I SO hear you about not wanting to be inadvertently influenced by another person's take on it, and yeah, they were REALLY different!
he does have a tendency to lose track of his kids in light of other things he has on his plate
Yes, I think so--I've written a few John POV fics now, and trying to imagine juggling raising two boys without a home base, hunting, trying to keep Sam safe from the YED and trying to get it before it can get him, all without a job; I can hardly imagine how hard it would be to try to keep a good handle (or any handle) on everything at once. It seems often like a case of sacrificing the relationship in order to save the person, like a parent who has to work so much just to put food on the table that they never see the family they're working for.
I really loved reading everyone's various different interpretations of how 9x07 came to pass in meta form, but reading it in fic was even better.
Ha ha--in fact, this started as a meta, and I was like, ugh, I can express everything I'm trying to say so much more easily in a fic! ;-) I thought of when you said you generally prefer writing a fic to writing a meta when there's something you have to express on that level ...
Aww, you're so cute about the Dorothy story! Actually, there's a fic you might not have seen (I think you were taking your lj break when I posted it) that I think might be more up your alley, called "Inescapable"--if you're interested. http://brightly-lit.livejournal.com/24472.html
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he does have a tendency to lose track of his kids in light of other things he has on his plate
Yes, I think so--I've written a few John POV fics now, and trying to imagine juggling raising two boys without a home base, hunting, trying to keep Sam safe from the YED and trying to get it before it can get him, all without a job; I can hardly imagine how hard it would be to try to keep a good handle (or any handle) on everything at once. It seems often like a case of sacrificing the relationship in order to save the person, like a parent who has to work so much just to put food on the table that they never see the family they're working for.
I really loved reading everyone's various different interpretations of how 9x07 came to pass in meta form, but reading it in fic was even better.
Ha ha--in fact, this started as a meta, and I was like, ugh, I can express everything I'm trying to say so much more easily in a fic! ;-) I thought of when you said you generally prefer writing a fic to writing a meta when there's something you have to express on that level ...
Aww, you're so cute about the Dorothy story! Actually, there's a fic you might not have seen (I think you were taking your lj break when I posted it) that I think might be more up your alley, called "Inescapable"--if you're interested. http://brightly-lit.livejournal.com/24472.html