SPN fic: If Ever I Cease to Love

[patita_fea]

Part Five
Genre: gen casefic
Characters: Dean, Sam, various OCs
Rating: R
Word Count: 3,000
Summary: In February of 2008, a hunt takes the Winchesters to New Orleans just in time for Mardi Gras. Dean's plan is to work the job, get elbow-deep in oyster po-boys, and hit the parade route. But what Dean plans and what takes place ain't ever exactly

Comments

[katiejo567]

Okay, so I'm a dork, and I re-read some of your earlier fic from this verse, where Sam first talks to Maria after Dean passes and when the boys first go to Nazareth. I'm impressed with how organically you married all of the little details you put in those stories into this fic. Everything feels like you just came up with it as you wrote this, meanwhile all of these plot points, (like Dean telling Maria his "due date", Sam not being particularly close to her, the cloves,etc.) have been around in the verse for a while. Very, very well done. :)

I like how you left it with Ms. Elena, too. She wasn't going to take his situation well, at all, and nothing Dean could have said would've changed that. It's sad that he couldn't say goodbye, but it was a genuine reaction.

You were nervous about the ending? Why? I like that it ends how Dean intended this trip to end: him living it up at one last Mardi Gras. He gets the meaningful experience with the Broussards, and he still gets his last party. Very fitting.

Awesome story, hun. Very cool. :)

[patita_fea]

I'm impressed with how organically you married all of the little details you put in those stories into this fic.
I never realized until this story how difficult it is to make backstory mesh with what you've already written. I'm so glad the effort looked natural - that was something I consciously worried about.

You were nervous about the ending? Why?
Heh, because it was the only bit no beta had ever clapped eyes on.

I am so grateful for the kind and generous feedback. So grateful. *smishies you*

[katiejo567]

Yay with the smishies! *smishies you back* *g* Thanks for putting up with me rambling on about your stuff. :p

[patita_fea]

Us authors tend to be insecure feedback whores. We LOVE it when you ramble about our stuff.

*loves*

[erinrua]

Oh, Ducky. Oh, this is just ... *flails and has no wordies*

I'm not what I'd call conversant in your Nazareth 'verse, but it doesn't matter because you write so dazzingly and so brilliantly that I feel and see and live very moment of your fics. This? Was powerful stuff, and your OCs just leap off the page, real as you and me. It just aches to revisit this awful year, too, when Dean and Sam both hear the sifting of the hour glass, for Dean.

*wibbles*

Incredible work, you. I am so very glad you share your gift with us. :-)

[patita_fea]

I am so pleased you liked this one. It's the longest and most plotty thing I've yet written, and hoo boy, am I glad to hear that the characters and the mood worked for you.

Thanks so much!

[borgmama1of5]

This was riveting!

I read the first two chapters and then waited until it was complete and I am so glad I did! You wrote New Orleans as a character in its own right, the mystery was intriguing, and the Dean and Sam interaction was perfect, especially in the final chapter! You had Dean's POV spot-on throughout.

Absolutely wonderful!

[patita_fea]

Thank you so much for reading. I really do appreciate the feedback! :)

[borgmama1of5]

PS to my comment--other comments refer to the Nazareth 'verse--what is that? If it is more stuff you've written, how do I find it?!

[patita_fea]

The Nazareth 'verse is a loose collection of stories mostly set post-series, and all of it can be found on this list in chronological order.

[msninacat]

I LOVED getting some back story on the Nazareth Verse. I really hope to see more from it. I wish I could give you better feedback but I guess having it on a master list of fics that I rec for people looking for gen and het in the fandom will have to do. Keep up the good work!!!

[patita_fea]

Dude, there is no higher compliment than a rec. Thank you so very much!