My favorite new pet theory (*pets lovingly*) is that the demon will attempt to turn Sam by turning Dean. Dean showed a willingness to do whatever it takes to protect his family in the finale... something the demon made note of. Notice after Dean admits his own ruthlessness scares him, the demon comes out, voices approval (albeit in his guise as Daddy!Win) and proceeds to attempt to break Dean. Dean showed a kink in his moral armor, a very exploitable one, as pop culture teaches us.
Sam, on the other hand, showed a willingness to trust Dean's judgement with very little correlating evidence or logical reasoning behind it. Dean says it's not john, Sam trusts him implicitly. This blind trust, and Deans admitted willingness to do whatever it takes to keep his family safe and whole, is, I believe, what the demon was attempting to exploit by focusing his torture on Dean.
As for Sam's mysteriously absent powers? You could be right. I was thinking maybe because he hadn't had a vision first, like the vision (apparently his primary power) jumpstarts his other abilities?
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Date: 2006-05-06 06:05 am (UTC)Sam, on the other hand, showed a willingness to trust Dean's judgement with very little correlating evidence or logical reasoning behind it. Dean says it's not john, Sam trusts him implicitly. This blind trust, and Deans admitted willingness to do whatever it takes to keep his family safe and whole, is, I believe, what the demon was attempting to exploit by focusing his torture on Dean.
As for Sam's mysteriously absent powers? You could be right. I was thinking maybe because he hadn't had a vision first, like the vision (apparently his primary power) jumpstarts his other abilities?
Or, you know, I could be grasping at straws.