... each time he fell a little lower and each time it took a little longer for him to bounce back from the blow, so it was really only a matter of time until Dean would come to his final breaking point.
Which is why I watch each episode with a newly developed habit of biting my nails.
Self-sacrifice has always been the means of choice for Dean, after all. Furthermore, I think that Dean speculates that he has a good chance of saving Sam by saying yes to Michael and trying to make sure that Lucifer will be stopped before he manages to get to his brother. From Dean’s current perspective serving as Michael’s vessel is a win-win situation.
When his bravado fails him, when he can no longer shovel the dark thoughts of failure into the back of his mind, he will scrabble for a solution, no matter how desperate. Oh, Dean ...
Dean chooses her for what she represents – the idea of a family of his own and the pursuit of personal happinesshis complete loss of trust and faith in the only natural family he has left, i.e. Sam, makes his ideal fantasy of a life with Lisa and Ben even more desirable to Dean ... deeply resonates with the family man in him and in the end inspires his wish to see Lisa one last time...
For all his facetious comments "...rocking the white picket fences .. blow my brains out ..." he has the memory of an ordinary family life with mommy and daddy and baby bro to look back to. After a long desperate struggle with no end in sight, it is no wonder that he would recall such memories with fondness and go down the what-if road.
... he now seems to be motivated by genuine strength ... absolute faith in their ability to persevere if they just stand together and concern for Dean’s well-being ... last couple of episodes all positively reflected on Sam’s growth this season, it’s his effort to keep Dean and himself afloat here, which demonstrated most effectively how much he learned from his fall last season.
I think you elucidated Sam's journey wonderfully here.
... by losing faith in God, Castiel also lost faith in himself, and where once he stood proud and tall, a righteous warrior of the lord, his spirit is now defeated and he perceives himself as a failure. He is at the beginning of the personal downward spiral that will eventually turn him into the self-destructive sex-and-drug addict we see in The End.
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Date: 2010-04-19 03:45 am (UTC)Which is why I watch each episode with a newly developed habit of biting my nails.
Self-sacrifice has always been the means of choice for Dean, after all. Furthermore, I think that Dean speculates that he has a good chance of saving Sam by saying yes to Michael and trying to make sure that Lucifer will be stopped before he manages to get to his brother. From Dean’s current perspective serving as Michael’s vessel is a win-win situation.
When his bravado fails him, when he can no longer shovel the dark thoughts of failure into the back of his mind, he will scrabble for a solution, no matter how desperate. Oh, Dean ...
Dean chooses her for what she represents – the idea of a family of his own and the pursuit of personal happinesshis complete loss of trust and faith in the only natural family he has left, i.e. Sam, makes his ideal fantasy of a life with Lisa and Ben even more desirable to Dean ... deeply resonates with the family man in him and in the end inspires his wish to see Lisa one last time...
For all his facetious comments "...rocking the white picket fences .. blow my brains out ..." he has the memory of an ordinary family life with mommy and daddy and baby bro to look back to. After a long desperate struggle with no end in sight, it is no wonder that he would recall such memories with fondness and go down the what-if road.
... he now seems to be motivated by genuine strength ... absolute faith in their ability to persevere if they just stand together and concern for Dean’s well-being ... last couple of episodes all positively reflected on Sam’s growth this season, it’s his effort to keep Dean and himself afloat here, which demonstrated most effectively how much he learned from his fall last season.
I think you elucidated Sam's journey wonderfully here.
... by losing faith in God, Castiel also lost faith in himself, and where once he stood proud and tall, a righteous warrior of the lord, his spirit is now defeated and he perceives himself as a failure. He is at the beginning of the personal downward spiral that will eventually turn him into the self-destructive sex-and-drug addict we see in The End.
I agree with you wholeheartedly here.
All of the above?
Yes.