Loved this. Loved loved loved loved this, to all of its oh so very vividly painted, haunted (pun not intended... I think), intense, at times creepy-crawly pieces. You are one of the very very few people whose descriptions of Hell don't make me go 'meh...', but actually make me shiver and glance over my shoulder every now and then (the grey City is probably the winner here).
(I keep getting these sort of 'Neil Gaiman' vibes from your Hell, don't know why, don't really have a way of explaining why or in what exactly, just one of those weird general... feeling... things)
Your portrayal of the bros knocked it out of the park. God, I just love protective!awesomeBigBro!badass!Dean *stares starry-eyed*
And, oh, oh SAMMY
I really, really don't like Cas here. Here's hoping the bros hand him his tail feathers sometime in this 'verse.
I actually find it pretty amazing that a fic where the Winchesters die barely a few paragraphs in and are not brought back shortly thereafter and go to Hell has a happy end and gives me positive hopeful feelings. I'm even thinking I'm more optimistic about this 'verse than about Show, because whatever else may happen with Sam and Dean here, whatever trials and tribulations wait them, they're inseparable and are in it together.
BTW, now would be a good time to reiterate that I adore you for having written 'Above and Below' first - because if there'd been nothing, I would've spontaneously combusted from curiosity over what happens next (I've mentioned how totally embarrassingly impatient I am in these things, right?)), but now I can go and re-read the slice of awesomeness that is AaB. Which I'll do *grins*
(That still doesn't change the fact that any other fics on how the boys got from here to AaB or on what happened after AaB or anywhen else in this 'verse, really, will be squealed and flailed over and fed cookies and settled with every comfort on my e-reader to travel with me forever and ever (with all due copyright notices of course))))
Also? I'm writing this while extremely sleep-deprived, so if my ramblings seem even more incoherently rambly, that's why :)
And it's so awesome that you also subscribe to the theory that 'Dark Side of the Moon' was basically the angels messing with their (Dean's) head. This has been my head-canon since the first time I saw that ep, and you've summed it up so perfectly in just one sentence; but the thing about how there were no memories of Jess? It never crossed my mind. Which, now that you've put it out there, is such a glaringly obvious hint that something was definitely up, I'm just shaking my head at myself wondering how I could've missed it.
Thank you so much for your awesome comment! I never actually read anything by Neil Gaiman that included Hell, so that was no a source of inspiation for me. What I used as inspiration was everything I found disturbing or disconcerting. I find that if it wors for me, it usually works for most other people as well.
Protective Dean is my favourite Dean, so I always like to welcome him in my fics. :)
Heh. I'm not usually good with prequels. Rigth now I'm struggling with one for And this Great Blue World of Ours, but it's hard to come to a conclusions for that fic since it has to stand alone and there is just so much being resloved so much later. In this case it was more clear cut, but I'm glad to hear that it worked for you.
Dark Side of the Moon always annoyed me in regard to how it messed with many viewers perception of Sam. Yes, Dean interpreted everything in a way that hurt him, and everything was told from his point of view, but that doesn't mean that his interpretation is always correct. In fact, his perception of things is often terribly flawed and I never even felt that the show was trying to tell us otherwise, but I guess that comes with Dean being most people's favourite. Or so. Or maybe I just think so because I prefer Sam...
Heh, funnily enough, I've never read anything of Gaiman's with Hell either (well, maybe just some of the Sandman). So it was just one of those weird 'general mood / gut feeling' things. So yeah, your disturbing/disconcerting SO totally works! :)
Oh wow, a prequel to AtGBWoO! Very cool. Best wishes for the muse, I'm stoked to see more of the 'verse! You've created such a huge world, it would be awesome to get a deeper, closer look into it.
Dark Side of the Moon always annoyed me in regard to how it messed with many viewers perception of Sam. I know, right? I think I still have some emotional scarring left from accidentally stumbling over some discussions on this back in the day, when I was still young and inexperienced in this fandom (although, considering there are people who quite seriously blame Sam for going to colledge, I really shouldn't've been all that surprised). A more balanced allocation of 'headspace time' between the brothers would've worked wonders for fandom perception, I've always believed. But for all of that, I still find S4 and S5 my favorite (although painful to watch) - because Sam just keeps going, no matter what.
