Life After LIfe (SPN Fic, PG-13)

Jun 11, 2010 13:16


Title: Life After Life
Author: paleogymnast
Fandom/Genre: Supernatural, Het (non explicit), Futurefic, Character Study
Characters: Dean Winchester, others (5.22 spoilers) highlight: Lisa Braeden, Ben Braeden, mentions of Sam Winchester
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 1,094
Warnings: none to speak of aside from major spoilers for 5.22
Spoilers: Up through 5.22
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pg-13, characterstudy, futurefic, dean'spov, post5.22'verse, fic

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hollieciccone June 11 2010, 20:43:37 UTC
WOW That was very deep and thought provoking. Dean probably will never be able to escape his past. I am sure there will always be something there to remind him of what he lost.

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paleogymnast June 11 2010, 20:59:02 UTC
Thanks so much for reading!! :) I don't think Dean can ever escape his past, nor would he really want to--it's a part of who he is--but given time, how he balances his life, copes, deals, that will begin to change. But yeah, it's those little things that come out of nowhere and blindside him with memories that are going to take the longest to get a handle on (and I doubt he ever *totally* would).

Thank you for your lovely comment!! :)

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etoile444 June 11 2010, 23:28:50 UTC
Ah Dean, you would be that "old chick from Titanic". You did a great job twisting three different genre movies together and yet having each one touch Dean. I have to admit, both Titanic and AI left me sobbing like crazy! Espcially AI. And I think it was due to the lonliness of the boy robot at the end. I can see how this would affect Dean. there he is trying to move on, but life after living isn't easy.

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paleogymnast June 11 2010, 23:41:22 UTC
Thank you so much for the comment!!

I felt like I was cheating a little with the movies, as I usually often do when I make movie references in fic. I can't remember *quite* how I realized it but it occurred to me that Dean was way too freaking much like Rose and if Dean were to have that realization, he'd be annoyed to no end. And a bit amused, and maybe a little maudlin, but mostly annoyed. Then I started thinking about othe movies that could totally blindside him.

AI is my least favorite movie of all time, and it immediately came to me as something that would totally frak Dean up if he saw it, because it does have that impossible, futile, clawing despearation in hope that just kills. It's a very well conceived and written movie, well acted, good visual effects, a great director... and none of that stops me from viscerally hating it. It's that constant torture of living forever knowing there's one thing out there you want more than anything but can never have and hanging on to that tiny bit of hope that maybe, somehow, one day it ( ... )

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borgmama1of5 June 11 2010, 23:34:12 UTC
Wow, this is a killer!

Could totally see it happening this way for Dean!

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paleogymnast June 11 2010, 23:42:32 UTC
Aw, thank you for reading!! :D Dean's depressed, but it's not so bad. I promise the other fics get a bit lighter. :) Or at least I think they do... but I reckognize I may not be the best judge of that. :)

Thank you for your comment!! :D

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arliss June 12 2010, 03:34:29 UTC
I'm really enjoying these. The life-as-a-movie idea is a really good one. And yeah, definitely Dean is Rose.

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paleogymnast June 12 2010, 03:45:54 UTC
Thanks! And thanks very much for reading!! I hope you continue to enjoy them!! :D

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kasmodia June 12 2010, 07:44:28 UTC
Smart idea. And heart-wrenching. And... sorry, gotta go watch a movie to cheer me up. *snifflesalittle*

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paleogymnast June 12 2010, 07:51:57 UTC
*hands out tissues* Aww, thanks so much for reading! I'm glad people find this moving... But it's not all sad, there's a little humor in there too--at least I think Dean would see it that way with a kind of dark... irony. The guy who hates chick flicks winds up being like the main character in possibly the biggest chick flick of all time? He'd hate that, but part of him would get a laugh out of it in spite everything.

I think the tone and mood of the stories goes up from here. :D

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