Why Did Dean Break After 30 Years and Not Before?

[lovesrain44]

This is in reference to the 4.10 ep, Heaven and Hell, where Dean gives up the goods at the end and tells Sam the reasons why he doesn’t want to talk about hell. We find out the awful truth: that in order to stop the pain, Dean got up off the rack and became a torturer himself.

 

I realized I want to know WTF happened after 30 years that made Dean suddenly change his mind. I mean you don't go through 30 years of torture and then wake up one day and say screw this, do you? (I’m pretty sure Sam feels the same, but he’s being a Good Brother and giving Dean his space. For now, anyway.)

 

Maybe, after 30 years, maybe he hit his breaking point, maybe he got tired of Alistar coming by EVERY single day and just hit his limit.

 

When Dean said, at the end of Wishful Thinking, “…the things I did, the things I saw…” I instantly thought/figured/hoped that there was non-con between Dean and Alistar, because I’m whacked that way, and I kind of thought THAT would be the reason Dean broke. Not that he suddenly gave up one day. Or maybe Hell used Sam in some way, something that Dean thought was Sam.

 

What's most interesting to me is the fact that fanfic never considered that Dean could be broken, that he would make the choice he did as presented in canon. At least not the fanfic I’ve read. (I would be willing to be shown the error of my ways, however.)

I'd love to know what other people think!

Comments

[silkmoth101.livejournal.com]

You do know that you just gave me a link for gen stories? I don't read gen. WTF?

Ok, here it is... read the profile first before you start insulting me, ok? And it's new... so not much there right now.
http://community.livejournal.com/feelgoodfic/

[lovesrain44.livejournal.com]

You're missing out. You read Big Pink's stuff yet? That's gen, but it packs a whallop. I write gen. I write lots of gen. It's mean gen! Bad things happen!

Sorry about the link. It was on gen, but you can erase back and get the whole picture. Sheesh. Try this:

http://community.livejournal.com/spnroundtable/

Checking out your link now...

[silkmoth101.livejournal.com]

I don't even have the time to read all the slash I would like to. So I don't read gen.
The comm looks good. Into my bookmarks. Someday I will read more fics. I'm sure of that.

[lovesrain44.livejournal.com]

Big Pink is so good I want to have her baby.....

Someday we will all be free from the chains of oppression and every day will be fanfic day!