I know, I said I will try to accept but still, there is so much on my mind.
The most ppl who liked the end argue with two things:
The end is perfect because it’s what they always wanted. Sam wanted a happy family life, to die old and at peace. Dean always wanted to die fighting, saving people, hunting things.
The end is perfect because it was always about the two brothers.
To give you my thoughts… Let’s just really look into the story here, try to understand the characters and their motives:
Dean Winchester started as a young man, trying to do right by his father, taking care of his brother, and being a strong man doing the job. Over the last 15 years, we saw him cry, die, sacrifice himself, being mean to himself, doubting his own worth.
So yeah, this Dean just wanted to do the job and die someday, doing good, being worthy. There was no reason to grow old for him. He had nothing to come home to. This Dean couldn’t see himself in a situation where he can have something for himself, besides the job (Keeping Sammy and everybody safe). That’s the Dean, who would rather die fighting than living a life because he thinks that he doesn’t deserve one! And I guess everybody knows that this is a fact. Right? We got so many examples over the years, showing how low Deans self-loving is.
“Good things do happen, Dean."
"You don’t think you deserve to be saved."
But he changed. The Dean, who could only care about his family (Brother, Mother, and Father) opened his arms to other people (Bobby, Benny, Ellen, Jo, Jody, Castiel, Jack …). Because:
"Family don’t end in blood.”
This Dean now has relationships with a lot of other people. This Dean has a home.
What is so important about Castiel’s confession is the image he has of Dean Winchester being a loveable man. Telling Dean that he deserves to live a happy life. The best way to appreciate Castiel’s sacrifice is for Dean to see himself through Castiel’s eyes, trying to get this life he really deserves. And that is exactly what he is doing:
“But if we don’t keep living, all that sacrifice is gonna be for nothing.”
He wants to live. Not because he has work to do. Not because he has to keep Sammy safe. He wants to live for just being alive.
I call that character development.
That’s why I can’t just say: It’s what Dean always wanted. Because it’s not.
Now you can argue with the fact, that without Chuck, Sam and Dean are just humans and accidents happen. And you are totally right. But is this reality? Or is this a story, that went on for 15 years, carrying strong messages to the people who are watching?
A writers job is not to find a way that’s simply possible. For me, I wanted the end to be meaningful. No matter if they just let it open, bringing it to an end… but I wished I would sit here thinking: “It’s ok, that’s what they deserve."
I guess that’s the reason why so many ppl are outraged. Because Dean Winchester deserved better. And I’m asking myself whether this is the same thing Jensen thought about. Because he too wasn’t happy about the end at first. And he needed to talk to Kripke about it. I would love to hear his thoughts.
How can you have this hero, with this unhealthy attitude for years, die without giving him a chance at a normal life, now that this is finally possible?
So no, I don’t think this end is good. I think it’s simple and stereotyped.
I wanted more for Dean Winchester. I mean, look… he got to heaven. That’s nice.
"The heaven you deserve.”
That heaven, where Dean can be with all the dead friends, driving Baby forever. That’s all there is. Like that’s nothing new. And new is what he wanted, remember?
“There are things … people, feelings… that I want to experience differently than I have before. Or maybe even for the first time.”
I guess he will never get a chance of anything other when what he already knows.
Some ppl say, that there is no way for Dean to have a normal life as he would always just hunt. And that death was the only way out for him. This is, after all these years, a sad statement. Somehow depressing. And that’s not how I want to remember him.
They (the writers) had the chance of showing us real change! Break the rules of the world, now that Chuck is gone. To make it possible for the brothers to live a good life, maybe with Dean hunting and Sam only joining him from time to time. But with the opportunity to just be for a moment.
For me, that’s what they deserved.
But the end we got sounds like Sam is only capable of living his dream-life when Dean is gone. And Dean is just who he always was been,- a soldier, who will die in battle.
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