Exactly this! Sam is a forgiving person, and I think people take for granted that Sam should forgive even the worst offenders, without realizing how horrifying the real-life implications of that actually are. A survivor of assault does not owe his assaulter forgiveness. A survivor of torturer does not owe his tormentor forgiveness.
The sheer amount of hate out there for Sam defending himself from and expressing some long-repressed anger at his torturer of centuries (or more) astounds and disgusts me. It’s even more unsettling because of the clear double standards. Lucifer’s hate, violence, brutality, and rage are justified, but Sam’s attempts at self-protection are vilified.
I wonder if the same people who called Sam “backstabbing” used the same epithet for Lucifer when he forced Sam to endure visions of his own brutal torture and used them to convince Sam that God was communicating with him.
Did they call Lucifer a backstabber when he lured Sam down there and trapped him inside the makeshift Cage and immediately started in with the gross prison rape jokes? What about when he manipulated Sam and made him feel shame about himself, or when Sam’s firm “no” resulted in Lucifer physically attacking him? When he possessed Castiel and used Sam’s trust in Cas to stab his hand into Sam’s soul and try to kill him, did those people accuse Lucifer of “betrayal”?
Did they recoil in horror when Sam was forced to act as an intermediary for “god,” the being who didn’t deserve the faith of his followers, and Lucifer, the being who shredded Sam’s soul? Was it horrifying to them when Lucifer locked himself into Sam’s own bedroom to play out an immature tantrum?
Have they called Lucifer cruel and a traitor for raping Kelly Kline, bringing Sam back to life only so that he could use that life (and the threat of Sam’s death) against him and the people he loved?
People say Lucifer was on the path to redemption and deserved to see it through and pay his penance, but
that’s not true.
Redemption requires remorse, and Lucifer, the Prince of Lies, has not shown a jot of it. In fact, he has continued to laughingly torment Sam and glory in his fear.
I mean, let’s just—
penance noun:The performance of some act of self-mortification or the undergoing of some penalty as an expression of sorrow for sin or wrongdoing.
And how about—
redemption noun: an act of redeeming or atoning for a fault or mistake, or the state of being redeemed.
No, what we’ve seen on screen is a gross sympathy play, a faux-redemption. SPN is very good at taking characters who have done cruel things and then trying to excuse their actions with “oh, but he’s been hurt,” or “oh, but he’s a funny guy who deserves to be loved!”
They try to excuse the inexcusable and cry “Redemption!” when no attempts at redemption have been made.
I’m not going to say that there’s any person who can’t be redeemed, but people who are worthy of redemption are people who actually seek it, no matter the cost to themselves.
So, no. Lucifer does not deserve redemption. He does not deserve to have anyone hear him out. Instead of apologizing, he has lied, manipulated, and cast himself as a victim rather than the aggressor he has spent the last several millennia being.
In fact, he deserved more than a rather tame push to the chest and a, “Yeah, I’m not letting you into my home again.”
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I’ve decided that I will no longer grade papers on a standard A-F scale. Instead, it will be 🍷 to 🍷🍷🍷🍷, as in, how much wine did it take to get me through the paper.
Yesterday, I got an 11 page 🍷🍷🍷🍷+ mess. Let’s see what today brings!
This is a fantastic idea!!! I’m so changing my lab report rubric to a wine glass rubric!!!
Chapters: 6/? Fandom: Supernatural Rating: Not Rated Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Gabriel/Sam Winchester, Lucifer & Sam Winchester, Gabriel & Lucifer & Sam Winchester, Michael/Dean Winchester, Castiel & Dean Winchester, Castiel & Sam Winchester, Castiel & Michael (Supernatural), Castiel & Michael & Dean Winchester, Gabriel & Lucifer & Michael & Raphael (Supernatural), Minor or Background Relationship(s) Characters: Sam Winchester, Dean Winchester, Gabriel (Supernatural), Castiel, Michael (Supernatural), Lucifer (Supernatural), Other Character Tags to Be Added, Background & Cameo Characters, Raphael (Supernatural), Charlie Bradbury, Balthazar (Supernatural), Chuck Shurley Additional Tags: Alternate Universe, No Apocalypse, Alpha/Beta/Omega Dynamics, Implied Mpreg, Mating, Mating Bond, Mating Bites, Soul Bond, Polyamory, Polygamy, Platonic Relationships, Omega Sam, Alpha Dean, Alpha Gabriel (Supernatural), Alpha Lucifer (Supernatural), Omega Michael (Supernatural), Beta Castiel (Supernatural), Scents & Smells, Other Additional Tags to Be Added, a smidgen of angst, Chuck Shurley is God Summary:
Sam is tired of having nothing but failed human relationships, but he’s not sure that he’s ready for pups, and that’s what will happen, eventually, if he adds his profile to the Angel Matchmaking pool.
Dean wasn’t sure what was missing from his life. He had good friends, a good job, a brother he would do anything for, and any beta or omega could want. For some reason when Sam signed up for the Angel Matchmaking thing Dean decided that he couldn’t let his omega brother do it alone. He wasn’t expecting to get a mate out of it, let alone two?!
Warning(s): Comments that can be taken as acephobic, offscreen torture, torture aftermath
Word Count: 10,000
Summary: The morning after Dean Winchester was rescued from Hell was one of the hardest mornings of his life. He hadn’t slept that night, choosing instead to hole up in an abandoned convenience store nearby and drink in an attempt to forget what had happened in the time spent in hell.
And yet, as he looked back on it a year later, he couldn’t help but smile, before snuggling back into the nice, warm blankets. It had taken a lot of hard work, and quite a bit of blood to get to where he was now, but it had all been worth it in the end.
Author Notes: This was an adventure to write. Not only was I trying a new style, but it’s my first time trying anything like this. I had a lot of fun though!
Artist Notes: [if applicable]
Links to fic and art: Fic Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/14706335
Warning(s): Comments that can be taken as acephobic, offscreen torture, torture aftermath
Word Count: 10,000
Summary: The morning after Dean Winchester was rescued from Hell was one of the hardest mornings of his life. He hadn’t slept that night, choosing instead to hole up in an abandoned convenience store nearby and drink in an attempt to forget what had happened in the time spent in hell.
And yet, as he looked back on it a year later, he couldn’t help but smile, before snuggling back into the nice, warm blankets. It had taken a lot of hard work, and quite a bit of blood to get to where he was now, but it had all been worth it in the end.
Author Notes: This was an adventure to write. Not only was I trying a new style, but it’s my first time trying anything like this. I had a lot of fun though!
Artist Notes: [if applicable]
Links to fic and art: Fic Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/14706335
Karate Girl 
