Author: laurengilbert573ukyedu

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Sam actually emphasizes with Rowena bc he KNOWS what it feels like to be abused by Lucifer. He’s admitted how much he thinks about it and how he doesn’t even know how to deal with it. My heart hurts so much bc despite always trying to push it down, Sam’s never become abusive and aggressive and he’s such a beautiful soul. He’s so strong and I’m so proud of him. I’m so glad this season is allowing a look into Sam’s emotions.

oneshoeshort:

This is why Sam doesn’t talk about the cage to anyone. As someone who’s been abused, it’s hard to talk about it to someone who cannot even fathom what that traumatic experience is like.

I’m SO glad Sam found someone he could open up to, even if it was Rowena. And it was good to see Rowena be vulnerable and admit she’s scared shitless. This was very healthy for both of them.

White Flag (13.11 missing scene)

indigo2831:

Dean allowed himself
to be mesmerized by the glow of the flickering neon blue and gold reflecting on
the ice cubes as they filled the bucket.  He took a piece from the bucket and crunched
on it as he stomped back to the motel room.

He powered through
the door, unsurprised at seeing Sam in the same position he’d been in for
hours, while Donna cried, first hysterically, then just exhaustedly leaking: on
the couch, facing the wall, hands bracing on his knees.  

Neither of them had
let Donna leave while she was so shellshocked by Doug’s near death and then
losing him in an entirely different way, resigned she’d sat on the couch and
cried it out with the brothers flanking her.
Dean had tried to talk her down, but gave up and turned on Real Housewives, providing commentary
between screaming matches and botched dinner parties.  Sam, on the other hand, had angled his body
away from her, but had placed one big hand flat on her back and left it
there.  

Now that she was
gone, the hand was slack on cushion.  

“All right, tough
guy, let’s check you out,” Dean announced as he kicked the door shut with a slam
that caused Sam to jerk and wince.  

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semirahrose:

Can I just *sobs, clears throat*

Let me talk about Sam Fucking Winchester for a second. Sam has been betrayed, tortured, lied to, hurt mentally and physically beyond all imagining, possessed (repeatedly), disbelieved, ignored, taunted, manipulated, and cut down in every way a human can be by both enemies and allies, and he’s still walking on two feet and using words when he himself admits no words will suffice for what he has experienced. That’s badass, but it’s not what I’m on about.

Sam has experienced the literal worst all beings mortal and otherwise have to offer. He’s seen the darkest side of humanity on the daily. Somehow, he still has room aplenty for love and empathy and faith in people—or at least hope for their better natures.

And best of all, he still has that flicker of fire in him—for himself, for what Rowena experienced. He does things not because they’re advantageous but because they’re right, and they might help someone who has suffered greatly take back a shred of control. 

(And because the devil deserves a good solid kick in the ass.)