Reviewer: amandastrykermx (Signed) · Date: 08/11/12 01:50 AM · On: Coordinates
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Reviewer: darkhunter (Signed) · Date: 26/10/08 03:18 PM · On: The Journey's The Thing
Wow, this has been a brilliant story. i have loved every part of it. I think Brenna is a great character,i'm looking forward to reading your other stories with Brenna. I haven't seen any new stories from you for a while are you working on anything?
Author's Response: Hi darkhunter! Thanks for taking time to read and for offering me a review! I appreciate it. :) I'm very pleased you enjoyed Brenna -- she's in two other stories that are posted and another that I'm currently working on. I have written a story that's not posted here -- I stopped posting after I completed "In the Light" due to some personal reasons. I completed a story called "Hear No Evil" that is posted on ff.net and at my LiveJournal account. Thanks for your time! I hope to see you again. Best, Gaelic
Reviewer: birdie (Signed) · Date: 16/06/08 10:05 AM · On: The Journey's The Thing
Ahhhhhhhhh!! So I’ve finished and what a wonderful story! You are a master story teller, Amanda. I have been terrified, captivated, entertained. I have laughed with frank humour and with the flutter one feels when a new lover comes into your life and makes you feel like you are sweetly on fire. Then too I have cried, with fear and loss and grief. And all that in 130 pages of masterful words. Thank you for sharing, you talent shines from the page and makes me envious! Bev xxx
Author's Response: I am overwhelmed and honored to have recieved such words of praise from you. This was, as I've said, the first story I wrote and I like to think I've improved my craft a bit over the last several stories. If you enjoyed Brenna in this, you will find her appear again in "Within My Hands," and "Into the Fire." I'm also writing a story this summer in which she will appear again, after I complete a "brother's only" story called "Hear No Evil." I loved your analogy about being on fire with pleasure at finding something you enjoy. I hope if you continue to read, that you continue to enjoy. I will strive to never disappoint. At least when it comes to storytelling. :) Gaelic
Reviewer: birdie (Signed) · Date: 16/06/08 10:05 AM · On: The Fight
So onto ‘The Fight’. And you’re describing Brenna on the first page and I don’t know if you know you’re doing it, Amanda...but you have described a mutual friend of ours (Lou) to a T. She does this thing I call the ‘brow of death’ when I have transgressed in one way or another and your sentence “a cocked brow and a wry half grin. Just like Dean’s” so made me think of her. Then you hit me with a paragraph of such power that it reduced me to tears. That’s why your writing is so special I think, you will be leading along telling us a rollicking good story, allowing us to drool with delight over the boys and then suddenly you hit us with a few carefully chosen words that are profoundly beautiful. This time it was these.“San sighed, knowing what she meant. Family, really, was it. They were your last line of defence, your first enemy, your only friend. Family knew all your buttons and just the right order to push them. Family cursed you, saved you, betrayed you, protected you, and if you were really lucky, loved you completely without the necessity of complete understanding.” Beautiful words Amanda. You take me back here to the last hours of my Mum’s life and the look on her face that last time she recognised me. The one that said I was unconditionally loved and that love was the thing she would hold with her, and leave with me forever. bev xx
Author's Response: Aw, Bev, you've made me cry. I think family is complicated, but there is nothing like them in the world. Some of us have and will go through hell for them and because of them, but we wouldn't be the people we are if it weren't for them. And that's exactly what I was trying to say with that realization of Sam's. I'm so pleased it touched you. GS
Reviewer: birdie (Signed) · Date: 16/06/08 09:59 AM · On: Truth?
