Meta and Author's Notes on my fic "Saving Sam"

[brightly_lit]

So, my latest fic, “Saving Sam.” (There are spoilers for the fic in this here post, so if you’re planning on reading it, you’ll probably want to read it first. It's pretty short. Then again, I saw a million spoilers for S8 before I actually saw it, and somehow it didn’t spoil much of anything!) I’ve been having the hardest time writing fic

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[reggie11]

I ADORE your interpretation of where you think this is going and I would be excited as hell if it actually turned out this way. I know many fans would be disappointed if we were to find out that it was a case of MPD or schizophrenia but damn it would explain everything beautifully. Even now, coming up toward the end of season 9, this still fits. Dean is getting darker by the day and Sam, even though he is still there for Dean whenever it counts, is pulling away from him. It's like one part of a dual mind that is desperately hanging on and will stop at nothing to achieve it, while the other is breaking away/ready to die off. But if it does turn out that way, which personality will win out? Would we have a final merging where the person finds out it wasn't real, or would one personality win out over the other and 'kill off' the other leaving that person as either Sam OR Dean with a totally cracked psyche locked forever in a loony bin? You have to remember, in the bible, Cain kills Abel so he can go to heaven. Will 'Dean' kill 'Sam' in his ultimate goal to save him?

I love your mind, I want its babies!!!

[brightly_lit]

You have no idea how hard this comment made me grin!!

YES, fandom would flip out (more than it usually does, even ;-) ), but

damn it would explain everything beautifully.

YES. I would find it deeply satisfying, personally.

while the other is breaking away/ready to die off.

YES. I feel like if a person were trapped in an inescapable cycle like that, one part of it probably WOULD want to die just to bring it to an end, like Sam does, while some other part of itself (Dean, who indeed explicitly represents 'on the side of staying alive' in 9.01!) would be holding on harder than ever to life.

And WOW, I love your idea of one of them finally having to kill the other off!! Down to an epic battle between Sam (the better hunter, in Bobby's opinion, but softer hearted) and Dean (more ruthless, but who would do anything for Sam), how would it go?? That would be FASCINATING. (Now I want the fic!! I'll blame you if I write this thing! :-D)

... Should we share custody, then? ;->