Reviewer: jane (Signed) · Date: 07/10/07 03:10 PM · On: Chapter 7
Oh my god you almost broke him!! And you put Sam through hell and back to drag Dean literally to want to love himself enough to live, to have purpose, 'cos he'd lost his way, poor baby. I loved the way you described Dean fading... 'Tendrils of shadow clung to Dean from the window, hanging from the tips of his fingers like ribbons...' And the hollowness seeping through the cracks, yummie! Jack was absolute evil and Dean amazing as he held on, hanging to the very edge, as that knife slipped into his shoulder, ekk I was grimacing, icky. And how his eyes rolled back and he slumped to the floor, absolutely and totally done in, good n'proper m'dear!! My heart was in my mouth for most of that chapter, it really hit the stress/angst buttons. And thank god for our hero, Sinatra here to mop up and I just hope that they are not too late to put some decent sized plasters on Dean's poorly bits! He so deserves a bid of down time, albeit in a hospital bed, to recover, you know, smell the roses and chill back a bit. However, I am now getting a taste of your evilness and have a feeling that Dean is not quite yet out of the woods. Off to watch the rugby, almost as brutal as this chapter!! Scotland are on their way out sadly :( Jane :)
Author's Response: We haven't succumed to the rugby madness... just soccer. Er, I mean football. Oh, you know what I mean. I'm so glad you liked this chapter -- I worked this a bit, trying to figure out what would make Dean want to live, what would return that piece of him that the wraith stole, that *wasn't* Sam. I just don't see Dean thinking of himself (at least when this story was set) and *not* thinking of Sam. And though chapter 8 was my longest chapter of this story, I will tell you that I reigned in my sadistic tendencies and brought some solace to our boy. I hope you enjoy it! Thanks so much for your continued reviews. :) Gaelic
Reviewer: jane (Signed) · Date: 06/10/07 11:49 AM · On: Chapter 6
It's yay Thursday for you and yay Friday for me when the download hits cyber space! I can't wait for next week. Its autumn which means new seasons and my eyes turn square! I go to concerts by an Irish band and in all the years I've been watching them, they have never been on stage on time, sometimes early, sometimes really, really late and we call that Irish Time, LOL. Blimey Dean, he nearly went there didn't he. It was pretty touch and go and deliciously angsty, I had to read that bit twice, just to make sure I was totally over indulged! I had to smile, typical man, hurting like hell and he can still manage to get a little amorous. But then again Brenna does have that hold on him. And its not looking good at all, in fact, I was cringing for Dean when he hit that wall. Jack sounds like your worst nightmare come to haunt you in the daylight. He's obviously got history with Dean and a very mean streak thats being directed at the one person thats going to end up getting Dean in more trouble, Sam! What a wicked place to leave it. Dare I venture on? I smell violence, blood and angst aplenty! Jane :)
Author's Response: When I was living in Ireland for school, I found that I had to plan on the "Irish Time" when traveling on public transportation. I was late to class on more than one occasion because of that... *shakes head* I'm glad you liked the edge in this one, the edge Dean about tumbled off... because, well, there's more. I had forgotten how close I brought him in this one, but your reviews are bringing this story back to me. The human evil tries to finish what the wraith started. I can't remember if I told you previously, but I wrote a one-shot called "The First Cut" that explains the back story of Jack, Dean, and John. I had it already figured out so that I could write this one, and a reviewer named Sanderspleen wanted to know, so I wrote it up and posted it. If you're interested, I just thought I'd let you know. I sure hope you venture on! Yes, blood and angst on the horizon. :) Gaelic
Reviewer: jane (Signed) · Date: 06/10/07 06:37 AM · On: Chapter 5
And me so bad that I didn't check before sending, I meant that its going to GET uglier, not the opposite. After that statement I sure hope the next chappie don't let me down in the baddie stakes, LOL! I think its the excitement of having just downloaded and watched Mag7 ::squeel:: how hot is JENSEN. (I just deleted the previous post as I think I may have opsed and let on a spoiler, hopefully I got it before anyone could see!) Jane :)