Lots of inspiration for everything you've got planned! :)
(I keep getting these sort of 'Neil Gaiman' vibes from your Hell, don't know why, don't really have a way of explaining why or in what exactly, just one of those weird general... feeling... things)
Your portrayal of the bros knocked it out of the park. God, I just love protective!awesomeBigBro!badass!Dean *stares starry-eyed*
And, oh, oh SAMMY
I really, really don't like Cas here. Here's hoping the bros hand him his tail feathers sometime in this 'verse.
I actually find it pretty amazing that a fic where the Winchesters die barely a few paragraphs in and are not brought back shortly thereafter and go to Hell has a happy end and gives me positive hopeful feelings. I'm even thinking I'm more optimistic about this 'verse than about Show, because whatever else may happen with Sam and Dean here, whatever trials and tribulations wait them, they're inseparable and are in it together.
BTW, now would be a good time to reiterate that I adore you for having written 'Above and Below' first - because if there'd been nothing, I would've spontaneously combusted from curiosity over what happens next (I've mentioned how totally embarrassingly impatient I am in these things, right?)), but now I can go and re-read the slice of awesomeness that is AaB. Which I'll do *grins*
(That still doesn't change the fact that any other fics on how the boys got from here to AaB or on what happened after AaB or anywhen else in this 'verse, really, will be squealed and flailed over and fed cookies and settled with every comfort on my e-reader to travel with me forever and ever (with all due copyright notices of course))))
Also? I'm writing this while extremely sleep-deprived, so if my ramblings seem even more incoherently rambly, that's why :)
And it's so awesome that you also subscribe to the theory that 'Dark Side of the Moon' was basically the angels messing with their (Dean's) head. This has been my head-canon since the first time I saw that ep, and you've summed it up so perfectly in just one sentence; but the thing about how there were no memories of Jess? It never crossed my mind. Which, now that you've put it out there, is such a glaringly obvious hint that something was definitely up, I'm just shaking my head at myself wondering how I could've missed it.
Thanks bunches for this!
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I never actually read anything by Neil Gaiman that included Hell, so that was no a source of inspiation for me. What I used as inspiration was everything I found disturbing or disconcerting. I find that if it wors for me, it usually works for most other people as well.
Protective Dean is my favourite Dean, so I always like to welcome him in my fics. :)
Heh. I'm not usually good with prequels. Rigth now I'm struggling with one for And this Great Blue World of Ours, but it's hard to come to a conclusions for that fic since it has to stand alone and there is just so much being resloved so much later. In this case it was more clear cut, but I'm glad to hear that it worked for you.
Dark Side of the Moon always annoyed me in regard to how it messed with many viewers perception of Sam. Yes, Dean interpreted everything in a way that hurt him, and everything was told from his point of view, but that doesn't mean that his interpretation is always correct. In fact, his perception of things is often terribly flawed and I never even felt that the show was trying to tell us otherwise, but I guess that comes with Dean being most people's favourite. Or so. Or maybe I just think so because I prefer Sam...
Thanks bunches for your comment! :D
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Oh wow, a prequel to AtGBWoO! Very cool. Best wishes for the muse, I'm stoked to see more of the 'verse! You've created such a huge world, it would be awesome to get a deeper, closer look into it.
Dark Side of the Moon always annoyed me in regard to how it messed with many viewers perception of Sam. I know, right? I think I still have some emotional scarring left from accidentally stumbling over some discussions on this back in the day, when I was still young and inexperienced in this fandom (although, considering there are people who quite seriously blame Sam for going to colledge, I really shouldn't've been all that surprised). A more balanced allocation of 'headspace time' between the brothers would've worked wonders for fandom perception, I've always believed. But for all of that, I still find S4 and S5 my favorite (although painful to watch) - because Sam just keeps going, no matter what.
Lots of inspiration for everything you've got planned! :)
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