Dean is almost four and a half years older than Sam, and Speight is 13 years older than Jared. Gabriel seemed to be done with school?
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Juliebird - Jul 27, 2011 12:37:27 pm PDT #20743 of 30002
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§ ita § - Jul 27, 2011 1:01:27 pm PDT #20744 of 30002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I figured Castiel, Dean, and Gabriel were about the same age, although I don't think it was dwelt upon.
Juliebird - Jul 27, 2011 1:37:33 pm PDT #20745 of 30002
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
Sam was mentioned offhand as 15, and I believe Dean was waiting to turn 18 to ditch John and move out with Sam and Gabriel didn't seem to go to school.
Jollysnidge has a couple of updates up at FF.net, woot!
Matt the Bruins fan - Jul 27, 2011 1:37:40 pm PDT #20746 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
You figure in AUs they kind of have to play with the angels' ages, what with them being hundreds of millions of years older than the Winchesters in canon.
§ ita § - Jul 27, 2011 1:43:03 pm PDT #20747 of 30002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Her Dean-as-janitor one sure surprised me!
Juliebird - Jul 27, 2011 2:14:36 pm PDT #20748 of 30002
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
Now I'm all aflutter in anticipation. I only read the prisoner/doctor one so far: hawt. Also, hope Dean's lying about killing his whole family. Makes me sad.
Juliebird - Jul 27, 2011 2:28:50 pm PDT #20749 of 30002
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
Yeah, Matt, the Angel's would all have to be old and grey-haired to be in keeping with their canon selves maturity and experience. I think I've just gotten used to author's using Speight's actual age as a reference for AU!Gabriel.
§ ita § - Jul 27, 2011 2:39:06 pm PDT #20750 of 30002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I'm mostly used to them using the relative authorities of the angels to determine their ages, starting with Castiel being about Dean's age. Which tends to leave an awkward gap for S/G if it's a high school story.
I don't quite see a way out of the prisoner/doctor one if the truth has been told so far. So I'm assuming there's more to it than that.
She also has to finish the story about gay camp. I think author's notes should mention when Sam and Dean aren't related, especially when there's a reverse age difference. I spent way too long trying to make that work.
Of course, he's not a horse, as I suspect was done in the Tangled adaptation. Which irritated me, because Cas was the babiest specialest angel again. But I guess there needed to be a reason for him to be locked up in a tower.
Cass - Jul 27, 2011 2:39:58 pm PDT #20751 of 30002
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
what with them being hundreds of millions of years older than the Winchesters in canon.
"Why can't I date an eight billion year old nebulous form wearing a tax accountant? He's a good 'guy' and heeeee didn't step on the little fish that would evolve into an amphibian."
Juliebird - Jul 29, 2011 11:13:38 pm PDT #20752 of 30002
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
I think I am just about done with fic fanon having Dean making huge life decisions to pay for Sam's higher education (entering into risky, shady, dangerous situations and lifestyles, working twenty jobs, giving up his own dreams, etc).
People, Sam made his own way! Why is fic!Sam suddenly incompetent (I know that's not the motive behind it, but I always get a little mad at lazy lazy Sam when I read it)? Why do the writers think Dean needs this? I can see it being shorthand for how self-sacrificing Dean is for Sam, but, like, isn't just practically raising the kid good enough? Is it to make up for the lack of Dean getting a chance to trade his soul for Sam's life in this type of fic? (this actually makes sense to me, but I wish writers found other creative ways to replace that pivotal gesture instead of adopting this as fact). Is this a D/C failing, or does it pop up in gen and wincest AU's?
In related news, am very excited over the D/C western to come out of the BB.