Author's Response: I understood what you meant. :) And it DOES get uglier. How great is it that you can download the season before it airs across the pond! ::is excited for Jane:: I didn't see the possibly spoilery post -- but I must agree with you that Jensen looked friggin' amazing in the premiere. Someone I was talking to -- can't remember who, now -- pointed out how tired and beat up and worn he looked in Season 2 compared to now. I think that's some fantastic effects to mirror the events in the character's life. Yay for Thursdays!! GS
Reviewer: jane (Signed) · Date: 06/10/07 06:20 AM · On: Chapter 5
You know in the first part I could so associate with Sam, all that going on and on after Brenna's little episode and Dean just ends it in one. Hes a real straight down the line man whereas Sam, he likes to discuss and dissect it all. Brenna and her connection with Dean, getting a little close to the truth so he's totally shut the door, though I think its a door he didn't know how to open himself -until later as you show us Dean realising his time when he was near to death and the two choices he was given, only to have a third option that he literally didn't have any choice over, one his dad made for him. My god I'm just wondering how much longer Dean can stay on his feet, these men are real mean and I don't think its going to get much more uglier. And jumping back to earlier, Brenna and her vigil over Dean as he fevered away, holding his fingers and singing Metallica to him, loved it, so intune with each others needs. And the dialogue at the begining, you do that so well, great convos between the three. And the chuckle with the 'wine glass' loved that too. Its Saturday, chilling day and I'm being soooo lazy and really need to go get the food for the family and tidy up the shack, LOL but the next chapter is calling me... Jane :)
Author's Response: Hello you! I am glad you enjoyed Sam's POV in this chapter. Trying to keep Sam true to character is, in some ways, harder than keeping Dean true to character. Oddly, I'm actually a lot more like Sam in personality and reaction -- but I identify with Dean in motion and responsibility. So I *think* it's easier to write one, but... who knows. The only judge is the reader who deems the story worthy of a review. So, I thank you for that. Aside from Linger, which though 3 chapters, was written in one sitting, this was the last multi-chapter story I wrote solo, and your reviews are making me hungry to do that again. The next chapters bring about the clinging affects of Dean's battle with the wraith and the very real threat of the IRA. I hope I do it justice in your eyes. Thanks so much for your continued reviews! Gaelic
Reviewer: jane (Signed) · Date: 04/10/07 01:44 PM · On: Chapter 4
FAb end to a grand chapter. Loved the description of Sam's fear as a 'childlike need,' and then his annoyance that Dean has gone off and through it all you know he realises why he's gone without him and that his brother is a stubborn son of a B!! But he still loves him and now he's desperate to get there. GS, he wasn't the only one! Heart in mouth time. A very close call at the church and I momentarily thought they would both try to get away and not go to hospital, something Dean needed really badly. But after all the tlc at the hospital he finds, from where I don't know, the strength to pull himself out of that bed and into a car with bobbies on his heel. And then we are back to the fab ending. Brenna feeling it before Dean goes and way ahead of Sam as she moves to catch him. A lovely, crumbly Dean, the way we adore him; battered and beaten but not down, well okay he's on the floor, but you can't keep him there! Can he go on any farther. What will become of Brenna, I want to tell her to run and don't come back. With Dean in this awful condition and Sam not much better, I can't see how they will defeat these guys without some more, traumatic damage to themselves. ::squeek:: dare I go on... Jane :)
Author's Response: Yes! Go on! Um... please? I remember telling this to someone -- can't remember who now -- about making up the wraith. Taking it from Celtic lore and twisting it just enough to suit my purposes here. The effects of the wraith are far-reaching in this story. Once cannot be whole with their soul broken -- figuratively and literally. But if you have family--and friends that are, essentially, family--you just might make it through. Because family (chosen or not) is the end of the line. The way I see it, anyway. Which is why these brothers enthrall us so, I believe. At least me. Crumbly Dean. Hee. As strong as I like to write him and see him, I am with you. I like to watch him crumble just a bit, too. Like the snippet of a scene in BUABS when Jo pulls him off the dock and his knees buckle slightly? GUH. ::fans self:: Okay, back to the salt mines. Thanks so much for reading -- you've made my day. Gaelic
