Ex Crucio

[ratherastory]

Remember that comment-fic meme we're hosting at ohsam? Yes? This is a response to one of the prompts there.

Title: Ex Crucio
Prompt: From a prompt by the lovely and talented mimblexwimble: Crucifixion. *cough* Original prompt can be found here.
Spoilers: General for Season 5.
Word Count: 3,795
Warnings: Violence, torture, bad language.
Disclaimer: Kripke's sandbox

Comments

[authoressnebula]

Jesus woman, kill me why don't you. I've been watching that comment thread waiting for you to write it, and now I'm dead. Good GOD.

*shivers* Beautiful though. Well done.

~Nebula

[ratherastory]

*g*

I saw the prompt and was all "Hey, there!" God, I'm sick.

Glad you liked it. :)

[tifaching]

"That's where the word 'excruciating' comes from, did you know that?” I didn't, but I do now. Good God, but that was torture. For Sam and Dean and me. Fantastically written, of course, but still. When I saw the prompt and that you were going to write it I just couldn't wait in a totally "Oh, hell she's going to rock it but it's going to hurt" kind of way and you didn't disappoint. Awesome.

[ratherastory]

Heh. Well, I'm glad you liked it even if it hurt. :)

The things you learn from Wikipedia! :D

[tifaching]

"The things you learn from Wikipedia!" Go Team Research! Love your MST3K icons!

[harrigan]

hang in there...!?!

God, I love that you went there!

I don't usually have a strong stomach for torture fic, but this worked completely! Because it wasn't random; it had a point that was relevant to the mytharc. And because it was the perfect balance of h to c in h/c (for me anyway) - a very tricky tightrope indeed.

[applauds you!]

[ratherastory]

"Hang in there" is the kind of meaningless platitude that rescuers tell people in distress all the time. I figured it would come naturally until he realized what he was saying. :)

The balance of h/c is always tricky. I'm never sure if it's too much or too little, and I'm always worried it'll turn too sappy for Supernatural.

Anyway, I'm glad you liked it!

[katwoman76]

Eeeeevil ! :)))))))))))))
Poor Sammy.

[ratherastory]

I am a bad person. I have come to realize this. Apparently I enjoy kicking the puppy while he's down.

[fourtenpm]

errh, I completely agree with Neurotic Author's Disclaimer #2, it is really really mean to Sam.

I love how Sam keeps on saying no, though; and he tries to comfort Dean.

[ratherastory]

The prompt kind of guaranteed that I was going to be mean to Sam, alas.

I sometimes think Dean needs the comfort more than Sam (not that Sam doesn't need it too, of course!). They keep each other going, poor boys. *pets them*