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Bit from Jared M&G

Question: About how there were times times where people that mistreated Sam, Sam had to work with them again, or forgave them, and how Jared thinks the conversation/reunion between Sam and Ruby in season 15 (when Cas talked to her in the empty) would've looked like

Jared: Talking about how Sam holds things very "close to the vest" and that he in a way was a poker player where he would talk (to people who hurt/abused him) and be like "Hi, how you doing?🙂" like he was okay but it was really all the wheels turning in his head. So he thinks Sam, with meeting Ruby again, would be very protective of himself but also really curious. He talks about how when you live long enough, you're gonna meet people who hurt you in the past, and how Sam tries not to focus too much on grudges because it makes you miserable/hurts you more than the other person. So he thinks Sam was trying to get to a point where he'd like, acknowledge his pain and feelings, but tries not to harbor them or keep them in the front of his mind, because "hatred is like drinking poison and hoping the other person dies". So he thinks Sam wouldve kept/tried to keep his bearings when meeting Ruby, but because when Ruby revealed her plan in S4 she was immediately killed ("then Uncle Jensen comes in and stabs her, which will be a fun episode to watch with my kids"), Sam never really had the chance to ask "Why?". So he would've been interested in the why, because Sam in general is so concerned with the Why's and so curious

#purcon 10 #sam & ruby #he also said “sam would keep his distance but also be.... Horny” but i didnt mention that bc it was about gen and he switched right back to #serious answer

#sam winchester #samedit #jared padalecki #mystuff #spncreatorsdaily #4x9 #ruby #sam & ruby

i was rewatching some favorite video essays and stumbled upon one that is intriguing relevant to spn, titled “the violence binary.” it’s only 12 mins and worth the watch! the tl;dw is: western media sets up a binary regarding violence and relationships: one person is the violent one, the other non-violent. the default is men as violent, women as non-violent, esp in romantic pairings. while some stories do depict violent women, their stories are often resolved where the female characters suffer for their violence (jailed, killed, etc.) which ends up reinforcing the ‘men as violent, women as not’ existing status quo. for example, take bond girls: women who go head to head with bond are also the most likely to die by the end of the story, in comparison to his non-violent love interests who are more likely to survive.

in spn, one way to see these dynamic play out is also to look at sam & dean’s love interests: they fit within the non-violent role, with sam and dean taking on the violent one. sam is violent, jess, sarah and amelia are not. dean is violent, cassie and lisa is not. ruby’s role is somewhat more complicated, but she and sam still work within the binary. ruby 1.0 reverses the usual dynamic: when she appears in s3, she takes on the more violent role, while sam gets the non-violent one. in s4, the dynamic switches to the more usual one, with sam in the violent role, ruby 2.0 in the non-violent role.

off the top of my head, two major exceptions to this binary stand out: madison, in episode 2x17 “heart,” and bela is s3. “heart” appears to set up sam as the violent one, madison as the non-violent one, but the reveal that madison is a werewolf puts both her and sam in the violent role. the balance of violence in the narrative is disrupted, and instead of transcending the binary, the show returns to the status quo with sam killing madison at the end of the episode. in s3, bela arrives fully on the side of violence, and particularly in her relationship with dean, they both inhabit the violent role. while bela lasts longer than madison, she still dies in 3x15 and is never brought back into the story. again, instead of trying to transcend or break the binary, bela’s character arc fits neatly within the status quo of ‘violent woman contends with the violent male protagonist, but loses in the end.’ bela disrupting the violence binary explains both why she’s such a fascinating character and perhaps one aspect of why the general audience reacted so badly to her character, as bela defies the usual narrative beats.

#sam #dean #bela #ruby #sam & ruby #dean & bela #meta #season 2 #season 3 #season multi #there's also a lot to say about this binary with sam & dean #and their roles within the narrative #but that will take a whole 'nother post to explore

Ruby having a really bad endometriosis flare up?

This is the sequel to this.

Ruby is sleeping. It’s a small mercy, at least. Hopefully she’s more comfortable now.

Sam hates seeing this, hates seeing her baby girl in pain. She wants to protect Ruby from anything that would hurt her, but she can’t protect her from this.

She sits next to Ruby on the bed and gently brushes her hair away from her face. “I love you, baby girl,” she whispers, brushing a kiss across her forehead. “I wish there was more I could do.”

Ruby’s brow furrows, and Sam holds her breath, hoping she’ll stay asleep. When she’s awake, Ruby is clearly in pain, but now that she’s sleeping, Sam hopes it’s dulled.

Thankfully, Ruby doesn’t wake, so Sam stands and creeps out of the room as quietly as she can. Once she’s out, she heads to the kitchen and starts pulling out ingredients. There may not be much she can do for Ruby, but she can make sure that she wakes up to her favorite food. Hopefully, it’ll help. At the very least, it’ll let Ruby know that she’s loved and always will be.

Sam starts mixing the pancake batter and prays that Ruby feels better soon.