SPN Fanfic: When the Fiddler Stops - 3/3 (Rated R)

[caffienekitty]

Title: When the Fiddler Stops 3/3 - Complete!
Characters: Ash, Ellen, random Roadhouse OC's
Rating: GEN, R (Language!!! Violence!!! And a lot of death now-ish!!)
Warnings: Still spoilers for AHBL 1+2. Ya know that death, violence and egregious abuse of bar equipment I mentioned before? It's all here. And of course loads more swearing, and it's not

Comments

[gwendolyngrace]

But this is so totally how it *should* have happened!

I love that you weren't afraid to kill people brutally, love the interplay of the hunters (esp. as Ted flips off someone even while chanting), all their different styles, etc. Ash's sudden ability to wax prophetic about being on the side of Hell - so much yay. And Terry blowing up the bar FTW.

This was quite a ride, and as much as I liked all the hunters you created, I liked their dying even more, if that makes sense, because of course we never *met* any of them in the Roadhouse other than Ash, so the loss of the Roadhouse was not really all that painful in the context of the show.

[caffienekitty]

Thank you! This was a lot different than the stuff I usually write so I'm very glad you liked it! :-D

I think on the show the Roadhouse was introduced badly, and gained a percentage of vocal opposition among fans because of that, which in turn made the showrunners nervous about trying to develop it further.

I also think that it was doomed to go boom, so to speak, whether it was developed or not, since it's a gathering place for hunters, and makes a sensible tactical target for evil things trying to take over the world. Probably the only tactically intelligent thing YED ever did was going after the Roadhouse. :-)

[girlfan1979]

Haven't read yet, can barely wait to - bookmarking it for a rainy need 9K of angsty horror right now afternoon.

I live in Ireland. I doubt I'll be waiting long :)

[caffienekitty]

*sighs and thinks of Ireland* Never been there, but if I ever win the lotto it's on my list of places to go see.

*hopes you will leave a comment when you do read it* :-)

[girlfan1979]

*hopes you will leave a comment when you do read it* :-)

Of course I'll leave a comment. I hardly ever leave no comment. Sometimes, if something punches really hard, I'll get stuck and have to come back, but I'm a commentor.

[caffienekitty]

Cool. :-)

[quellefromage]

Yeah, Pretzels, really?

This is SO much better, and THIS is my canon. The Roadhouse deserved better than what Kripke gave them. Thanks for setting it right.

[caffienekitty]

TROGDOR!!! Hehe. Sorry. Distracted by your icon.

Wow, thank you!! I'm thrilled you think so! :-D

[curtainpull]

AWESOME! Very vibrant and movementy (if that makes sense.) And sad, too. Poor roadhouse, I wish Kripke could have, you know, not blown it up!

[caffienekitty]

Hee! The comment so nice it posted twice. Cool. I'm glad you liked this! It's a lot different than what I usually write and I've been really nervous about how it would be received.

I think that the Roadhouse was doomed to be a target from the outset, but its end could have been dealt with better by the series. I think maybe the writers wanted to de-emphasise the Roadhouse after the initial negative fan reaction to it and sort of shuffled it off under the carpet. Although, mass combat sequences and huge explosions are probably really expensive to shoot. :-)

[curtainpull]

AWESOME! Very vibrant and movementy (if that makes sense.) And sad, too. Poor roadhouse, I wish Kripke could have, you know, not blown it up!

[caffienekitty]

You know, I didn't see you'd commented on this until just now. Thanks, and sorry for missing seeing this for the past 6 years.

ETA: And as I scroll up further I see I didn't respond because it was a duplicated comment and I'd responded to the first one. *double facepalm* XD