Hi, I'm friending you so I don't miss the MORE of THIS!!
Of course I have no idea what your political leanings are... but I've been thinking about how Supernatural functions as a war narrative during wartime in the USA right now..... putting Dean into place as a casualty of war, with the severe PTSD, would be an amazing place for the show to go, even if it doesn't do the fantastic job you do here. (I'd almost like to see them try, if they do send Dean to Hell, which I'm afraid they will...)
I love how your young cop is a war vet -- how that gives him his experience and authority, but also how he immediately believes Sam and allows Sam to try to get through to Dean. Now five years into the Iraq war we're gonna be seeing things like this in real life, and so many of our day to day heroes will be people who've see action.
As a personality type, it would be SO HARD for Dean to go through therapy -- he already has so many issues about his self-worth and his ability to cope with things on his own is something he has always forced on himself -- he's the one who keeps it together for the good of the family -- now with the experience of Actual Hell to cope with, there's no way he can swallow it down. Yeah, I think the next part of your story might be that Dean goes Silent part, just when he needs that reaction the least!
One thing I didn't see in your enormous boatload of well deserved comments: I'm assuming that the demons were trying to begin the process of Demonizing Dean. His litany of identity goes along with that, like when he says "No, I'm not. No I'm not. I'm Dean...Winchester. I'm John's son, Mary's...Sam's brother. I was – was...." So if you are beginning to become a demon, what does that imply if the process is interrupted? Hmm??
Your writing is just beautiful in this story. I grew up in a rural area around hunters and ate many times in a little diner just like that. Great details; great Sam pov; packed with emotion. I'm looking forward to more!
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Of course I have no idea what your political leanings are... but I've been thinking about how Supernatural functions as a war narrative during wartime in the USA right now..... putting Dean into place as a casualty of war, with the severe PTSD, would be an amazing place for the show to go, even if it doesn't do the fantastic job you do here. (I'd almost like to see them try, if they do send Dean to Hell, which I'm afraid they will...)
I love how your young cop is a war vet -- how that gives him his experience and authority, but also how he immediately believes Sam and allows Sam to try to get through to Dean. Now five years into the Iraq war we're gonna be seeing things like this in real life, and so many of our day to day heroes will be people who've see action.
As a personality type, it would be SO HARD for Dean to go through therapy -- he already has so many issues about his self-worth and his ability to cope with things on his own is something he has always forced on himself -- he's the one who keeps it together for the good of the family -- now with the experience of Actual Hell to cope with, there's no way he can swallow it down. Yeah, I think the next part of your story might be that Dean goes Silent part, just when he needs that reaction the least!
One thing I didn't see in your enormous boatload of well deserved comments: I'm assuming that the demons were trying to begin the process of Demonizing Dean. His litany of identity goes along with that, like when he says "No, I'm not. No I'm not. I'm Dean...Winchester. I'm John's son, Mary's...Sam's brother. I was – was...." So if you are beginning to become a demon, what does that imply if the process is interrupted? Hmm??
Your writing is just beautiful in this story. I grew up in a rural area around hunters and ate many times in a little diner just like that. Great details; great Sam pov; packed with emotion. I'm looking forward to more!