I'd like to think there was an interesting reason for choosing such a course too I'd love to see someone write about either of the boys struggling with self-identity trying to find something other than a framework of a patriarchal, hyper-masculine culture where they don’t, strictly speaking, fit, especially Dean because I think we’ve seen more of that with Sam. For all Dean is written as being hyper-masculine with his muscle car, love of porn, promiscuity and aversion to chick flick moments, if Sam is often portrayed as the sensitive brother then Dean is the badass but we know that Dean looks in the mirror and hates what he sees and I’d like to see that explored in fiction.
Looks can and we know be deceiving even though Dean is often portrayed as the domineering brother, calling the shots, often calling Sam out for his more sensitive approach Sam is far from subservient to Dean. He ran away, more than once, he rebels every chance he gets and isn’t afraid to stand his ground and often does with Dean and as we saw with his father and for all his portrayed sensitivity I’d say Sam is the colder, more calculating of the two and he certainly isn’t less masculine he just doesn’t feel the need to defend it as much as Dean does because he’s more secure in his masculinity.
Where Dean is concerned about his masculinity being called into question or open to scrutiny I think Sam is more concerned with others seeing him as unrefined. Sam has had a good long look at the world outside of what they’re used to, the road, crappy motel rooms, hustling and fraud to survive he was for a time more upwardly mobile, was a law student with nice friends with good families and more able to fit in with society than Dean and as much as it pains me to say it I think Sam’s admonishment and often,
“Dude, reality, porn.”
Is more about Dean being uncouth, and lacking any sophistication than the fact he’s objectifying or being oppressive as least in the earlier seasons. I think as much as Sam is later portrayed as seeing the road, the crappy motels as more his life than college and normal I still think Sam is more refined than Dean, sees himself as such and hates when Dean shows clear examples of being unsophisticated.
Ack! I’m going off on a tangent when what I meant to say was that I agree with you, I think Dean’s heart speaks more than his actions and would go a long way to being accepted over Sam’s system of values in some circles and that sounds like I’m putting Sam down or saying he’s shallow which I don’t mean to do and I don’t think he’s shallow at all (I love that he had a dream and wasn’t afraid to go after it) it’s just that I think Sam and Dean are different, have had different experiences despite their shared upbringing and that Sam has often showed a more intense desire to fit in and be accepted.
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Looks can and we know be deceiving even though Dean is often portrayed as the domineering brother, calling the shots, often calling Sam out for his more sensitive approach Sam is far from subservient to Dean. He ran away, more than once, he rebels every chance he gets and isn’t afraid to stand his ground and often does with Dean and as we saw with his father and for all his portrayed sensitivity I’d say Sam is the colder, more calculating of the two and he certainly isn’t less masculine he just doesn’t feel the need to defend it as much as Dean does because he’s more secure in his masculinity.
Where Dean is concerned about his masculinity being called into question or open to scrutiny I think Sam is more concerned with others seeing him as unrefined. Sam has had a good long look at the world outside of what they’re used to, the road, crappy motel rooms, hustling and fraud to survive he was for a time more upwardly mobile, was a law student with nice friends with good families and more able to fit in with society than Dean and as much as it pains me to say it I think Sam’s admonishment and often,
“Dude, reality, porn.”
Is more about Dean being uncouth, and lacking any sophistication than the fact he’s objectifying or being oppressive as least in the earlier seasons. I think as much as Sam is later portrayed as seeing the road, the crappy motels as more his life than college and normal I still think Sam is more refined than Dean, sees himself as such and hates when Dean shows clear examples of being unsophisticated.
Ack! I’m going off on a tangent when what I meant to say was that I agree with you, I think Dean’s heart speaks more than his actions and would go a long way to being accepted over Sam’s system of values in some circles and that sounds like I’m putting Sam down or saying he’s shallow which I don’t mean to do and I don’t think he’s shallow at all (I love that he had a dream and wasn’t afraid to go after it) it’s just that I think Sam and Dean are different, have had different experiences despite their shared upbringing and that Sam has often showed a more intense desire to fit in and be accepted.