Right so its tomorrow and we’re just back from Ettretat, a pretty little Normandy seaside village (why do ya suppose Gaelic’s interested in that Ya idjit bev ?) and I’m onto ‘Truth’ and loving it as a chapter. I admitted earlier that I’m a pain junkie didn’t I? (Perv, yeah i know!) so what do you do? You have Sam challenge a bruised and battered Dean to get out of bed under his own steam and then describe beautifully him doing just that! you are such a beaut, Amanda! I love the burgeoning relationship with Brenna (So I’m thinking Gaelic beauty with magical powers and a fixation with Dean...humm...so like who did ya model her on then?? Oh but then youy had her take the Impala! Heresy, girl and I adored Dean’s “No. Fucking. Way.” Comment. Isn’t fuck such a wonderfully evocative word? And then you made him go to the rescue on a tractor...heehee that cracked me up! bev xx
Author's Response: Of course I'm interested in what you're doing over there! Tell me more. :) Hee -- you said "idjit." Actually, I was just going to say a big thank you for getting this far in the story and your reviews w/out saying the dreaded phrase "Mary Sue." I wrote this long before I knew anything about fanfic phrasology and the basic "do's and don'ts" of keeping readers happy. I can tell you that Brenna is not modeled after me -- the only thing we have in common is our stubborn streak and ferocity when it comes to protecting our own. And, we both speak Gaelic. But she is strong where I hesitate. Outspoken where I simply watch. Passionate where I am shy. And, of course, there are the druid powers, of which, I have none. :) But I loved creating her and writing her and putting into her things that I couldn't say or do or be in life. Things that I needed in a character in order to draw out what I saw in my hero, Dean. And yes -- the word "fuck" (while noticably absent in my spoken vernacular) is a fantastic word in fiction. I loved being able to free myself from the contrants of my upbringing and turn the boys loose. And I LOVED that we (all foul-mouthed fanficers) were all validated when "Ghost Facers" aired. Hee. GS
Reviewer: birdie (Signed) · Date: 16/06/08 09:55 AM · On: Letting Go
Have reached ‘Letting Go’ now and that is one powerful chapter. Such a complexity of images of love and each of them wonderful and terrible in their own way. Dean’s love for John makes him try to be this perfect warrior protector, but here its taking him to his death because he cannot hold all that pain within his mortal frame. And then Sam’s love for Dean trying to pull him back from the brink and persuade him to let him help carry the burden. You had me in tears there, Amanda, as Sam wept for his dying brother. Brenna too, I think she’s destined to love Dean and I so hope she will be good for him and that maybe some of his innate, if sometimes denied faith will strengthen her. Wonderful, tearjerking drama...loved it. Bev xx
Author's Response: This was the hardest chapter of this story for me to write -- not because it was difficult, but because my heart hurt as I did so. My mantra, silent, subconscious, or overt and blatant with these brothers is basically what Sam says: "I'll hold on forever if I have to." And I wanted Brenna to register that. GS
Reviewer: birdie (Signed) · Date: 16/06/08 09:54 AM · On: Holding On
So it’s me I’m back again. Wow, wonderful chapter...ok so I’m a pain pervert! Never made any secret of it and boy, do you do hurt Dean well! I loved the reference to Dean being invisible to Brenna and she only seeing John and Sam when she looks for him. It’s so Dean, he thinks his raison d’être is to protect his family whether that kills him or not. Sam and Dean are like symbiotic creatures, each dependant on/heightened by the other. I too liked the image of Dean putting his pain into a box so as not to hurt Sammy with it, but it’s like he’s done this so much now that he can’t ever do anything but that. Poor kid! You know what he needs? A weekend with me – I’d hug him and hold him and let him relax and have a snuffle if he wanted to! Heehee... Bev xxwould
Author's Response: Thru Terry's Eyes said it best: pain is the ultimate aphrodisiac to people like us. I told you in my ff.net reply that I think only the damaged can write as we do. And to see our hero hurt, see him struggle, and watch him fight to come out on the other side... Toe. Curl.
Reviewer: birdie (Signed) · Date: 16/06/08 09:52 AM · On: Banshee
Amanda.So today we went to Dieppe and wandered around the old town and then went to the coast and had ice cream and then came back to the cottage and I read chapter two. It’s wonderful. I love the alternating tension and passion (very hot...phew!) between Brenna and Dean. She sees through all his ‘so necessary’ defences leaving him side swiped and edgy and that is so cool. I’m intrigued to understand if she is the banshee, or controls it in some way? You’d be cruel, but it would be so the Winchester way, if she turned out to be a wrong ‘un! A big part of me wants Dean to have that someone special to hold and love him as he has such a tough life.Amanda, you’re writing is very special. You have a very clear economy of words, but that paint vivid and detailed pictures without ever being showy or over dramatic. And you are a master of pace, taking us to a crescendo of passion with Dean and Brenna and then backing away as Dean’s caution gets the better of him. Wonderful. Reading on. Bev xx
