Post 6.05 Sam!explanation bunny

[khakigrrl.livejournal.com]

I don't know about you, but although 6.05 is not going on my favorites list I did get a potential explanation of what's going on with Sam.

I don't think this is where the season is going, but I thought I'd throw it out here 'cause I'd love to see what y'all will do with it.

Lucifer's cage... all of hell, in fact... was never meant to hold living flesh. Sam has been split by the box. His living body, his knowledge, his determined hunter self fell through the cage and came back to Earth. His emotional self, his compassion, empathy, fear, passion, all the missing pieces of Sam are still in the cage, at the mercy of Lucifer.

Sam has a key to the cage that Lucifer doesn't have, though: An ethereal, gossomer thread connecting him back to his body. He can't pull himself out, though. There's nothing but the thin line to pull against and he's just not strong enough. He needs someone outside the cage to yank him free.

So anyone wanna write it?

Comments

[khakigrrl.livejournal.com]

I don't think it's as simple as just *wanting* it back, especially if Sam thinks part of himself is suffering in hell. If that was the case, then sooner would definitely be the better option. Still, after all this time (and potential suffering), I can see how Sam would be hesitant to reclaim a potentially severely damaged part of himself.

Oh, and speaking of suffering, I'm dying for the Sam!rescue/discovery in your fic. ;-)

[phx69.livejournal.com]

I doubt it would be simple either, however I do also think though that Sam would need to want it back for it to be successful. And if he really thinks living without it is better, I can't see him wanting to deal with all that crap again. can you imagine? On top of all the stuff he has to feel guilty and terrible about before (and whatever comes from being in hell and what Lucifer put him through as his vessel), he'd now have how he acted when he was soulless ti deal with too (assuming he'd remember and most particularly in letting Dean get turned).

[khakigrrl.livejournal.com]

Dude, there's gotta be a point where your sanity just packs up and runs away. Major anti-depressants. Maybe even electroshock therapy. (Yes, it's still used in cases of severe depression with the patient unconscious, of course.)