i never usually dip into the wincest end of fandom, but when i saw the concept and word count of this, i just couldn't resist. and i couldn't be more glad that i did give it a chance. oh, my. this was just completely epic. i don't know if i'm repeating any other comments here, but seriously. it cannot be said enough.
the attention you paid to detail, the way you handled the hospital, it was just spot-on. it is undoubtedly a difficult subject matter, that is rarely given the length and detail that it deserves, but you honestly outdid yourself here. i have this perfect image of the hospital in my head that is some weird combination of suffocating and safe, and it's all muddled up but in the best way.
as for the chase -- i've never been to america, but i honestly felt like i was there. sam knowing about how dean wanted to see new mexico and the little details about the bars being real mexicans etc., they just added to this delightful piece of work.
as for your characterisation, to me it is completely spot-on. it is reinforced so much in the show that the brothers would do anything to save each other, that it is really interesting to see you use it the way you did. interesting in a good way, i mean -- of all the wincest fics i have read, this is one that handled the progression of their relationship from brothers to something more the best. it definitely had a hint of being bittersweet, in that they could only do it while sam did not have his memories, but the slow, sweet way they fell in love as dean looked after sam was just exquisite. honestly, you got dean's character down to a 't', for me.
finally-- But his heart was flying out into the blue, blue, wide, big, huge enormous sky that would always be the right size. that line! ♥ oh, after the sky being too big and the imbalance of dean knowing who sam was, and sam's confusion, and the chase -- this is just what i needed to see. though things have changed for them and it's going to be weird and uncomfortable at times, there is this amazing optimism at the end, and i was left feeling completely satisfied. in all honesty, this was like reading a very good novel that i would happily have bought from a shop (especially with the length). congratulations on completing such a huge task, and thank you for sharing this absolute gem with us ♥
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the attention you paid to detail, the way you handled the hospital, it was just spot-on. it is undoubtedly a difficult subject matter, that is rarely given the length and detail that it deserves, but you honestly outdid yourself here. i have this perfect image of the hospital in my head that is some weird combination of suffocating and safe, and it's all muddled up but in the best way.
as for the chase -- i've never been to america, but i honestly felt like i was there. sam knowing about how dean wanted to see new mexico and the little details about the bars being real mexicans etc., they just added to this delightful piece of work.
as for your characterisation, to me it is completely spot-on. it is reinforced so much in the show that the brothers would do anything to save each other, that it is really interesting to see you use it the way you did. interesting in a good way, i mean -- of all the wincest fics i have read, this is one that handled the progression of their relationship from brothers to something more the best. it definitely had a hint of being bittersweet, in that they could only do it while sam did not have his memories, but the slow, sweet way they fell in love as dean looked after sam was just exquisite. honestly, you got dean's character down to a 't', for me.
finally--
But his heart was flying out into the blue, blue, wide, big, huge enormous sky that would always be the right size.
that line! ♥ oh, after the sky being too big and the imbalance of dean knowing who sam was, and sam's confusion, and the chase -- this is just what i needed to see. though things have changed for them and it's going to be weird and uncomfortable at times, there is this amazing optimism at the end, and i was left feeling completely satisfied. in all honesty, this was like reading a very good novel that i would happily have bought from a shop (especially with the length). congratulations on completing such a huge task, and thank you for sharing this absolute gem with us ♥