Author's Response: Thank you for both the "economy of words" and "master of pace" compliments. I've never thought myself to have either, and am so pleased that you see both. I just write what I see in my head -- as I know so many others do -- and am giddy that you enjoy the result. :) GS
Reviewer: birdie (Signed) · Date: 16/06/08 09:52 AM · On: Coordinates
Dear Amanda. Well, here I am in Normandy for a weeks holiday with my beloved brother and I’m using the opportunity to read some of those stories I have so long wanted to get to. Thus it goes without saying that those of yours that I have not had the pleasure of are on my list. I ’ve started with Holding On To Let Go and it’s proving a pleasure from chapter one. I’m intrigued from the opening ‘vision’. So why Dean’s left hand? There is significance here isn’t there? He’s injured? Want to know! I loved your exploration of Dean and Sam’s relationship to John. I, personally do not believe that John is an intrinsically bad man, quite the contrary in fact. I feel he is a deeply damaged and lonely man who has done the best he can under difficult and awful circumstances but there is no doubt that the boys upbringing has left ‘scars’. Your exploration of their ‘alikeness’ as well as their differences is compelling and complex and a challenging pleasure to read. I also enjoy your very ‘Winchester’ one liners. In this chapter this made me laugh out loud as I was quietly reading, surprising my brother who thinks all SN stories are freaky and ‘pixies and elves’ so he was taken aback at my obvious delight. “Well, unless you get a tremor in the Force that tell us to vacate...”. I can see Dean sarcastically snapping that at Sammy, lovely! Now your Brenna has me intrigued and I have to say slightly off balanced. I don’t know whether she’s a baddie or a goodie yet and so don’t know where to place her on my radar. I want to like her because she’s feisty and has character, but If she’s gonna mojo Dean and hurt him or Sam then I don’t know. Clever characterisation though, Amanda because I’m unsure so far but still bought into her. I can feel the sexual chemistry (or maybe its mojo?) coming off her and Dean and it’s a wonderful frisson. I don’t know if they are gonna end jumping each other’s bones but a big part of me hopes they might. I think I said to you once before you write sex very well and this feels to me like it may just be delicious teasing foreplay. Or maybe I just have a filthy mind? No, I take that back...go and read the sentence on page 22 where Brenna is describing Dean in his grey T-shirt and remembering his well muscled arms and hazel green eyes...that is pure lust, Amanda and its wonderful!OK so in summary. If this was my first, last, any fic I would be pleased as punch as it’s a hell of a read. The characters SN or OC’s are rounded and ‘alive’ for me and I am hooked into and keen for the answers to the compelling threads you have planted here. Reading on tomorrow and thanks for sharing it. Bev xx
Author's Response: Oh! I so hope you enjoy your trip to Normandy. Did you/will you see the WW II memorials there? I am not sure what, if any, there are, but I'm sure there must be something as it was such a pivotal place. I sent you a rambling response to your ff.net reviews, but I wanted to make sure I said thank you to each of these as well -- I'm so humbled that you took the time. As no doubt you learned working your way through this story, the only mojo Brenna worked was chemistry. I'm really pleased she was 'real' to you and that you absorbed the connection there. Yes, you made me giggle a bit when you said I was good at writing sex. I shared that compliment with my hubby and the grin he gave me should have lit me on fire. ;) I gotta tell you... that gray T-shirt? My hands-down favorite thing that boy wears. Good. God. Gaelic
Reviewer: sam (Signed) · Date: 15/06/08 02:46 AM · On: The Journey's The Thing
Dame it, . . . don't get me wrong I do love all theWinchesters, but the father is something else. I trully loved this story. Avery IMPACTFUL ending. I due like that at least he does listen to the messages of the boys. Thanks.
Author's Response: John's always been a conundrum for me. I found myself transferring my own family angst onto him throughout Season 1. I didn't really feel warm toward him until IMTOD -- and then it was too late. But that scene when he told Dean he was proud of him, helped me look back on previous John-related growlings and see them through different eyes. 'Course, I wrote this story when I still had plenty of John issues. :) Thanks again for reading and letting me know what you thought. I really appreciate it!! Best to you, Gaelic
Reviewer: sam (Signed) · Date: 15/06/08 02:22 AM · On: Brothers
A total IMPACT of the MEANING TO FAMILY!!!!!!!!! ++++++++++ more.
Author's Response: Yeah, family is our greatest strength and greatest weakness, isn't it? They make us who we are and teach us who we don't want to be. We'd be nothing without them -- whether or not we'd like to admit it. And believe me, that's a hard thing for me to say...
Reviewer: sam (Signed) · Date: 14/06/08 11:53 PM · On: The Fight
SWEET!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Author's Response: *laughs* I'm so enjoying your delight.
Reviewer: sam (Signed) · Date: 14/06/08 11:29 PM · On: Truth?
Cleverly mastered!!!!
Author's Response: Why, thank you!!
Reviewer: sam (Signed) · Date: 14/06/08 08:59 PM · On: Letting Go
A very interesting inaligy I may have misspelled it, but you understood me. So, there is a clue that Dean may havw a hidden power. That he has not been able to unlock just yet.
