The Righteous Man in the Shallow Grave 3/3

[bellatemple]

Comments

[greeniron]

I liked this, seeing the reactions to the weirdness that is the Winchesters. The story did a nice job of showing just how disturbing the Winchesters are from an outsider's viewpoint. It also reminded me of just how screwed up Sam was in season four. You did a nice job of keeping him both sympathetic and clearly going in a dangerous direction. Also, Tessa was a great choice for a viewpoint to frame the story--she has a big picture perspective without being completely detached.

[bellatemple]

Plus, I had a bunch of fun with her voice.

Thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed it, it was a lot of fun to work on (not just for Tessa's voice, natch), and I couldn't help but wonder if it came out the way I'd hoped. Glad to hear that things worked, for you.

[ramblin_rosie]

I've only encountered the Bones crew in crossovers, but this. was. BRILLIANT. Everybody on the SPN side is perfectly in character, and I can just see it all playing out! LOVE the hell flea, too--nice touch. :D

[bellatemple]

Oh that hell-flea.

If you get the chance, I do recommend checking out Bones -- at least the earlier stuff. They're starting to drag a bit by season 6, but seasons 2 and 3 especially are great fun.

I'm glad you enjoyed this!

[butterflykiki]

Heee. Forgot how much I loved this. Like the new ending; it ties up the story well, and segues nicely back into both canons.

I think part of what makes it *work* is both all the science research you did to give it the Bones-style run-down of the investigation of the man in the shallow grave, and yeah, that you managed to go back and do the Season 4 SPN and end-of-Season-3 Bones voices so well. Any other point in either canon, and this whole affair would have gone *very* differently. But the emotional fallout from Zack's screw-ups was just as intense for the Bones crew as Dean's resurrection was for him and Sam.

Also, I just love Tessa and Death. But you know that. *applauds*

[bellatemple]

They ended up paralleling more than I necessarily thought, the emotional states of the Bones and SPN folks. Which is part of the joy of working in crossover form.

You were absolutely indispensable on this, I hope you know that!

[phrenolepsy]

This was fantastic. The characterizations and interactions were spot-on (being a fan of both shows), and you deftly handled all the medical lingo that goes along with their investigations. Definitely going to re-read this.

[bellatemple]

Yay! Thanks! This was definitely one to write with a google tab open to hunt down the terminology needed to get the Bones voices right.

[tari_roo]

That was great! You captured all of the characters spot on and the smooth insert of SPN in Bones was beautiful.

great crossover!

[bellatemple]

Thanks! I do love playing with new character voices (and I hadn't tried to write the Bones crew before). I'm glad you liked it!