I wasn't clear how you could see Sam's feelings as something that were reactive specifically to Dean, and not Dean's as something that were equally reactive. I think, for example, if one looks at Dean's feelings about his parents their origin becomes a lot clearer.
I think what I was getting at there was that Dean's love for Sam is the primary thing driving his character and the actions he takes within the story (often in negative ways because his love is so unhealthily codependent). Sam's story is driven more by other things (his need to assert his independence, his grappling with moral issues, and his struggle with his own anger and arrogance).
I'm not saying that Dean's love for Sam is "better," but that I don't find Sam's love for Dean as compelling. Your comment did make me realize that a lot of this is due to the way the narrative is structured; Dean's love for Sam is more integral to the nature and development of his character than Sam's love for Dean is.
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Date: 2010-10-26 04:58 am (UTC)I think what I was getting at there was that Dean's love for Sam is the primary thing driving his character and the actions he takes within the story (often in negative ways because his love is so unhealthily codependent). Sam's story is driven more by other things (his need to assert his independence, his grappling with moral issues, and his struggle with his own anger and arrogance).
I'm not saying that Dean's love for Sam is "better," but that I don't find Sam's love for Dean as compelling. Your comment did make me realize that a lot of this is due to the way the narrative is structured; Dean's love for Sam is more integral to the nature and development of his character than Sam's love for Dean is.