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Supernatural FanFiction: In Search of Ordinary Dreams

Nov 03, 2005 22:38

Title: In Search Of Ordinary Dreams
Author: HalfshellVenus
Catetory: Sam and Dean (Gen, Season One)
Rating: PG

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Comments 14

shadowcat15 November 4 2005, 07:09:44 UTC

Nice. I love how it covers his relationship with his dad, Dean, and Jess all in one little piece.

eviljy November 4 2005, 13:45:33 UTC

sad and beautiful.

While you describe how frightening Sam's childhood had been you show us that it wasn't all bad, he wasn't and isn't alone.

I have to agree with shadowcat15 that you did a good job of addressing all three relationships with so few words.

... and yes, the slasher in me is satisfied as well. *g*

staceey November 4 2005, 17:14:00 UTC

I really enjoyed this. Great job and I look forward to reading more. Love the Sam and Dean dynamic here showing how Sam feels safest with Dean which makes alot of sense.

mica_chan November 4 2005, 18:20:17 UTC

Well, as I hadn't commented it before...here I am ^_^.
I liked a lot your work. You write quite well, and it was nice the way you put things out.
Unfortunatly the story is too short, but I think you said what you came here to say, and that's what really matters.

halfshellvenus November 4 2005, 20:39:06 UTC

Yes, I wish it were longer, but even as I re-read it several times it just seemed to be complete (and _done_) the way it was.

abstractprose November 4 2005, 18:45:02 UTC

I've always liked the idea of Sam's finding Dean as the only constant in his life. The imagery you used was beautiful, by the way, and I love how the slash came in undertones.

halfshellvenus November 4 2005, 20:38:23 UTC

Thank you.

It isn't actually intended to be slash, although you could see it as such if you want.

It's more that we see that Dean is, at heart, a good brother-- more than Sam usually realizes. And that returning to the safety of something he remembers from his childhood works as well for Sam as anyone else.

The imagery at the end, believe it or not, is actually very similar to the kinds of things I tell my kids to imagine when they're having troubling settling down to go to sleep. Almost a form of self-hypnosis. (Kids!? Too much information?)

But it was intended to contrast with Sam's earlier nightmare, which can repeat itself in so many awful variants over and over, until it ultimately becomes recognizeable as Jess' death yet again.

abstractprose November 5 2005, 23:39:32 UTC

I know it wasn't intended to be slash, and that was what was beautiful about it. Thanks again for this piece.