The Pendulum Swings

[hunters_retreat]

Title: The Pendulum Swings
Verse: The Pendulum Swings (an offshoot of The Clock Verse)
Character: John Winchester
Rating: Gen
Summary: What the hell was his oldest thinking?
Author's Note:  Yes, this will be a new verse, focusing on John Winchester and what happens to him when Sam says he's going to Stanford, based on The Clock Verse AU.  Written for devon99

Comments

[devon99]

Sweetie!! I loved it. You had it done so quickly!! I love your Dean in Clock verse, and here when he stands up to John, I was just cheering him on.

Your John is such a fool, he is so single minded and blind to what family really means, just driven by his quest for revenge. It doesn't help that he doesn't understand Sam, can't reconcile the fact that Sam won't fall into line. He just makes me so grrrr, looking at the photo in his wallet, laying this at the demons door, when all this was because of his choices, his actions, his angry words. You can't blame the demon for everything, John.

But, despite all his faults, I still felt for him at the end, when he was all alone, thinking that Dean was going to come back.

He’d have to call Bobby back and tell him he was short handed until Dean came back.

As if Dean could ever make any choice but Sam.

I look forward to more ♥

[hunters_retreat]

Thank you hon! As much as I really wanted John to get a clue when Dean walked out the door, it doesn't really hit him until he meets Dean at that bar (later in Clock Verse). He's got a ways to go before he realizes some of his mistakes, and even then, it will take a while for his pride to get him to do something about it. I think it will be an interesting ride, to see where this John takes us.

*hugs* So glad you liked it!

[kaylennz]

This was just so wonderfully done. You pulled me in from the start and kept me right there til the end. I loved it all. Loved how Dean stood by his brother, loved how John felt that sliver of fear. Loved how he acknowledged that Dean could be the best hunter ever, better than him even.

John's thoughts on both his boys throughout were just amazingly done. Great job!

I want more of this for sure!

[hunters_retreat]

I couldn't help myself! I did two pieces in the Clock Verse with John in them, a regular piece and a snippet from John's POV, and ever since then John has been lingering in my mind. The newest prompt just made me want to follow him around and see what he's up to. It should be fun to see how this plays out and how Sam and Dean will figure into it as they settle their lives in the other Verse :P

So glad you liked it hon!

[hunters_retreat]

Thank you! And yes!!! John just doesn't get it. I wrote another snippet from John's POV and it's not until that point where he really understands. But it will be fun to see where this goes :p

So glad you enjoyed it!

[phillydogg]

This was just so amazingly good! Dean was just sheer perfection in it.

John...I just can't help but feel that he is effing clueless. Which is really, really sad. He doesn't really know his sons at all, does he?

He's just let this vendetta control his life, and now he's driven away his sons, which SHOULD be the most important things in his life. Kind of heartbreaking actually.

[hunters_retreat]

I think that's why I had to write this offshoot of the Clock Verse. John really doesn't get it, he doesn't get them at all. It's not that he doesn't care, but he doesn't understand them. Not only that but he's really lost his way as they got older (playing up the scene in the show where John tells Sam that somewhere along the line he became their drill sergeant and forgot to be their father). I want the chance for him to redeem himself. In the one snippet I did for the Clock Verse in John's POV, he finally got what he'd done and I want to live up to that moment with him and see what he does with it :p

Glad you liked it hon! I've never written much of John (even in What You're Getting I tend to write for Eliot) so this will be a fun exercise for me :P

[amalia21_6]

I want to say how much I love this addition to the Clock Verse. I really feel for John he has lost everything. True it is his own fault but, an empty house with nothing but a box of remnants of your kids , So sad.

[hunters_retreat]

Ever since I did a little snippet of John's POV I knew I wanted to address who John is in this series. I want to see where he went so wrong and forgot about his boys. It should be interesting to see where he goes from here :P Glad you enjoyed it hon!