He watches until she's out of sight, and he doesn't leave until his hands have stopped shaking, and Kurt Cobain swears he doesn't have a gun.
I'm really impressed with all of this, but also with how perfectly everything matches up chronologically in terms of the current music. Sam from the non-au version of Supernatural would have left for Stanford in 2001, and I'm occasionally annoyed by too-new music being stuck in to fics as an anachronism. Sam would have been just 8 when Nevermind was released, so it makes sense that Dean got sick of Smells Like Teen Spirit twice, once when it was on the radio and then again when Sam had decided that Nirvana was her favorite band. The digs at Bush, the interior thoughts that Dean as the older brother has about The Pixies, it's all just perfect.
Thank you so much! I'm so glad that worked for you, because the music is definitely something I gave a lot of thought to, what would have been popular in their formative years, how Dean ended up liking music that most of us associate with people at least ten years older than he is *cough* and how Sam would have evolved from boy bands to chick rock to Nirvana...
Hee! I'm really glad you enjoyed it, and also that I could give you the thrill of having your high school named in the story. I hope I didn't screw it up too badly. *G*
Oh, oh, I'm loving this fic so much. Your characterisation is absolutely spot-on, with the tiny twists that come from Sam being a girl. The sex is unbelievably, but also hurtful and realistic. It always plays a part in moving the story along a little, which is an incredible skill: you are really good at conveying the characters and emotions.
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He knows Sam likes it, too; she and Pastor Jim have long talks about books and philosophy and stuff Dean pretends not to be interested in, because that's Sammy's thing, and he knows she likes having something that's hers and no one else's.
Nice take on Dean's intelligence: I am always driven mad by characterisations of him as the dumb brother. "None of this is easy for me," he answers, possibly the most honest he's ever been with her while he's not fucking her, letting his body say all the things he can't
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Thank you so much! I'm so happy you enjoyed it, and felt that the characterization worked, with the slight shift because Sam is a girl. And I'm really thrilled that the sex moved the story for you, because that's exactly what I was going for, each sex scene is meant to be another boundary crossed, or another set of expectations either confounded or met.
Nice take on Dean's intelligence: I am always driven mad by characterisations of him as the dumb brother.
Arrgh! I have a real hate-on for dumb!Dean. I think he's smart, just in a different way from Sam, and I think he is well aware of what people perceive and it's okay for them to think he's not that bright, because it gives him an advantage.
And again we have your John for the win: a real, flawed person.
I'm really pleased that John works here, because I didn't want to make him a glaringly bad father - he loves his kids, he's just ... clueless when it comes to how they're tearing each other apart, and the role he's played in making them the way they are. Sigh.
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As for the rest...ouch. Is there a way to say "Oh, boys" when one of them is a girl?
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Is there a way to say "Oh, boys" when one of them is a girl?
I think "Oh, Winchesters" covers it. *g*
Thank you.
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I'm really impressed with all of this, but also with how perfectly everything matches up chronologically in terms of the current music. Sam from the non-au version of Supernatural would have left for Stanford in 2001, and I'm occasionally annoyed by too-new music being stuck in to fics as an anachronism. Sam would have been just 8 when Nevermind was released, so it makes sense that Dean got sick of Smells Like Teen Spirit twice, once when it was on the radio and then again when Sam had decided that Nirvana was her favorite band. The digs at Bush, the interior thoughts that Dean as the older brother has about The Pixies, it's all just perfect.
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Thanks so much for reading and commenting.
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Some lines I loved:
He knows Sam likes it, too; she and Pastor Jim have long talks about books and philosophy and stuff Dean pretends not to be interested in, because that's Sammy's thing, and he knows she likes having something that's hers and no one else's.
Nice take on Dean's intelligence: I am always driven mad by characterisations of him as the dumb brother.
"None of this is easy for me," he answers, possibly the most honest he's ever been with her while he's not fucking her, letting his body say all the things he can't ( ... )
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Nice take on Dean's intelligence: I am always driven mad by characterisations of him as the dumb brother.
Arrgh! I have a real hate-on for dumb!Dean. I think he's smart, just in a different way from Sam, and I think he is well aware of what people perceive and it's okay for them to think he's not that bright, because it gives him an advantage.
And again we have your John for the win: a real, flawed person.
I'm really pleased that John works here, because I didn't want to make him a glaringly bad father - he loves his kids, he's just ... clueless when it comes to how they're tearing each other apart, and the role he's played in making them the way they are. Sigh.
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