[SPN] Food for the Bees (I Could Easily Be) -- gen, R, 3450 words

[newredshoes]

Holy cow, I finished something! Hilariously, this is the third apian- themed piece in a row that I've produced.

Title: Food for the Bees (I Could Easily Be)
Specs: Supernatural, gen, R (for horror elements and special guests), 3450 words
Summary: Set in S1, spanning the time from just after "Skin" to just after "Shadow." Turns out there's one thing

Comments

[lilacsigil]

Wow. I had never thought of the shapeshifter's spirit, but I loved this portrayal of it, ragged with Dean's loyalty and its own violent memories, drifting after John. Missouri seems so resigned, here, as if she's seen it all happen already, and I suppose she has. And John's like a ghost himself, around the edges of his son's lives, listening and observing but unable to engage. Creepy and wonderfuly, and the ending was genuinely shocking.

[newredshoes]

Thank you so much! I've always loved the shapeshifter from "Skin," and given that it's the first time Dean pops up on the national radar, I always wondered how John knew, at first, that his boys were really okay.

And John's like a ghost himself, around the edges of his son's lives, listening and observing but unable to engage.
Oh, how true -- what a wonderful way of saying it. Yes.

I'm so glad the ending was a jolt. I love demons from later seasons, but the more I think about her, Meg is still the most immediately terrifying for me.

[weaverandom]

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... I actually can't get anything much more coherent than that. Oh John. Oh my heart. Oh sad shapeshifter. *clings to story with desperate adoration*

[newredshoes]

Thank you so so much -- incoherence is awesome feedback. *truly delighted!*

[pheebs1]

Aw wow so much to enjoy in the this story. I loved the picture of John on the edges of the boys life - the Rosencrantz and Guildernstern feel this gave to Season one, where we see the events from the side. Him visiting Missouri, and her reaction, worked perfectly. And of course he'd see reports and check out St Louis.

Building that in with the shapeshifter's spirit was a clever idea! And excellent ending. I really enjoyed.

[newredshoes]

Oh my gosh, R & G! Thank you so much -- I hadn't even thought of that angle, but that's such a neat way of looking at it.

I'm so glad you enjoyed it -- thanks again for such lovely feedback!

Re: astonishing take

[newredshoes]

Thank you so much. I've always been curious about what being a ghost means when your identity is so literally fluid as the shifter's. And yes, poor thing -- it's not its fault it got trapped as someone the demons wanted so much.

[dotfic]

Wonderful. I love how you've followed John's pov, and how you get across how powerfully he's feeling things without it being said outright, this has such a restrained feel where it's like everything's going to break loose at any second. Interesting following up to Skin, too, with the shapeshifter's spirit.

[newredshoes]

Thank you so much. One thing that strikes me so much about John is he never raises his voice, except when he's in a fight or in pain. He's a slow-burning man, but you're right, I think -- if he lets go, he knows the seams will rip. We saw it in "Salvation," and I was almost amazed we saw it at all.

I have such a soft spot for that poor shifter. Well, not entirely "poor," but he is one of my favorite monsters.