I used to wonder that with Tim Bayliss stories, ita. Because it's canon that his Uncle George abused him sexually, and you could probably make the argument that he didn't have the warmest parents in the world, but some of the stuff that came from the knowledge...reads a little sick to me.

I saw Peter Wingfield today.

I'm temping at UVM- College of Medicine and he's currently a 2nd year med student. I was walking back to my office and passed through this lounge area((not really a lounge area, it's an open area with couches) and he was sitting on a couch, looked like he might be waiting for someone.

He's gone back to med school? That's the best thing EVER.

Yeah - here's a good article by a local paper [link]

I adore that he's going to med school. I mean, he's been characters I love but he's also this actual person and, hey, go follow your dream and have a real life. I am totally in support of that.

I think John is a great character. He's one of my favourites in terms of how messed up he is.

I thought, "like Batman!"

I think he had all the best intentions, but was rabidly monomaniacal in a very Batmanish way--he just didn't have to outsource orphans. He grew his own.

And then you mentioned it.

He made a lot of mistakes. A lot of them. But I don't see him as an overall bad guy. I think he was flawed as a father, sure. They weren't exactly the Brady's. But I still like the character of John and think he falls way further on the side of good.

Ha! There actually happened to be a vid in Nearly New show during Vividcon that was dedicated to Peter Wingfield, set to Live and Let Die: [link]

Not deep, but enjoyable nonetheless. And good on him that he's pursuing his other dreams.

ita, I still really have a thing for John Winchester. Some googling or delicious searches might find my John Winchester Defense Post off Doom... (I'm on the road using my phone or I would give you the l link directly...)

Also I wrote two stories which might be seen as John defenses...

For those who are fans of the Eleventh Doctor and Sherlock (BBC version), there is a brilliant crossover by radio_silent called The Watchman. It's a WIP, but the story is finished with just three more chapters to post. She's posting one chapter a day.

Summary: When the Doctor shows up outside of 221B, John finds his loyalties tested—and his entire world turned upside down.

Some of the SuperWhoLock (I basically consider Letmartyhandlethis the canonical source thereof, though she hasn't done much lately and tried to put Merlin in it) hinges on a young Moriarty having met the Doctor (Ten, I think) and him never having come back for him, and that being part of the reason he's such a twisted fuckup.

Destina has a whole bunch of vid recs from Vividcon here, with links: [link]