Fic: The Girl from Outside; PG; AU Jess, Sam, John, Dean

[honeylocusttree]

The Girl from Outside

Rating: PG
Warnings: Violence, possible abuse, Winchester-appropriate language
Word count: 8300+
Characters: Jess, Sam, John, Dean
Summary: (AU) Jess is an undergrad anthro student hoping to do her honors’ project on the little-known, poorly understood ethnic group known colloquially in the United States as Hunters. A

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[honeylocusttree]

The whole question of the existence of supernatural things was something I'd originally intended to tackle with a 'homg are they really crazy murderers???' kind of approach. And then I realized actually there was precedent for an approach that didn't require either reality to be the absolute truth. They definitely live in a world different from the one on the show, so in that regard there probably aren't demons smoking around jumping down people's throats. But, at the same time, there are lots of cultures in the world that believe things very different from what is generally accepted as 'reality,' and what's really interesting is the impact these worldviews can have on the lives of the people living according to them. So you have traditions where people are say possessed by spirits, and these things to them are very real. And not just in a 'they believe' sort of way. It seems to go well beyond that. But there are things about human minds and experience that still aren't really well understood. So that's what I was going for here, with the Eliade quote at the top, and stuff. But it can be confusing so I hope I've explained it somewhat!

I love the idea of Jess being freaked out by John. I think he's bigger and darker here than on the show, but eh, I like the idea of him as some sort of representative of this shadowy, not-very-well understood people. He's the traditional face, Sam is the new one, and Dean's sort of a bridge, maybe.

Glad you liked it! It was fun to write, and I was pretty sure nobody else would come up with something so silly! <3