Author's Response: Well, as I'm sure you picked up as you contiinued to read -- it's not so much that Dean has a hidden power as it is what the banshee's power does to people. Making them feel their loved ones' pain. And knowing this, and being so incredibly close to Sam, Dean was able to will himself to lock his pain away -- keep Sam safe. I honestly can't remember now where I got the idea, but that's what drove the entire story -- keeping his pain away from Sam...
Reviewer: sam (Signed) · Date: 14/06/08 07:22 PM · On: Holding On
I'm so loving it.
Author's Response: *grin* Thank you so much! I'm so pleased you're having fun with this story!! GS
Reviewer: sam (Signed) · Date: 14/06/08 04:28 AM · On: Coordinates
Very good opening. Then again when does Dean Winchester ever fail to help a lovely girl. I am beginning to feel she is the culpret. This is good
Author's Response: Thanks, Sam. I appreciate you reading and offering feedback. :) This was the first fanfic story I'd written and has a special place in my heart -- but I know that the inclusion of an OFC doesn't work for everyone, so I'll be interested to see what you think about the rest of the story. :) Thanks again, and best to you, Gaelic
Reviewer: RoweenaC (Signed) · Date: 07/05/08 03:48 PM · On: The Journey's The Thing
Oh, Gaelic, ye goddess of FanFiction, I bow to thee. (*smirks*) What a wonderful story. Filled my heart with all emotions a good story has. Love, hate, fear, compassion, angst and happiness. And no, I don't think I should be kind because it is your first. Don't have to be, it rocks. Thank you, thank you... I'll be reading the sequel next.. Hope I'll finish without more computer problems. So I can finally, maybe start on “In the light” some time soon. Now, my usual quotes. Not that many this time. Would have taken the whole of the chappie, but... ....“Because you’re on a journey, Dean. And I’m not sure when you’ll reach the end or what you’ll find there. So I wanted you to have some…protection while you traveled.”.... That Brenna-Babe is a gem and a psychic and so right. I know, they'll meet again. Maybe this time there'll be some action between the sheets, huh? Not really described as such but I wish for Dean to have an equal for once... (Am I being any clear on my wish? Brenna and Dean having S**) kissing scene: again wonderfully descriptive, felt real and sexy... yay, great writing. ...If you rid the world of evil, he thought looking at his brother, would you end up living in a world without hero's?... DAMN RIGHT!! So, make sure there is still something evil to hunt. Would be so sad without you guys.... What Brenna sees in his eyes: Owh, I do love the way she understands and reads Dean. Not invasive but understanding, caring. And when she sees the boy laughing, oh, my breath hitched at that. I felt so happy for Dean. Brenna is a cool, cool character. Looking forward to meeting her again on the sequel. In total: Great story, wonderful OC. Loved the special bond between the brothers. I enjoyed every letter, every word and every line.
Hugs, Ilka/RC
Author's Response: HA! Goddess of fanfiction. Hardly. I'm so ordinary I could disappear if you glanced my way quickly. :) But I still love that you have enjoyed this story. And I'm pleased you've enjoyed Brenna. She appears in two of my other stories and now that "In the Light" is done, I plan on bringing her back at some point. Have three stories in the works... I'm hopeful that I'll get to see you on a review page again. Thanks so much for muddling through your PC troubles to make sure I get these reviews. I treasure them. Honestly, I do. Best to you,
Gaelic
Reviewer: RoweenaC (Signed) · Date: 07/05/08 02:53 PM · On: Brothers
Gaelic. Reading this story is a pleasure. However I feel like I'm jinxed. Maybe Brenna has got something to do with it. As it is, I've just finished reading and reviewing and my Internet fails. So I click and refresh. The whole review is gone. GODAMN SONOVABITCH COMPUTER AND TECHNOLOGY! I thought that was behind me (see my LiveJournal). OK, now. Here I go AGAIN, 'cos you deserver a nice review. ...“Dude. I did not faint.”“It’s called friggin’ blood loss, man.” ... So typical. Al ways works on Dean to allude to him being some kind of wuss. Hehe. Made me smile and then giggle. ...The tremble betrayed him before the hitch in his breath... Owh, my god. You had me in tears here. Just after the giggles. Still wiping my eyes. *sniffles* Ain't that a sweet and breath-taking moment of weakness. For once in his hard life, Dean allows himself tears. Not sad, grieving or desperate tears. Tears, because Sammy told him how important Dean is and how much Sam owes to his self-sacrificing big brother. I wanna hug 'em both. ...what was it about grabbing his hair, anyway?... And laughter again. Boy, get yourself a decent haircut. Nobody will grab it then. You're so not a teenager anymore... ....wrapped a towel around his waist, and stepped into the room... Thanks for that sexy, hot picture. Anyways, I think I have one just like it on my desktop. Hang on. Lemme see. Yeah. OH YEAH. Jared's got some fine muscles, doesn't he? Oh those abs.... *drooling* Even though I am a Dean-Gal, that's some hot thing to think about.... ....He thought about how young Dean looked when he slept.... So true. He looks a lot younger than Sammy, when he is asleep or truly happy. Remember in BDaBR when they get the free meals and have a picture taken? He looks so young. Like 15 or something. Ah, bless him. Such a multi-layered man... complex, indeed. Typed this review using my OpenOfficeWriter. So, no Internet-demon can get to it now... Cheers, Ilka/RC
