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As much as Dean is beta to John's alpha, he's also totally pussy-whipped by Sam.

Or rather, as much as Dean is pussy-whipped by Sam, he's totally beta to John's alpha.

When it comes to making decisions etc, Dean will always succumb to Sam's giant gleaming eyeballs look. See: Skin ("But St Louis is four hours behind us! No fucking way." *giant gleaming eyeballs* *car turns around*), Nightmare ("Promise me you'll follow my lead on this one!" etc).

So I think a good part of what pisses Sam off so much about the remote orders from Daddy-O via text message is that it's pretty much the only time that Dean won't budge to Sam's will. Because no matter how much Sam bitches and whines and threatens and goes all chibi-eyed, if Dad's given orders, Dean will follow them. Sam's bugged by the fact there are orders at all, sure, but he's also bugged by the fact that John's above him in the pecking order. Not that he cares so much that Dean's on the bottom. Well, he feels incensed on Dean's behalf that John orders him around like a good little soldier, but feels no such qualms when it's Sam himself ordering Dean around (because you know, their techniques are different!).

Not that Dean's complaining. I doubt that Dean angsts about being below them in the pecking order, I think he just wants their orders to be the same.

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Sam is a spoilt brat and that's Dean's fault-- look at the way he indulges his little brother in "Something Wicked..." Sam probably grew up knowing that he could get anything he wanted from Dean if he whined hard enough. Possibly part of the reason why Sam resents Dad's rule so much-- because when Dad says "no" he really means NO.

Dean, on the other hand, doesn't like to fight, at least not within Family. He's the peacemaker, the UN in the middle of the Dad-Sam war. He'd much rather come to a compromise than fight to get his own way, and in the Winchester tradition, compromise == Dad gets his way and the boys shut it.

Interesting thoughts. Hmmm.

Sam has elements of spoiled brattishness, but i don't necessarily think that's as negative as so many people make it out. I think sam's spoilt-ness leads to him not setting the standards of his life too low, if that makes sense? he's willing to aim for what he wants, because he's been raised to know that he can get it. not necessarily that he's *entitled* to it, yaknow?

maybe. interesting indeed.