Too Long in the Wasteland, for sophiap (part two)

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[Too Long in the Wasteland, part 2]

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[nagi_schwarz]

That was beautiful. Perfect. I loved every letter of it.

[zara_zee]

Thank you! So happy to hear that. :) Thanks so much for reading and commenting.

[kalliel]

I love the conceit of the Samn'Dean stories so much. <3 That's the only Year 2100-something (more??) I will accept!

[zara_zee]

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed the Sam'n'Dean stories. Thanks for reading and commenting--I know you're not a fan of post-apocalyptic stories!! :)

[sophiap]

flails incoherentlyOh, my goodness! This is AMAZING, and hits so many of my narrative kinks, I can't even begin to tell you! I love, love, love what you did with the prompts, with the disasters and the Sam'n'Dean stories and Dean as someone who has very much been too long in the wasteland. I love that the world is bleak and yet there's hope (there's much about your story that reminds me of "Station Eleven," in that way

[zara_zee]

I am so, so thrilled that you enjoyed the story and that you read it multiple times! You gave me the most amazing, inspiring set of prompts to work with--so much so that I wanted to do them all! And then I sort of stalked you a little to get a feel for the kind of thing you might like--so to hear that I managed to hit so many of your narrative kinks is fabulous. When I saw that you'd prompted 'Too long in the Wasteland' a few times I figured I had to go with that prompt. And then I listened to the song and was blown away by how perfect it is for Supernatural. I sure hope someone makes a vid for it one day!
Anyway, so very happy that you enjoyed this. Thanks again for the great prompts. :D

[sophiap]

Yay! I'm delighted to finally learn who wrote this WONDERFUL story! Also, thank you so, SO much for picking up on that unmet prompt of mine and delivering such a great story to go with it. Isn't it a perfect song for the series?

Anyhow, I cannot tell you how much I appreciate the work you put in to making a work that was so tailored to my many narrative kinks - including working in some Sam/Jody. I'll be reading this again for sure.

[zara_zee]

Thank you!

..for picking up on that unmet prompt of mine...

I figured you'd asked for it so many times, you really should get something, and I can't vid, but when I listened to the song I knew I could write something for it. It's just brilliant for Supernatural. I played it and instantly got an image of purgatory!Dean walking out of a desolate landscape, weapons in hand, wary expression on his face.

...tailored to my many narrative kinks...

We seem to share a few, so this was a hugely enjoyable task!

Thanks again for the great prompts. I'm truly thrilled that you enjoyed the story. :D

[madebyme_x]

What a truly touching and poignant fic! I loved what you did with the prompts - this has a little bit of something for everyone!

There were so many elements and details that I loved; the post apocalyptic landscape, seeing Dean hunt that the animals that surround him in the wastelands, the bunker and the memory foam, the kids, the storytellers, the gospels, and how Sam died and then came back younger because in his soul he stopped aging when Dean did...there's so much stunning world-building.

But the ending for me was perfect. Seeing Sam find a way to save his brother and how you twisted canon and the book of damned spell into the Winchesters was so in line with the show and characters.

Such a heart-felt and thoroughly entertaining fic - I loved it! Thank you for sharing :)

[zara_zee]

Thank you so much! I'm so happy that you enjoyed all those elements and details--all the bits that went toward the world-building. And I'm so thrilled that you thought the ending was perfect. I wanted Sam to save Dean (without unleashing anything terrible!) and I enjoyed twisting up canon to do it!

Thanks for reading and commenting! :D

[freya922]

That was freaking amazing. You wove so many strands to create this moving, poignant, gorgeous story with such a riveting post-apocalyptic atmosphere. I loved it, every word, every bit of plot. You got me crying, too.

[zara_zee]

Thank you! I'm so very happy that you enjoyed the story. And to have moved you to tears! Thanks so much for reading and commenting. :D