her-roses-never-fall:

dissolving-worlds:

juppschmitz:

dissolving-worlds:

juppschmitz:

I think Sam is a character who tends to be easily manipulated if someone only appeals enough to his ego. Okay, it helps if that someone catches Sam at some kind of low point. 
#ruby
#lucifer

Dean on the other hand tends to make far reaching decisions in now or never situations, with no time to evaluate the pros and cons. (He neither trusted Ruby nor Sam’s “God” visions.)
#markofcain
#gadreel

In Dean’s case, however, those decisions managed to achieve the intended goal: 
– kill Abaddon
– save Sam

In contrast, NOTHING good came of Sam insisting on trusting Ruby OR “God”.

Also the magnitude of the consequences differs: Dean’s decisions have resulted at most in the deaths of a few people. Sam’s decisions have led TWICE to releasing Lucifer, which resulted in the deaths of many people all over the globe.

Well, I’ve seen it argued that Dean was ultimately responsible for releasing the Darkness because he took the Mark in the first place. I’m pretty sure those same people would accordingly blame him for every death that Amara caused AND every death that was caused during the process of removing the Mark. (Actually, Dean is probably to be blamed for every instance of Lucifer as well, because he brought Sam back after Cold Oak AND because he kept him alive via Gadreel. AND every other instance that he saved Sam’s life just doing their jobs.)

I’ve seen those people too! Yeah, even if it were reasonable to trace responsibility that far back, the darkness still wouldn’t be Dean’s fault, since he was explicitely against that action.

Technically, if you want to blame anyone for releasing The Darkness, you can blame Lucifer because he’s the one that spread The Mark to Humanity. Dean would have never gotten the Mark if Lucifer hadn’t given it to Cain in the first place.