Something had to make that point worse than all the others...
it could be like you point out, kind of like when you wait 15 minutes for someone to show up for a date or appointment, and then you give them five minutes more and THAT's it. Then you walk. At the 30 year mark, Dean said, that's it! I'm done. Stick a fork in me.
Something pushed him over the edge!
Something that, now that I'm thinking about it...well, I'm thinking about the motel fight scene. Forget which ep. Sam says something and Dean starts swinging, taking out the lamp and then Sam. I had the feeling that he was thinking it was all for nothing, if Sam was going to go darkside - somehow related to his time in hell, why did I put up with all that suffering if THIS is the result? Why didn't I break at 10 years and maybe saved myself some grief?
But then, if he'd broken at 10 years, he would have been 30 years a torturer, and that would have been worse. For Dean anyway.
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it could be like you point out, kind of like when you wait 15 minutes for someone to show up for a date or appointment, and then you give them five minutes more and THAT's it. Then you walk. At the 30 year mark, Dean said, that's it! I'm done. Stick a fork in me.
Something pushed him over the edge!
Something that, now that I'm thinking about it...well, I'm thinking about the motel fight scene. Forget which ep. Sam says something and Dean starts swinging, taking out the lamp and then Sam. I had the feeling that he was thinking it was all for nothing, if Sam was going to go darkside - somehow related to his time in hell, why did I put up with all that suffering if THIS is the result? Why didn't I break at 10 years and maybe saved myself some grief?
But then, if he'd broken at 10 years, he would have been 30 years a torturer, and that would have been worse. For Dean anyway.