Fic: The Axeman

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Title: The Axeman
Author: pdragon76
Recipient: kogsy21
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: Whump, cussing.
Disclaimer: Supernatural and its characters are the property of Kripke.
Author's Notes: Set after 4.08 Wishful Thinking. Many thanks to my betas. Third paragraph break taken from the US Patent & Trademark Office records, as referenced in the text. Fourth paragraph

Comments

[twasadark]

Great story - vividly written and well-plotted. Loved the whump.

Also? I totally know who you are, anonymous author. Bwahahaha. *hugs*

[pdragon76]

And I know who you are. You is twasadark. You has birds. *raspberry*

Heeee! Thanks a bunch for reading, my love! I'm glad you enjoyed it.

[twasadark]

Tee hee! I guessed correctly! :-)

[desertport]

This is interesting. I'll be thinking about it for a while. I like the oblique metaphor with the failsafe device, how Sam and Dean are kinda like that malfunctioning elevator, with Ruby a dubious failsafe. At least, that's my first reading. I think I might reread and find way more to it.

Like how it was to want someone back so bad, and then get your wish and have it be so awful.

Yeah, that's exactly it. Love the insight into Sam's experience of having Dean back, something that hasn't been touched on too much. The subplot with Dean's drinking and Sam's worry was perfectly played--Sam's restraint in speaking about it and Dean's catastrophic avoidance of the issue and all.

Lovely work.

[pdragon76]

Thank you! I'm superglad you enjoyed it.

I know far too much about elevators after writing this fic. I will never look at an Otis control panel the same way. :) Yay for research, I guess.

[musesfool]

Oh, boys. I like the elevator metaphor a lot.

[pdragon76]

Thanks a bunch for reading! I enjoyed the elevator research a little bit too much. *facepalm* So I'm glad the reference worked for you.

[chemm80]

Wow. You've got Dean's issues, which are relatively simple compared to the ones you've mapped out for Sam so deftly, and the Sam/Ruby crap all wrapped into this one little story. I'll tell you something, missy--working all this season 4 baggage so seamlessly into what's basically a short, simple casefile is no small trick.

The story breaks are a really nice touch, too; they make me feel like I'm in the presence of old Otis himself, while saving us a visit from Captain Exposition.

The way the brothers interact here--rough-edged, like the give-no-quarter brotherly relationships I see in my own house every day--make me suspect I know who you are. *eyes you suspiciously*

But whoever you are, great job. :D

[pdragon76]

Was it me? Did you guess me? *facepalm* I am so predictable.

Elisha Otis was a really, really interesting character study. He sounded like one of those dudes with all these great ideas and they all just kept bouncing off the rim. Kinda sad. Nothing ever really came of his elevator invention until after he died of nervous depression, leaving a large debt in his wake. But if I'd had more time at my disposal? Oh, my LORD. The man had two sons who took over the family business when he died and turned themselves into millionaires.

OH, THE AU I COULD HAVE MADE OUTTA THAT. *weeps for it*

Never mind. Thanks for reading! I'm glad you enjoyed it.

[chemm80]

I did guess right! On yours and most of the other authors I knew. *makes the smug face*

And you know, nothing's stopping you from writing the AU. Real life, you say? I scoff. *makes the scoffy face*

[katriel1987]

[pdragon76]

Hey Kat! Thanks for reading! I'm glad you enjoyed it.