Wall!fic and Shapeshifters

[emmram.livejournal.com]

Okay, so I thought of this while (attempting) working on a fic that involves shapeshifters and much Sam!whump.

We know from 1.06: Skin that shapeshifters can absorb the memories of the person they turn into - the joys, the sorrows, the little resentments, everything. So - what would happen if a shapeshifter attempted shifting into Resouled!Sam? I would imagine the 'shifter wouldn't have the luxury of Sam's Wall, so there's nothing to hold back a century or more of Hell. Would it break this 'shifter? Would it be reduced to a gibbering mess? Or worse?

And to up the sadism fun, you can even have Dean think that it's the actual Sam breaking down, and have him freak out. Also, Sam will have a live demonstration of what exactly is in store for him once the Wall breaks. And the thing even wears his face! Traumatic? I would think so.

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[de-nugis.livejournal.com]

What if a dark, desperate Dean, faced with the thought of losing Sam again, horribly, and with access to Samuel's research now that Samuel is dead, wanted to use the shapeshifters to study Wall breakdown and try to find ways to cure or prevent it?

[emmram.livejournal.com]

That sounds more like a Sam-thing to do to me, really. But it would make for a fantastic story.

[de-nugis.livejournal.com]

s3 Sam would do that in a sec to try to save Dean. robo!Sam would do it to save Sam. I don't think current Sam would, though. Doing anything himself that would remind him that much of the glimpses he's had of robo!Sam I think would be difficult for him now.* And s6 Dean already tortured the alpha!vamp for information. If he had just witnessed a horrific preview of what the wall breaking would do to Sam, I could see him going pretty dark trying to stop it

*actually, I have a stray plot bunny related to that: what if Sam needed that ruthless, robo!Sam side of himself, and couldn't bring himself to access it because he's running scared from it now? If, say, he had to kill the possessed teacher to save the kids, and he hesitated just too long because he KNEW how easy killing this innocent young woman would have been to robo!Sam, and then he had to live with having done harm by not being able to be ruthless when it was the right thing to do?

[emmram.livejournal.com]

Or - you could turn the tables here. Let's say the Alpha-Shifter gets to Sam, gets his memories. But it doesn't really affect him, because he's several centuries old, knows about Purgatory, and is generally just able to manage a hell of a lot better than your average 'shifter.


He's trying to seek revenge on the Campbells for killing his children, but given most/all of them are dead, Sam's the only one left. So he uses these memories of Sam's Hell and taunts and tortures Sam with them.