After the Flood (The Beaten and the Damned Remix) 3/3

[dipenates]

Title: After the Flood (The Beaten and the Damned Remix)
Fandom: Supernatural
Rating: R
Word Count: ~6000 (total)
Characters: Dean and Sam, Dean and John (gen)
Disclaimer: Not mine.
Spoilers: None.
Summary: Some kinds of ugliness take a long time to fade.
Warnings: Bad language. Show-type levels of violence, gore and murder. Violence against children,

Comments

[water_fowl182]

There's so much to love about this story! Somehow, even the outlined city-scapes got to me: the rigid, evocative imagery.
The John and Dean's dynamics is truly gratifying, this once. John might not have been the 'father-of-the-century' nominee, and went about many a thing wrong with regard to his oldest kid, but this one hunting incident provides insight enough into how he was also the man willing to give up his life/soul for his son.
Dean's experience with being forced to witness the kids' demise, helpless, is heartbreaking. Apart from harming Sam, that is the one way to rip his heart right out and shred it to pieces.
And by the time of the brotherly hug I'm sure my eyes were all misty.
Thank you for the haunting, emotionally engaging read!

[dipenates]

Thanks so much for a lovely comment. I'm glad that John's and Dean's relationship worked for you. Thanks!

[i_speak_tongue]

(I'm sorry I'm late to comment on this, I've been away and didn't have a chance to read it! Seeing the link in my in box was pure torture for a while there!)

This is just remarkable! I love how you fleshed out the atmosphere of the city. It's so vivid and bleak. And the tweaks you made with the timeline, setting Dean's return much later, and then adding the scenes with Sam, were awesome--not only do we get some comfort from John, but from Sam too? I ain't gonna object to that!

Most interesting though, was how you turned the return to the house around, and instead of Dean being the one to initiate it, and John having to figure out why, it was inverted. That was a really nice surprise, and you really make it work, make me believe John would do this kind of thing, force Dean to deal with the trauma head-on. And what he says to Dean here was just so heartbreaking:

"If what happened last year hadn't broken your heart then you wouldn't be the kind of man I would want to know."You just nailed it

[dipenates]

Thank you so much for all of this. I was terrified about taking on your fic, because it's so lovely, but I'm glad that it worked for you.

Thanks so much for writing the original.

[saberivojo]

Eeek. This was beautifully told but horrifying. So horrifying that I cold almost not read it.

But I did and I'm glad I did.

I really loved the shower scene. I'm not sure if I loved it so much because John was crying or if it is because of the tenderness shown that we don't often see in John. Or if it is the fact that Dean has his head laying on John shoulders and just allows himself to be taken care of. That whole section just speaks of pain and a love so strong that it takes my breath away.

I can't even write how that bit made me feel. *is frustrated with inability to write coherently*

In any case, thank you.

[dipenates]

Thank you so much for this comment.

I was a little bit worried about writing the violent parts that i_speak_tongue hinted at so beautifully sparingly, but my remix wouldn't have made sense otherwise, and I tried to pull my punches without being dishonest to the experience. I think your reaction is kind of what I was going for: horrified, but able to keep going.

I'm so very glad that the shower scene worked for you. Writing this has made me like John a lot more than I ever have.

tl;dr Thank you!

[maypoles]

Hey, just letting you know that I've recced this here at hoodie_time.

I LOVE IT. <3

[dipenates]

Thanks for commenting, and sorry it's taken me so long to reply. I've been away from LJ.

Thank you so much for reccing this at hoodie_time. I love that community so very much, and it's a real honour. You also said such lovely things about this fic it made me blush pretty hard.

Thank you. <3

[maypoles]

WELCOME BACK. ;D

I'm so happy to hear that you love the comm. And thanks again for the great read. I've re-read this several times, in fact!

[callistosh65]

Oh my this is good. Such a painful case, but the moments between Sam and Dean, Dean and John are achingly heart-restoring.

[dipenates]

Thank you so much for a very lovely comment.