I’ve been rereading "Last Truce" and while doing so I thought I probably ought to give you a proper comment since it turned out I’m not all that coherent, perceptive and communicative in the middle of the night. *g*
I think it’s just brilliant how Dean’s words in the Hospital in Faith inspired this story. I’m still somewhat disappointed I haven’t remembered this sentence about the car when I first read the first version of last Truce. Even without catching this the story worked, though I didn’t quite get the logic of Sam trashing the car and I’ve been reading some parts of the dialog a little differently. But now in this final version with the added sentence the story is perfect. I think I finally got all the nuances and meanings of the dialog. :-)
I really like the way you characterised Dean. It’s pretty much the way I see him so that’s quite helpful, but I just love how his character works in the story and how you used the descriptions and dialog to bring Dean to life.
Dean’s unconditional, unquestionable loyalty is just beautiful and beautifully captured in this story. Though it’s not making life and death easy for Dean. On the other hand it’s all he’s got - all that he made himself believe he’s got.
And Dean just isn’t cut out to be a vengeful spirit. His sulking and whining about his car on a once a day basis is really cute. *g* And not that much of a difference to Dean alive. Sam is really lucky. But I think he once again just took it for granted that Dean as a ghost would just be there for him and would never really hurt him.
Actually I quite like Sam’s characterisation as well. The way he realises how selfish he is, but can’t stop himself. But at least he noticed what Dean is doing for him and thanked him.
Also I noticed that it really helps the mood of the whole story that it is written in sort of reminiscence. “Deans always been vain. He’s always been easy to forgive etc.” I think I noticed this way of writing, giving a reflection of character traits or habits, in some of your other stories. But I get the feeling this is always done from a specific POV that has to be taken in account and that makes it interesting. And in Last Truce it is really fitting, sending off vibes that Dean’s dead and creating a sort of silently, soft, sad mood. Although since I’m reading this as a Sam POV, this reflective mode makes Sam seem somewhat more perceptive than I usually give him credit for *g*.
It’s been really great to reread Last Truce after some time has passed. It made me appreciate the story even more!
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Date: 2006-07-11 12:29 pm (UTC)I think it’s just brilliant how Dean’s words in the Hospital in Faith inspired this story. I’m still somewhat disappointed I haven’t remembered this sentence about the car when I first read the first version of last Truce. Even without catching this the story worked, though I didn’t quite get the logic of Sam trashing the car and I’ve been reading some parts of the dialog a little differently. But now in this final version with the added sentence the story is perfect. I think I finally got all the nuances and meanings of the dialog. :-)
I really like the way you characterised Dean. It’s pretty much the way I see him so that’s quite helpful, but I just love how his character works in the story and how you used the descriptions and dialog to bring Dean to life.
Dean’s unconditional, unquestionable loyalty is just beautiful and beautifully captured in this story. Though it’s not making life and death easy for Dean. On the other hand it’s all he’s got - all that he made himself believe he’s got.
And Dean just isn’t cut out to be a vengeful spirit. His sulking and whining about his car on a once a day basis is really cute. *g* And not that much of a difference to Dean alive. Sam is really lucky. But I think he once again just took it for granted that Dean as a ghost would just be there for him and would never really hurt him.
Actually I quite like Sam’s characterisation as well. The way he realises how selfish he is, but can’t stop himself. But at least he noticed what Dean is doing for him and thanked him.
Also I noticed that it really helps the mood of the whole story that it is written in sort of reminiscence. “Deans always been vain. He’s always been easy to forgive etc.” I think I noticed this way of writing, giving a reflection of character traits or habits, in some of your other stories. But I get the feeling this is always done from a specific POV that has to be taken in account and that makes it interesting. And in Last Truce it is really fitting, sending off vibes that Dean’s dead and creating a sort of silently, soft, sad mood. Although since I’m reading this as a Sam POV, this reflective mode makes Sam seem somewhat more perceptive than I usually give him credit for *g*.
It’s been really great to reread Last Truce after some time has passed. It made me appreciate the story even more!