Oh, this is so awesome. I love Samnesia as well. And I firmly believe you can never have too much amnesia in fanfic.
I really like the way you wrote Sam as a very different person without his memories, the way he can look at his life objectively now. And without the memories of how he got there he can see how completely different the life he's living now and the life he wanted to have are.
It really got me in the heart actually, the way Sam was so dismissive of Dean and when Dean was eavesdropping and hearing Sam complain about him. I can't help thinking that hearing all this from a Sam that doesn't care to spare Dean's feeling is maybe a good thing for Dean, because it seems like he's at least thinking that he hasn't treated his brother all that well sometimes. And the way he's seeing Sam as an independent adult and not someone he has to protect all the time.
As for technical stuff, I thought it was a really well-written self-contained one-shot with a killer ending line.
Random note: I really liked the bit about the doctor saying Sam and Dean didn't look alike, it's something I've always thought about as well.
Also, another reviewer mentioned a sequel. I would be totally interested in that as well. Something where Sam is forced to contact Dean again and interact with him and they have this whole antagonistic relationship where Sam is feeling contempt towards his criminal, drifter brother and Dean is feeling betrayed by Sam deciding to leave him. And then I guess Sam would slowly start to soften towards Dean and their relationship would be mended, only as a new relationship, not the old one with all the baggage.
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Date: 2014-01-22 03:53 pm (UTC)I really like the way you wrote Sam as a very different person without his memories, the way he can look at his life objectively now. And without the memories of how he got there he can see how completely different the life he's living now and the life he wanted to have are.
It really got me in the heart actually, the way Sam was so dismissive of Dean and when Dean was eavesdropping and hearing Sam complain about him. I can't help thinking that hearing all this from a Sam that doesn't care to spare Dean's feeling is maybe a good thing for Dean, because it seems like he's at least thinking that he hasn't treated his brother all that well sometimes. And the way he's seeing Sam as an independent adult and not someone he has to protect all the time.
As for technical stuff, I thought it was a really well-written self-contained one-shot with a killer ending line.
Random note: I really liked the bit about the doctor saying Sam and Dean didn't look alike, it's something I've always thought about as well.
Also, another reviewer mentioned a sequel. I would be totally interested in that as well. Something where Sam is forced to contact Dean again and interact with him and they have this whole antagonistic relationship where Sam is feeling contempt towards his criminal, drifter brother and Dean is feeling betrayed by Sam deciding to leave him. And then I guess Sam would slowly start to soften towards Dean and their relationship would be mended, only as a new relationship, not the old one with all the baggage.