Really? I think that the relationship would mean that Dean would sacrifice everything, including his moral beliefs, to save his brother...
I can't say that I'm as certain about this as I am about the fact that Dean would refuse to trade another life for his own. But yes, given everything we've seen of him so far, I do tend to think that in the situation given in "Faith", he would not allow LeGrange to sacrifice a random human for Sam. He couldn't justify it, couldn't excuse it, couldn't escape the fact that he would be murdering an innocent for - in effect - selfish reasons. To my mind, it's not at all the same situation as a demon in a human shell threatening Sam or John.
Which wouldn't mean that Dean wouldn't frantically, desperately try anything else in his power to save Sam, of course - including trading Dean's own life for Sam's. *That*, he would do in a heartbeat, I definitely agree. He would sacrifice everything that is his to give, yes. But would he murder an innocent?
I'd tend to say no. It might occur to him, but in the end I don't think he would do it. He has shown that he would do a *lot*, more than he himself feels comfortable with, so much that it scares him. But he has also shown that it *does* scare him, and that - to me - means there are limits, which is entirely in keeping with what we've seen previously. He doesn't just protect Sam and his father (even though they're the ones he loves and would do almost anything for). He protects *everyone*. He sees it as his function, his calling, more than that: his reason for being.
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Date: 2006-05-15 10:38 pm (UTC)I can't say that I'm as certain about this as I am about the fact that Dean would refuse to trade another life for his own. But yes, given everything we've seen of him so far, I do tend to think that in the situation given in "Faith", he would not allow LeGrange to sacrifice a random human for Sam. He couldn't justify it, couldn't excuse it, couldn't escape the fact that he would be murdering an innocent for - in effect - selfish reasons. To my mind, it's not at all the same situation as a demon in a human shell threatening Sam or John.
Which wouldn't mean that Dean wouldn't frantically, desperately try anything else in his power to save Sam, of course - including trading Dean's own life for Sam's. *That*, he would do in a heartbeat, I definitely agree. He would sacrifice everything that is his to give, yes. But would he murder an innocent?
I'd tend to say no. It might occur to him, but in the end I don't think he would do it. He has shown that he would do a *lot*, more than he himself feels comfortable with, so much that it scares him. But he has also shown that it *does* scare him, and that - to me - means there are limits, which is entirely in keeping with what we've seen previously. He doesn't just protect Sam and his father (even though they're the ones he loves and would do almost anything for). He protects *everyone*. He sees it as his function, his calling, more than that: his reason for being.