I wrote FanFiction about Sam leaving, the Stanford fight, Stanford, what they each did during the years apart, coming back together. The series has one last chapter before its all done. archiveofourown.org/works/62467360.
In the pause when Dean sees shifter Dean choking Sam, I wondered if Dean had a regret about taking Sam away from Stanford given the rest of the episode. Seeing himself choking Sam. Given how Sam was tied up, was it really subtext? Great obs About treating the boys as women in very different ways.
“The central plot that carried the show for …hinged on the trauma and familial bond of the Winchester brothers. Their relationship served as the foundation of the series…Saving each other was just as much a part of the stakes of the series as saving the world.”
Just listened to this. Great as always! Really enjoying. One thing I saw a bit differently was the resolution. When Sam sees Jess at the end and then (after the pole) she is gone, I took that as him starting to move past the guilt. I’m not sure he has those nightmares again in the show either.
