I
adore
Endverse fics (although I have to space out my reading), and Luminous was appalling to me. So definitely steer clear.
I went through that author's other Dean/Castiel, and she reuses a line of Dean dialogue in Luminous. Hmmph. I like her BAMF Cas, though, so I will definitely read other things she writes. And she did schmoop the hell out of the comfort part of the h/c. But still, the damage she had to do to our boy to get there...
Okay, so I might read the comfort part again sometime. Whatever. Don't judge me.
What exactly is Luminous about?
Lucifer possesses Jimmy Novak and pretends to be Castiel and leads Dean
far
astray. Like, real far. PTSD, Stockholm syndrome, the whole deal. I had to skim bits because I didn't want to imagine all that trauma.
Oh, holy mother of crap. Yeah, no thanks.
I peeked, I couldn't help it, so I bring some sweet schmoop for the first time Dean says "I Love You" to erase my own and others trauma: [link]
After three parts, I have to admit the whole thing feels kind of rushed.
Hee. I offer up some crack too. I'm not even telling you the title: [link]
Then I read the remix: [link] and it punched me in the gut.
So now I gotta go re-schoop. Or at least porn up.
eta:
I have to admit the whole thing feels kind of rushed.
I have to say, I'm just glad she didn't write more of the hurt. And the comfort? It's weird. Cute. But weird. But enough? I'm not thinking so.
Luminous, Plei?
I just found awesome non-AU RPS! I think it's hysterical that all the non-AU stuff now includes Gen and Danneel. Imaginary happy group sex for the win!
Okay, I'm up for ita's crack after this line alone: "
What is his rate of success
?"
ita, ever read "Consequences of Falling" [link] by pandarus? It's awesomely huge, fantastic whump and the most wonderful Dean/Cas hook-up, followed by tons more pain and angst (but, like, the fairly tolerable/non-explicit kind --pain, that is). I love this one.