The Only Thing We Have To Fear (The All In The Family Overdub) [Sandman/Supernatural, R, Dean/Death]

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Title: The Only Thing We Have To Fear (The All In The Family Overdub)
Author: hossgal
Summary: Death is fond of those places she frequents.
Fandom: Sandman/Supernatural
Pairing: Dean/Death
Rating: R
Words:7000
Disclaimer: This Death and her family belong to Neil Gaiman, Supernatural characters property of Eric Kripke, et al.
Original story: That what you

Comments

[musesfool]

This is fantastic. I am so amazingly thrilled by what you've done here, taking the story from Death's side - you really get the voices of the Endless right, and I LOVE the confrontation between Death and Desire and the sense of power and menace leashed crackling between them.

And you managed to do what I couldn't, which is get Death in a clinch with Dean, which I think is AWESOME. Dean/Death is totally a viable pairing. Pun completely intended. *g*

Thank you so much!

Now I kind of want to write the story where Sam and Dean meet Destruction, and Barnabas and Matthew are there, and Barnabas is like, "You know, I definitely see the resemblance." *g*

[azephirin]

What a cool story! It's been a while since I've read Sandman, but you did such a great job with everyone's voices that I didn't feel lost at all. I loved reading about Death's travels: The story feels picaresque, but it's actually very tightly and carefully structured. I will definitely be reading this one again.

[hossgal]

Oh, I'm glad the voices came through well - that's always an issue with many new characters.

I think most of the structure is more or less accidental - I didn't think much about that part as I was writing it. So it's good to know that came across well, also.

Thanks for commenting!

- hg

[dodificus]

I loved what you did with Death here, how you put us inside her mind and still kept her other worldly and interesting.

[hossgal]

Thank you - I'm very pleased that Death came across that way to you.

Thanks for commenting.

- hg

[skywaterblue]

This is an amazing story, the narration really sucked me in and held my attention and oh yes, the Endless. I particularly love Daniel!Dream's attempts at giving advice to Death.

[hossgal]

I'm *quite* pleased at how Daniel came out in this story.

Thank you for reading and commenting!

- hg

[idiasm]

I've never read Sandman, but this fic makes me want to, kind of desperately.

I very much enjoyed the look at Death's conflicts which are outside of Dean's. I re-read the original before reading this, and there's so much Dean can't know, about what Death is doing and why. I really empathized with Death here, with her almost desperation, her wish to get revenge but not to ruin the fabric of the space-time continuum, the way she reflects that she could kill Desire but it would move the world, and so she won't.

Yay, fic!

[hossgal]

You really should give Sandman a try. Neil Gaiman is a truely gifted writer.

It has just struck me that interacting with people/beings who have concerns outside of those of the Winchesters is a basic theme of SPN.

I'm glad you liked the story, and thank you for commenting.

- hg