Lessons Learned (AU ending ficlet of "Bad Day at Black Rock")

[_lavinia_]

 And now something else!

I wrote this a while ago (haha), but didn't think it was worth posting until now.  brosedshield commented on how the real reason we hate Bela is because, after the end of her first episode, she was a living embodiment and reminder of an unforgivable moment of Dean being OOC.  Enormously.  Only reason she lived past the end of her first

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[asher_elric]

damn.
This is so awesome, and boy do I wish that episode ended like this!!!

[_lavinia_]

Aw, thank you! And me too.

[asher_elric]

your welcome.
I kinda was surprise, about the episode, that Dean didn't make a big fuss of Sam's wound, I mean, all the other times I've seen them wounded they're all butt-hurt about the other and agonizing. That's the only thing about the episode that rubbed me the wrong way. Your fic fixed that for me. This is now my cannon.

[_lavinia_]

Oh, I'm very flattered to write something that becomes someone's canon. Thanks!

[tifaching]

A great big YES to this. Dean would not have let Bela shooting Sam slide. And if he happened to not have gotten her that time, he sure as hell would have popped her the next time they ran into each other. And that would have prevented the horrible Sam/Bela dream sequence from ever seeing the light of day.

[_lavinia_]

Thank you! Glad other people agree.

Oh man, I had almost managed to completely block the Sam/Bela sex dream from my mind, but my friend brought it up again the other day too. *headdesk* I mean, I understanding having weird sex dreams about people you don't even like (although about people who shot you? That's a little weirder), BUT WHY DID WE HAVE TO SEE IT? So gratuitous, ugh.

[de_nugis]

Finally getting caught up on fic -- benefits of insomnia.

I like the way the atmosphere here is a little colder than we would see in the first two seasons, both from Dean and from Sam. Because s3 had a lot of emotion in it, but it was also when both boys were beginning to build walls between them, Sam attempting to become some idea of a hypercompetent Dean, Dean trying not to let either of them fully realize what was coming.

[_lavinia_]

Again, very gratifying you think this fits the feel of the season. For all I say this is an indulgent piece, I really think it's a hell of a lot more IC than what we saw.

Great description of the boys' struggle in S3. So heartbreaking...and yet not as heartbreaking as what's to come. *headdesk* Damn you, SPN.

[shinybiancachu]

Although I like Bela, I did not like at all that she hurt Sam. I did think that Dean was OOC as gunshot wounds are serious anywhere. This soothed my aching soul.