I just finished Play It All Night Long this morning. It had me hitting up Youtube for several references. I found her Cas OK, if not dead on, but her Gabe really didn't work for me. Still, her Dean was pretty engaging, and the reader spends most of the time with Deans PoV, so that worked out pretty well.
These are stone killers, little man. They ain't cuddly like me.
Jayne ,'The Train Job'
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Calli - Jun 30, 2010 9:00:05 am PDT #11467 of 30002
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
§ ita § - Jun 30, 2010 9:05:50 am PDT #11468 of 30002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I agree with your major OOC criticism, Calli. Also, Sam not awesome enough for me. But I'm getting pretty psycho-demanding about that one.
Her Cas was too broken for me. The part where he went BAMF came only out of canon for me, not out of the character she'd written so far. But he was sweet, and I was rooting for them, and Dean was good.
Calli - Jun 30, 2010 9:43:23 am PDT #11469 of 30002
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
The part where hewent BAMF
came only out of canon for me, not out of the character she'd written so far.
True. I didn't see anything in his past that would have led to that. Most of his other OOCness I wrote off to the whole AU not an angel thing.
It might have been nice if she'd found a way for Sam to be around more. I don't think he was in the plot enough to manifest a whole lot of awesome. And one of my favorite parts of the show is the day to day interaction of the brothers, which just didn't fit in with the story's plot .
§ ita § - Jun 30, 2010 9:53:19 am PDT #11470 of 30002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Most AU Castiels are lower in the social ranking than Dean, and play on awkward!Castiel. He gets woobified too often, IMO. rockstarpeach has a BB AU where Castiel is a big time businessman, which is an interesting flip, but he's also kinda an asshole, and the character interactions kinda don't make sense--I mean Castiel sleeps with Sam and Dean sleeps with Gabe and we still get happily ever after. Hello?
At the very least, some of the HS/college AUs make him an older student, which balances things out a bit. But too much with the broken. Canon Castiel is a badass who doesn't need anyone's pity, and not really even anyone's sympathy (empathy, on the other hand, much fun). I'd like to see more AUs reflect that.
Atropa - Jun 30, 2010 9:55:55 am PDT #11471 of 30002
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
On a random note, any time someone referes to Gabriel as Gabe, I think Gabe Saporta from Cobra Starship, and then my brain goes to a very odd SPN/bandom cross-over place.
And in other news, there is a guy who looks like he could be JDM's brother sitting in the lounge area here in my building. I am keeping an eye out for demons.
§ ita § - Jun 30, 2010 10:00:32 am PDT #11472 of 30002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I am keeping an eye out for demons.
As opposed to getting his number and sending it to single denizens of this thread? HELLO.
Atropa - Jun 30, 2010 10:08:56 am PDT #11473 of 30002
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
As opposed to getting his number and sending it to single denizens of this thread? HELLO.
Sure. Just tell me how to do that without sounding creepy, crazy, or like *I'M* hitting on him.
waits
Matt the Bruins fan - Jun 30, 2010 10:10:36 am PDT #11474 of 30002
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
And in other news, there is a guy who looks like he could be JDM's brother sitting in the lounge area here in my building. I am keeping an eye out for demons.
Go tell him you loved him in No Country for Old Men!
§ ita § - Jun 30, 2010 10:12:19 am PDT #11475 of 30002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Just tell me how to do that without sounding creepy, crazy, or like *I'M* hitting on him.
Jilli, you're charming. You can totally do this. I've hit on guys for other women before, and it's worked out just fine.
Also, Matt's line is excellent. I'm assuming he's been complimented on his Tony Stark many times before.
§ ita § - Jun 30, 2010 11:11:37 am PDT #11476 of 30002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I just saw a link to a tumblr site exhorting Show to kill Lisa.
Why do people have to act this way? Why can't fans and Deangirls all be perfectly sane?
What risk can her continued existence possibly pose? Dean's going to sit on his ass and not hunt for 21 episodes? Yes, I think that's likely.
My god.