I really, really love this story. I keep returning to it in my mind and wanting to read parts of it again, and when I do, the simple beauty of this concept, its sadness but the feeling of rightness to it, the ring of truth... John did his best, but it was a terrible obsession that cost him, and Sam and Dean, horribly. I truly thing things could have been different, as they are here. I don't know that the YED would even be interested in Sam after this, and if he was, I think Sam and Dean could still figure out how to defeat him-- even better perhaps, because of their love for each other, as you say above.
Though I too love John, I feel like the brothers' entire future, whatever it is, would have to be better if their later childhood had happened this way. I'm filled with longing for it to be real. So GREAT JOB. I can hardly think of a fic that's affected me this much.
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Date: 2014-02-28 11:13 pm (UTC)Though I too love John, I feel like the brothers' entire future, whatever it is, would have to be better if their later childhood had happened this way. I'm filled with longing for it to be real. So GREAT JOB. I can hardly think of a fic that's affected me this much.