Yeah, it is interesting that even in the most AU of AUs, they are usually still brothers (or might be).
I find that the non-brother AUs totally don't work for me simply because not only is their relationship intrinsically a sibling one, irreplaceable by any other bond, but the characters themselves are so built on *being* brothers. Dean with no little brother Sam isn't Dean.
The loyalty, the trust, the level of dedication, and the childish playfulness and humor between them simply cannot be replicated by anything but a sibling relationship. Also the amount of crap they put up with from each other would have sent friends or lovers to opposite corners of the universe a long time ago.
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Date: 2009-04-27 06:08 pm (UTC)I find that the non-brother AUs totally don't work for me simply because not only is their relationship intrinsically a sibling one, irreplaceable by any other bond, but the characters themselves are so built on *being* brothers. Dean with no little brother Sam isn't Dean.
The loyalty, the trust, the level of dedication, and the childish playfulness and humor between them simply cannot be replicated by anything but a sibling relationship. Also the amount of crap they put up with from each other would have sent friends or lovers to opposite corners of the universe a long time ago.