glasslogic | Fortress

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Fortress - Master Post

Fic title: Fortress
Author name: glasslogic
Artist name: silviakundera
Genre: wincest, slash
Pairing: Sam/Dean, very brief mentions of Sam/Ruby
Disclaimer: I have no rights to any of the copyrighted characters/material in this fic, and I make no profit from it.
Rating: NC-17
Word count: 94,242
Warnings/Spoilers: dub-con, blood-play, ...bad language? But hey - it has a quest, and a road-trip!

Summary: Seven years ago Dean Winchester paid his due to the Crossroads Demon and fell into Hell. Grief almost killed Sam, a demon blood addiction came closer, but he

rid himself of demonic attachments and spent years building himself a prison where no demon can set foot, determined to take himself out of the apocalyptic game that had crushed his family. But each year on Earth is an eternity in Hell, and now Dean is back. Angry, powerful, and demonic; he has a plan to wreck vengeance on those who destroyed his life. A plan that will shake the foundations of the Pit and send shock-waves into Heaven. Dragging a reluctant Sam in his wake, will Dean manage to pull it off before the combined legions of Hell get their act together enough to stop him?

*You can still see the original art for Fortress on the MasterFic page and on section one of the story. This new art was a gift from DavidoFF (not on LJ), who found the story by reading SlytherinPunk's in-process Russian translation (posted here when complete.) Thank you to both of them! I love Sil's banner too, but I wanted to give this one some face time since it is also fantastic!

Links to Individual Sections on LJ

1 : 2 : 3 : 4 : 5 : 6 : 7 : 8 : 9 : 10 : 11

Stories in this Series
Fortress -- Skin and Bones -- Static -- The Things You Keep -- Requiem

Link to Art Master Post

Author's Notes
First off, make sure you go and check out the the master art post! Sil made banners, a fanmix, and even a vid for this story! Her work is awesome and everyone should stop in and take a good look. I know some of it didn't turn out quite like she had intended, but it looks wonderful, really - go! Excellent stuff. And she formatted and posted the complete file versions for download, so those of you who prefer to do your reading that way know who to thank!

A lot of people provided me excellent feedback and advice with this monster of a fic. Some of them only looked at sections, and a few brave and hardy souls did the entire gauntlet. I am deeply grateful for all of their assistance, and hope that I might return the favor in the future. vodou-blue got entangled with this project actually as a result of mistaken identity. She thought I was another author and was offering to help me out with a story, and I managed to shang-hai her into this one when it was still a few sketches and some loose plotting. She has provided constant feedback and outstanding technical support. Her lightening fast grammar beta work should be the stuff of fandom legend. elusive_life_77 and dime_for_12 have been my constant writing buddies through email and chat clients for months now. Both of them have done their own BigBang stories for this challenge, and I have spent many hours looking over their fics while they provided the same service for me. I like to think I helped make their stories a little better, I know they both contributed greatly to the quality of mine. Other people who have come along this journey are wickedlilwitch, fickleanactoria, Cait - who's journal I can't seem to find at the moment, and Leyla. Anyone else who helped and I have overlooked, drop me a line so I can credit you properly!

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Thank you so much for the epub version! I can't wait to read your story. :)

i fucking LOVE this! :D

your version of dean is definitely favorable compared to canon-s4!dean; whose tears could flood the Nil. and i fucking hate that. kinda makes me lost interest in the show :(

thank you for such enjoyable read! :)

*mem'd*

Can you har me squeeing from there? *g*

Well, you already know how much I love this fic; I made sure to let your artist know what a great job she did. You guys, just... wow!

I'm jealous of your new icon, btw. *g*

Aha! I finally found it. I knew you must have been posting soon!

This turned out wonderfully and is still one of my favorite Big Bangs I got to help out on this year. Glad I got to be a part of it :D

Great job!

Fabulous, fabulous, fabulous, fabulous story. I hope there will be a sequel.

Hey there!

I wanted to keep your story for archive but can't seem to download the file, by any chance you could e-mail me the e-pub version of it?

Thanks.

That? Was Amazing!!! I didn't want to stop reading!! I had been looking for an epic story for awhile and this filled that gap nicely - sad it's over. Or is it? Is there a sequel? I'd LOVE to know more about Dean! Yeah greedy me ;-)! Thanks for the excellent read :-)!

I had been spending until 3AM in the MORNING/NIGHT to read your fic.
hell. godsheaven, that was a ride!
I think I collapsed over the keyboard, but it was totally worth it!

