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[ SECRET POST #1595 ]

⌈ Secret Post #1595 ⌋

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I think that happens because we find our lives very dull. Worrying about paying bills or passing tests isn't interesting. Sam and Dean's lives may be hard, but they're also exciting and besides, they get to save the world. Saving the world must be amazing.

Yeah, it seems really nice on television, but . . . that life would probably suck, to be honest. Not to mention that I highly doubt you'd be able to really get away with all that identity theft.

Yeah. The leg cramps and hemorrhoids from sitting in a car eight hours a day (well most days anyway). Not being able to make real connections. Always having someone or something after you. Motel rooms with roaches and extremely painful emergency room visits! It might be nice to romanticise and dream but in reality it would probably really suck ass.

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21lights.livejournal.com - 2011-05-17 04:38 (UTC) - Expand

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swaggerdoodle.livejournal.com - 2011-05-17 08:36 (UTC) - Expand

Well duh! Who the hell wouldn't want to travel across the country in a hot car saving people and hunting things? That, I feel, is one of the biggest appeals of the story. It's a goldmine for escapists because theirs is a life where you are so free from everyday obligations and the hum drum of everyday life. Even on their down days, at least there's still that sense of danger to keep you on your toes. That being said, I'm too much of a wimp when it comes to pain so I don't know.

All I'm trying to say is that this secret can apply to many more people than you think, OP. <3

I get it. I'd give it all up to be a real Jedi.

Figure out what exactly it is that appeals to you, in a realistic way, and then find something that could replicate the ideals in real life. Obvs if it's the demon hunting and the identity theft then you can't actually do that. But if it's the sense of camaraderie, the traveling across country, helping people, the sense of adventure - all of that can be done. It's not out of the realm of possibilities, you just have to figure out what it is you want and then make a plan to get it.

This is beautifully said, and very true. I've felt the same way as the OP about various fantasty/action/adventure series throughout my life, including Supernatural. So I joined the Peace Corps and am now learning arabic and going to grad school in hopes of becoming an international journalist with a focus on conflict zones -- aka being in the middle of riots and being shot at in foreign countries. I'm STOKED.

Point being, as ameranth said, just because you can't go hunting monsters in an Impala and saving the world doesn't mean that you can't have the life you want in a more realistic sense.

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unstoppablei.livejournal.com - 2011-05-17 14:46 (UTC) - Expand

Sometimes I totes think that too. It's just so completely 100% opposite from my real life; I guess that's why it's fascinating.

I think most of us would make some serious sacrifices if our lives could matter, and have that kind of an impact.

I would probably kill myself if I get Castiel as a friend. That guy is creepy.

he would just bring you back tho.

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angelofcaffeine.livejournal.com - 2011-05-17 17:06 (UTC) - Expand

It's fairly romanticized, everything always working out for them eventually in the end. But if you're not one of the brothers, you don't have their luck. Sorrytosay.

I wouldn't say you're crazy though. Far from it.

Heard and signed. Normal sucks.

I hear this so, so so SO hard.

Right there with you, you have no idea.

And my life is exciting. I do dance and parkour, I am the Veronica Mars of research and have amazing friends and a great future.

But saving people and hunting things? I'd give up the slacks and future Ph.D. for a chance to really kick some ass. I'm durable. I don't fear death or blood.

Okay, bear with me here, I have a cold and a massive headache so this might not make much sense.

I totally get this. I'm right there with you. I seriously feel like I could have made this secret. My life is what some would consider boring and I've thought, many times, that if I could somehow trade lives with them, I would. I think feeling like that is completely normal. I think it's kind of like human nature. I mean, don't we all - at some point - want to run away from our lives? Don't we all want to know that our life has meaning? That we can save people? Don't we all feel that way at some point? You're definitely not alone, OP. Far from it. But the truth is we can never have that life. All we can do is try to find excitement and meaning in every day life.

*is rambling pointlessly*

I just want John as my dad. Except, you know, not dead. THAT is unhealthy, because much as I adore John he's hardly father of the year (especially considering that my real dad is awesome).

I was just talking to my husband yesterday about how I don't get it when people say they want the Doctor to come take them away in the Tardis or wtfever. I mean, escapism is fun for an hour or two, but then you've got your real life to go back to. And if you don't like your real life, change that shit. Sorry if that comes across harsh, I don't mean it that way. I just think everyone deserves to be happy with their real life.

Also, just speaking for myself, I would never want to sleep in scuzzy motel rooms that are probably crawling with bedbugs. Plus, I'm a vegetarian so I don't know what the hell I'd find to eat in one of those roadside diners.

It's okay. I've wanted their life before myself. I think I mostly just want a sibling to argue with, but who would do anything for me. I'm an only child, and I find myself jealous of their relationship, as crazy and dysfunctional as it is.

Plus, they're heroes. They make a difference in the world, and they're important to the fate of us all. I can only dream that my life has that kind of impact.

Me and my sister made a pact that if she and her husband ever split up (they won't) that we're going on the road just like Sam & Dean.

Same. It's a whole lot more interesting, I imagine. I would love that kind of life, tbh.

That's how you're supposed to feel. If it didn't look like a blast, despite the constant wank from the characters about how hard it is, it wouldn't be as compelling as entertainment.

See also: dressing like a bat and fighting crime, attending Hogwarts, being on the Starship Voyager, being in the glee club at McKinley High, fighting the Templars as part of the order of Assassins, being a ninja and having a fox demon inside you, getting to choose between a superhot vampire boyfriend and a superhot werewolf boyfriend...

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angelofcaffeine.livejournal.com - 2011-05-17 17:12 (UTC) - Expand

Here, here, OP! I'd give anything to have their life; it's so much more exciting and adventurous.

Plus, I wouldn't mind traveling with Castiel, either. Yum ♥

Well, they did have an entire episode pointing out that Dean would chose that life even if he HAD a normal life to start with, so, I don't think you're stupid. I totally get it. I travel a lot with my school now, and I'm always sort of disappoiting we don't sleep at creepy motels (we stay at sort of nice places actually), or that we never got to face any ghosts (stupid horror movies giving me unrealistic expectations on school trips...). :P

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