Reviewer: jane (Signed) · Date: 02/10/07 03:55 PM · On: Chapter 3
Gosh its taken me three days and four attempts to read this, darn interruptions! RL huh! GUH, thats for the making out against the wall, much needed, but I very much doubt that that particular flame has been in anyway doused! Dean, Dean, Dean what are we going to do with you, going off on your own. He's already seen and felt the power of this evil and yet he still feels he can cope on his own. But yet, I don't think he does feel that, maybe its a desperate need to make sure that Brenna doesn't get there before him and that Sam, in his hurt state, doesn't have to content with it. Its that thing that Dean just does so well, protecting others yet sacrificing himself. Oooh I just love it! I think Sam is going to be mightily pissed when he wakes up. Can't wait, off to read the next part. Jane :)
Author's Response: Y'know, it's funny. When I'm writing these stories, they fill me up. They chase my dreams. When I'm not thinking about work and baby and husband and home, I'm thinking about the story I'm writing. Then... it's over. They're complete. The story has been told and I move on to the next mini-obsession. I remember what happened in them, but sometimes not as vividly as one might think. So, when I get reviews like this one, I have to go back to the chapter and review, struck suddenly with an "oh YEAH!" feeling. :) It's a trip, and a fun one. Dean's character is my ultimate hero, he really is. He embodies everything I look for in book characters and everything that grabs me in TV characters. If I am able to chip away even a piece of that and put it into these stories to reflect back to you, I'm happy. And yeah... Sam's gonna be pissed. Dean would die to protect Sam not realizing that it would kill Sam if that were to happen. Le sigh. GS
Reviewer: jane (Signed) · Date: 29/09/07 02:48 PM · On: Chapter 2
A querty imprint on your face I imagine is not a good look, LOL, but I do so appreciate that you take the time to drop a line back, 'tis grand. As for analysing, you're right it's probably best left untouched, hehee I always think how warped my personality really is that I love him hurt, damaged, in pain, angsting... its an endless list of deliciousness. ::sigh:: Jane :)
Author's Response: Honey, if you're warped, you're in good company... two days left... ::bites lip::
Reviewer: jane (Signed) · Date: 28/09/07 04:54 PM · On: Chapter 2
Kick some ass, go for it Dean! I just hope he manages to stay on his feet whilst he's kicking ass, or he could be kicking ankles!! Bless. Oh so much going on between these two, Sam's kinda right they need to get a room, though I think the conection between them is so strong that wouldn't actually make much difference. It might ease the electricity around them, but I think they will always crackle when in each others space. The IRA, thats a biggie and I don't envy Sam and Dean going up against anything to do with that. And add to that a potential soul stealer, that sounds rather icky and hell Dean's soul is full of stuff, he could be a heavy casualty if it got near him. Roll on the next chappie! Jane :)
Author's Response: So, in 1996 I went to school in Dublin, Ireland. I was exposed to a debate between the British Parliament and Sinn Fein. From that point on, I had an outsiders opinion about the IRA (totally mixed up, quite honestly), but I drew on that to shade the dark in Eamon and his boys. The wraith is an amalgamation of several different supernatural baddies, and one of the worst I could come up with. I grinned at the comment about electricity crackling around Brenna and Dean -- that's how I wanted it to feel. Neither of them wants to admit needing the other. And they fight it and each other. But the pull is there. And it's strong. I hope you continue to enjoy your read. GS
Reviewer: jane (Signed) · Date: 28/09/07 02:10 PM · On: Chapter 1
