Absolutely, Sam and Will have a *lot* in common. But actually, I was thinking about the scene in the end of Family. Haven't made up my mind whether Sam should actually be with Tara, or just a Scoobie (and I want to read the plot of him going to school to be normal and sort of becoming a Scoobie step by step. Cause I think a lot of what he dislikes about hunting is being forced into it, John, the world of hunting, not being able to ues his skills, and yes, the sense of safety. All of those are partially different in BtVS).
Anyway. For Sam to witness that last scene. In some ways, Tara's family is just like his. That rough, manly world. Coming to take her away because to them, she is somehow born to serve them in their world, regardless of how much she wants her own life and going to collage. And on the other hand, people like Tara's father have been around him all of his life. He gets them, he sees the awesome things about them, and though he might hate to admit it - he is one of them, sort of, when he realizes what a narrow othering view the Scoobies have of them, perhaps racist/classist.
Sam would relate to Tara wanting to stay, but I doubt he'd have expected the new ideas of family, chosen family. Like - of course he'd have thought about something like that, but it's not the same as experiencing it. All those people aligning themselves with Tara (though, of course, they were never as close to Tara as anyone Sam has, perhaps. But that wouldn't show, yet). It being clear to all of then that it's her choice whether to stay or leave. If he's had dreams or some reason to suspect he's partially demon, that would change his world. Anya saying demons didn't have to be evil. The Scoobies not being racist about demons. Taking Tara's side, not necessarily something evil inside her, and if so - they could deal with that with compassion (rather than *unmentioned events from Heart!*). And if later, when he found out about what John said to Dean, he could talk to Tara about it, it would probably make a huge difference.
And perhaps, cause I'm a shipper, if family could be chosen, perhaps he could choose a different definition, with Dean... "Family doesn't mean the same thing to me as it does to you, Dean".
And I could see Sam watching this unfold and just click, click, click, you know, so many things he'd assumed for all of his life... and also realizing those people weren't as nice and inclusive as they'd like to think, as he'd like toi think. Perhaps that' push him a bit towards hunting. That last bit is not what Sam actually did. In canon h chose to lie and try to make himself more like the normal people. But perhaps had he started off lying, slowly become a part of the group, opened up, and then realize dthy weren't that perfect - it would have been different.
Wonder what Sam'd think of Riley.
Re pairings -
Oooh, I love how diverse your pairings are. I was generally like that too, I loved looking for rare pairings and making them work, loved making up ways and ideas. Which I still enjoy. But as for passionately reading - it's different for me in this fandom... like so many other things. Here I mostly ship Dean/Sam and J2, I like the occasional Sam/Cas or Dean/Sam/Cas when that works, and I sometimes read other stories, especially if they're particularly well characterized of have a very interesting plot, but I must admit most of the time I'd rather be reading my ships (including gen about them).
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But actually, I was thinking about the scene in the end of Family.
Haven't made up my mind whether Sam should actually be with Tara, or just a Scoobie (and I want to read the plot of him going to school to be normal and sort of becoming a Scoobie step by step. Cause I think a lot of what he dislikes about hunting is being forced into it, John, the world of hunting, not being able to ues his skills, and yes, the sense of safety. All of those are partially different in BtVS).
Anyway. For Sam to witness that last scene. In some ways, Tara's family is just like his. That rough, manly world. Coming to take her away because to them, she is somehow born to serve them in their world, regardless of how much she wants her own life and going to collage. And on the other hand, people like Tara's father have been around him all of his life. He gets them, he sees the awesome things about them, and though he might hate to admit it - he is one of them, sort of, when he realizes what a narrow othering view the Scoobies have of them, perhaps racist/classist.
Sam would relate to Tara wanting to stay, but I doubt he'd have expected the new ideas of family, chosen family. Like - of course he'd have thought about something like that, but it's not the same as experiencing it. All those people aligning themselves with Tara (though, of course, they were never as close to Tara as anyone Sam has, perhaps. But that wouldn't show, yet). It being clear to all of then that it's her choice whether to stay or leave. If he's had dreams or some reason to suspect he's partially demon, that would change his world. Anya saying demons didn't have to be evil. The Scoobies not being racist about demons. Taking Tara's side, not necessarily something evil inside her, and if so - they could deal with that with compassion (rather than *unmentioned events from Heart!*). And if later, when he found out about what John said to Dean, he could talk to Tara about it, it would probably make a huge difference.
And perhaps, cause I'm a shipper, if family could be chosen, perhaps he could choose a different definition, with Dean... "Family doesn't mean the same thing to me as it does to you, Dean".
And I could see Sam watching this unfold and just click, click, click, you know, so many things he'd assumed for all of his life... and also realizing those people weren't as nice and inclusive as they'd like to think, as he'd like toi think. Perhaps that' push him a bit towards hunting.
That last bit is not what Sam actually did. In canon h chose to lie and try to make himself more like the normal people. But perhaps had he started off lying, slowly become a part of the group, opened up, and then realize dthy weren't that perfect - it would have been different.
Wonder what Sam'd think of Riley.
Re pairings -
Oooh, I love how diverse your pairings are.
I was generally like that too, I loved looking for rare pairings and making them work, loved making up ways and ideas. Which I still enjoy. But as for passionately reading - it's different for me in this fandom... like so many other things. Here I mostly ship Dean/Sam and J2, I like the occasional Sam/Cas or Dean/Sam/Cas when that works, and I sometimes read other stories, especially if they're particularly well characterized of have a very interesting plot, but I must admit most of the time I'd rather be reading my ships (including gen about them).