Yeah, that's the one thing that makes me a bit ??? about this -- Sam guilting about stuff that is only grayly his fault, sure, that's in character; but Dean is as prone to it. And Dean has more direct responsibility for Kaia's involvement*, so it's weird that her death would be a more a trigger for Sam than for him?
--Which isn't to say that I want Dean guilting about this, I am thrilled that Dean is getting the chance to be supportive with Sam again, it's been too long! I just don't get why, if the show was going to have it be Sam's turn for angst, why it didn't take a couple minutes in the earlier episodes for Sam to actually form a connection with Kaia.
* It does occur to me that Kaia was originally brought into their orbit because Jack was trying to save Mary, and it was Sam more than Dean who got Jack invested in that, so maybe that's part of why Sam feels guilty?
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Date: 2018-01-30 09:52 am (UTC)--Which isn't to say that I want Dean guilting about this, I am thrilled that Dean is getting the chance to be supportive with Sam again, it's been too long! I just don't get why, if the show was going to have it be Sam's turn for angst, why it didn't take a couple minutes in the earlier episodes for Sam to actually form a connection with Kaia.
* It does occur to me that Kaia was originally brought into their orbit because Jack was trying to save Mary, and it was Sam more than Dean who got Jack invested in that, so maybe that's part of why Sam feels guilty?