I totally enjoyed the reread. This remains one of my favorite SPN AU's. The mythology and worldbuilding feels really believable and it's easy to get lost in it.
The timestamp is icing on a tasty treat. I loved the banter and arguments. Dean's anger about the 'mishandeling' of his body was brotherly instead of demony and the other two seemed mildly amused instead of deathly afraid.
That's so typical Supernatural, where the boys deal with the bizarre and make it mundane. 'The dead rotting corpse of my demon brother leaking all over the boot? Nah, I'll let him clean it up, it's his bodily fluids, not mine.'
After the reread, I was left with a very strong 'dub-con' vibe, which made me feel sorry for Sam. Even after he made the choice not to break the curse, I still regretted the fact that he was forced to do something he felt so deeply uncomfortable with. I liked your take on wincest though. It made perfect sense that Sam would struggle with it. I didn't want him to just be fine with it and all 'Yeah! Give your hawt bod!'
When Dean showed up in an uninhabited female vessel it seems at first glance to be the perfect solution. Strangely enough it made me even more uncomfortable. It almost felt like cheating. I liked that Sam gets the chance to have 'casual' sex and relax a bit. But it doesn't change the fact that he's having sex with his brother and I liked how you made that clear.
But Sam had the chance to work through some issues with his curse and at the end of everything it feels like they smoothed a lot of the rough patches off their relationship with this experience. Almost like they can move forward a bit, with Sam a little more comfortable. I'd like that for Sam.
All in all a great read.
I hope you intend to continue with this. I would like to see Dean's chaos interacting with Cas's Order. (I like how you've kept Cas in the picture while still staying true to your mythology.)
Looking forward to whatever you come up with next.
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Date: 2014-01-31 06:19 am (UTC)The timestamp is icing on a tasty treat. I loved the banter and arguments. Dean's anger about the 'mishandeling' of his body was brotherly instead of demony and the other two seemed mildly amused instead of deathly afraid.
That's so typical Supernatural, where the boys deal with the bizarre and make it mundane. 'The dead rotting corpse of my demon brother leaking all over the boot? Nah, I'll let him clean it up, it's his bodily fluids, not mine.'
After the reread, I was left with a very strong 'dub-con' vibe, which made me feel sorry for Sam. Even after he made the choice not to break the curse, I still regretted the fact that he was forced to do something he felt so deeply uncomfortable with. I liked your take on wincest though. It made perfect sense that Sam would struggle with it. I didn't want him to just be fine with it and all 'Yeah! Give your hawt bod!'
When Dean showed up in an uninhabited female vessel it seems at first glance to be the perfect solution. Strangely enough it made me even more uncomfortable. It almost felt like cheating. I liked that Sam gets the chance to have 'casual' sex and relax a bit. But it doesn't change the fact that he's having sex with his brother and I liked how you made that clear.
But Sam had the chance to work through some issues with his curse and at the end of everything it feels like they smoothed a lot of the rough patches off their relationship with this experience. Almost like they can move forward a bit, with Sam a little more comfortable. I'd like that for Sam.
All in all a great read.
I hope you intend to continue with this. I would like to see Dean's chaos interacting with Cas's Order. (I like how you've kept Cas in the picture while still staying true to your mythology.)
Looking forward to whatever you come up with next.