I actually was massively spoilered for the amulet-being-trashed moment about a year before I actually saw the ep (I'm avoiding S6 spoilers) so it wasn't as much of an emotional impact than it would've been otherwise.
Even when I saw the scene, I just couldn't see Sam fishing for it. I think Sam knew that this was Dean breaking apart, letting him grow up instead of carrying little brother around his neck all the time. I think Dean hung on to the amulet as kind of a manifestation of KEEPING SAMMY SAFE. And once he threw it away, it was Dean starting to let Sam grow up, make his own choices and realizing he can't hold on to his little brother forever because Sam's an adult. And he can't make those choices or decisions for Sam anymore. And I think it was a way of Dean really trying to find his own identity, as jacked as it all is.
Also? I think if Sam hung on to it, he'd have given it back to Dean in SWAN SONG -- as a reminder of their bond, their childhood, whatever, before hurtling himself (along with Lucifer) back into the cage... and I just don't see it as being realistically feasible that it'd be in the Impala or in Sam's pocket still waiting for that right moment.
You need to add accessories. Basically, they're all in place from the PILOT on (with the exception of Dean's post-car crash bracelet, which appears in ELAC, I think....) and all you need to do is find where it disappeared. The Amulet's crazy easy... as is Dean's S1 bracelet.
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Date: 2011-02-13 06:28 am (UTC)There's companion books?!
I actually was massively spoilered for the amulet-being-trashed moment about a year before I actually saw the ep (I'm avoiding S6 spoilers) so it wasn't as much of an emotional impact than it would've been otherwise.
Even when I saw the scene, I just couldn't see Sam fishing for it. I think Sam knew that this was Dean breaking apart, letting him grow up instead of carrying little brother around his neck all the time. I think Dean hung on to the amulet as kind of a manifestation of KEEPING SAMMY SAFE. And once he threw it away, it was Dean starting to let Sam grow up, make his own choices and realizing he can't hold on to his little brother forever because Sam's an adult. And he can't make those choices or decisions for Sam anymore. And I think it was a way of Dean really trying to find his own identity, as jacked as it all is.
Also? I think if Sam hung on to it, he'd have given it back to Dean in SWAN SONG -- as a reminder of their bond, their childhood, whatever, before hurtling himself (along with Lucifer) back into the cage... and I just don't see it as being realistically feasible that it'd be in the Impala or in Sam's pocket still waiting for that right moment.
You need to add accessories. Basically, they're all in place from the PILOT on (with the exception of Dean's post-car crash bracelet, which appears in ELAC, I think....) and all you need to do is find where it disappeared. The Amulet's crazy easy... as is Dean's S1 bracelet.