oh. my. GOD *pause for incoherent flailing & bouncing all over the place* It is here! *shuts all the doors and windows, switches off all the phones and generally throws RL the fuck out, scurries off with e-reader*
Late reply is latelatelate - first, RL refused to give up without one hell of a fight, and then my internet died and refused to be resuscitated for ages and ages.
...It most certainly DOES NOT disappoint. You’ve created an amazing prequel to an amazing verse, and I did not want this story to end (so I guess I do have one complaint - why oh why aren’t there, like, 100+K more worth of chapters?). The picture of a slowly crumbling world is absolutely captivating in its inevitable hopelessness, and it just crawls inside your head and doesn’t leave.
Strange maybe, but out of all this, the thing that probably really brought it all home, end-of-the-world-wise, is sheriff Mills. I’m not even sure I can put it to words adequately, but it's about how they spoke with Bobby and she was generally okay-ish, and said she’d come back, and then just didn’tAnd ohgod, Sam. Cas. Bobby. They just each of them break my heart in so many different ways… I’ve probably said it before, but your fics make me feel sorry for Cas (actually, reading your fics
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Thank you so much for your long and thoughtful comment! I wish I had an elaborate response right now, but I'm too tired to think of anything beyond thank you.
I'm pretty sure at some point between this story and the sequel, Cas will reveal his part in staarting the apocalypse. And Sam, being Sam, will forgive him. It's Castiel's own reaction that would be challenging to explore.
This has finally given me the push to read the sequel! I love ur writing skills and this sam and cas have a lot to show! Cnt wait to c what happens :-D
Thanks a lot! This story is really just setting the stage. The sequel shows how it all turns out, a long time in the future. I hope, when you read it, that you'll like it.
I think ill love it :-D ur an amazing writer! I reread ur stories all the time but some reason not tht one!! Its probs bcuz the length doesn't seem appealing at this point in life as I have a crapload of stuff to do! Not tht u care! But...just thought u should know...I appreciate u. (Brave little soldier :-D )
Okay, can I say that I was truly, deeply scared of reading this? I literally stopped mysef three times from starting it because I was afraid it would hurt too much. But I'm SO glad I finally got to it because THIS? This was so much more that I could hope for. This was plain awesome.
You know, I was kind of expecting a tale of pain and betrayal and hopelessness, probably from Sam's POV (which would have make it nearly unbearable) but instead I read a beautiful tale about an angel losing his grace and purpose, and finding his faith again in the person he least expected.
So yeah, I loved Castiel to pieces. I was quite angry with him at the beginning, because he was terribly unfair (like he himself realized later) and Sam of course agreed with him... but at least I know that Cas will spend his life supporting him, fighting for him, trying to show him how much he's worth and what's even more important, believing in him
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I was really anxious what you would think. After you were so enthusiastic about Great Blue World, I thought this one could only be a disappointment, and I am so, so happy after reading your comment.
Finding the right angle for this wasn't easy, since it was clear that things between Sam and Cas couldn't possibly start out on the same level as they would one day end, and there was not enough time to cover all the steps their relationship had to got through. All I could do was push them in the general direction they had to go and set the stage for things to come.
I never heard of the song you mentioned (the title was actually chosen at random), but I checked it out. In fact, I'm listening to it right now, and I love it! Thanks for pointing it out for me.
An epic song for an epic 'verse I'm obsessed with. It makes sense!
To be honest, when you talked about a prequel I didn't know what you would do, since you had talked already about a big part of Sam & Cas wanderings in the flashbacks and Castiel's tales. But you managed something really amazing, you manged to tell us something new, set the stage for what's to come and even give us a million small clues, details and nods to the main story... Now we have the whole picture!
And seriously, you shouldn't be anxious at this point, because I'm fairly sure your style and plots are direcly linked to the cravings of my brain!
Well...as usual, I hardly even know how to BEGIN to say how I feel about your writing. I love, love, LOOOOVVVEEE every word, every SECOND of it!
