No Mourning Allowed for Sam Winchester

agent-superwholockian:

Has anyone else noticed that Sam is almost never given the time to mourn?

Dean is always the one dealing with pent-up sadness, drinking down his depression and working off any issues he has. But Sam is forever placed in the role of the one to comfort Dean and get him back on his feet. (This is like a total change from the earlier seasons, when Dean was always in the role of caretaker.)

But whenever anyone close to the Winchesters dies, it’s always Sam who has to be the one to look forward. Like, always.

When Eileen was killed, we didn’t even get so much as a one full scene for Sam to mourn. The most we got was about a two second shot of Sam looking at her body with a sad expression. And that’s it. Nothing was even verbally expressed. It’s been the same this season so far with Cas gone.

It’s frustrating to me that Dean is the only one who’s allowed to show mourning. Sure, he’s not talking about it, but there have been so many visual cues that let us know he is. With Sam, not so much. 

Why isn’t Sam Winchester allowed to be sad?