I'm sure Sam, when he was growing up, at the very least *wanted* to celebrate his birthday - it would have been the *normal* thing to do, and Sam wanted normal.
I agree. I can imagine him as a child, getting invited to a classmate's birthday party, at the kid's house, and Sam realizing that he'd never have anything like that. :-(
And I'm still thinking this party we see going on in tonight's episode is for Sam's birthday, so we will be able to see what a *normal* birthday would have been for him.
Well you were close! It was for a birthday! Just not Sam's. :-)
and (2) thinking that that might have been the one piece of normality he preserved for his children, and I lean more toward option 2
And I think he tried as well, when the kids were younger, but soon hunting overtook everything in John's life, and I think birthdays fell to the wayside in favor of getting rid of the poltergeist.
By the way, at cwtv, they have an announcement for SPN: Origins on the front page with a blurb that says there's going to be an on-air interview with Kripke during SPN tonight! Long live Kripke!
Yeah, what happened with that?? There was no interview during "What Is..."!
I just know it. He's not an awesome brother for nothing.
You bet he is! I can absolutely see Dean not letting a single b-day go by without doing something for Sam. He knew all his brother ever longed for was "normal" and Dean loves his brother, so why not give him a piece of normal one day every year?
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Date: 2007-05-07 06:04 pm (UTC)I agree. I can imagine him as a child, getting invited to a classmate's birthday party, at the kid's house, and Sam realizing that he'd never have anything like that. :-(
And I'm still thinking this party we see going on in tonight's episode is for Sam's birthday, so we will be able to see what a *normal* birthday would have been for him.
Well you were close! It was for a birthday! Just not Sam's. :-)
and (2) thinking that that might have been the one piece of normality he preserved for his children, and I lean more toward option 2
And I think he tried as well, when the kids were younger, but soon hunting overtook everything in John's life, and I think birthdays fell to the wayside in favor of getting rid of the poltergeist.
By the way, at cwtv, they have an announcement for SPN: Origins on the front page with a blurb that says there's going to be an on-air interview with Kripke during SPN tonight! Long live Kripke!
Yeah, what happened with that?? There was no interview during "What Is..."!
I just know it. He's not an awesome brother for nothing.
You bet he is! I can absolutely see Dean not letting a single b-day go by without doing something for Sam. He knew all his brother ever longed for was "normal" and Dean loves his brother, so why not give him a piece of normal one day every year?