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Friday FicRec!
Apr. 11th, 2008 02:04 pmA couple Sam-centric fics for you:
Carriage Return
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zooey_glass04
This features mechanic!Dean and Great Writer!Sam (not really, but it evokes that feel) and has a great rhythm.
I love that Dean's love of machinery and being Mr. fix-it come through in this, even though it's ostensibly about Sam and Sam's love of learning, using the typewriter as a metaphor for the tangibility of words in a life that is transient. Highlight: Sam's pen-pal interaction with a hunter-friend of Dad's.
Just Another Kid
Author:bad_peppermint
Okay, I'm sure everyone's already read this one, but this is worth it, even if it's a very different picture of the Winchesters than is in many people's heads. It features PsychoKiller!John and Buff!Sam, with a short, but powerful appearance by BangerTeen!Dean. (Again, these descriptions are a bit exaggerated, but not by much.)
The John in this fic is unsettling, to say the least. The OC is right to be afraid, but it's an interesting take on our fandom tropes about John Winchester living in fear that Social Services will come take the boys away. It helps that they're teens, so perhaps he's not as worried about the courts deciding he's abusive. But he's certainly badass in this fic. The one downside is that this is played so to the hilt that it's a wonder the OC doesn't report John for child abuse.
Sam's determination not to be outdone (by himself or his father?) is really effective and Dean's limited role provides both comic relief and the small amount of familiar tenderness to be found. John's affection is clear, but buried deep beneath layers of preoccupation.
So go read!
Carriage Return
Author:
zooey_glass04This features mechanic!Dean and Great Writer!Sam (not really, but it evokes that feel) and has a great rhythm.
I love that Dean's love of machinery and being Mr. fix-it come through in this, even though it's ostensibly about Sam and Sam's love of learning, using the typewriter as a metaphor for the tangibility of words in a life that is transient. Highlight: Sam's pen-pal interaction with a hunter-friend of Dad's.
Just Another Kid
Author:
bad_peppermintOkay, I'm sure everyone's already read this one, but this is worth it, even if it's a very different picture of the Winchesters than is in many people's heads. It features PsychoKiller!John and Buff!Sam, with a short, but powerful appearance by BangerTeen!Dean. (Again, these descriptions are a bit exaggerated, but not by much.)
The John in this fic is unsettling, to say the least. The OC is right to be afraid, but it's an interesting take on our fandom tropes about John Winchester living in fear that Social Services will come take the boys away. It helps that they're teens, so perhaps he's not as worried about the courts deciding he's abusive. But he's certainly badass in this fic. The one downside is that this is played so to the hilt that it's a wonder the OC doesn't report John for child abuse.
Sam's determination not to be outdone (by himself or his father?) is really effective and Dean's limited role provides both comic relief and the small amount of familiar tenderness to be found. John's affection is clear, but buried deep beneath layers of preoccupation.
So go read!
