I don't see Dean as trying to distance himself from humanity at all. When he says, "Demons I get. People are crazy," he's talking about humans that he truly doesn't understand. He doesn't understand how the Benders could hunt people for sport and then cannibalize them. He's disturbed, repulsed, even, that a man could treat his daughter and his daughter/granddaughter the way the man did in this episode. I love that about Dean, that with all the evil he's seen, there is still a point at which he cannot wrap his brain around the evil that humans perpetrate on one another.
Rather than sympathizing with the monster in this ep, I believe he was saying that she was a person, deserving of understanding of the motivations behind her actions. Of course she had to be stopped, but he understood her actions, which makes--in his mind--his motivations for doing what he did that much worse.
Dean has always been on the outside of society looking in at those he and Sam protect. And I don't think we need to worry too much about Sam and Dean distancing themselves from humanity. On the contrary, Sam wanted to use his evil-given powers to save people (the ends justifies the means), and Dean is willing to defy angels in order to save people. If anything, I think that, to an extent, could be their undoing.
It's a very deep and pondering question. It will be interesting to see if Show is up to handling it.
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Date: 2009-01-17 11:35 pm (UTC)Rather than sympathizing with the monster in this ep, I believe he was saying that she was a person, deserving of understanding of the motivations behind her actions. Of course she had to be stopped, but he understood her actions, which makes--in his mind--his motivations for doing what he did that much worse.
Dean has always been on the outside of society looking in at those he and Sam protect. And I don't think we need to worry too much about Sam and Dean distancing themselves from humanity. On the contrary, Sam wanted to use his evil-given powers to save people (the ends justifies the means), and Dean is willing to defy angels in order to save people. If anything, I think that, to an extent, could be their undoing.
It's a very deep and pondering question. It will be interesting to see if Show is up to handling it.
Does that make sense?