Oh, my goodness! This was utterly PERFECT. I adore how you write John during his early hunting years, and how every good choice he makes only leads them down another bad road. Also, I love how you lay the groundwork for future choices he'll make.
I love how you pull the Rumpelstiltskin story into this, and Azazel's reaction to it is just priceless. And the idea of Mary representing John's fairy-tale ending... ouch. A good ouch, yes, but a real shot to the gut.
Also, the idea of John focusing on the "green-eyed stranger" as the one he would need to kill is chilling and ironic at the same time. The idea of a father killing his son unawares also has a lovely mythic weight to it.
Again, thank you, thank you, THANK YOU so much for this fic. It is PERFECT.
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Date: 2014-01-02 01:23 am (UTC)Oh, my goodness! This was utterly PERFECT. I adore how you write John during his early hunting years, and how every good choice he makes only leads them down another bad road. Also, I love how you lay the groundwork for future choices he'll make.
I love how you pull the Rumpelstiltskin story into this, and Azazel's reaction to it is just priceless. And the idea of Mary representing John's fairy-tale ending... ouch. A good ouch, yes, but a real shot to the gut.
Also, the idea of John focusing on the "green-eyed stranger" as the one he would need to kill is chilling and ironic at the same time. The idea of a father killing his son unawares also has a lovely mythic weight to it.
Again, thank you, thank you, THANK YOU so much for this fic. It is PERFECT.