Author's Response: *pets Ilka* I'm so sorry you've had so much trouble with technology. I've seen some of your posts on LJ about how much trouble it's been. But in any case, I am still blessed with this review!! Thanks so much -- and I'm glad you enjoyed those parts you called out. It was so much fun to write. :) Gaelic
Reviewer: RoweenaC (Signed) · Date: 07/05/08 12:49 PM · On: The Fight
Gaelic. It took me 6 times to start this chapter and finish it. Every time I chose to read it, something came up. Either my rotten computer crashed (three times) or the phone rang (twice) or it rang at the bloody door. It felt like cursed. I salted and burned every bone in my flat, splashed a gallon of holy water around and drew a devil's trap on my desk. IT WORKED. I finished it finally... Dean on a tractor, that was just unbelievably funny... You know my MO by now, I guess. SOME QUOTES: ...Dean stood on the other side of them like an avenging angel... HOT and so like Dean. Doesn't he always look like that with his sawn-off clutched in his hand? ...Rage. Pain. Fear. Desperation. Sorrow... A few words, but powerful emotions and pictures blossom from them. The essence of Dean... ...It was the most wonderful feeling in the world. It was also the most terrible... Isn't that just so unfair? He feels great and sad at the same time. But we're all human and know that there are always two side to the medallion... ...Out of nowhere it seemed, he suddenly wished that his Dad was there... Now, how utterly sweet is that. He still needs his Dad, don't we all some times? Oh, bless him. His family is so close to him and means so much to him. I wish I could hug him or make John appear right in front of him to ease his pain and fear. OK, off to the next chappie. Cheers, Ilka/RC
Author's Response: I could "see" the avenging angel scene in my head SO CLEAR when I was writing this. I held on to that for a long time afterwards, too. And yeah, there are times that I really think I want my Mom around, even though all it would bring me is heartache, chaos, and more work. But sometimes the need for a parent is instinctive. Gaelic
Reviewer: RoweenaC (Signed) · Date: 01/05/08 11:50 PM · On: Truth?
Hey gaelic. Had to give my Sam (boyfriend! honest to god his name is Sam) a lift to work. So it took me longer to finish this chapter. Lovin it big time (yeah I kinda repeat myself, but you're to blame not me, you are the author...). First part of it: I like the mullin'-things-over-Sam. He is quite the thinker. In my story, he's got a chap of his own only thinking, worrying and thinking again. Was fun to write. Anyways, yours is way better... I suck... STOP the whining Ilka!! Suck it up!! Then the nightmare. I gotta say, that was definitely worse than "seeing" Dean die or hurt. Such a lonely self-loathing guy. Won't he ever see how valueable and wonderful he is? Guess not... outa character if he was... maybe if he was possessed... Nice idea to have Brenna singing Zeppelin. And then especially that song. It clearly underlines the message. Dean could love Brenna but he has his damned job to do and to look out for Sammy. I love Zeppelin too, though I prefer Kashmir. Listen to it while writing a lot especially when Dean is hurt. Helps me to focus. Hilarious: natural/supernatural Brenna. ...the medallion resting in the hollow of his throat... yummy. I like the image in my head... hmmm. I'm really intrigued by the necklace. Wonder what Kripke is doing with it. I liked the idea on the VS a lot. Although I have my own thoughts about it (see my story, oh, I sound like an advertisement, sorry). ... She took him because he lost his Mom and his Dad in the same night... ...the worst thing for a child to happen. And it is so true. Poor Kid-Dean and Adult-Dean, too. That's a wound that'll never heal. No real scar tissue, still bleeding... ...Dean had the heart of a rogue, Sam the heart of a romantic... how do you always find the right words for my thoughts. I am so amazed. It's so true and short. Well done (me jealous, too.) ...He was darker than they gave him credit for. And that was like John. That was exactly like John... We have seen this dark Sam on the show already many times in BUaBS, AHBL2 shooting Jake in cold blood and of course in Mystery Spot... I must admit I like Sam better when he is darker. He sometimes seems too normal especially for a Winchester. ...He didn’t like being alone because he didn’t know who he was with when he was alone... ...The only person that scared him was himself, and he never left – he was always there... Yep. Instantly, the scene from DaLDoM popped into my