Because the end failed Dean so much for me. I know that everyone think that it was everything in Sam's mind, but I still have the bad feeling it wasn't and it was real. If it was so, they would have deprived Dean of his free will, of part of his life...so I loved the episode until the last scene.
I'm not following how the end deprived Dean of his free will. Would you mind expounding on it a bit more?
As for how the episode was depicted in the canon, I always got the impression it was very real, and in fact have a nice little theory about how the Trickster's actions actually racked up more hell time for Dean, which contributed to his ultimate breaking while in Hell. Just because Dean didn't remember those six months down under doesn't mean they didn't happen. Add for more months Earth time and that makes a hundred years...the same time Alastair claimed John held out for before escaping. Plus the hundred plus deaths and restarts of the day...that could easily add up in Hell time.
Its my way of evening out the Hell year experiences between Dean and Sam (even if I think Sam's worstest Hell eva with Lucifer was never as bad as what Alastair put Dean through, but that's just me being a Deangirl).
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Date: 2012-04-13 09:23 am (UTC)Because the end failed Dean so much for me. I know that everyone think that it was everything in Sam's mind, but I still have the bad feeling it wasn't and it was real. If it was so, they would have deprived Dean of his free will, of part of his life...so I loved the episode until the last scene.
I'm not following how the end deprived Dean of his free will. Would you mind expounding on it a bit more?
As for how the episode was depicted in the canon, I always got the impression it was very real, and in fact have a nice little theory about how the Trickster's actions actually racked up more hell time for Dean, which contributed to his ultimate breaking while in Hell. Just because Dean didn't remember those six months down under doesn't mean they didn't happen. Add for more months Earth time and that makes a hundred years...the same time Alastair claimed John held out for before escaping. Plus the hundred plus deaths and restarts of the day...that could easily add up in Hell time.
Its my way of evening out the Hell year experiences between Dean and Sam (even if I think Sam's worstest Hell eva with Lucifer was never as bad as what Alastair put Dean through, but that's just me being a Deangirl).
Lol, okay, putting my theories away. ;)