Oh, hon. In this ultimate chapter you've entirely outdone your earlier brilliance with the language of description. "Ash-skeined wind," for example, is just...perfect. I wish there were better words to do your language justice here, truly. "Ice-fanged wind" in Chicago--just, yes. Yes. And there's this incredible economy of images, too, for example how quickly you establish an atmosphere for their temporary home in the abandoned house. It's a paragraph, but it adds SO much to our understanding of the story.
And then there's the action itself, perfectly paced, tautly told to create maximum tension. Sam, superpowers or no, still struggles; there's a learning curve, which amps up our feelings of fear for what might come of the brothers. And then the beauty of the demon, the way you remind us that demons and angels are the same, of the same source. I love that Sam can't undo the creature without killing himself (even as I read the destruction scene, I was thinking, "No. Matter can be neither created nor destroyed. And two objects cannot occupy the same point at the same time. And these are laws of physics Sam should know. Oh, your hand..."). I love that Dean is St. George, the dragon-slayer, who does not have to be saintly at all, merely faithful, which he is, to Sam.
I can't tell you how worth the wait this chapter has been and how much I'm going to miss having this story to look forward to. Thank you so much for sharing your incredible gifts with us! Bravo! *claps wildly* Author! Author!
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And then there's the action itself, perfectly paced, tautly told to create maximum tension. Sam, superpowers or no, still struggles; there's a learning curve, which amps up our feelings of fear for what might come of the brothers. And then the beauty of the demon, the way you remind us that demons and angels are the same, of the same source. I love that Sam can't undo the creature without killing himself (even as I read the destruction scene, I was thinking, "No. Matter can be neither created nor destroyed. And two objects cannot occupy the same point at the same time. And these are laws of physics Sam should know. Oh, your hand..."). I love that Dean is St. George, the dragon-slayer, who does not have to be saintly at all, merely faithful, which he is, to Sam.
I can't tell you how worth the wait this chapter has been and how much I'm going to miss having this story to look forward to. Thank you so much for sharing your incredible gifts with us! Bravo! *claps wildly* Author! Author!