Werewolf Big Bang '12: A Skill Hell Hath Trained

[revenant_scribe]

Title: A Skill Hell Hath Trained
Story By: revenant_scribe
Art By: evian_fork
Genre: Slash | Alternate-Universe | Werewolf
Pairing: Sam/Dean
Rating: R
Status: Complete | Word Count: 33,059
Written for HC_bingo prompt: isolation
Warnings: Violence, reference to forced captivity and enslavement (werewolf in wolf-form treated as pet), death of minor character.
A/N: This fic

Comments

[flitter_and_fly]

*hugs*

I'm so excited for you with this fic! I know people are going to love it, as they should. Great job~

[revenant_scribe]

*glompz* Thank-you so much! Especially for all your help and support!

[evian_fork]

Yiiiiiiipi!

Is on! I'm so proud of you lol Thanks for working with me, for stand me, see?

Everything went good! Now, I would print it pretty with my art and read all, so I can see if I had to beat your head for saying it was not that good.

Glad we make it!

[revenant_scribe]

LOL I never said 'it wasn't that good'...well, maybe I did. Anyway, it's mostly edited and I made it on time! That's what counts!!!

[jkrm310]

Hey, great story - I really really really liked it!! Loved your idea of almost-canon Dean as a werewolf, but still a hunter -- I can't think of anything else I've read with that exact idea before. I loved the way you handled the sex scenes. Not page after page of excruciating detail, but just enough that the reader knows what happened. Sometimes less is more - I wish more authors understood that. Anyhow, cool story, thanks for sharing.

[revenant_scribe]

So glad you enjoyed it! I haven't read much were'fic, and this is my first effort to write in that genre. It was a little surprising when one of my betas commented on it being unique within the genre, and I was super pleased to hear that!

I am in utter agreement about less being more. I tend to skim the sex scenes in fics when they just go on and on. My general philosophy when I write them is that, if there is nothing I am actually trying to communicate through the intimacy, then I don't need to write the sex into the fic. I mean, you can imply (subtly or obviously) that the characters go off to have sex, but if you're going to contribute a chunk of writing to something, then it better be more than what essentially boils down to porn.

[jkrm310]

I kinda want to reply to your comment about the sex scenes, but I don't want to do it here since it really doesn't belong in with comments about your excellent fic.

I see you're writing a J2 Big Bang - I'll be looking forward to reading it when it gets posted.

[revenant_scribe]

There's always PM.

Also, yes indeed, there are many bangs on the horizon (several in this fandom). It is a twist on the concept of Leviathans and goes live on July 10th, and oh holy hell I need to get editing that beast...*stresses*

[deadflowers5]

There is some problem with the AO3, so thanks for the pdf version!

[revenant_scribe]

No problem!

[ariss_tenoh]

I liked this story. An imaginative take on the werewolf genre.

[revenant_scribe]

Thanks very much. I'm glad to hear you liked it!!