There's a not small part of me that really really enjoys that scenario.

I think I disagree with the characterization of them being fridged for each other, especially in Dean's case, because the deaths were part of the characters own narrative arc. Unless I'm thinking of a different instance than you were, ita. Dean for John? Maybe...

Roy and Walt

Okay, has the penny dropped earlier, and I'm just now getting the Disney ref?

I can't remember, Bev! But now it seems so obvious. Heh.

I'm working my way through the DA crossover, and am extremely amused with every single character falling in love with woobie/psychotic/feral Dean. That is, when I'm not being confused by the whiplash of shifting attitudes and motivations.

Catching up in the thread...

But if she just got killed by some random demon she knew nothing about one night, apologising is kinda weird, no? Especially just to Sam.

Azazel showed Sam a "high-def instant replay" of the night Mary died in AHBL part the first. She ran back into the bedroom for Sam and recognized Azazel, saying "It's you," and Sam then learned that Mary knew Azazel. For me, that answered the question as to why Mary said "I'm sorry" to Sam in Home.

Julie: metamorphagi's crossover, Julie? I didn't feel that happened, so much. I never got the impression Max likes him. I'm feeling the Alec/Max pretty hard, in fact. But Alec's totally gone for him, as he should be.

eta:

Azazel showed Sam a "high-def instant replay" of the night Mary died in AHBL part the first. She ran back into the bedroom for Sam and recognized Azazel, saying "It's you,"

But that doesn't happen in Home, though. We don't get that for quite the while. So was that already in Kripke's head?

That's my thinking. He planted the question in Home and answered it (as well as how Sam got his psychic abilities) in AHBL.

I'm using the phrase "in love" very loosely, ita. Just how, despite everyone's best efforts to hate him, they develop soft squishy spots for him.

I still didn't think Max developed a soft squishy spot for him, though, Julie.

Disappointing fic: [link]

Man, it started out so great. The first two sections (pretty long) have great Dean, great Sam, great D/C chemistry, great surrounding characters, original or no (Tamara!). And then, in the final section, blam! Dean is Michael, fallen. WTF? I tried to stick with it, but I really couldn't care anymore. I am a huge Dean girl, as is obvious, but I hate when people do shit like that with his character. It just erases him. And the author spends little to no time on how this would affect Sam (answer=HUGE) despite having a strong Sam presence up until that point in the story. Too much time on how it affected Castiel. Whatever, honestly. And they also did a little too much to Cas: making him the newest angel is a bit too special snowflake for me too.

Man, I was *really* liking it up until that whiplash turn. Really really.