Fandom Characterisation Vs Canon Characterisation

[lady_windermere]

Ok, normally if I feel a rant coming on, I sleep on it, but I have had a hellish day! David was going to take me out for a meal tonight to my favourite hotel, but he has a cold. IM has been down for me all day and I cannot talk to my friend. So I am not happy!

Yet again I am out of step with another fandom in my vision of characterisation of a character. This time it is Supernatural and Sam.

The fandom characterisation of him is that he is the talker, getting his feelings out, and soul bearing! Where the hell does that come from?

Take Bloody Mary, where, despite Dean pressuring him, he will not tell him everything that happened before Jess's death. It is not until Home that he finally has to come clean. Or that he has demon blood in him, he knows for a year before he tells Dean.

Yes, Dean does see his brother as the caring sharing type, but it is not held up with the story line!

Comments

[http://users.livejournal.com/woman_of_/]

True, but it annoys me that it is not backed up in what we see in the series. Oh yes, I guess today might be one of my grumpy days with this post!

[exuberantself.livejournal.com]

Sorry, my phone ran out of comment room. I was going to say that it's easy for less detailed (meaning "unobsessed") viewers to make generalizations about detailed characters. Because, once you actually get into it, Dean is far more emotional than Sam, but (inconveniently?) neither of them needs coddling and being told everything'll be okay.

Honestly, I've always taken these types of generalizations in fandom as a sign of lazy writing and more the desire to see hot boys do things (open up, cry...) than be themselves.

[http://users.livejournal.com/woman_of_/]

Yes you are probably right, Elmo Sam and Dean get them into the situations the writer wants, especially in hurt/comfort, quicker!