Yes, I did read this before, ages back, but I was very shy then *g and didn't review. I know bad me. Somehow I found my reviewers legs and I'm now a little less shy! There's a happy sound in my head and its Dean and Brenna and the delicious connection that they have. There he was all but swooning (sorry Dean, but I love that pearl of a word) so there he was a-swooning and he just thought her name and in a blink she had focused on him; something for all the closeness of his bro, he couldn't get Sam to sense him. Mind you, Sammy boy was rather wired after his run in and holding the forte as Dean struggled to get back up off the floor. So, go Sam, we'll let you off ignoring Dean's predicament this time. *g Back to Dean, swooning, or pre-swooming. Fab description m'dear. I could really feel the sense of not being there that Dean was feeling as his connections started to mis-fire and unconsciousness crept nearer and nearer. Like an echo in a tunnel, he was moving further and further away from Sam and Brenna, such fab description, I was there in his head, feeling his pain and his disorentation. Grand stuff. Shall I amble onto the next chapter then? I have wine tonight. My other half is walking up a mountain in Wales, its raining dogs and cats here, but its warm and cosy in the house and, well, a glass of wine seemed a better option than my usual cuppa tea. After all, its Friday, no work the morrow! Jane :)
Author's Response: I made it! I wanted to get to these two reviews of yours before I face-planted on my keyboard and here I am!! I'm so happy to see that not only have you read this one, but that you're leaving me reviews! I'm so glad you're no longer as shy -- your thoughts and reactions have literally changed the course of my day at times. This story, for me, was as much about exploring the character of Brenna as it was about Dean and Sam. It was kind of a way for me to figure out if she was going to "do it" for me past this. There's something intoxicating for me writing Dean in pain or on the edge of pain or dealing with pain or fighting through pain. I refuse to figure out why that is. And wine is always a good choice. Especially Dancing Bull Zin. Mmmmmm... Oh! Or Twisted River Reisling. Hmmm... is 11pm too late for wine? ::wink:: GS
Reviewer: Vanessa (Signed) · Date: 31/08/07 07:04 PM · On: Chapter 1
Great story! I enjoyed reading it so much.
Author's Response: Thanks so much, V. It was great meeting you at Kazcon -- I appreciate you taking time to read some of my work. Best, GS
Reviewer: downbythebay (Signed) · Date: 30/06/07 12:46 PM · On: Chapter 8
An interesting little story, seemed a bit slow at times, but that's okay...
Oh boys...
Author's Response: Thank you for reading. :) I appreciate the review.
Reviewer: aripagetx_uk (Signed) · Date: 29/05/07 07:15 PM · On: Chapter 7
Again.... haven't stopped reading since I started.... and its now 1am...lol
Author's Response: That sound? That was me giggling. But... rest is important, too... Thank you for your continued feedback! Looking forward to seeing what you think of the end... GS
Reviewer: aripagetx_uk (Signed) · Date: 29/05/07 05:57 PM · On: Chapter 6
OMG!!!!!!!!!!
Author's Response: *Bigger grin* *with some clapping* GS
Reviewer: aripagetx_uk (Signed) · Date: 29/05/07 04:57 PM · On: Chapter 5
I'm hooked beginning to end... love the music you are including.... rediscovering a few...
Author's Response: *grin* I'm so glad you're hooked!! And I am with you on the music -- I simply love that they include classic rock in this show and it gives me the perfect excuse to bring out the ecclectic rocker in me. :) Hope you enjoy the rest! GS
Reviewer: bayre (Signed) · Date: 28/05/07 04:43 PM · On: Chapter 1
Ok, well I finally got to read the whole chapter...lol Very interesting, I'm looking forward to the rest. Laura
Author's Response: Interesting is good! Interesting keeps you reading at least... *grin* Glad the printing thing worked out for you -- hope you continue to enjoy the rest of the story. :) Take care -- GS
Reviewer: LovinJackson (Signed) · Date: 18/05/07 08:24 PM · On: Chapter 1
Hey i know i left plenty of reviews elsewhere but i just wanted to say how totally awesome this story is. Everything you have written really brings the reader into the story and has u feeling like u are there watching it all unfold and as for OC's Brenna kicks arse hehe and you have Dean and Sam spot on :D Luv Tara x0x
Author's Response: Tara -- Thanks SO much for leaving a review here! That's so kind of you because I know how busy you are working on your next chapter of Paying the Price. :) Which, I'm eagerly anticipating... I'm glad you enjoyed this story and especially glad that you liked Brenna. :) One day I'll bring her back... :) GS
