Bobby could and most likely "will" become a vengeful spirit. They all do eventually. And yes, Dean will be forced to kill him, which will be, yet again, another guilt that Dean will pile on top of all the other guilts that he is carrying around. Not a good thing. And Bobby knows all the guilt that Dean carries around, so Bobby should know better. But yet, what are they to do. Dean and Sam are in such a push/pull situation. You know you need to let go and yet don't want to. Such an emotional/mental tug on the heart. The boys are in an impossible situation.
I agree about mistakes being made all the time. It's all a part of being human.
Samuel even called Dean a hypocrite in Caged Heat. He didn't know Dean so he was not able to see any of the growth from Dean and lessons he had learned through his own mistakes. Dean tried to tell him, but Samuel wasn't listening. Didn't care. If only Samuel would have listened to Dean things might have turned out differently. And that is the great thing about Dean, he has learned from his mistakes and he has had great growth.
Bobby could have stayed around and pop up now and then. I would have much preferred that scenario, instead of what we got. Bobby came into heavier play in S4, but he became more visible in S5&6. I would really have preferred that he pop up now and then, but oh well. We have what we have. I just always felt the quick fixes were too convenient. Wanted more of the boys theorizing and figuring things out for themselves. But with only 41 minutes of TV time, I guess they have to make quick fixes or else each episode would be too long.
Re: Bringing Bobby back and Dean's arc, pt 1
I agree about mistakes being made all the time. It's all a part of being human.
Samuel even called Dean a hypocrite in Caged Heat. He didn't know Dean so he was not able to see any of the growth from Dean and lessons he had learned through his own mistakes. Dean tried to tell him, but Samuel wasn't listening. Didn't care. If only Samuel would have listened to Dean things might have turned out differently. And that is the great thing about Dean, he has learned from his mistakes and he has had great growth.
Bobby could have stayed around and pop up now and then.
I would have much preferred that scenario, instead of what we got. Bobby came into heavier play in S4, but he became more visible in S5&6. I would really have preferred that he pop up now and then, but oh well. We have what we have. I just always felt the quick fixes were too convenient. Wanted more of the boys theorizing and figuring things out for themselves. But with only 41 minutes of TV time, I guess they have to make quick fixes or else each episode would be too long.