Okay, so this was the longest fic I've probably ever read. The word count scared me a little bit in the beginning but I still read it. It took me four days and I almost didn't do anything else but read once I'd started. *g* And when I wasn't reading, my mind kept going back to the story and thought about your Sam&Dean in the loony bin. Besides, the chapter where they were separated couldn't be over too fast. ^_^
It was also the first amnesia!fic and the first fic dealing with the brothers being in a mental institution but I really enjoyed it.
I liked that you had just two characters out of the TV show and nothing else and it still was so amazing because you combined masses of angst, tragic and horrible events with lots of love and humour. You did the boys' voices justice and paid attention to so many (little) things like their habits, who chooses which bed, the way they order food (and Dean always gets the better meal), the speed puzzles (very convincing concept) and Sam's hair and Dean's eyes.
I also liked the change of POV from time to time, how you presented Dean's reasons for what he was or wasn't doing. Besides, Dean was so very much Dean in this story (walking into the desert to die *huggles him*), it made me realize how much I missed him lately at the end of season 4. And Sam in little brother mode - awesome. Though I liked the end very much where that changed.
The OCs you created were very realistic, I liked Greer and Neland, I could even understand Randy. You described everything so detailed, the food, their work, the treatment in the mental institution and I really enjoyed reading the parts near the end where there were so many different locations (the barn, different cities, motels, New Mexico, the countryside) - it was like watching a vid or looking at photos.
But I have to admit that I thought the djinn would appear again and take away the illustion of the mental institution. That it turned out that it wasn't a dream, made it even more bittersweet.
I think some commenters have already said it but I was reminded of George and Lennie of "Of Mice And Men", too, when they escaped. Sam with trusting Dean without any doubt and Dean with the plan and responsibility for Sam...
And last but not least I must compliment you on your choice of words.
Before I was big, I was little.
and
Not in a million years.
were two really touching sentences.
The imagery of a sky which is too big, the constant rain and then, in the end, the sun and heat of New Mexico/Arizona as a contrast... beautiful.
Just one last question: How long did it take to write that fic?
It's epic, really, I'll definitely rec it. And add it to the memories to read it again, some time. :)
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And when I wasn't reading, my mind kept going back to the story and thought about your Sam&Dean in the loony bin.
Besides, the chapter where they were separated couldn't be over too fast. ^_^
It was also the first amnesia!fic and the first fic dealing with the brothers being in a mental institution but I really enjoyed it.
I liked that you had just two characters out of the TV show and nothing else and it still was so amazing because you combined masses of angst, tragic and horrible events with lots of love and humour. You did the boys' voices justice and paid attention to so many (little) things like their habits, who chooses which bed, the way they order food (and Dean always gets the better meal), the speed puzzles (very convincing concept) and Sam's hair and Dean's eyes.
I also liked the change of POV from time to time, how you presented Dean's reasons for what he was or wasn't doing. Besides, Dean was so very much Dean in this story (walking into the desert to die *huggles him*), it made me realize how much I missed him lately at the end of season 4. And Sam in little brother mode - awesome. Though I liked the end very much where that changed.
The OCs you created were very realistic, I liked Greer and Neland, I could even understand Randy.
You described everything so detailed, the food, their work, the treatment in the mental institution and I really enjoyed reading the parts near the end where there were so many different locations (the barn, different cities, motels, New Mexico, the countryside) - it was like watching a vid or looking at photos.
But I have to admit that I thought the djinn would appear again and take away the illustion of the mental institution. That it turned out that it wasn't a dream, made it even more bittersweet.
I think some commenters have already said it but I was reminded of George and Lennie of "Of Mice And Men", too, when they escaped. Sam with trusting Dean without any doubt and Dean with the plan and responsibility for Sam...
And last but not least I must compliment you on your choice of words.
Before I was big, I was little.
and
Not in a million years.
were two really touching sentences.
The imagery of a sky which is too big, the constant rain and then, in the end, the sun and heat of New Mexico/Arizona as a contrast... beautiful.
Just one last question: How long did it take to write that fic?
It's epic, really, I'll definitely rec it.
And add it to the memories to read it again, some time. :)