We see things on the show pretty differently to be honest! I've never got the sense that Sam begrudges Dean having any other friends, I felt like his jealousy of Benny was all because of Dean pointing out that Benny had been more of a brother to him, and that really hurt and stuck with him. (Honestly I felt worst for Benny there because it seemed like both Sam and Dean were using him more in their war against each other, whether it was Sam insisting that Dean shouldn't be trusting him, or Dean using what a loyal brother Benny was in his arguments against Sam, poor Benny kind of got treated as a pawn in the end in the bothers battle)
Nor did I ever feel like Sam was constantly blackmailing Dean over how he was gonna leave, he expressed his wishes to Dean for a normal life, but I never felt like Sam was using those wishes as a threat, he was just feeling disconnected from the hunting lifestyle in the beginning of the season and Dean was trying to convince him otherwise.
And yeah, I agree that Dean has always been a caretaker for Sam, but then that's been his characterisation since the first season IMO, I've never felt like that means that the storyline doesn't care about Dean's feelings as well.
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rosecarmine
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Date: 2016-01-25 10:32 am (UTC)Nor did I ever feel like Sam was constantly blackmailing Dean over how he was gonna leave, he expressed his wishes to Dean for a normal life, but I never felt like Sam was using those wishes as a threat, he was just feeling disconnected from the hunting lifestyle in the beginning of the season and Dean was trying to convince him otherwise.
And yeah, I agree that Dean has always been a caretaker for Sam, but then that's been his characterisation since the first season IMO, I've never felt like that means that the storyline doesn't care about Dean's feelings as well.
Maybe it's just a case of agreeing to disagree :)