No One Can Take That Much Pain And Not Break. No One.

you are not a misfit! You are a needed part of the body of Christ!

my take on the whole "dean was parentified" narrative and where that slippery slope usually takes people ("sam was spoiled as a kid and dean shielded him from all harm") is that many people can't comprehend that dean was in fact parentified, but that doesn't mean he was sam's father. sam had a father, and it was john.

nor does it mean sam was spoiled or babied by either of them. canon doesn't support this interpretation despite it being so popular in the fandom.

dean was parentified in the sense that he had responsibilies and stressors that weren't appropriate for his age and his role as a son... but that doesn't change the fact that his relationship with sam was that of a brother, not a parent.

at one point dean says "I had to be more than just a brother. I had to be a father, and I had to be a mother." and his feelings of overwhelm and resentment are valid—their childhoods were difficult, stressful, and abnormal.

however, this doesn't mean "john was absolutely useless and neglectful, so he was completely out of the picture. dean was indeed sam's father and mother. and he fulfilled those roles so well that sam had a happy, easy childhood and he was freed from any parent-related trauma, since dean was his parent, and he did a stellar job at it"... you know?

parentified siblings are siblings after all (and sam and dean only have a 4-year age gap). and dean did "fail" in his parentified role—sometimes he fucked up, sometimes he was the one hurting sam. in many ways, he didn't understand sam's needs or how to fulfill them. which is understandable. and he definitely couldn't shield sam from the difficulties they both had to face. that was well beyond his capability after all

on top of that, sam was taught self-reliance from a young age and he was exposed to the hardships of their lifestyle just like dean (hardships in general since he was born, and hunter-related ones since he was eight). and most of the glimpses we get of sam as a child/teen show a lonely, sad, troubled person. where's the pampered and unconcerned child!sam people keep hallucinating?

deep down, the issue is that people seem to put sam and dean on a seesaw and weight their problems and traumas against each other. if we say sam had a shitty childhood, then we're somehow denying dean's traumas and sacrifices. and if we believe dean suffered a lot in his youth, then that must mean sam had everything served on a silver platter. and that makes no sense.

The funniest part about the House MD Fandom is that I've never seen a single incorrect take. Somehow every single ridiculous thing people have to say about House MD is 100% correct. Those ridiculous posts about House finding toothpicks in people's assholes? Actually happened in an episode. Some guy had bacterial vaginosis in his mouth. House himself actively says homophobic things constantly - just to piss people off, not even because it's what he actually believes - but will come home drunk and sleep in Wilson's bed and Wilson just LETS HIM DO THAT?? Nothing House says should be taken seriously unless he's giving you a diagnoses because the only person he's advocating for besides the patient is The Devil. Cuddy only wears thongs. There's a bi disaster doctor in a wheelchair at one point. 13 is just there being hot and bi for seasons. Chase is just there being hot and saying "naur". Foreman is there wishing he could punch House in the face and Chase actually DOES it at some point. Cameron makes out with House in order to drug him. NO ONE in this show is okay and they're all committing medical malpractice constantly in front of an international audience

Hi Sammy

I was reading the Arcane “council archives” of Jayce’s journal and that man is never beating the ADHD allegations.

He talks a lot about science but scattered amongst his research is.

Lamenting how he left his measuring equipment in his apartment after traveling to the dessert.

Him workshopping insults to call another student who almost caught him throwing out an illegal experiment.

Jayce figuring out his grades were probably dropping because he wasn’t sleeping and he decides he wanted to graph the correlation instead of sleeping or studying.

Ranting about the how the pastries are better than the inventions at the Day of Progress celebration.

A pros and cons list about continuing his experiments that included the fact that he’s failing his classes instead of doing anything about it.

Writing himself a reminder to ask Viktor his last name.

Also he has yet another random ass sandwich on his desk.

Also bonus: He didn’t think he’d work well with other scientists at all before he met Viktor.

"when tumblr crumbles let's all move to a google doc" queerstake does this twice a year for general conference. mormons ahead of the game for doomsday preparation as usual

Now when we were there I saw a patient, an old woman.

Thinking about early days on the road before John started leaving Sam with Dean and was still going around and talking to hunters trying to learn everything he could. Imagine you’re some hunter and you get a call that the new guy in town wants to meet at the roadhouse and talk demons or werewolves or witches or whatever, then he shows up with a 4-year-old and a baby. He’s real serious and writes down everything you say in his journal but he also has to get up halfway through to sing and bounce a cranky baby to sleep on his shoulder while the kid stares at you with a mouth full of French fries. No wonder every hunter in John’s generation seems to remember Dean and Sam whether Dean and Sam know them or not.

He is Risen! Today, we celebrate that Christ is alive.

In you, In me, In us, Christ lives!