Comments | bardicvoice: Chapter 6: December 26, 1972: Paint It Black

bardicvoice

Chapter 6: December 26, 1972: Paint It Black

Aug 04, 2009 17:04

Here's my contribution to day 6 of the 42 Days of Metallicar countdown ...

The Impala Chronicles (Forty-some Years In A Life), Chapter 6
December 26, 1972: Paint It Black

( Read the story ... )

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Comments 21

1grl_revolution August 4 2009, 23:46:15 UTC

That was beautiful. :)

bardicvoice August 9 2009, 02:01:27 UTC

Thanks! I'm glad you liked it. Writing the Impala stories without Winchesters was a curious exercise, but I'm glad they have resonated with folk.

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bardicvoice August 9 2009, 02:02:55 UTC

Thanks! Living in the DC area, I've been to the Wall a fair bit, and it never fails to stir memories. I didn't lose anyone close to me in 'Nam, but so many people did; it chills.

etoile444 August 5 2009, 01:04:00 UTC

A lovely way to show where the Impala began and how Dean keeping her alive means more than he'll ever really know.

onemaskedchic August 5 2009, 03:10:30 UTC

I really like this, I have to admit I haven't read any of your other stories - this changes things though. It's a very thoughtful piece.

bardicvoice August 9 2009, 02:06:28 UTC

Thank you! I figured that the non-Winchester stories probably wouldn't garner a large readership - not that I usually get a large group of readers on my fic anyway! - so I'm very glad that you read this one and that it spoke to you.

bardicvoice August 9 2009, 02:04:21 UTC

Thanks! When I first got the idea for doing these stories, I didn't realize the effect that writing them would have on me. It's made me love the Impala all the more for being such a time machine.

orehime August 5 2009, 10:33:23 UTC

This one made me cry! So few words, but... all those lost kids...

bardicvoice August 9 2009, 02:10:01 UTC

Sorry to make you cry, but happy it had that effect. After writing the first story with Stu, I realized where I obviously had to take it to put the Impala on the used car lot where John found her (with a little help ...). It hurt, but I realized that the Impala's story could speak to something so much bigger than I'd initially thought, and I had to follow where the road led.

fueschgast August 5 2009, 10:49:00 UTC

Argh, I knew you'd kill off Stu :o(. You made me cry.
Do you really remember those years or do you have a diary or something? Or do you remember things when you're researching what happened that year?
Also: Yay, space travel!

bardicvoice August 9 2009, 02:15:23 UTC

While I was writing the first Stu story, I didn't realize where the tale was going to go. It wasn't until I'd finished the first and started on the second that I understood where my muse was going, and then I had no choice but to follow.

All these years haven't been top of mind for a good long time, and I don't have diaries or journals to fall back on. As I do the research, though, the events and the feelings have come flooding back. I've been writing my own heart, and it's been a journey of rediscovery.