I liked the choice of "companion" was very enlightening, too. That's the first time JA has used that word to describe Sam (unless he did it in an SPN Mag article or one of the more recent season companion guides). It's esp. appropriate in light of the fact Sam and Dean are soul mates as per "Dark Side of the Moon".
I just don’t think it could ever be on the same level as his relationship with Sam (or Bobby, for that matter). And that's especially true ever since Castiel betrayed him, because basically the angel proved Dean's every negative preconception about supernatural creatures right.
I think having Dean react differently to Cas's betrayal gives emotional texture to his character, the story, and the relationships between the characters. It makes it interesting as it should be bec. fictional characters have just as much right to be unpredictable and complex as real people. I can't think of anything more boring, lazy, or unsatisfying than to have Dean respond to Cas in the same way he responded to Sam's mistakes. Sometimes I think questions like that can *sometimes* come from a fannish confrontational place where people see things as either/or or better/worse than.
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Date: 2012-07-17 03:35 am (UTC)I just don’t think it could ever be on the same level as his relationship with Sam (or Bobby, for that matter). And that's especially true ever since Castiel betrayed him, because basically the angel proved Dean's every negative preconception about supernatural creatures right.
I think having Dean react differently to Cas's betrayal gives emotional texture to his character, the story, and the relationships between the characters. It makes it interesting as it should be bec. fictional characters have just as much right to be unpredictable and complex as real people. I can't think of anything more boring, lazy, or unsatisfying than to have Dean respond to Cas in the same way he responded to Sam's mistakes. Sometimes I think questions like that can *sometimes* come from a fannish confrontational place where people see things as either/or or better/worse than.