Opposite to what fandom believes, there are at least two POVs in this show. One, the more obvious one, is Dean’s emotional POV. The not so obvious and mostly forgotten one is Sam’s narrative POV.
A lot of interpersonal or emotional subplots happen through Dean, yes. That’s why everyone seems to think Dean’s POV is the only one. However, there’s also Sam’s POV, or narrative bias as I like to call it, which transforms Sam’s bad decisions into an epic tale of the selfless hero.
Yeah, the annoying thing with Sam’s narrative POV is that somethings which were considered wrong are now suddenly right, because Sam’s story needs it to be so he can be the big hero (like saying yes to an archangel just after Dean gets beaten and shamed for wanting to do the same thing) or the plot comes out of the blue, doesn’t make sense, or is horribly contrived (Sam just happens to there while Dean all of a sudden is unable to deal with a Hell Hound so now Sam has to do the trials for “reasons” or the whole of Taxi Driver where for again those mysterious “reasons” Sam has to go alone with the Reaper to Purgatory and Hell). Whatever, the narrative sways in Sam’s favour regardless because it just has to! The writers don’t care, just so long as Sam gets his hero moment or the storyline.
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I’ve seen so much positive reaction to this scene between Sam and Dean, including assertions that it shows Sam “detoxifying” the relationship by “picking up his brother’s slack” which “rebalances the scales” of their relationship where so often Dean cleans up Sam’s messes.
I think this is … bullshit. on a bunch of levels. so let’s break it down:
Dean: “It was Amara.”
Sam: “That surprise you?”
Dean: “That doesn’t surprise you?”
Sam: “Honestly?”
Dean: “‘Honestly?’ You seriously think that the sister of God is my deepest, darkest desire?”
Sam: “She isn’t?”
Dean: “No! She can’t be!”
Sam: “Why not?”Why would Sam think Amara was Dean’s deepest, darkest desire in the first place? What in canon would remotely have led him to think this? It fits with the way Sam and Cas were all “why didn’t you kill her Dean!!” when… they couldn’t either, several eps back, but beyond Amara having a female form and assuming that must mean Dean automatically desires her, why would Sam think this?
If I may join in, there is another side to this scene that really bothers me.
Sam (talking about Dean’s bond to Amara, which was a direct consequence of the Mark of Cain being removed and Amara being released): Do you seriously think you had any choice in the matter?
Actually, Dean did, and he expressed it very clearly, and repeatedly, in season 10.
10×18 The Book of the Damned
Dean: Sam, read the file. The way the book works is when you use it, there is a negative reaction, I’m talking biblical negative. Dark magic always comes with a price. (…) The book’s been calling out to me ever since I laid eyes on it, okay? (…) Look, I wanted it to be the answer too, okay? I really did. But we have got to get rid of that. Burn it, bury it, I don’t give a damn. We’ll just have to find another way to fix the Mark.
(…)
Dean: What I can do is I can fight it as long as I can until….
Sam: Until what? Tell me. Until what, Dean? Until I watch you become a demon again? Until then? I can’t do that. I won’t do that.
Dean: Well, then you’ll just have to lock me up. Bind me to the bunker like you did last time.
10×21 Dark Dynasty
Dean: So, you had the book the whole time?
Sam: Dean…
Dean: …lied right to my face.
Sam: I thought it was our only chance to get you free of the Mark, so I grabbed it.
Dean: I made it real clear how I felt. You ever consider that?
10×22 The Prisoner
Dean: This thing, with Cas, and the book, ends now. Shut it down before somebody else gets hurt. You understand me?
10×23 Brother’s Keeper
Dean: I’m willing to live with this thing forever, as long as I know that I and it will never hurt another living thing.
(…)
Dean: To remove the Mark no matter what the consequences? Sam, how is that not evil? I have this thing on my arm, and you’re willing to let the Darkness into the world.
In all these instances, Dean made it clear that he didn’t want the Mark to be removed. Even when he changed his mind about killing Sam in 10×23, he did not change his mind about the Mark. In fact, he had no idea that Sam, Cas, Rowena and Crowley were just in the process of doing the spell that would remove it.
So yes, Dean did have a choice in the matter. One that he expressed very clearly to Sam, who simply chose to ignore it.
Wow yes thank you.
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