See, I hate this made up backstory. First of all, when you boil it down to fighting about some girl, you take away from the very valid reasons that Sam had to leave. It takes away any thoughts about craving normalcy (or the illusion of it) or the fact that John told him choose between going to college or his family. And then you make Dean just some asshole, who not only wrongs his brother, but then physically assaults him for being upset about it. At the same time, it takes away from Dean's feelings about it, and turns it into something sordid instead of very real feelings of abandonment and the fact that Dean's entire self-worth was built around hunting and what that was supposed to mean for his family unit.
IDK, his backstory cheapens the emotional pull for me, personally
Re: Ben Edlund interview--confirms our fears
See, I hate this made up backstory. First of all, when you boil it down to fighting about some girl, you take away from the very valid reasons that Sam had to leave. It takes away any thoughts about craving normalcy (or the illusion of it) or the fact that John told him choose between going to college or his family. And then you make Dean just some asshole, who not only wrongs his brother, but then physically assaults him for being upset about it. At the same time, it takes away from Dean's feelings about it, and turns it into something sordid instead of very real feelings of abandonment and the fact that Dean's entire self-worth was built around hunting and what that was supposed to mean for his family unit.
IDK, his backstory cheapens the emotional pull for me, personally