FIC: The Sharpness of the Outline (3/9)

[kimonkey7]

Title: The Sharpness of the Outline
Author: kimonkey7
Rating: R - for strong language and content
Pairing: none (gen) Dean, Sam, John
Disclaimer: Not mine. Damn it.
SPOILERS: through current season

Summary: There are very few human beings who receive the truth, complete and staggering, by instant illumination. Most of them acquire it fragment by fragment

Comments

[riverbella]

I had almost forgotten how fucking intense this story gets--especially this part. Emotionally and physically. Your descriptive language has always struck me as one of the unique strengths of your writing. There is something about it that puts the reader right in the moment, seeinghearingsmellingtasting everything that is happening. When the language is stream of consciousness, the vibe is seriously masculine--at least to my female understanding of such.

What gets me the most about Dean is that he is not oblivious to John's manipulations or his own neediness when it comes to his father--but knowing does not necessarily mean dealing. He can't help but fall back into patterns that are nearly as old as he is. I remember the comfortable conceit I had when I was very young that understanding equaled fixing--once you understood the emotional trauma or the complex of experience that caused you to be a certain way, Bingo, it was all better. Yeah, you wish. In some ways, you'd almost be better off not knowing because it would enable you to see yourself in a better light than knowing and not being able to change.

I'm at home sick today, which explains if not excuses the wordiness. I hope this is more coherent than it feels like it is! Anyway, loving it all over again. \O/