Comments | water_fowl182: Convenient to the longing

water_fowl182

Convenient to the longing

Dec 26, 2010 21:32

Christmas time is kinda naturally associated with season 3 withing the SPN 'verse, as far as I'm concerned (what with the token X-mas episode and all). Cue a random little ficlet in keeping with the mood of the season (pun absolutely intended).

Title: Convenient to the longing
Genre: Gen
Rating: Gen
Characters: Dean (by default), Sam; Sam's POV
Summary ( Read more... )

dean&sam, spn, call me ishmael, spn: fic, a quality of blank, methinks i have astronomy

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xwacky December 27 2010, 02:02:49 UTC

This. This is achingly tender. That is the Sam that I love. I also adore the way you describe Dean through Sam's eyes. Your prose is haunting and effective, hon. <3

water_fowl182 December 27 2010, 04:17:47 UTC

Oh, thank you so much! You got me completely humbled here!
Season 3 Sam is too, by far, my favorite Sam - not hell-bent on revenge or a contest of wills with Dad, not obsessed with becoming a monster someday, or addicted to demon blood, or angsting over having unleashed the Apocalypse, but focused completely on his brother. In an angsty, emo, obsessive, trademark-Sam way, sure enough, but still.
It would appear, Dean's impending doom was the trigger for it truly *occurring* to Sam in all clarity what his brother meant and what loosing Dean would mean.

xwacky December 27 2010, 12:14:44 UTC

Oh hon, I totally agree with everything you said here. Season3!Sam is my favorite Sam by far. It's the only time Sam isn't too concerned with himself and his destiny. Granted, there's still a touch of "Dean belongs to him, and he doesn't want to loose his brother", but so much of it is about angsting over Dean and Dean's fate for once.

water_fowl182 December 27 2010, 12:31:04 UTC

So true!
In all honesty, when all's said and done, I'd rather take 'possessive!Sam' not wanting to loose his brother for whatever smudge of selfish reasons, over a Sam not caring to give a damn for the pain he inflicts and writing his brother out of the books, upon enrolling into college, or running off into the blue, or lying his head off to get away with substance abuse, or letting his brother be turned a vampire, etc.

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rokhal January 3 2011, 19:28:46 UTC

Gaah! Tulpa!Dean!
Sweet and disturbing. Sam is a strange man.

water_fowl182 January 4 2011, 15:55:08 UTC

Thank you so much for reading and reviewing!
I appreciate it beyond words!

Sam did give off the vibe of being on desperation's very edge as season 3 proceeded, so I wouldn't put it past him to at least look into 'recreation' techniques.