...What do you mean, they didn't really have a Mrs. Kirkland? ;^D
No, seriously, I agree. I think the lack of female authority figures in their lives, the lack of someone around whom any of them could show their vulnerability, is palpable.
And yet at the same time, John wasn't dead, and he has to have had some companionship at some point. (Even Sam wonders whether John and Ellen had had a thing when they first meet her.) So I think there were some women along the way, whether they were aware of it or not, and those in their lives (teachers, etc.) who helped soften the boys' hard edges.
You simply don't get a Sam or a Dean without some positive role models - including, to some extent, John.
But anyway - that's me, rambling. Thanks so much for the feedback! Glad you enjoyed the fic.
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Date: 2008-08-30 10:06 pm (UTC)...What do you mean, they didn't really have a Mrs. Kirkland? ;^D
No, seriously, I agree. I think the lack of female authority figures in their lives, the lack of someone around whom any of them could show their vulnerability, is palpable.
And yet at the same time, John wasn't dead, and he has to have had some companionship at some point. (Even Sam wonders whether John and Ellen had had a thing when they first meet her.) So I think there were some women along the way, whether they were aware of it or not, and those in their lives (teachers, etc.) who helped soften the boys' hard edges.
You simply don't get a Sam or a Dean without some positive role models - including, to some extent, John.
But anyway - that's me, rambling. Thanks so much for the feedback! Glad you enjoyed the fic.