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animus_wyrmis in movementmvt

look at me, posting this essay hours before it is due!

Aug 08, 2011 21:47

Title: Child of a Distant Father: Sam and Dean as Telemachus and Penelope
Author: animus_wyrmis
Summary/Abstract/Thesis Statement: Through clever use of misdirection, coyotesuspect obscures a reading of her Odyssey, American in which Dean is Penelope and Sam is Telemachus and there is never any Odysseus.
Recipient and links to original fic: coyotesuspect's Odyssey, American1300 words. ( Read more... )

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Comments 8

coyotesuspect August 10 2011, 21:17:01 UTC

I AM SO LOOKING FORWARD TO READING THIS

animus_wyrmis August 11 2011, 00:00:36 UTC

:DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

coyotesuspect August 14 2011, 02:24:41 UTC

BRILLIANT. I WILL TRANSCRIBE MY THOUGHTS AT SOME POINT WHEN I HAVE MORE THAN FORTY MINUTES OF INTERNET. <3

animus_wyrmis August 14 2011, 02:27:54 UTC

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Basically, incest is weird?

coyotesuspect August 14 2011, 02:29:36 UTC

NO. BASICALLY SAM AND DEAN'S RELATIONSHIP IS WEIRD AND CARRIES WITHIN PARALLELS TO MULTIPLE OTHER FAMILY DYNAMICS.

animus_wyrmis August 14 2011, 02:35:48 UTC

Mmmmmm-hm.

familiardevil August 19 2011, 02:53:52 UTC

This was so fantastic to read! And really super interesting. I love the fact that you drew comparisons between Sam/Dean and Penelope/Telemachus. It wasn't what I was expecting and not what I got from the story myself but IT HAS MADE THE STORY EVEN BETTER. You are so spot on with how Dean and Sam are like Penelope and Telemachus in Coyote's story what with Dean waaaaiting and being sad forever and Sam striking out on his own but coming back! Except I don't want Penelope and Telemachus to have reunion sex, BUT THE LACK OF INCEST MAKES THIS ALL THE MORE INTRIGUING AND WONDERFUL.

/o\ Thanks for sharing! Your essay was a great read and makes me yearn for more essays on specific fics tbh. Also could you have chosen a better fic? No you couldn't have the end.

animus_wyrmis August 20 2011, 01:43:49 UTC

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One of my favorite things about this fic is that there are totally multiple ways to line up the characters, and each one gives a slightly different reading and it is VERY FUN.

yessss omg the striking out and then coming back was where I started with in this because POOR SAM, WANTING TO BE A GROWNUP AND FAILING BADLY.

lack of incest always makes things better!

makes me yearn for more essays on specific fics tbh
this is a thing i too would want.