Anyway I`m an only child. I never had the responsibility for a younger sibling, I never put my life on the line in the service of others and while I lost some family members at a young age, I didn`t lose them in circumstances Dean and Sam did. Yet I can heavily emphasize with them, with the context of their lifes.
I have an older sister who was similar to Dean with me in some ways, but I was also 8 years older than my younger sister and I was as much a parent to her as a sibling and, later, a friend. She was my pal and I took her with me everywhere when I was a teen and even later. I invited all my best friends to her first birthday and we baked her a cake and let her squish it and make a big mess.
I wasn't in a similar situation to Dean as I had two loving parents at home, but I felt that responsibility strongly, and my young mind was filled with scenarios like, "If the house catches fire, I'll grab Denise and take her outside..." or "If the car falls over the cliff, I'll grab her and jump out..." (Never mind everyone else. I was going to save my baby sister! *g*) And, really, once my bedroom actually did catch fire and I *did* grab her out of her room and run out the front door while my dad put out the fire! lol
Anyway, I empathize very, very strongly with both Sam and Dean, because I've been in both positions and because I'm a parent myself with two grown kids. I know what that's like, too--to have to redefine one's relationship as the kids need more autonomy and to have to do this many times as they need you less and yet still need you more for support--but the right kind of support.
I think this show is doing that part of it all very, very well.
So for me Season 2 absolutely brings it at the core of things. Doesn`t mean I`m not annoyed of some of the heavier anvils they keep dropping on me. *g* Or characters that I see no use in whatsoever and who annoy me.
Exactly. It doesn't mean I don't love the show. :-)
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Date: 2006-12-15 06:21 am (UTC)Anyway I`m an only child. I never had the responsibility for a younger sibling, I never put my life on the line in the service of others and while I lost some family members at a young age, I didn`t lose them in circumstances Dean and Sam did. Yet I can heavily emphasize with them, with the context of their lifes.
I have an older sister who was similar to Dean with me in some ways, but I was also 8 years older than my younger sister and I was as much a parent to her as a sibling and, later, a friend. She was my pal and I took her with me everywhere when I was a teen and even later. I invited all my best friends to her first birthday and we baked her a cake and let her squish it and make a big mess.
I wasn't in a similar situation to Dean as I had two loving parents at home, but I felt that responsibility strongly, and my young mind was filled with scenarios like, "If the house catches fire, I'll grab Denise and take her outside..." or "If the car falls over the cliff, I'll grab her and jump out..." (Never mind everyone else. I was going to save my baby sister! *g*) And, really, once my bedroom actually did catch fire and I *did* grab her out of her room and run out the front door while my dad put out the fire! lol
Anyway, I empathize very, very strongly with both Sam and Dean, because I've been in both positions and because I'm a parent myself with two grown kids. I know what that's like, too--to have to redefine one's relationship as the kids need more autonomy and to have to do this many times as they need you less and yet still need you more for support--but the right kind of support.
I think this show is doing that part of it all very, very well.
So for me Season 2 absolutely brings it at the core of things. Doesn`t mean I`m not annoyed of some of the heavier anvils they keep dropping on me. *g* Or characters that I see no use in whatsoever and who annoy me.
Exactly. It doesn't mean I don't love the show. :-)