fic commentary: Alone I Fear the Tide (Supernatural; Sam and Dean)
You know how sometimes you eat the bear, and sometimes, the bear eats you? I feel as if today, the bear ate me. I feel like I spent all my energy on my morning commute, just trying to get to work, and with that battle won (it was a Pyrrhic victory, I think), I just haven't got anything left for anything else
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I loved that you used selkies; went perfectly with the story. I remember reading some version of the legend when i was younger and feeling so sad and wondering how those women could leave their children like that. As a kid it broke my heart - i didn't want my mummy to leave me!
It really is a heartbreaking myth, and the whole thing about leaving and not being able to come back or choosing to come back etc. seemed so fitting for Sam and Dean, and the way they were relating to each other at the end of the first season.
I loved Nightshifter and Hollywood Babylon (besides the former being one of the 2 best episodes of the season and the latter for giving me JL!Dean - yes i am shallow) because it did show that Dean isn't the awkward people person that fandom has sort of exacerbated. He not always awkward, he can connect with people and get them to trust them. He wouldn't have been able to hunt on his own if he couldn't!
Seriously. Dean doesn't have the same kind of "trust me" face that Sam does, but he manages to connect with people who are scared and vulnerable in ways that Sam often doesn't (especially if he's not identifying with them).
You and me both. I want to see more homemade gadgets. I ADORED the EMF! Smart!Dean does things to me.
Mmmm... me, too.
I really want him to get his hunting mojo back. It was such a part of him and i miss it.
Me, too. Hopefully that grin at the end of AHBL2 signals its return.
Dean doesn't understand anything less - even then i don't think he really accepts it. Remember how shocked he was with Sam's 'I do anything for you' in AHBL 2? It really doesn't compute with him. But he doesn't think he's unlovable - Carmen is evidence of that. He's just really feels worthless to his family doesn't he? I'm sure if he could, he'd blame himself for Mary's death.
Man, it breaks my heart to think that he thinks he's not worth his weight in gold to his family, even if he sees himself as able to be loved by someone else (though, of course, someone who jokes she has low standards. Oh, Dean...).
Like I said, I'm really happy you liked the story, and the commentary.
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Exactly. Rewatching season 1 just affirms this. Fandom seriously! Dean's not incompetent!
I ADORE the grin at the end of AHBL2. ADORE!
(though, of course, someone who jokes she has low standards. Oh, Dean...).
Dude...i...oh Dean!
Thanks again!
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Yeah, I'm not sure where that comes from, but I wish it would go far, far away.
I ADORE the grin at the end of AHBL2. ADORE!
Hopefully with some of the weight lifted off his shoulders, he'll get his hunting mojo back.
Thanks again!
Heh. You're very welcome.
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