Author's notes: Thy Kingdom Come
I'm still floating a little bit after the last fic I posted. And not in the good, "Yay look! People like my writing!" kind of way. But the, "I spent really long on this, and I posted it, and now I don't know what to do, and I don't know what people think of it" kind of way.
So. Yeah. I always get this way after posting fic. I guess I got spoiled with the Pinto fandom and their quick turnaround rate.
Anyway. I thought I'd post what inspired the story. What I listened to/looked at/watched/thought of, while writing it. I probably should have posted this with the story, but I don't know. I didn't want to detract from the story itself with a crap-ton of author's notes. I wanted it to just stand alone. Plus I was sort of waiting to see if anyone picked up on the images I used, but *shrugs*....
These things combined (plus random late-night one-liners that popped into my head and quickly typed into my cell phone) are what inspired Thy Kingdom Come.
The video : this scene had been running through my mind for a long time, and I'd been trying to figure out a way to incorporate it into a Dean/Alastair/Hell fic. What I had originally planned was: Sam wants to know what Cas saw in Hell, so Cas tells him the story. But then it turned into this fairy tale thing.
I suppose I could make an extended, Director's Cut, sort of thing and go back in and add a whole bunch other stuff. Turn it into something like The Fall, where Cas starts telling Sam the story, and then we go inside Sam's imagination and into this crazy, romanticized version of what Cas is telling him. Hmm.....interesting.....There's no way that could work in writing though. Right?
The song : I'd safely call this its theme song, actually. I listened to it a lot, and tried to capture the same rhythm and transition in the music and put it into the story.
The picture: I know it's the same as the video, but I looked at it a lot while writing.
I'm actually not sure how I even feel about the story after going back and re-reading it. I don't know that I love it, but I like it. It turned out pretty much exactly how I wanted it to, anyway. It was something so different from anything I've even tried writing, so I guess I'm mostly just proud of it.
So. Yeah. I always get this way after posting fic. I guess I got spoiled with the Pinto fandom and their quick turnaround rate.
Anyway. I thought I'd post what inspired the story. What I listened to/looked at/watched/thought of, while writing it. I probably should have posted this with the story, but I don't know. I didn't want to detract from the story itself with a crap-ton of author's notes. I wanted it to just stand alone. Plus I was sort of waiting to see if anyone picked up on the images I used, but *shrugs*....
These things combined (plus random late-night one-liners that popped into my head and quickly typed into my cell phone) are what inspired Thy Kingdom Come.
The video : this scene had been running through my mind for a long time, and I'd been trying to figure out a way to incorporate it into a Dean/Alastair/Hell fic. What I had originally planned was: Sam wants to know what Cas saw in Hell, so Cas tells him the story. But then it turned into this fairy tale thing.
I suppose I could make an extended, Director's Cut, sort of thing and go back in and add a whole bunch other stuff. Turn it into something like The Fall, where Cas starts telling Sam the story, and then we go inside Sam's imagination and into this crazy, romanticized version of what Cas is telling him. Hmm.....interesting.....There's no way that could work in writing though. Right?
The song : I'd safely call this its theme song, actually. I listened to it a lot, and tried to capture the same rhythm and transition in the music and put it into the story.
The picture: I know it's the same as the video, but I looked at it a lot while writing.
I'm actually not sure how I even feel about the story after going back and re-reading it. I don't know that I love it, but I like it. It turned out pretty much exactly how I wanted it to, anyway. It was something so different from anything I've even tried writing, so I guess I'm mostly just proud of it.