Comments | ficwriter1966: SPN FIC - Surely Goodness and Mercy

ficwriter1966

SPN FIC - Surely Goodness and Mercy

Mar 31, 2010 11:45

Next up: The Benders, which I have to say is far and away my least favorite episode of Season 1, because of the ugliness it portrays, along with an underlying level of ugliness that isn't pointed to, but is so there that ... well, there's this. We didn't see much of this side of Dean back in Season 1, but we sure are seeing it now, and I think it' ( Read more... )

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borgmama1of5 March 31 2010, 15:59:24 UTC

Very powerful and completely appropriate to the episode and to Dean.

ficwriter1966 March 31 2010, 17:52:12 UTC

Thank you. :)

callistosh65 March 31 2010, 16:08:37 UTC

Wow. Powerful and dark.. people aren't their duty. People aren't what they hunt. But if there's one thing he's learned through all these years, it's that there aren't that many absolutes. Love this line especially.

ficwriter1966 March 31 2010, 17:57:53 UTC

I'm sure Dean thought, how do you draw a line between absolutely soulless-evil-insane like the Benders, and something supernatural that might be evil only by virtue of the things it does by instinct alone? I remember Bobby telling Dean in "Sin City" that "people ain't our job" - but they would almost have to be, sometimes. The Benders had evaded traditional law enforcement for years, maybe decades, and people like that can never be rehabilitated. They're wild animals. Worse than wild animals.

Anyway...I'm glad you liked the story. Thanks for commenting. :)

izhilzha March 31 2010, 16:28:57 UTC

*cringes*

I want to say that this isn't Dean, that this is OOC...but it isn't, at all. I'd even say that this is very, very 1st season Dean. Well done.

ficwriter1966 March 31 2010, 17:59:42 UTC

I wish I thought it were OOC. But I think that thread of despair has been present underneath the surface for a long time. What's happened since John's death has just *fed* it.

Thanks for the kind words. :)

maychorian March 31 2010, 16:36:00 UTC

Man, what an awful thought. I can see why you avoid going to this place in your head. ::shudders:: Very well done.

ficwriter1966 March 31 2010, 18:00:15 UTC

Thank you. :)

Now, to try and find something more upbeat to write about...

morganslady March 31 2010, 16:37:52 UTC

Very powerful especiall the last line Wow..

I think The Benders was one of the scarier episodes.

ficwriter1966 March 31 2010, 18:01:52 UTC

It's not "scary" for me so much as it's just a horribly unpleasant place to be. All that much worse knowing there really are people like that running around.

I'm glad you liked the story - although "Shadow" is next and I'm hoping to find something much more upbeat in that one to talk about.