Spring Fic Exchange: "Survey Says!"

[sylvia_locust]

Recipient: vexed_wench
Author: sylvia-locust
Artist: gryphon2k
Title: "Survey Says!"
Characters/Pairing: Gen; Starring John, Dean, Sam, Rufus, & Bobby. Special Guest Star: Richard Dawson.
Word Count: ~2,700
Rating: PG-13 for language?
Beta: oddishly improved this fic vastly, and then, of course, I mucked around with it some more. Mistakes? All mine.
Note: Written for the spn-bigpretzel Spring

Comments

[dizzojay]

What a great little story - you really did the prompt proud!

Rufus coming out with 'grave desecration' made me roar - that's so him, and I love how you likened Dean to a herding dog; it's so true, so very true!

Bravo :)

[sylvia_locust]

Thanks so much! Poor Dean, he reminds me of those dogs I've read about that get a little anxious unless every member of the house (cats included!) is in one room so they can be watched 'guarded'.

[weesta]

I loved this! It was so much fun! Poor Sammy never got a chance to chime in, but the epic fail of the rest of his team was entirely entertaining.

[sylvia_locust]

Thanks you! I had a blast coming up with answers :)

[septembers_coda]

Oh God. Tears of laughter streaming... oh, how overused the term LOL is, but I really did LOL... so much I worried about disturbing the neighbors. Every detail was so funny. And I LOVED the uplifting ending! One of the very most bigpretzel-suited fics I've read. I write so much angst; I find humor really hard! Wish I could do this! <3 <3

[sylvia_locust]

Thank you so much! Yay for actually laughing out loud :D
I mostly write angst too, but it's fun to switch it up a little. Thanks for letting me know you enjoyed this.

[saberivojo]

Funny and sweet! I love John's wry outlook with laced with confusion.

And the answers the Hunters gave...LOL - so flipping funny. How you came up with them, I have no idea. Kudos.

I love that John is heading to Magic Mountain. Makes a John!girl sigh with happiness.

Thank you so very much!

The banner was perfect. I remember looking at it in the beginning and wondering why gryphon2k put two Richards in it. The second one looks so shifty - great job!

BYW, I always knew there was something off about Richard Dawson!

[sylvia_locust]

Thanks for commenting! I love John too, though I think this might be the first time I tried to write his POV. It was fun coming up with answers to the questions. The only thing I knew when I started writing this is that the Hunters would be dreadful Family Feud players :D

[beelikej]

Such fun! I hardly ever read SPN, but I couldn't resist this concept. You had me in the summary with John being bored and then the story took a turn I hadn't expected. Absolutely awesome characterizations too! *claps enthusiastically*

[sylvia_locust]

Oh, yay, I'm glad I could tempt you :) I was salivating over this prompt as soon as I saw it. I really wanted to do something lighthearted but still have everyone stay pretty much in character, so I'm really glad that worked for you.