Dean: And what happens when the mark turns you psycho, then what?
Sam: You lock me up, where I can’t hurt anyone, and throw away the key.
ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME, SAM?! When Dean asked you to do that to him, you refused and released the DARKNESS, the very problem you’re trying to fight right now, but when it’s tables turned all of a sudden you want Dean to do the thing you previously refused to do, so you can be the Saviour™?!
It’s also
interesting that when Sam suggests the “lock me up so I can’t hurt anyone” plan,
nobody goes “OMG look! He’s giving up! He stopped fighting!”
Yes!
(sarcastic voice) Cause, y’know, when Sam does something self-destructive for the greater good, the narrative paints him as a selfless, humble hero, but if Dean does it, it’s considered as a selfish, codependent act of senseless suicide, of course. How else could it be.
It’s so strange that this narrative bias favouring Sam still goes unnoted by most fans…