I hope, its been true, and not some fidget of my imagination, that I have been seeing somewhere in the comments you are going to do a sequel!!!

it doesnt matter when it comes, 6 month from now, or one year, I will be totally here again, to see more of this demon!dean!

gonna sit down to this one too... omg so much reading....

This may be my most favorite Supernatural fic ever. Wonderfully written, excellent mythology. I will definitely check out your other work. <3

Just wanted to let you know this story was rec'd at

sawedoff_recs. I love the epic-ness of it, and the details of the 'verse you've created!

That was fantastic. So well plotted. I loved this version of Dean.

*must go read your other stories*

Hi hon,

Just a quick note to let you know that this fic has been reviewed @ SPNFANFICREVIEWS (http://spnfanficreviews.com/)

*hugs*

Z

Hey! That's fantastic story! I'm reading it yet but so far it's awesome! I'm in love with your language, it's beautiful. I'm really enjoying the process of reading. Thank you!

P.S. I want to ask you for permission to translate it into Russian if you don't mind and you haven't been asked already.

I loved everything about this fic. I've had it for a while downloaded but then forgot who wrote it. By luck I found someone actually searching for this fic on spnff and I found ya again! Yay!me. Truly well written... I think my fave part is when Sam killed Ruby. Not because I hate Ruby, which I don't, but because I love how Sam have finally come into his own. He was firm, decisive, and did not hesitate. No regrets. As Dean said... That was hot. Dean and Bobby's mended relationship was a bonus. Hell!Angel Dean deserves a verse all on its own... hint hint, nudge nudge. lol Very well done and obviouly I enjoyed it.

Bloody brilliant! are the words that spring to mind, though they barely even cover it; I mean, the sheer detail and the amount of work you would have to have put into this incredible, and the result is unbelievable, utroligt, unglaublich! (I ran out of languages, but I hope you got the message)
It's just, you had everything explained in a calm and careful manner that wrapped the whole story in a package of sense that makes me want to hug you!
The story is just so complete that it makes me squeak (though I am currently sick and have no voice left, but once it returns I will be squeaking!)
I think I should sit down now.. THANK YOU!

I just read Fortress, and OMG, so amazing!
Girl, you have a gift *___*

I hope that I can effectively put into words even a little bit of what is flowing through my mind after reading Fortress. I am new to LJ and found your story when I saw Static posted. After reading the summary I wondered if it was a continuation- so glad it was! Fortress was simply amazing, a work of art itself! I found it last night and just finished reading the whole thing straight through! Couldn't bring myself to put it down (so to speak- read the entire thing on my druid phone...) The detail, the plot, the spot on characterizations were amazing! The talent I saw here, I hope you write in some form for a living. How you came up with this plot in such minute detail and have it flow so effortlessly through this long involved story is something else! From the religion, the mythology, the relationships between all the characters. Just all felt so right! I loved when you revealed (and how you revealed it) that demon Dean did not kill Mace! How accurately portrayed Sam's horror when he thought Dean had. I totally loved the whole part where Dean stole the spell from Ruby!! Loved that you kept Bobby a part of things throughout the story. So many things I could go on and on. But now I'M off to add this to my memories (it just begs to be read again!), friend you so I can be sure to catch future writings and read past ones, and then get started on reading Static! Should sleep but have to continue this awesomeness...

Thank you for sharing your talent! Color me jealous!

Here from the download version -- it was great to see a complex, long-form story like this that dealt with Dean returning from hell, and the demon and angel war, in a way that really centered on the Winchesters as active agents without mostly brushing aside all the likely effects of that long stay in hell. I especially loved the reveal of the magazines which I hadn't even guessed at.

Just finished reading the pdf and; wow. Just, WOW! An absolutely amazing story, I loved it ♥

Thanks so much for writing and sharing :D

Edited 2011-07-04 07:06 (UTC)

This has been sitting on my ereader for quite some time and i finally got a chance to read it and, my goodness, I couldn't put it down. Stayed up way too late reading in order to finish it.

I really enjoyed seeing what Hell did to Dean and the ways he was the same and the ways he had changed and poor Sammy, trying so hard to be good and do the right thing. Thanks so much for sharing.

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Hey there!

Went to DL the PDF and your Megaupload link is of course dead - since MU is as well. And your SendSpace isn't working. Any chance of hosting it elsewhere?

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