That was so consistent I could hardly fault him, although of course I agree that he handled the Amy situation very badly. I was more aiming at the fact that basically Dean says: You have to trust me about Benny, but I don't trust you about Amy. Sure, he admits that Benny might need killing after all, but that is not the point. The point is that Dean doesn't seem to respect Sam's judgment as equally as sound as his own. :)
If Dean's disappearance is framed as him finally succeeding in obliterating himself, it matches neatly against Don: the sudden determination to do something deeply destructive; the fact that Dean/Don loved Sam/Amelia, but apparently not enough to stay. Oh, it would be nice if that kind of continuity existed. I still think it works, in a way, because you can say that to keep on hunting was more or less Dean's way to self-destruct. If purgatory hadn't happened, something else eventually would have.
I like the sense of seeing someone at the beginning of Bobby's journey. Me, too! I was quite surprised to see that they play this storyline with Garth of all people, but in the end I found it oddly endearing.
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Date: 2012-11-14 12:26 pm (UTC)That was so consistent I could hardly fault him, although of course I agree that he handled the Amy situation very badly.
I was more aiming at the fact that basically Dean says: You have to trust me about Benny, but I don't trust you about Amy. Sure, he admits that Benny might need killing after all, but that is not the point. The point is that Dean doesn't seem to respect Sam's judgment as equally as sound as his own. :)
If Dean's disappearance is framed as him finally succeeding in obliterating himself, it matches neatly against Don: the sudden determination to do something deeply destructive; the fact that Dean/Don loved Sam/Amelia, but apparently not enough to stay.
Oh, it would be nice if that kind of continuity existed. I still think it works, in a way, because you can say that to keep on hunting was more or less Dean's way to self-destruct. If purgatory hadn't happened, something else eventually would have.
I like the sense of seeing someone at the beginning of Bobby's journey.
Me, too! I was quite surprised to see that they play this storyline with Garth of all people, but in the end I found it oddly endearing.