Deconstruction of a Hero

[deanish_ness]

Title: Deconstruction of a Hero (1 of 1)
Author: Deanish
Rating: PG ... with a couple of lower-level swear words
Length: 9,500 words
Characters/Pairings: Dean, Sam, minor appearances by John
Summary: This is july_july_july's Sweet Charity story (and she was *very* charitable in, first, buying me to begin with, and, second, letting me get away with being almost

Comments

[july_july_july]

Okay. I just left a (largely incoherent) rec post up. BUT there are a few things I want to point out before I totally crash for the night. These are SO FTW:

"You been riding alligators?" he said, laughter hiding just behind his words.

"I just. Think that’s cool, is all. That he was a lawyer."

God. He didn’t even want to imagine what he’d do if his family was gone. Drink, gamble, find a losing battle to fight. Those all sounded like good starting points.

That last one there? BROKE MY BRAIN. Thank you so much for such a lovely, Texas, Alamo-laden tale. *smishes it*

[deanish_ness]

I could not be more thrilled that you like it! It is yours and all yours for the smishing. I'm SOOO glad you bought me. This was really fun, and it's just even better that you're a Texas fan girl, too! (Not to mention, I always love your stories, and it's the best thing ever when someone whose writing you like, likes you back.)

So. All that to say you're great and awesome and charitable to boot! Happy Hanukkah!

[brigid_tanner]

Wow. Loved the slow build with Sam's obsession with history, his and Dean's talks about courage and fear, and then WHAM! tornado! Great panic in that section. Boys were totally not listening while I was telling them to stay the hell in the house and hide under the mattress.

Being a hero is not fun, not exciting, not romantic. It’s horrible. So true.

[deanish_ness]

I'm so glad you liked it! (And I'm glad it felt like a slow build to the tornado, and not just a tacked on ending. I was hoping it'd come across like that, but not sure.)

[deanish_ness]

Thanks!
And how are you? I haven't talked to you in ages and ages. It's been so busy around here, and I imagine for you as well.
(And yes, and definitely a little hurt Dean with Sam not sitting next to him.)

[writingpathways]

That was awesome and made me cry.

[deanish_ness]

Oh good!

[tabaqui]

Aw, nice. I love Sam's ideas about heroes and heroic acts changing as he reads, thinks, talks to his brother and lives through a bad storm.

Poor kid, trying to work out his fear when his whole world is terrifying.
*pets him*

Excellent, beautiful stuff - love the ramshackle house and the heat, love the boredom of repeating things in school so many times.

[deanish_ness]

What nice things to say! I'm so glad you liked it!