Command me fic #8 - SPN - Blood Ties

[erinrua]

REPOST! - This is for almightyspaz who prompted me with: Okay, I command you to write a Supernatural fic that involves... Elizabeth Bathory. This necessitated me getting in touch with my inner Sam and doing actual research, lol, but I hope this works! Thanks, luv!

Title: Blood Ties
Author: ErinRua
Rating: PG
Length: @ 3600 words
Spoilers: Season 3-ish

Comments

[art_savage]

Very cool vibe to this story - can't quite put my finger on it, but the voice just works.

That scene with Dean holding the shirt up to Sam really got to me. I don't do the "awwwww" reaction very much, but this time I did. Dammit.

Since I'm pretty sure the demon didn't mean a Swedish metal band...

THANK YOU! I was hoping you'd mention that...though I was a bit disappointed that Dean didn't make the connection! ;)

Very good stuff. Made my workday go by a bit faster!

[erinrua]

LOL, I made you go "awww!" *giggles*

Heh, well, I honestly hadn't heard of the band before researching, so that was just a bit of fun, presuming Sam's search turned up the same stuff mine did. *g* As for Dean not making the connection ... Hm. Maybe they're too *new* for him? LOL!

Anyhow, thank you so much for reading! I'm delighted I could make your workday a little nicer. :-)

[weather_fan]

I was about to read this the other day when I discovered you were closed for renovations, so to speak. So I can't compare it to the first version.

That said, wow. Great work. From the stylistics to the flow, it was just great.

Also, you really pulled off the metaphors (i.e., "like an oyster in hot butter"). It's easy to make what sounds like a smooth metaphor in your head sound awful on the page. But you did it elegantly. Good touch.

[erinrua]

Wow, thank you for such generous feedback! You've put a humongous silly smile all over my face. :-D

As for the renovations - meh. I just needed to clarify and tidy up a handful of spots, but nothing hugely major. I didn't use a beta on this, and I probably should have. ;-) Thanks so much for reading!

And I love your icon. I saw a roadsign in Arizona marking the old Rt. 666. ;-)

[just_ruth]

I'm probably more than revealing my age by saying that Elizabeth Bathory featured in one of my most favorite Fantasy Island episodes.

Tina Louise played a woman having nightmares of blood and Rouke takes her to a castle where it is revealed that she is a direct decendent of Elizabeth Bathory, who decides to move into her body. Rouke charms the possessed soul by talking of how the young guard would sit outside her door and find her so beautiful. . . (and Richardo Montelbon could read the phone book and I'd be charmed to a standstill)

Interesting that there is no ending.

[erinrua]

De plane, de plane! *G*

Now who's old? ;-) Thanks so much for reading! I'm still not sure I've entirely hit the mark with this story: the "ending" was supposed to be mainly a fizzle. The demon got away, the boys can't find it, and Winchester life goes on. But ... hopefully that doesn't detract too terribly. I'm a bit disappointed in myself with this story, given that my cowboy!Dean fic got an avalanche of comments overnight, and this one ... not so much. ;-)

But them's the breaks, and not every muse is a winner. Thank you again for the feedback! *hugs*

[hugemind]

Your demon was awesome! Gruesome, evil and so gleeful when the boys found her.

Amazingly, Dean is not setting him up for humiliation with a pink lacy bra, or something. Rather, he holds up a blue plaid flannel shirt that looks almost new.

First of all: awwww. Second: your Sam-voice is so, so spot on when he's sure that Dean's up to something. :)

Also, I liked the way and especially the tone of how you included Dean's deal and him possibly becoming a demon. The demon getting away also makes me wonder how often something like that happens to the boys.

[erinrua]

Hey you! :-) Thanks so much for reading my admittedly odd story! *g* Heh, I'm extra glad you liked my demon. It was the demon in Director Groves, who just bolted before Sam could complete the exorcism, that first gave me the idea of demons escaping simply by abandoning their host. I have to suppose that sometimes the boys aren't able to get a demon trapped, first, and ... yeah, I wonder if they lose a few.

Anyhow, thanks so much for reading, and for the lovely feedback! :-) (And love your Big Damn Heroes icon.)

[kayden_eidyak]

Do you know how amazing you are? No, seriously. That was...I can't explain. It was...dense. As in compact. There was so MUCH stuff in such a small little space I can barely comprehend it all. I'll have to read it again. But it was awesome. You iz awesome.

Out of idle curiosity...have quotes gone out of style? ;) Or is that just what you do when you write like that?

And...mistake, methinks...or a missing word, rather. I think you want a "you" between do and hunt.

It's freakin' gone like a fart in a hurricane, and how the hell do hunt a demon if it won't do anything to make any signs?

[erinrua]

Woopsie, I did indeed drop a word, there! Thank you! *blush* All fixed now.

LOL, and no, no, quotes are absolutely not out of style, and I'm honestly surprised no one else has whacked me with a rolled up newspaper for doing that. *g* Pure literary affectation, no more, and not likely to be repeated. Heh. ;-)

And THANK YOU! LOL, I'll presume rendering you virtually speechless is a good thing, since you did manage to say "awesome." ;-P Thank you for reading, dispite my stylistic weirdness.