Sam Winchester // Jean-Paul Sartre (1946)
'Existentialism is a Humanism' (tr. Philip Mairet)
@suncaptor's Birthday Event // Existential
But the people we saved, they're our legacy. And they'll remember us, and then I guess we'll eventually fade away too. That's fine because we left the world better than we found it.
image description: scenes from "Bloody Mary," "Metamorphosis," "Reading is Fundamental," "Angel Heart," "The Rising Son," and "Golden Time." They are interspersed with an excerpt from 'Existentialism is a Humanism,' a lecture given by Jean-Paul Sartre.
1x05: Dean is driving in the Impala as Sam sits next to him. Sam says, "Dean, that girl back there is going to die. Unless we do something about it. You've got to let me do this."
the text reads: For if indeed existence precedes essence, one will never be able to explain one’s action by reference to a given and specific human nature; in other words, there is no determinism – man is free, man is freedom.
4x04: Sam is locked in the closet and tells Jack (a rougarou), "It doesn't matter what you are. It only matters what you do." From the other room, Jack turns toward the door, his face is white and veiny, and his mouth is covered in blood. Sam keeps trying to pick the door lock and says, "It's your choice."
the text reads: Nor, on the other hand, if God does not exist, are we provided with any values or commands that could legitimise our behaviour.
7x21: Sam sits a short distance away from Castiel in the main room of a cabin. Sam looks up at him, saying, "I know you never did anything but try and help. I realize that, Cas, and I'm grateful. We're all grateful." Cas shifts in his seat and Sam finishes, "And we're gonna help you get better, okay? No matter what it takes."
the text reads: Thus we have neither behind us, nor before us in a luminous realm of values, any means of justification or excuse.
10x20: Sam sits at the table of a motel, typing into his computer. Claire asks him about hunting, saying, "Then why do you do it?" He shrugs and replies, "To help people. Make a difference." She hesitates and says, "That's it?" He looks up at her and asks, "That's not enough?"
the text reads: We are left alone, without excuse. That is what I mean when I say that man is condemned to be free.
13x02: Sam and Jack sit on milk crates in an alley outside the motel. Jack looks worriedly at Sam, saying, "Maybe I'm not worth all this." Sam nods, considering, and tells him, "Your mom thought you were. So did Cas. So do I."
the text reads: Condemned, because he did not create himself, yet is nevertheless at liberty, and from the moment that he is thrown into this world he is responsible for everything he does.
15x16: Sam stands facing Dean in a hallway of the bunker, and tells him, "You know what, Dean? Ever since god got back, you've been acting like there's nothing we can do. Like nothing matters. But we can do this. Man, this matters."
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‘it’s always you. you selfish little men in positions of authority. you take what you want, you take who you want. and you believe that your power will protect you. well, it won’t protect you from me.’
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Random fic idea
@vaicomcas mentioned 15x03, which reminded me of a forgotten fic idea I’ll probably never get to any time soon, so let me put it here in case I ever decide to come back to it – or, better yet, if someone else wants to do it instead of me.
As usual, I smash two half-arsed ides together hoping there will be enough for one fully-formed plot.
In this case, “how I, not so much wished, but expected 15x03 to be resolved” + reversed fake-marriage.
We start at 15x06. Killing the Djinn and healing the boy takes too much out of Castiel. He passes out, and the boy’s mother uses the most often used number on Castiel’s phone, hoping to summon someone who, presumably, gives a damn, to come take care of the injured “agent” (that’s what I expected to happen on the show instead of, you know, not acknowledging Castiel had ever left at all.)
In the fic, the Djinn had also managed to infect Castiel, and for a moment our poor angel had been tempted to just slip into the sweet dream that would provide, but changed his mind, and scrubbed the beginning of the vision from his mind a little too vigorously. So, when he wakes up, he doesn’t remember anything (or, if one feels particularly angsty, nothing angelic, just his horrendous time as a human).
At first, it’s just Sam who comes to check on Castiel, and finds him in a hospital, with only family allowed to visit. Sam, of course, already introduced himself as an agent, so he needs to drag Dean in, and, for some reason, pretending to be brothers doesn’t work, so Dean has to call himself Castiel’s husband.
Except, instead of “finally acknowledging hidden feelings” such fics usually go with, Castiel kind of gets an unbiased look at how Dean usually treats him. A few awkward bitter interactions later, Castiel, being amnesiac, but not an idiot, comes to the conclusion Dean absolutely can’t be his family and obviously just wants something from him.
For extra kicks, we could also throw in the “what would really happen” trope I also love, and have the hospital properly search for Castiel’s next to kin.
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Nice job of covering your tracks by the way.
Dean and John in 1x20 Dead Man's Blood
You... How?
Sam and Unnamed Witch in 15x06 Golden Time
I am kind of obsessed with this right now.
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