And as you know...I LOVE the 'Great Blue World' verse ( my rec post!)! When I saw there was more...I was ecstatic, to say the least!
Further, I really love (yes, I'm gonna use that word a lot?!) the way you write Cas! It's like you're IN Cas's head! But again, to me, you have more insight into ALL of these characters, than the actual 'writers' of SPN do!
I'll honestly never get enough of this story. I hope you're planning more for this verse? Perhaps more of the 'prequel'? This was already so great, I can't help but want...MORE?! But hey, one writer to another, I SO know it's hard work. I myself can't even get one fic finished?! And after you wrote the EPIC first part, I can hardly believe you had the energy for more?!
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No, really, I'm not even sure I like this one. I really hope it doesn't disappoint.
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...It most certainly DOES NOT disappoint. You’ve created an amazing prequel to an amazing verse, and I did not want this story to end (so I guess I do have one complaint - why oh why aren’t there, like, 100+K more worth of chapters?). The picture of a slowly crumbling world is absolutely captivating in its inevitable hopelessness, and it just crawls inside your head and doesn’t leave.
Strange maybe, but out of all this, the thing that probably really brought it all home, end-of-the-world-wise, is sheriff Mills. I’m not even sure I can put it to words adequately, but it's about how they spoke with Bobby and she was generally okay-ish, and said she’d come back, and then just didn’tAnd ohgod, Sam. Cas. Bobby. They just each of them break my heart in so many different ways… I’ve probably said it before, but your fics make me feel sorry for Cas (actually, reading your fics ( ... )
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I'm pretty sure at some point between this story and the sequel, Cas will reveal his part in staarting the apocalypse. And Sam, being Sam, will forgive him. It's Castiel's own reaction that would be challenging to explore.
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You know, I was kind of expecting a tale of pain and betrayal and hopelessness, probably from Sam's POV (which would have make it nearly unbearable) but instead I read a beautiful tale about an angel losing his grace and purpose, and finding his faith again in the person he least expected.
So yeah, I loved Castiel to pieces. I was quite angry with him at the beginning, because he was terribly unfair (like he himself realized later) and Sam of course agreed with him... but at least I know that Cas will spend his life supporting him, fighting for him, trying to show him how much he's worth and what's even more important, believing in him ( ... )
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Finding the right angle for this wasn't easy, since it was clear that things between Sam and Cas couldn't possibly start out on the same level as they would one day end, and there was not enough time to cover all the steps their relationship had to got through. All I could do was push them in the general direction they had to go and set the stage for things to come.
I never heard of the song you mentioned (the title was actually chosen at random), but I checked it out. In fact, I'm listening to it right now, and I love it! Thanks for pointing it out for me.
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To be honest, when you talked about a prequel I didn't know what you would do, since you had talked already about a big part of Sam & Cas wanderings in the flashbacks and Castiel's tales. But you managed something really amazing, you manged to tell us something new, set the stage for what's to come and even give us a million small clues, details and nods to the main story... Now we have the whole picture!
And seriously, you shouldn't be anxious at this point, because I'm fairly sure your style and plots are direcly linked to the cravings of my brain!
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And as you know...I LOVE the 'Great Blue World' verse ( my rec post!)! When I saw there was more...I was ecstatic, to say the least!
Further, I really love (yes, I'm gonna use that word a lot?!) the way you write Cas! It's like you're IN Cas's head! But again, to me, you have more insight into ALL of these characters, than the actual 'writers' of SPN do!
I'll honestly never get enough of this story. I hope you're planning more for this verse? Perhaps more of the 'prequel'? This was already so great, I can't help but want...MORE?! But hey, one writer to another, I SO know it's hard work. I myself can't even get one fic finished?! And after you wrote the EPIC first part, I can hardly believe you had the energy for more?!
I'll say it again...YOU'RE AWESOME! Much love!
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