Reviewer: maria noel (Signed) · Date: 07/05/07 12:30 AM · On: Chapter 8
I want to thank you for this awesom ride....i have read all your fics in what? less than a month? ...i so love the way you write. I love that you write a strong Sam not the geek boy that everybody writes. Your Dean is priceless, funny but tender. brenna is just the ideal girl for Dean, it´s a pity that in real Sn we don´t have her. I´m so waiting for the new adventure of this 2 boys......and i´m going to be just out there waiting for an update. I gonna be out of this site and the net for a month or more because i have my last med exam but i gonna check this site often looking for a new fic by you...see ya
Author's Response: Maria -- thank you so much for your continued and thoughtful reviews. I have enjoyed watch your response to my stories and I'm going to miss seeing you in my inbox! I with you the best of luck on your med exam; I know you will do well. And I look forward to seeing your reviews of the next story I post. By the way -- I've read and reviewed "The Worst Hunt" and hope that you are able to return to it as soon as your med exams are over! You've left us hanging... So mean. :) Take care of you -- GS
Reviewer: maria noel (Signed) · Date: 06/05/07 12:00 AM · On: Chapter 7
well................no....my dictionary doesn´t have enough words to let me describe what this chapter made me feel. I ...really..can look at the screen....i want to hit Dean in the head right now!!!!! sttuborn why doesn´t he think he deserve to live??? i don´t know why but reading this chapter i remembered a Faith quote..it was like. faith it isn´t the one you have when miracles happens, faith is the one you keep when miracles doesn´t happen... last chapter hun........i so gonna miss your fics
Author's Response: I'm so glad this chapter gripped you. It was one of the harder ones for me to write because I needed to get Sam to a point that helped him realize that Dean needed to survive for Dean... for himself this time. The piece of him soul that the wraith took from him had to be filled by him and not by his brother or by Brenna. And you're right -- if you're gonna have faith, you gotta have it when the miracle's don't happen, too. I guess when I think about faith right now, I remember what Father Gregory said in HOTH: Pray for miracles, but in the meantime, work your butt off. I hope you enjoy the last chapter. GS
Reviewer: maria noel (Signed) · Date: 05/05/07 09:10 PM · On: Chapter 6
oh!!!!!!! wow what a cliffie!!!!!!! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!! Sam´s beautiful throat!!!!!! Ok they seriously need a vacation after this fic........ and they need some help right now!!!!! If nobody can help them i can go!!hahaha see ya at the enxt chapter
Author's Response: Hee -- a vacation. You think they'll ever get a vacation? No hunts? No strife? Hmmm... maybe one of these days. I'm glad you are enjoying this. And don't worry... help is on the way... :) GS
Reviewer: maria noel (Signed) · Date: 03/05/07 12:23 PM · On: Chapter 5
.....ummmm.....i don´t know what to say.....this chapter was heartbreaking....the image of Dean walking behind the car....... good fight!!! i love when our boys + Brenna kick some asses.
Author's Response: Dean would do whatever it took to save and/or take care of someone he loves, don't you think? No matter how broken he was. I'm so glad you're giving me chapter by chapter reviews -- thanks so much for taking the time to do so! I really appreciate it. Hope you like the rest! GS
Reviewer: maria noel (Signed) · Date: 02/05/07 11:32 PM · On: Chapter 4
Review time!!!!! ******sobbing and feeling tears in the corner of her eyes**** do you really think my review aren´t crappy????*****saying with a shyly voice***** Yay!!!!!! i´m so happy now!!!!!. Love this chapter but i do think that Dean deserve some time off of the action, he needs to rest....please Sam push some sleeping pills down his mouth!!!!!! Poor Brenna she´s so alone in the world now and Dean can´t be with her...so sad...... I hate Declan since the first time you introduce him and my feelings didn´t change a bit. So...supernatural ghosty is down but humans still kicking and hurting...let´s see what are guys can do...but please Sam don´t be sucha baby and do something alone for first time in your life, just let Dean sleep and solve this problem by yourself!!!!
