10.20 On further review

[caranfindel]

Yes, I'm rethinking things already!

My initial reaction to Dean telling Claire that Jimmy's sacrifice let Castiel save the world was "Oh, that's nice." Because it was nice, that her father's death meant something. She needed to hear that. And honestly, it was nice that Dean was giving credit to Cas for once, since it seems like he has a habit of using him and maybe not being as appreciative as he should. Or perhaps just not expressing that appreciation.

And then I got on Tumblr and said, well. Huh. Because some of my Tumblr friends are seething right now.

Why didn't it occur to me that by saying what he did, Dean was denying Sam's role? Because I absolutely didn't take it that way until it was pointed out to me by a cadre of angry Sam!Girls. Why was I not one of those angry Sam!Girls?

What do you guys think?

Comments

[quickreaver.livejournal.com]

Didn't bother me at all, either. I saw the complaints and I was like "Huh, what?" Yeah, like others have said: HELLO, CONTEXT. Also ... intention! Dean was comforting Claire, and the ep's writer, Bob Berens, isn't one of the writers who tends to shortchange (or bland-ify) Sam. We are waaaaay too sensitive in fandom sometimes, and that's not me being callous. We all have our own reasons for seeing slights but sometimes, it's just not as 'meta' or subtextual as we make it. Hell, MANY times. And this is one of 'em.