Regarding both the JA quote and some of the discussion about Sam, marriage, and 'normal' below: I don't so much have strong feelings about what trope they close on (on the road 4EVA, blaze of glory, 'normal' life, etc.) as want to see how the Sam and Dean playing out those tropes are the outcomes of the accumulated experience of the whole series. I don't want either "they're back to s1" or a static "this is what they've always been deep down."
Even if Sam fell in love with a woman, got married, bought a house, had a family, and went to law school, he's a profoundly different person from the 22yo Sam who thought he'd have that life with Jess (and that Sam was already a complicated mass of mixed motives and issues). Even if Dean recovers some fulfillment in hunting and goes for a life on the road, he's changed profoundly from the Dean of s1 (and that Dean was already a complicated mass of mixed motives and issues).
Basically, whatever happens, I hope it's satisfyingly complex and historied. A kind of emotional character reset would be just as unsatisfying to me as pushing the All a Dream button.
Re: What would be a happily ever after for SPN?
Even if Sam fell in love with a woman, got married, bought a house, had a family, and went to law school, he's a profoundly different person from the 22yo Sam who thought he'd have that life with Jess (and that Sam was already a complicated mass of mixed motives and issues). Even if Dean recovers some fulfillment in hunting and goes for a life on the road, he's changed profoundly from the Dean of s1 (and that Dean was already a complicated mass of mixed motives and issues).
Basically, whatever happens, I hope it's satisfyingly complex and historied. A kind of emotional character reset would be just as unsatisfying to me as pushing the All a Dream button.