Author's Response: Yes I really think they're not crappy. Wait... did that make sense? Anyway, I look forward to them. :) And I don't say stuff I don't mean, promise. :) This was one of two action-oriented chapters in this story and while so fun to write, it was exhausting because I was literally going through the motions of the fight to try to get it "right". I'm glad you're enjoying it. And one thing about Sam -- when his brother is down, Sam really shines. At least I think so. He may not go Rambo on us, but he is powerful in his own right. Hope you agree as you read! GS
Reviewer: maria noel (Signed) · Date: 30/04/07 11:38 PM · On: Chapter 3
Reading all the review you already have i notice how crappy are mine and i´m sorry about that..i would love to know enough english to tell you all i want..how great are your fics, all the things you make me feel, how many times i find myself crying because something you wrote.....you are an excellent writer and i don´t enough words to let you know. this chapter was powerful, sad, full of action and with a huge cliffie...all that one reader can ask!!! love your writing, see ya in the next chapter.
Author's Response: Oh, Maria, no! None of your reviews are crappy. I cherish each one. Any feedback is treasured, really. It's the only "pay" fanfic writers get, and as you know, it's craved. So, thank you for taking time to read and taking time to let me know what you think -- it is ALWAYS appreciated. I'm thrilled to know that these fics make you feel something -- that's really what I want. To incite emotion on some level. I'm glad that's working for you. Hope you continue to enjoy this one! GS
Reviewer: maria noel (Signed) · Date: 28/04/07 08:44 PM · On: Chapter 2
awesome chapter!!!!!! wow the IRA and a what? this gonna be a fantastic fic!!!!
Author's Response: *Grins* So glad you think so! Yeah, they have both a wraith and a human enemy to deal with this time 'round... Hope you enjoy! Thanks so much for reading. GS
Reviewer: maria noel (Signed) · Date: 26/04/07 11:56 AM · On: Chapter 1
New fic!!!!!!!! I love it since the very first word. Human can be so nasty sometimes. And brenna again!!!!!! ****doing a happy dance********
Author's Response: Hi! So glad to see you reading this! I hope you it. Take care, GS
Reviewer: Gumnut (Signed) · Date: 16/04/07 07:52 AM · On: Chapter 8
You continue to amaze me at your ability to write such extensive stories with the characters we all know and love so true to form. It's almost like you cut down to the core of the brothers and play the strong emotional chords we all like to hear. Brenna is also an interesting character, though I think I've stuffed up by reading the fics she is in incorrect order. I'm fixing that now as we speak, the first story running through my printer in prep for some lovely nighttime reading :D This is where I go back to where it all started. I also have to say that you write some of the best Dean-collapse/faint scenes I've ever read. That moment early on in this fic, just after the brawl, dean was begging for Sam to look at him...you orchestrated that perfectly for most emotional impact. Did I mention I'm enjoying your fics? You wouldn't happen to have a Live Journal floating around would you? ::grin:: If not, perhaps I could persuade you to enter the world of blogging, cos I'd love to see your words on my friends page :D Anyway, I'm babbling. Thank you so much for writing such a long and enjoyable fic. I look forward with eagerness to reading this next/first one, but I will be pining after that cos I will have run out. (That's a not so subtle hint for you to write more, cos I'm greedy :D). Thanks for sharing. Nutty
(off the edge, but learning to fly)
Author's Response: Aw, Nutty one, you do make me smile. I am so glad to see that you think I get to the core of these brothers. Thank you for that. And thanks, also, for letting me know that you're going back to where it all began. Remember, though, it's the first fanfic I'd ever written and I've learned a lot since then... :) I don't have an LJ -- in fact, I'm ashamed to admit it, but I can't quite figure out that site. I tried once, took me all afternoon to figure out how to navigate (forget uploading a story!) and so I gave up. I've linked to some people's journals so that I can enjoy their work, but nothing out there for me. And this world of blogging you speak of... what's that exactly? Feel free to email me if you want to babble *wink* more about it. I am so glad you've enjoyed my fics -- and I do plan to write more. But I'm kind of a "focus on one fic at a time" gal, and I'm working on the VS story right now... I have 3 that I'll be writing on there, spread over the summer, so there will be time for me to post more stories. And I hope that when I do, I get a dose of Nuttiness. :) Thanks for taking time with me. Spread your wings, girl. GS
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