I'd love to see a little more anger, rational and irrational, in current!Sam. I thought Sam's issues with anger, constructive and destructive, were interesting and well handled at every point in canon EXCEPT s5 when it was suddenly his Deadly Sin. And I've enjoyed his moments of anger in s6 and s7, asking if Cas brought him back soulless on purpose, confronting Dean about the mindwipe and Amy. But I think his characterization would benefit from having more of the kind of anger which is either unfair (like getting angry at Dean for dying on him) or not directly usable (like being angry at Lucifer and at hell). Though I do find the absence of anger at his hell trauma, his insistence on using it to get past his guilt or feel like he's paid his dues or to understand Cas's trauma and reach out to him interesting. I think there's a whole lot of aspects of what happened to him that Sam hasn't begun to cope with because he coped them right out of the way so efficiently and he hasn't been willing or able to spend time in the negative, unconstructive space of his trauma.
I like that they are getting back to Sam wanting something for himself in life (though I am far from convinced that they are handling it well), but it still doesn't feel like a full choice to me, from the spoilers. Going back to what he wanted in the past because he feels like he's lost everyone and has no anchor in hunting, idk, it feels more provisional than goal-like, but it might get Sam back in the practice of wanting and able to make some real choices when Dean is back. I do like the idea of Sam and Dean having to sort out different desires again, hopefully without feeling betrayed or coerced by what the other one wants this time.
Re: CC Press video interviews--SPOILERS
I'd love to see a little more anger, rational and irrational, in current!Sam. I thought Sam's issues with anger, constructive and destructive, were interesting and well handled at every point in canon EXCEPT s5 when it was suddenly his Deadly Sin. And I've enjoyed his moments of anger in s6 and s7, asking if Cas brought him back soulless on purpose, confronting Dean about the mindwipe and Amy. But I think his characterization would benefit from having more of the kind of anger which is either unfair (like getting angry at Dean for dying on him) or not directly usable (like being angry at Lucifer and at hell). Though I do find the absence of anger at his hell trauma, his insistence on using it to get past his guilt or feel like he's paid his dues or to understand Cas's trauma and reach out to him interesting. I think there's a whole lot of aspects of what happened to him that Sam hasn't begun to cope with because he coped them right out of the way so efficiently and he hasn't been willing or able to spend time in the negative, unconstructive space of his trauma.
I like that they are getting back to Sam wanting something for himself in life (though I am far from convinced that they are handling it well), but it still doesn't feel like a full choice to me, from the spoilers. Going back to what he wanted in the past because he feels like he's lost everyone and has no anchor in hunting, idk, it feels more provisional than goal-like, but it might get Sam back in the practice of wanting and able to make some real choices when Dean is back. I do like the idea of Sam and Dean having to sort out different desires again, hopefully without feeling betrayed or coerced by what the other one wants this time.