Oh god, so apparently the RPS is Cas writing a novel. This is the scholarly endeavor this AU Cas has been working on, really?
I'm still annoyed at the idea that this epic romance broke up because they couldn't survive on letters or email, and that despite the cost of college, the families couldn't foot the bill for a plane ticket once or twice a year. What's a couple hundred bucks against a mutli-thousand dollar college tuition, plus the cost of finding housing for the summer, or paying to keep housing for the summer. I need better obstacles, people! Especially if you want me to believe this epic romance got deterred because of them.
Eh, I could have lived without it, the Once, Again, Always fic. The narrative was wonky, and I really wasn't sold on the obstacles. I mean, if the characters are declaring their undying love for each other, you don't just mention the one's insecurity in passing, it's a big fucking issue. And one they should have been dealing with the whole while, not just in passing in a late flashback. Oherwise they just look silly.
And the RPS was just gratuitous. Cas' novel fictionalizing his and Dean's romance could have been handled differently without alienating readers. Another fic worked it with the story being about Donna and Samantha, no need to go the Misha/Jensen route.