Fanworks Discussion #1 (previously Fic Discussion #4)
[originally posted Feb 17 2012]
Post your threads for challenge pieces (fic, art, etc) here. Big bangs, exchanges, themed challenges are all welcome.
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Post your threads for challenge pieces (fic, art, etc) here. Big bangs, exchanges, themed challenges are all welcome.
Format like so:
SUBJECT: Title [Main Pairings, Rating] by CREATOR ( Read more... )
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Art by myfriendfredric
http://jimmybigbang.livejournal.com/7226.html
word count - 15,430
Summary: When Sam returns from hell at the beginning of Season 6, he finds everything around him different. Dean and Bobby are gone, the world is in a constant shade of gray clouds, there are no sounds in the air, and Jimmy Novak; free from Castiel; is wandering the back roads of Kansas. Together they set off on a journey to find Dean that leads them to Camp Chitiqua where the rest of the "survivors" of whatever event has taken place, have been waiting for Sam to save them. As the pieces slowly come together of what happened while Sam was in hell, with the help of "The man in charge", Sam and Jimmy find ways to set wrongs right, and learn what it's like to love again.
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http://jimmybigbang.livejournal.com/6942.html
word count - 11,000
Summary: As Castiel's angel mojo begins to fade, Jimmy Novak starts to wake up. As they are forced to occupy the same body they begin to share thoughts, dreams, and feelings, making them both reflect on what it means to love another person. Meanwhile, the apocalypse is raging on, but Team Free Will has a plan to stop it.
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I don't have a lot of say about this one. It's a premise that I was really interested in reading, but unfortunately the writing didn't carry it off. All the discussions were painfully awkward and many of them broke off just when they were getting to the point of the conversation. The characters talked a lot about their feelings, but it ends up being "tell not show" storytelling. Even the conflict Jimmy feels with Castiel potentially using his body to have sex with Dean, which is set up to be a fairly major issue, fizzles out in the text without much impact.
The plot is essentially a re-hash of the latter part of Season 5, only with Jimmy along as an occasional additional character. The writing lacks polish as well. There's a lot of awkward phrasing and clumsy dialogue.
All and all, it's not terrible, but I can't really recommend it, either.
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http://dc-dystopia.livejournal.com/12968.html
word count - 12,797 (13,444 with final notes)
Summary: Dean wakes up in another world where Dean and Sam Winchester were raised by Mary, and always reminded that "Angels are watching over you." The Dean of this world knew this to be true. After all, he'd seen one, the night of the fire. An angel in a trench coat that saved his life.
This is the story of the man who loved too much, the angel who didn't want to let go, and the man who put all these events into motion.
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Anyway, despite my irritation at feeling condescended to in the notes, I'm about a quarter of the way through and so far I'm liking it. We'll see how the rest goes.
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http://dc-dystopia.livejournal.com/13305.html
word count - 23,000
Summary:Castiel prays for a sign about the plan to open Purgatory--but when he gets it, the one who provides it may have an ulterior motive.
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http://dc-dystopia.livejournal.com/13357.html
word count - 32,154
Summary: Castiel is the black-eyed Angel of the Crossroads with whom Dean barters himself to save Mary from dying. Ripping him from his life on earth, Castiel takes Dean to Heaven to serve as a makeshift pet. The more time he spends with the angel, Dean starts to see that something bigger is happening to him and he's powerless to stop it. When Dean finds out that Castiel has been lying to him the entire time, he realizes just how powerless he truly is.
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