I think it just means that Dean really has to BE John, now, not just acting John while John is away.
And I think that what he told Dean about Sam is probably that Dean is John's only son and what Sam actually is. My theory is he's either demon-spawn or heaven-spawn of some kind, probably the latter because the demon wants to destroy him and all those like him so badly. But Dean is ordinary, like John, which makes what he does as a hunter all the more brave and special. Because Sam was born to be an instrument in the fight, but Dean wasn't. And that whole thing about how it's taken Dean's whole life and he never once complained.
Though I hate the comparison because of my issues with Paul,but, it's sort of like the Jesus and Paul thing. Jesus was the annointed special one, but Paul built the Church, the thing that lasted 2000 years or what Jesus said would have been forgotten. Jesus (in the myth) was chosen, but Paul, who was ordinary, built everything, held it together, and did all the work. I think that's what's going on here. Sam will lead them with his psychic powers, and Dean will do everything else. That's mostly the way its been so far as well. Sam will get all the credit, and Dean will just be his follower, even though his job is actually as important.
And I bet the boys will do something with the journal, or maybe start keeping their own now. Sam probably on the computer, and Dean in a book, because the tradition means a lot to Dean.
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Date: 2006-09-29 03:48 pm (UTC)And I think that what he told Dean about Sam is probably that Dean is John's only son and what Sam actually is. My theory is he's either demon-spawn or heaven-spawn of some kind, probably the latter because the demon wants to destroy him and all those like him so badly. But Dean is ordinary, like John, which makes what he does as a hunter all the more brave and special. Because Sam was born to be an instrument in the fight, but Dean wasn't. And that whole thing about how it's taken Dean's whole life and he never once complained.
Though I hate the comparison because of my issues with Paul,but, it's sort of like the Jesus and Paul thing. Jesus was the annointed special one, but Paul built the Church, the thing that lasted 2000 years or what Jesus said would have been forgotten. Jesus (in the myth) was chosen, but Paul, who was ordinary, built everything, held it together, and did all the work. I think that's what's going on here. Sam will lead them with his psychic powers, and Dean will do everything else. That's mostly the way its been so far as well. Sam will get all the credit, and Dean will just be his follower, even though his job is actually as important.
And I bet the boys will do something with the journal, or maybe start keeping their own now. Sam probably on the computer, and Dean in a book, because the tradition means a lot to Dean.