head, where Demon-Dean confronts Dean. Great thinkin' and again I ask myself if you really aren't a little psychic... ...He’s all I have. He’s everything I am… he’s the only good in me. owh, heart-breaking.. TEARS... Worst part of the nightmare. ..Like I slept with a hamster in my mouth... Great fun. Howling with laughter after the awful experience of the dream. “You ever hear that saying that insanity is genetic – you get it from your children?” see my comment above. Hahaha. ....He’d taken his shirt off more on this job than any other.... Well, I'm not complaining, he could leave it off if I were to decide.... oooh, come on. Strip for me... Nonono, now I'm naughty. Sorry... As you can see, I'm still enjoying your story. It is as usual packed with good stuff: bit of sexy images, action, tears and humor. Cheers, Ilka
Author's Response: Kashmir is a great song. I had a friend in high school that told me it was the ultimate make-out song. *smirk* Wonder what he was after... But seriously, I love Zeppelin. As does my little girl. Black Dog makes her clap. And Over the Hills and Far away soothes her. Although, so does Metallica's Nothing Else Matters, so you never know with that girl. I'm so glad you enjoyed this chapter. I have to admit I was nervous that you were reading so closely being my first fanfic. I like to think I've improved since this. BUT! If this entertains you, then that's all that matters. :) Thanks so much for the detailed reveiws. I am soaking them up. Gaelic
Reviewer: RoweenaC (Signed) · Date: 01/05/08 09:20 PM · On: Letting Go
Hello again, actually I didn't plan on reviewing tonite. I wanted to do some due work. But my own computer overheated (been working for like 20hours today). So, I took my boyfriend's (he's asleep) and read the next chapter while my PC cools down a bit. The best part in this chapter is the one about Sam putting his brother's hand to his heart, like Dean used to do when they where kids. Owh, so sweet, so soft, so wonderfully caring. These guys are unbelievable. Great idea... I must also say, as I am a Dean-girl, I dig the references to his lashes a lot. Made me tingly each time and there are a lot of lashes in here, hehe. Thanks. And in the end, Dean is so battered and his defenses are that low he can't stifle a pained yell. Oh, he had to have been through a lot to get there. Unusual but owh so good. He can't always be in control. HE HAS TO LET GO sometimes (hehe...). “Yeah. I figure that there’s a balance to everything, you know? And if we’re out killing all these evil sons of bitches somewhere, somehow, there has to be good out there, too. Angels to match the demons.” What a philosophical insight. I work with children and they are such philosophers only hardly anyone ever notices. Thanks for putting these great lines into his mouth. Made me smile through tears (yeah, tears again, gotta buy new tissues in the morning.) "Creideamh,” he said into her ear. Faith. Belief I was praying and believing through the whole ceremony. Even though I knew/hoped he would come back, but I felt compelled to support Brenna. “Ch-chics dig sc-scars,” I DO, I DO. My boyfriend usually calls me a perv for it... Well, he doesn't have any, so I can't prove to him, how much I dig them and what he might gain from my affection. I know this one does at least, Brenna thought, looking down at him Just a guess here, gaelic. Could it be Brenna is a lot like you? She is too well written that there isn't a real-life person behind her. Well then, as my computer still doesn't boot, I'm gonna go on with the next chappie. I guess you're watching the next epi, huh? They are not that far over here in Germany with the show. However, I know where to get it from soon... Cheers, Ilka
Author's Response: Oh! I hope the PC makes a comeback for you... technology is wonderful... until it lets us down. And yeah, my husband has several scars from various things he's survived. Some rather large, in fact, and though he hates them, I tell him that each one means I got to have him for a little bit longer. So I love them. I'm flattered you think Brenna is like me -- but in reality we couldn't be more opposite. She's strong where I am shy. Outspoken where I observe. Bold where I pull back. And, well, then, there's that whole druid thing. I will say that I have a bit of a banshee in me that I've passed to my daughter. A temper that when riled is a force to contend with -- but then, I'm a women. Can't we all say the same thing? I'm pleased you seem to be responding to Brenna as I've brought her back, but I can assure you, I've based her on an amalgamation of people real and fictional, pulling together traits I admire and wish to emulate. A "mary sue" of my ilke wouldn't make it with the Winchesters. ;) Altough... my husband says I've a bit of a mama tiger in me, so if someone went after my girl, that could be a different story. :) Hope you continue to enjoy -- and remember, I've learned a lot since writing this one... at least. I hope I have. Gaelic Oh, PS. I missed tonight's episode due to a tornado warning (darn Kansas weather) so I'll have to catch it tomorrow. Sigh.
