothers find outdoing their older brother in something a significant measure of achievement.
In DT, for example, the YED tries to provoke Dean by saying John loved Sam more, but doesn't really get much traction with it, from either brother.
I always found that interesting too. Realistically, I think it was just that the writers put that out there and had too much else going on to explore it (and in any case, IMToD sort of addressed that issue in a larger sense). But I also think that Dean accepted it and Sam thought it was ridiculous so it never went anywhere. In fact, if asked, I suspect Sam would say that John didn't love either of them enough.
I also have to mention how sad it was to see not-vengeful!Sammy, telling John at the end that there are more important things than killing the YED
Well in a way, Sam hasn't come that far. He seems pretty ready to kill himself (as he was in Salvation, when Dean pointed out to him that any of their deaths was not worth the price). He's not ready to kill Dean, though. And even though he didn't say it, I think he does believe he's protecting Dean by what he's doing.
I'm having trouble cross-posting from DW to LJ--is there some trick to it?
You might be doing what I did the first time, which is checking the box for your LJ account, but forgetting to check the "Manage Accounts" box. Both have to be checked to crosspost.
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One another's respect, I think. It's funny because the sibling thing seems to carry over to their offscreen relationship. I remember JP doing an interview about who was better at basketball vs. golf (JP and JA, respectively), and then trotting out that he was able to beat JA in some video game or other and was very proud of himself for that. I think most little brothers find outdoing their older brother in something a significant measure of achievement.
In DT, for example, the YED tries to provoke Dean by saying John loved Sam more, but doesn't really get much traction with it, from either brother.
I always found that interesting too. Realistically, I think it was just that the writers put that out there and had too much else going on to explore it (and in any case, IMToD sort of addressed that issue in a larger sense). But I also think that Dean accepted it and Sam thought it was ridiculous so it never went anywhere. In fact, if asked, I suspect Sam would say that John didn't love either of them enough.
I also have to mention how sad it was to see not-vengeful!Sammy, telling John at the end that there are more important things than killing the YED
Well in a way, Sam hasn't come that far. He seems pretty ready to kill himself (as he was in Salvation, when Dean pointed out to him that any of their deaths was not worth the price). He's not ready to kill Dean, though. And even though he didn't say it, I think he does believe he's protecting Dean by what he's doing.
I'm having trouble cross-posting from DW to LJ--is there some trick to it?
You might be doing what I did the first time, which is checking the box for your LJ account, but forgetting to check the "Manage Accounts" box. Both have to be checked to crosspost.