This is hypnotizing. I couldn't look away until I got to the end. What an interesting idea, blurring the lines between the characters vs. real life. I loved how you alternate so much between referring to them as Sam/Dean and Jared/Jensen. Shows how confused they really are. And I loved how torn Jensen was, how when he was with Dr. Reid he could buy that he was Jensen, but as soon as he was around Jared, everything got blurry again. Sammy has that effect on Dean even in an institution.
This is written beautifully. I was never sure throughout the whole thing whether I wanted them to get better and realize they're J and J, or to fall back into the delusion and become S and D. It was wonderfully confusing! Even at the end, I'm not sure how I feel about Jensen's decision to fall back into Dean. It's kind of a happy ending but not at the same time.
Wonderfully written, a great concept, and it left we with this eerie, tingly feeling, I'm not really sure if it's a good feeling or a bad one, lol. But I loved the story.
DAMN, this made me feel insane. It's horrifying and compelling and so twisty I don't know which way's up. I loved the way you wove in the SPN mytharc with Dr. Reid's cool, fascinating dissection, and the ending left me absolutely shaken. What a great read!
Thank you very much! I had a lot of fun playing around with it, and I couldn't decide myself which way I wanted it to go, so I left it open - so I wouldn't have to choose!
I'm not really active on lj anymore, as I do most of my reading on the archive, but facetofcathy recced this, and I had to check it out. I'm so glad I did! Just when you think nothing new can be done, someone comes out with something so original and fascinating that it makes everything seem interesting all over again. So well written, creepy and mesmerizing.
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This is written beautifully. I was never sure throughout the whole thing whether I wanted them to get better and realize they're J and J, or to fall back into the delusion and become S and D. It was wonderfully confusing! Even at the end, I'm not sure how I feel about Jensen's decision to fall back into Dean. It's kind of a happy ending but not at the same time.
Wonderfully written, a great concept, and it left we with this eerie, tingly feeling, I'm not really sure if it's a good feeling or a bad one, lol. But I loved the story.
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Thank you so much!
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I tried very hard to make Dr. Reid sympathetic and distant at the same time - not quite sure I managed it, but I liked her!
Thanks again!
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Great use of meta about canon and just the unreality of television--the whole does your body look like a hunter's body thing.
Sam's self-justification was pitch-perfect even if he's not Sam!
I'll be turning this one over in my mind for a while.
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*rolls around in delicious meta*
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I had a fantastic time writing this story and rolling around in the meta myself!
Thank you!
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A pleasure to read. Thank you so much for sharing.
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This started out as 'a short little ficlet' and then ending up eating my brain!
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