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Iambic Pentameter and Other Methods of Elizabethan Torture

Oct 02, 2007 20:07

Iambic Pentameter and Other Methods of Elizabethan Torture

Disclaimer: The Winchester boys aren't mine, but I'd make Dean wear his boots all the time if they were.
Word Count: 6,690
Overall Pairings: Sam/OFC (HET)
Rating: PG-13 (Language, Horny Teenagers, Sweet Sam Angst )
Spoilers: None.
Miscellaneous: Written for the It Must Be Bunnies ( Read more... )

genre: one-shot, rating: pg-13, genre: teen!chesters, genre: het, series: strange angels, challenge: spn_het_love, pairing: sam/ofc

Comments 54

*Is Slayed by the sonnets* katelennon October 3 2007, 02:51:50 UTC

I cannot, repeat CANNOTNOTFREAKINGBELIVE how good you are at writing. Your sonnets were perfect, #73? I'm going to the book shelf to read again tonight (argh. I have a proposal to write!) and damnit, I like Sammy better right now.

I'm a dean girl!! What are you doing to me?

I am slayed, AGAIN, by the awesomeness of you.

Re: *Is Slayed by the sonnets* elanurel October 4 2007, 04:49:21 UTC

*is blushing*

I saw the prompt and I just had to write it. And Sonnet 73 just slammed me in the forehead when I read it out loud. It was completely John Winchester to me, but I wanted to show how Sam would interpret it.

If it's any consolation, the rather big secret regarding where this story occurs (and I haven't kept it well) will be revealed in what will probably be the last Sam/Sally story... There's one more that needs to be written which I think will tie it up nicely.

But I'm thrilled that you loved Sam. Writing Dean comes so much more easily to me, and I've enjoyed the challenge of writing Sam in these fics.

pheebs1 October 3 2007, 02:59:18 UTC

Really lovely, dude! I like Dean's advice to Sam (he's such a good big bro) and even Sam channeling Dean with his Fuck it and reading it out loud. Sam is a sweetie.

who of course sticks his hands up her shirt, HEE!

V. nice, thank you!

elanurel October 4 2007, 04:51:06 UTC

*smishes*

I was worried that even Dean wouldn't go to such lengths to sleep with a chick...but then I realized he was in high school and, yeah, he would. I have tried hard to make their relationship central to the whole "Poughkeepsie" arc of the 'verse (and this actually takes place in one you know really well, only ten years earlier)...

And Sam got to second base. Sly little Sammy. Channeling Dean after all!

pheebs1 October 20 2007, 21:13:58 UTC

I knew I'd read this already, hee! I was thinking it was familiar but I missed the first part. Still love it! And yay That verse! :)

elanurel October 22 2007, 15:42:53 UTC

Yes. Now I've been, um, asked to write the fic about Dean dressing up in the Elizabethan clothes. That will actually feature a bit of that girl from that 'verse, since Dean in tights will be eminently mockable.

brin_bailey October 3 2007, 03:33:04 UTC

Dude, GOONIES! Seriously, the entire story could have just been that one itty bitty reference and I would have thought it was brilliant. Loved it. It was sweet and cute and, yes, loved it. :)

elanurel October 4 2007, 04:53:07 UTC

The Goonies looms large in the legend of the 'verse where this story resides. ;-P I always thought it was a cool metaphor for the Winchesters, actually - the way they fight against the odds - but I won't go all meta on you with my Goonies theory.

I am thrilled that you loved it. I did tweak the prompt just a wee bit, but I thought it was in the spirit of the thing and, well, I did stick in the Goonies and Dean in tights...but I still worried that it wasn't what you wanted from the prompt. So, whew...

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elanurel October 4 2007, 04:55:28 UTC

Thank you! ;-P

I know exactly what you mean with sonnets. I tried to write it how you would naturally read it, basing it on the punctuation and the natural rhythm versus how it would be printed, so I'm glad that worked.

And Dean with his lemon meringue innuendoes is still the best big brother anywhere.

Well. This is the 'verse that brings Nerf innuendo to new lows. Why not through food into its "Poughkeepsie" arc.

Yes, the stupid 'verse is so big it has arcs now...

elanurel October 4 2007, 04:56:08 UTC

And that should be "throw."

Obviously, my spelling goes late at night...

starpixie16 October 3 2007, 04:30:15 UTC

This was a wonderful fic. I truly adored Sam's sonnet! :) I specifically liked the line "one rough diamond growing into her looks and a bright smile that shone like candles." It created such pretty imagery. But I'm with Sam: all those rules for sonnets sound insanely difficult! *lol*

“But Sam did such a good job using one of the classic themes of the sonneteers - idealized love of the perfect woman - that I was hoping he’d read it out loud for the class.”

Oh god, I cringed so much for Sam when I read that line. It's just too, too embarrassing when a teacher singles you out like that. Especially in Sam's situation.

...he was already wishing that Dad would call and tell them to meet him wherever the hell he was because at least then a monster could pull out his guts and there’d be a reason for why it hurt so much. Aww, poor Sammy. My heart was hurting for him so badly ( ... )

elanurel October 4 2007, 05:00:50 UTC

Thank you, sweetie! ;-P

I absolutely despised writing sonnets in school, and I channeled a lot of that into Sam. Actually, Sam has more of me in him at fifteen than Sally does...which is kinda of weird when I stop to think about it; I was always the weird shy kid who read too much and I can see canon!Sam being that way until he goes to Stanford. (At least in my mind, that's sort of where he comes into his own.)

The vision of Dean in tights is too hilarious! Well, on the bright side, at least he got something for his trouble. ;P

People are threatening me if I don't write that story, too... How many things can I fit into this 'verse anyway? ;-P

I loved how even though Sam was angry with Sally, he still kept thinking about her, caring about her. And Sally showing up to apologize in the end made for such a lovely scene.I really wanted to show them both making mistakes but still obviously caring enough to try and work it out. The ending scene was hard because Sally did screw up and I didn't want Sam to immediately forgive her, so ( ... )