SPN Gen Fiction: "When The Walls Themselves Might Devour You" (Dean, Sam, PG)

[halfshellvenus]

Title: When The Walls Themselves Might Devour You
Author: HalfshellVenus
Characters: Dean, Sam (Gen, Humor)
Rating: PG
Summary (2x11, "Playthings"): It wasn't The Shining, not yet, but who knew where it would lead?
Author's Notes: Happy Birthday, dotfic! It's a little late, but I hope you like it all the same. :)

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Comments

[borgmama1of5]

Nice little insert into the episode!

[halfshellvenus]

There's just nothing like amplifying the creepy until it's wall-to-wall, is there? I don't blame Dean for a second.

Thanks for reading!

[tsuki_no_bara]

one of my favorite things about this episode was that it was so deeply, deeply creepy because it reminded me so much of the shining. (which is still the scariest movie i've ever seen.) so all the creepy in this is right on the money! even if the detour thru a momentary slapfight made me giggle.

[halfshellvenus]

I found The Shining to be ludicrous instead of scary, but I know that wasn't the typical reaction. And Playthings was damn creepy. The dolls (Dean's reaction to that was right on the money), the wedding dress that seemed less like antique decor and more like dead-person's-dress-waiting-to-be-animated, and of course the old woman, who looked as if she might turn into some kind of squawking attack-crow at any moment. Yeesh!

But there was also a lot of humor in that episode, too, so I hoped this little interlude would bring a mixture of both.

Poor short, bossy Dean... ;)

[batgurl10]

Oh I so loved this little ficlet! Perfect deano voice.

He thought the whole gay vibe was probably something Sam was doing instead, like making cow eyes at him: Dean, my shoe's untied, or My stomach hurts, Dean, or Dad's not home yet. When's dinner?

YEs, yes and YES!!! bwahahahahahah.

[halfshellvenus]

It's ALWAYS Sam! Everything is Sam's fault, unless it's something big (and then Dean will protect him to death).

But all the little things are always Sam. Dean's not a jerk-- Sam's a bitch. Dean isn't bossy-- Sam's just needy. Ah, denial. ;)

Thanks for reading!

[jennylynneh]

I love love love the thought process in this. It really is very Dean. You literally hear his voice in some places.

And I love this line: "What if that old wedding dress on the wall came to life and attacked him? Dean couldn't let something like that happen to his brother." Such a small detail but it did seem to bother him at the time. *smirk*

J

[halfshellvenus]

So glad you enjoyed this!

You know, even _I_ thought the wedding dress decor was kind of weird, and I've stayed in B&Bs where something like that might have come up. But it's still pretty strange, and throw it into a haunted hotel and... o_O That cannot be good.

You know a place is creepy when it's even starting to freak Dean out. ;)

[jennylynneh]

Well, I've always been slightly "sensitive", which is why I usually don't sleep in old buildings. ;) I do admit I thought that was one of the creepiest hotels I ever saw. Not one of the B&Bs where I stayed during my trip in the UK had that creepy feel. I still shudder when I think about those dolls -- one of my best friends' mother when I was growing up had porcelain doll collection with the real hair and the realistic, non-blinking eyes and I could not be in the same room with them.

Excellent job recreating the feel. And I'm still giggling about Dean's concerns about the old man. teehee

J.

[gunznammo2]

I loved this little excursion through Dean's thoughts. He's right on the money - even that old butler kinda weirded me out. Thanks, hon, for posting. : )

[halfshellvenus]

Honestly, the woman running the hotel was the only normal thing there... other than the fact that she'd stayed. Everything else about it was bad, and there was always the lingering sense that at any moment, it might get worse. Yipes!

Thanks for reading! :D