The quote says that if you've got a soul you go to heaven or hell-up or down. Then he makes the distinction of his kind, which seemed to me to be pretty clearly the other case-soulless. How are you interpreting it?
I'll be fine. I'll be your bounty, Jubal Early. And I'll just fade away.
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§ ita § - Mar 26, 2011 12:02:47 pm PDT #18672 of 30002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Amy - Mar 26, 2011 12:12:47 pm PDT #18673 of 30002
Because books.
This is the quote:
The thing about souls -- If you've got one, of course -- Is they're predictable. You die, you go up or down. Where do my kind go?
It seems pretty clear to me that he means his kind don't have souls, which is why they don't go to heaven or hell.
Theresa - Mar 26, 2011 12:40:53 pm PDT #18674 of 30002
"What would it take to get your daughter to stop tweeting about this?"
So it's canon in Supernaturalverse that dogs have souls? All Dogs Go to Heaven. Bonesy or whatever his name was when Sam ran away. Then again, that was Sam's greatest hits and not Bonesy's. Ima count it cause I'd like dogs in heaven.
§ ita § - Mar 26, 2011 12:46:28 pm PDT #18675 of 30002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Are you saying you think they're soulmates?
Juliebird - Mar 26, 2011 3:33:18 pm PDT #18676 of 30002
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
So there's a fic. It's AU, yay! It's 5k, yay! It's PG, hmmm. (c'mon, there at least needs to be punches thrown, blood spurting, violence, gore...). It says it's deliberately bad writing in Harlequin style.
Hold the phone.
Why would I read five thousand words of deliberately bad purple PG prose. I'm failing to see the pro in the pro-con here.
§ ita § - Mar 26, 2011 3:50:31 pm PDT #18677 of 30002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
The author is being self-deprecating. It's not that bad. If that was their aim, they missed. It's dramatic, but...pirates. It should be.
Much worse has been committed by mistake.
Juliebird - Mar 26, 2011 3:54:27 pm PDT #18678 of 30002
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
huh.
Juliebird - Mar 26, 2011 4:06:34 pm PDT #18679 of 30002
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
Also, ita, I can't believe you finally read the Soul/Soldier fic. I mostly skimmed it ages ago, so I can't speak to the descriptions. I didn't catch that the description for Dean didn't match to JA. But I def do not like when one character turns out to be another. There's disconnect for me, although in that case it did explain why Dean seemed so NOT Dean and OOC.
§ ita § - Mar 26, 2011 4:20:14 pm PDT #18680 of 30002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
If Dean's going to be OOC for the whole fic, well, thank god it was a decent Castiel. But I'm reading for Dean/Castiel, dammit. I want both of them to be there, even if there's a good reason Dean's not acting like Dean. And it wasn't, IMO, a rewarding reason. I hate that plot choice.
I did like the chemistry between them, but that was about it. I was mightily frustrated by the end of it, and ended up skimming from the final confrontation on through the resolution. Instant disconnect. And I'd invested a lot to get there! I know folk don't want to be spoiled, but I'd rather know so I don't waste my time with that plot.
Amy - Mar 26, 2011 4:27:03 pm PDT #18681 of 30002
Because books.
I've gotten so picky. If I'm going to read more than 3,000 words, the characters better feel like the SPN writers wrote them.
I remember a Harlequin challenge a while back, and I think authors had to choose from actual cover copy as the prompts.