Tag: Sam Winchester

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Can we just talk for a second about how Ruby manipulated Sam? She didn’t go straight at him in the beginning. She took her time and really observed him. Didn’t take her long to figure out the best way to get to Sam was by pretending she could save Dean, but that’s not all she did. She was a tough, beautiful, wise-cracking, junk food-eating badass in season 3. Do you suppose it was just a coincidence that description also fits Dean perfectly? I think she was working Sam from two angles- “I can help save Dean and hey, btw do I remind you of anybody? Maybe someone you love more than anything?”

That becomes even more obvious in season 4 when she was Ruby 2. With Dean gone, she really stepped up her game. In the flashback sequence of “I Know What You Did Last Summer”, she sat back and watched Sam hit rock bottom and then stepped in. Then she openly manipulated him by continuing to act a lot like Dean did, even calling him Sammy. She was TRAINING him ffs. Training him to use his powers, just like Dean would have once trained him to use his weapons. It was masterful how she wormed her way in.

You have to give Ruby credit for being extremely clever. She always knew what button to push and that button was always marked “DEAN”.

One more DVD cover and some weird promo picture edits

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Season 10 DVD cover:

This is the strangest promo shoot I’ve ever seen. I thought it might be fan-created but then an image from the same shoot was in the Supernatural calendar a year or two ago so I guess it’s real? It’s a hot mess:

And then there’s this poster from season 4 where Dean is super-pouty and Sam seems to be demanding a high-five from all of us:

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After I showed my husband the season 11 DVD cover, he pointed out that all the covers are pretty silly. Here are some of his comments.

Season 1:

Season 4:

season 7:

Season 8:

[Sam and Dean] both have their stories. But I always say that it’s about them coming together, because the story is really not about one or the other; it’s about the bond between them. It’s about this connection of the two of them. The two of them being one unit is for us really what the story is about.

And people online, they get furious – alternately furious and upset – or they throw their arms up because they think we’re focusing on one brother or the other, and some people are Sam fans, and some people are Dean fans.  And in my mind, anyway, you know, they’re both on completely equal footing because the story is about the two of them being intertwined.

Eric Kripke interview with the Chicago Tribune in 2009. Still 100% true in 2016. (X)
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My (overly thorough) analysis of the hugs from Alpha and Omega…

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When Cas initiates the hug with Dean, Dean at first seems surprised and amused by it. Note the back pat, the smile, and the way he says “All right.” 

Then Dean suddenly gets serious and I think it’s because it occurs to him that he has to ask Castiel to take care of Sam and not to let him do anything stupid (like following Dean into death). It’s a moment where he’s faced with his own mortality and the fact that he’s no longer going to be there to take care of his first priority: Sam.

When it comes time to actually say goodbye to Sam, they can barely look at each other. Sam’s eyes are full of tears and he’s close to losing it. 

Dean grabs him and pulls him into a hug and his face is SO FULL of this fierce devotion and sadness.

Then comes the patented Dean Winchester “This hug is not intense enough- INCREASE HUG INTENSITY BY 300%” move.

[also seen in Lazarus Rising if you need another example]

And finally his expression somehow gets even SADDER (how is that possible??) and we can see the tears in his eyes as well. Poor Sam is just clinging on to his brother, burying his head in his shoulder, still trying not to completely break down.

They both seem heartbroken about having to be saying goodbye AGAIN and they’re trying so hard to communicate that without having to actually say it. 

To sum up, bless this scene. It contains 100% of my daily nutritional requirement of beautiful, soul-scarring angst. 

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On one hand, I’m really glad Sam didn’t get the Mark because I love him and I also didn’t want a rehash of seasons 9 & 10 only with Sam instead of Dean…

But on the other hand? Sam is so sexy when he gets all dark. Like…

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whY AM I So SWEAty RIGHT NOw???