Reviewer: RoweenaC (Signed) · Date: 30/04/08 05:28 PM · On: Holding On
Gaelic. One more review before I turn in. This chapter is packed with brilliant pictures and moments. First of all the ingenius idea about the box. Dean is really smart. Struggling with all the pain he still manages to do his job, protect Sam. And owh, how he struggles in this chapter judging by the times he looses control over the lid of the box and the effect it has on Sam. AGONY ! I totally like the idea of their brotherly bond becoming more defined by the Banshee. Awesome. Ha, and the way Metallica suddenly calms both of them...?! Who'd have thought? now on to my usual quotes: ....“I look at Dean and I see...you. I see John. I see…fire, if that makes sense. But I don’t see Dean. It’s like…to Dean…he doesn’t exist without you.”... yeah, full on right and sad. ..."He’s blocking it.” Sam pulled back, shocked. “What? How?” Brenna lifted a shoulder. “He’s protecting you.”... Still doin his job. Dean is such a devoted brother... ...Dean Winchester did not do alone well... same as in AHBL2. He can't do it on his own. Can't bear the thought of being alone, without the most important person in his life and makes thefreakin' deal. Oh, Dean. I keep refering to this epi, because there we see Dean as he really is, as he feels deep inside... ...“We’re saved. Brenna has a bag of dust.”... You got Sam say some hilarious lines in this story. Like the sarcasm in it almost Dean-like. Way to go Sam, keep up the snark. ...For a moment, hazel-green eyes had reflected in what were normally chocolate brown. Dean’s essence had flashed through his brother.... beautifully written and so touching. So the bond works in both ways. Maybe they might use it to kill that sunovabitch Banshee in the end... ....Black eating up black.... excellent image here, Gaelic, eerie and threatening. COOL. ...He was still his superhero brother... Damn right and he will be until he dies, which might do rather sooner than later. Oh, I can already feel tears welling up.... That's it for 2nite, Gaelic. I need to get some sleep. Can't do another massive R&R-session. Still feel tired from last night. But be sure to check the coming days. I'll be back with some more R&Ring... Sweet dreams... Ilka
Author's Response: Thank you again! I hope you continue to enjoy the story. I will keep watching for you! Slainte, Gaelic
Reviewer: RoweenaC (Signed) · Date: 30/04/08 03:48 PM · On: Banshee
Gaelic, what an awesome chapter. Humor, snark, tears, action and kisses (almost more!) in it. Loved it big time. And I totally love DRUIDS. So cool. Really like the celtic lore in this bit. YAY!! John already pisses me off again. Although, I'm not sure if it really is him on the phone. Seems a bit too convenient he calls when Dean is contemplating Brenna's innocence. Maybe it's the Banshee? Odd feeling in my stomach there. Eyes, freckles as intriguing as Dean, I love Brenna, wonderful character. And when she sees through him, sees inside him. Breath-taking. He is such a lonely, lonely man, wanted to hug him. But I'm afraid he's gonna shoot me if I try.... hehe. You are so good at describing all these layers of the man Dean is. His inner battle against his feelings for Brenna and the order John gave. Feel all torn apart for him... And then the kissing scenes. I just wanted to be her for those moments. Can't let my boyfriend hear that, hehe. However, Dean's dilemma is similar to Sam's in HEART. Both of them in love with a potential evil they (might) have to kill in the end... owh, so sad. Dean's greatest fear of letting Sam and John down. Well, gaelic you are a psychic. That is exactly what Dean confesses he did in AHBL2.... Awesome. And then the end of the chapter. Nasty, evil and cruel. To have him being ripped apart in the one moment he truely follows his own path, when he finally puts himself before somebody else. DAMN! Hope to god he somehow gets through it... ...“A need to get a room feeling, or a grab the crucifix feeling?”... Sam actually snarky, haha. Hilarious.... ....“Like…” and then it dawned on Sam. “Like you… like her.”.... actually a psychic-boy there! .....Sam paled. “Do you have to talk about it?” Dean quirked his lips downward. “Sorry I brought it up.” Sam moaned. “Bad choice of words, Dude.” .... hysterical laughter here. He ain't gonna die again? Sorry, feel the near death scene of Ramble On still resonating in my soul. Kinda laughing despite of my panic. ....“Yeah, you are. You don’t know what to do if your Dad is wrong.”