I can't believe I didn't comment on this back in November. I don't think I've seen you since then, so I can't even have told you verbally how much I loved it.
::total facepalm::
When I was writing Steel, I saw John as trying to do the right thing, however disastrously it turned out. I saw him as broken into so many pieces that he couldn't really tell up from down, let alone right from wrong. You have realized him better than I even imagined. You made his pain and grief jump off the page. The scene with the silver bullets was surreal and strange in the best way, floating along in his fractured thoughts. The parallels at the end with Dean's own journey were masterfully done.
And John's thoughts about keeping Dean were creepy – and all the creepier for how real and true they felt. It's way too easy to see Dean in that very same cage, had John had his way.
(According to my notes, I posted Steel on Shadow to sn_fic, supernaturalfic, spn_dark_vault, spn_fanfics, sn_flashback and spn_gen [varkelton was quite emphatic that I find comms.].)
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::total facepalm::
When I was writing Steel, I saw John as trying to do the right thing, however disastrously it turned out. I saw him as broken into so many pieces that he couldn't really tell up from down, let alone right from wrong. You have realized him better than I even imagined. You made his pain and grief jump off the page. The scene with the silver bullets was surreal and strange in the best way, floating along in his fractured thoughts. The parallels at the end with Dean's own journey were masterfully done.
And John's thoughts about keeping Dean were creepy – and all the creepier for how real and true they felt. It's way too easy to see Dean in that very same cage, had John had his way.
(According to my notes, I posted Steel on Shadow to sn_fic, supernaturalfic, spn_dark_vault, spn_fanfics, sn_flashback and spn_gen [