I don't think Dean has a martyr complex. ;) I think he has an almost non-existent ego, like you said, and has pretty much completely subsumed his Self into the family unit, and I think he's willing to die for the family unit, just like John (nay, John seems DETERMINED to die for the family unit) and Sam.
But unlike John and Sam, he's not determined to seek the kind of danger where they could seriously die, ie hunting down the Demon. He wants the Demon dead, but not if John or Sam are going to go off and get themselves killed for it. Like he says in the middle of DT, John and Sam are so eager to sacrifice themselves for it, but he's going to be the one to bury them (in other words, they're going to die and he's going to survive), and then, he also says that the Demon is not worth getting killed over. John, I think, is actually the one with the saviour complex. Dean takes the colt when they go to retrieve John, because to him, keeping all three of the Winchesters alive is most important; far moreso than preserving the bullets for the Demon. Sam, I don't know about, but I'm pretty sure John only wants two Winchesters alive, and John ain't one of them, which might explain why Dean knew John would "rip him a new one" for taking the gun to retrieve him. John would probably have preferred if the boys gave him up for dead (because, goddamnit, he wants to die fighting this thing, and they keep damned well saving him!!!!~).
Anyway, yes, I think, of the three of them, Dean has the least of the saviour complex. I mean, he'd die for either of them, but he'd really just prefer if they stopped trying to get themselves killed so that he didn't HAVE to die for them, lol.
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Date: 2006-07-30 11:07 pm (UTC)But unlike John and Sam, he's not determined to seek the kind of danger where they could seriously die, ie hunting down the Demon. He wants the Demon dead, but not if John or Sam are going to go off and get themselves killed for it. Like he says in the middle of DT, John and Sam are so eager to sacrifice themselves for it, but he's going to be the one to bury them (in other words, they're going to die and he's going to survive), and then, he also says that the Demon is not worth getting killed over. John, I think, is actually the one with the saviour complex. Dean takes the colt when they go to retrieve John, because to him, keeping all three of the Winchesters alive is most important; far moreso than preserving the bullets for the Demon. Sam, I don't know about, but I'm pretty sure John only wants two Winchesters alive, and John ain't one of them, which might explain why Dean knew John would "rip him a new one" for taking the gun to retrieve him. John would probably have preferred if the boys gave him up for dead (because, goddamnit, he wants to die fighting this thing, and they keep damned well saving him!!!!~).
Anyway, yes, I think, of the three of them, Dean has the least of the saviour complex. I mean, he'd die for either of them, but he'd really just prefer if they stopped trying to get themselves killed so that he didn't HAVE to die for them, lol.