#98 - a honc worth fighting for
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Also, once again, I encounter "two people are incapable of moving on."
Are you the nonnie that mentioned this on meme before? Because when I encountered that in the fic I laughed and thought of you. I personally didn't find it as much a problem because I was more caught on how non-Castiel Castiel was.
I didn't mention it above, but I was annoyed with John's characterization as well. He had his soft parts, but his stubbornness leaned towards being too mean for me. (I do not like asshole John.) With that and Castiel's personalities shadowing the fic, I threw up my hands at Sam's lack of emotional connection to Dean because of course they're not close in this fic, naturally yes that is how the author deliberately isolates Dean with his emo. (For the record I enjoyed how Dean manifested and responded to that isolation.)
I missed most of the last chapter because I was just dragging the scroll bar down going WHAT DO YOU MEAN THERE'S 28 FUCKING THOUSAND WORDS TO GO THE PLOTTY BITS ARE OVER.
Basically, I understand why the fic is popular, but I don't know if I'd rec it.
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That was me! In fact, I'm pretty sure that if it gets mentioned, it's by me, 99% of the time. :)
Like I said, the characterization didn't work for me, but I also didn't notice it to the same extent as others. I'm not sure if I'm going to say what I mean, here, but long, D/C AUs written AUs with certain prose styles (this is where I'm going to fail to say what I mean, because I'm not sure how to categorize them) tend to signal "this ain't the real Cas" to me.
I didn't like John, either.
The last chapter was all Dean and Sam starting to reconcile, and also to reconcile a little bit with John (or their memories of him). It wasn't bad stuff, but the pacing was off. It's just one of the many reasons I wanted this story to be about Dean and Sam coming home and reconciling even as Dean starts dating Mothman!Castiel.
I could've handled Dean and Sam not being close; they were estranged pre-series in canon. It was things like Sam only communicating with Dean through his secretary and not showing up for a scheduled dinner (or giving Dean an adequate head's up) that bothered me. Like, it wasn't just that they weren't close. It was that Sam was a meanie jerk-face who was the sole reason that they weren't close.
I really enjoyed some part of the fic (like the voices on the radio, before they understand who's talking), but I don't think I'd rec based on the characterization.
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