dean gets so much love in the fandom and i absolutely adore dean winchester, but let’s also remember that sam winchester grew up in a world where he was basically destined to fail, where all the odds were against him in every aspect of his life.
he spent his childhood skipping from town to town, school to school, never settling down for too much more than a month, yet he still managed to be accepted into stanford university.
he was cursed with demon blood in his system when he was only six months old, forced into an addiction that almost destroyed his relationship with his brother entirely. yet he still managed to beat his addiction and come out the other side a good man.
since the beginning of everything, he has been destined to become lucifer’s vessel in the apocalypse. it’s his destiny to become the devil’s plaything, but once he said yes, he managed to overpower lucifer himself and throw him into the pit. and did i mention that he did this KNOWING THAT HE WOULD BE STUCK IN THE CAGE WITH HIM?
he lost his soul, got it back, and then the wall in his mind fell, and he was reminded of all the things lucifer did to him. he managed to go on for so long despite seeing lucifer everywhere. he saved that girl in the hospital with him even with everything going on in his own life. and after all of that? castiel, angel of the lord, a literal seraph, one of god’s greatest and most trusted soldiers in heaven’s ranks, takes on what’s going on in sam’s mind, and he is rendered completely incapacitated. sam was able to handle what a soldier of heaven couldn’t.
he went through with two of the trials, weakened every time, and tried to keep going even after dean told him it would kill him. he thought his life didnt matter. and here we are, a few years later, and hes able to see that he DOES matter, and that his life isnt worth trading for something like that. hes learned self worth.
sam winchester, the man who was willing to go back into the cage to stop the darkness. sam winchester, the man who has been called an abomination for years on end and still manages to be a good man. sam winchester, the man who uses his bad experiences to help others. sam winchester, the man who has every reason to be bad, yet somehow finds a way to constantly better himself in every way.
sam winchester is a hero and dont you dare forget it
