samstiels:

Okay but Michael is so full of shit tho

He literally could’ve gone straight to Sam and asked him what he wanted and Sam could honestly and unequivocally say he just wanted his brother back

and Michael would’ve been hard-pressed to find anyone with purer motivations

in short, Michael’s behavior is the exemplification of the religious moral high ground where one pretends to look for answers while already firmly convinced they know the absolute truth

in this essay I will

semirahrose:

I mean.

I just want to put this out there:

By accepting Sam’s declaration that there would be no new King of Hell and by not challenging it, the demons acknowledged his authority. Sam may not be the king of Hell in name, but the hand-selected followers of the most recent contender to the throne literally would not dare to face him and fight for it.

Sam is, unofficially, the Actual Ruler of Hell.

Thanks for coming to my TED talk.

There will be no new King of Hell. Not today. Not ever. […And if anyone wants the job,] they can come through me.

Sam Fucking Winchester, in perhaps the hottest line anyone has ever spoken on television. (via semirahrose)

semirahrose:

Sam’s tearful confession to Mary of the things he fears Dean might be experiencing is all the more poignant because Sam has experienced both possession by and the wrath of archangels. He knows probably better than any living being—human or otherwise—what Dean might be going through.