These characters are so rich in canon that it sometimes pains me to see them trivialized in fanfic, but you have done them justice in such a satisfactory way in this interesting take on the amnesia trope.
It wasn't difficult to sympathise with Sam's morally ambiguous actions, because the major motivation for him was to take Dean's pain away, even when it all got too far. Still, the saying about good intentions stays true and I was really torn between wanting Dean to be able to keep living without the horrible burden he'd been carrying and to have him back as he is, and I kept wondering what Sam would feel as the time passed with this new Dean - would he regret losing his brother and would he be able to forgive himself for what he had done, and would he have eventually told him the truth and then gone on to argue Dean out of that particular bit of insanity if he decided to leave him. Sam is one crazy son of a bitch. :)
There is a wonderful component of what I perceived as celebrating Dean in this story, how magnificent he truly is, and in the context of their circumstances it was truly heartbreaking in a way. His gratitude to Sam taking him in when he thought that nobody was looking for him was so painful when he got his memories back and went on to think that it had been true - that the only person who should have really hadn't been looking for him, and that Sam was happy with the replacement suited for what he wanted for himself.
Also, your style is so captivating and a joy to read, the flow of this story was incredible. I loved this. <3
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Date: 2009-02-27 12:49 am (UTC)It wasn't difficult to sympathise with Sam's morally ambiguous actions, because the major motivation for him was to take Dean's pain away, even when it all got too far. Still, the saying about good intentions stays true and I was really torn between wanting Dean to be able to keep living without the horrible burden he'd been carrying and to have him back as he is, and I kept wondering what Sam would feel as the time passed with this new Dean - would he regret losing his brother and would he be able to forgive himself for what he had done, and would he have eventually told him the truth and then gone on to argue Dean out of that particular bit of insanity if he decided to leave him. Sam is one crazy son of a bitch. :)
There is a wonderful component of what I perceived as celebrating Dean in this story, how magnificent he truly is, and in the context of their circumstances it was truly heartbreaking in a way. His gratitude to Sam taking him in when he thought that nobody was looking for him was so painful when he got his memories back and went on to think that it had been true - that the only person who should have really hadn't been looking for him, and that Sam was happy with the replacement suited for what he wanted for himself.
Also, your style is so captivating and a joy to read, the flow of this story was incredible. I loved this. <3