.... That girl is so cool, she's got him figured out!!!! “Why, Dean? It’s all I see when I look at you. I look at your eyes and you don’t reflect back at me – it’s just your Dad and Sam.” He pulled his eyebrows together. “What the hell does that even mean?” “Where are you, Dean?” ... Way to go, Brenna. However, Dean's not gonna open up easily. He has no practise doin it, doesn't know how... Brenna blinked. It was as if suddenly she saw three of him. She saw the confident, cocky, badass, seducer of women who relieved men of their money at games of pool and women of their phone numbers soon after. She saw that image he'd fabricated super-imposed on top of a warrior -- a fierce protector who would not hesitate to give his life for those he loved… and he loved them completely. Then she saw the boy. A lonely, sad, frightened boy who never once had anyone ever tell him that it was okay to need... Overkill, in the second chapter already. TEARS.... Oh, and his mouth is amazing, as are his lashes, freckles, chest, arms and EYES. Love the whole package... Cheers, on with the next one Ilka
Author's Response: Oh, your reviews are wonderful -- I'm clapping each time I recieve them. I'm glad that you're getting some rest this time, though. Wouldn't want you to turn into a zombie! :) I'm so glad you liked this story so far -- as I said, it was the first I wrote, so I always get a little... anxious. :) But I had such fun writing it. Imagining it. Seeing it in my mind. Dean truly is my consumate hero, as he is yours I can tell. Which, I suppose is why we always beat the hell out of him -- to watch him walk out on the other side. :) Best to you, Gaelic
Reviewer: RoweenaC (Signed) · Date: 30/04/08 02:06 PM · On: Coordinates
Hey Gaelic, missed me? Well, I missed you and your writing. Couldn't concentrate at work. Have been thinking about RAMBLE ON the whole day. Kept mulling it over. Relieved that I havea few days off till Monday, now... Now, that Brenna is supposed to know more than she lets on. I don't think she is a threat. As I know you've put her in another one of your stories. Guess I'll have to wait and see... I like her, she doesn't fall for Dean's seductive methods as easily. Bit of a challenge for him. GOOD! You know me. I have some quotes again. It's just the easiest way to comment. So here goes: ...“I figured. You are the hunter, he is the scholar. It may as well be tattooed on your foreheads.” Whatever damage Declan’s earlier words had done to Dean’s ability to trust these two, Brenna’s words instantly healed.... She is a genius. Liked her already on first sight, but at that moment she was brilliant.(un)consciously healing Dean with her words... ...He wondered if it had ever been said to Dean. He remembered Dean saying it to him when they were kids. When he was scared or lonely or just needed reassurance.... Yeah, that's Dean. I think you know what I think of him by now and his inability for speaking about his emotions and especially the "L" word. He's been taught by the master himself, John. ....In every teasing remark, in every blow that he took instead of Sam, in every step that he took putting himself in danger instead of his brother, Dean said ‘I love you’.... see my comment above.... ...She tried to ignore the fact that his grey T-shirt outlined the curve of the chest she still remembered clearly from last night, and accented his well-muscled arms perfectly. She also tried to ignore the fact that his hazel-green eyes lit up when he was pissed. Like he was now..... The girl knows him already. And he is sexy, ain't he? uuuhhh On a more personal matter: Bev (birdie) just told me you've been to hospital a few weeks back. Sorry to hear that. Hope you're better now... Hugs, Ilka
Author's Response: I did miss you! So glad you decided to read more. This was the first fanfic I wrote -- first story I ever finished, so I hope you enjoy it. I love that you post quotes -- it really gives me a thrill to see what resonates with you. Birdie is a gem, isn't she? I adore her. I was in the hospital about a week ago with appendicitus. Had to have emergency surgery, but I'm doing MUCH better now. Thanks for asking and for your well wishes! Best, Gaelic
Reviewer: rbliss1969 (Signed) · Date: 11/03/08 02:27 AM · On: The Journey's The Thing
excellent, excellent. i cried when Dean died and i cried when Brenna brought him back............omg. i love the bond between Sam and Dean; they show it in the show but you really brought it. i am going to read Within My Hands next since you put Brenna in that one as well. Renee
Author's Response: Hi! I'm so sorry I never replied to this!! I don't know how I missed it. Thank you so much for reading and for letting me know how the story made you feel. I'm thrilled that it made you want to read Within My Hands. Brenna is also in Into the Fire, if you still find her intriguing. Best to you always, Gaelic
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