Episode 24: Redemption (Epilogue)

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Title: Episode 24: Redemption (Epilogue)
Masterpost: Supernatural: Redemption Road (for full series info,
warnings, and disclaimer)
Authors: swordofmymouth and zatnikatel
Characters/Pairing: Dean/Castiel, Sam, OC and canon characters
Rating: NC-17
Wordcount: ~9,200
Warnings: language, violence, explicit sexuality, references to torture and Dean/Alastair
Beta: murron
Art:

Comments

[lostakasha]

What an amazing undertaking -- thank you doesn't seem adequate. What a work of love this is!! I wish I could be coherent and bury you in heaps of praise but I'm so blissed out that words fail me. Thank goddess they never fail you.

THANK YOU ETERNALLY.

[zatnikatel]

Thank you so much! We're thrilled you enjoyed it. What a ride, huh?

;-)

[swordofmymouth]

Thank you so much for reading, and it is amazing how many people pitched in, how many people stayed along for the ride, how many people supported through reading, giving their words and their art! Thank you!

[defiler_wyrm]

I'm not sure what to say. There's so much to say, and little to none of it that I can manage at the moment does this justice. I'm just kind of in awe here

[zatnikatel]

Hey, thanks so much! I'm sure I saw a lengthy meta you wrote on Tumblr about RR, actually

[swordofmymouth]

Thank you for reading, for sticking with everyone and all the contributors through the journey! In retrospect I don't think Zat and I discussed it on a philosophical level, but I think we grasped that a happy ending would not suit -- but nor would a downer ending be appropriate either; it's earth, after all, and things never go according to plan, but they aren't always as bad as they seem, either. It's thrilling so many people have so much a passionate response for this, and all the contributors are so deserving, and praise from a Greco-Roman lit fanboy? Warms the cockles, it does . . .

[zatnikatel]

Thank you for such wonderful feedback! We're so thrilled you've enjoyed it... it certainly turned into something I don't think any of us anticipated in terms of its vastness. I'm told it's something like 650K: longer than War and Peace!

;-)

[swordofmymouth]

Thank you for reading and coming along for the ride! Enjoy your re-read, and I agree with you about the heartbreak -- it's an odd guilty pleasure, but very rewarding in the long run!

[rackoninnc]

Amazing right down to the end. Many thanks to all who labored so hard to make this a reality! Loved it from beginning to (not) "The End".

I had to laugh at Castiel's hot pink cast though...apparently I'm not the only one that imagines in the 2014! world that you take what you can get when scrounging through Medical Supply places for fiberglass casting. He was also sporting a hot pink cast in my first ever Supernatural FF.

[zatnikatel]

Oh yeah, in my headcanon Mira totally chose pink on purpose because: gay angel!

We're thrilled you enjoyed it - it has been a hell of a ride and I for one am enjoying the rest afterwards...
;-)

[swordofmymouth]

Hot pink cast, FTW. :) Thank you and I know the Redemption Road team has a lot to be proud of, your thanks is appreciated!

[rackoninnc]

Now someone needs to draw some art for that 'cause it would fit my story too!

[behindblue_eyes]

Let me start off by saying I'm woefully behind on reading this masterpiece, but I intend to take the next week or so and start from the beginning to catch up.

I'm commenting now to let you know that this - all of this, the whole community - is a phenomenal undertaking, the gorgeous quality of which has been obvious even when viewed from a (tiny) distance. I'm very excited to consume this as a whole, and can't wait to experience it.

[zatnikatel]

Thanks muchly! We all put a lot of thought and effort into it, writers and artists alike. We hope you enjoy it as you read - it certainly exceeded everything we anticipated when we first starteed work on it.

;-)

[swordofmymouth]

Thank you for reading! I've had a lot of enjoyment in reading the chapters myself, though it becomes harder when one is writing as a part of it, because it's not quite the same, being on the inside -- but I think I'll be among the many doing a re-read after some time of passed and try to experience it fresh; the team of contributors from the art to writing really did amazing things for this . . .