Reviewer: sojourner84 (Signed) · Date: 30/01/07 10:03 PM · On: Brothers
Happy Birthday, Storyteller! *smile* I got your review, and wanted to let you know here. “Sammy?” “Yeah?” “The banshee’s body is still in here isn’t it?” “Like five feet from us.” “You gonna think I’m a girl if I tell you that it totally creeps me out to be stuck in the dark with the headless body of a banshee?” “Yes.” “Thought so.” *LAUGH* Again, I loved this chapter. I loved the interaction between Sam and Dean. I loved Brenna. I loved the twist with Declan. Very awesome. *smile* One more chapter to go...that makes me sad. P.S. I might be able to get you a banner for one of your stories, since you liked mine. What story would you like one for?
Author's Response: Thanks for the b-day wishes! :) What a treat. I love how you quote what you like from the story. And I'm really glad that you like Brenna. I am writing her again now, so it's good to know that she might be well-received. I would absolutely love a banner, if you were able. I think I'd like it for Ramble On. It's the most brother-centric of my stories so far. Thanks for the generous offer -- yours is very cool, and very fitting! I hope you enjoy the last chapter. GS
Reviewer: sojourner84 (Signed) · Date: 29/01/07 08:55 PM · On: The Fight
When Sam had passed him, Brenna in his arms, and promised to return, Dean had felt the strength of his will. He had felt Sam decide he was ready to die for his brother. He had felt Sam choose him. It was the most wonderful feeling in the world. It was also the most terrible. Loved that paragraph. “Dude. You totally Sosa’d that bitch.” Sam licked his lips. “Here I always thought I was better at soccer,” he panted. *laugh* But that ending!! Oh no! Poor Dean... Awesome and exciting chapter.
Author's Response: Thanks so much! I love your reviews. I see them in my inbox and gravitate... I'm so glad you're enjoying this and I hope you like the rest. GS
Reviewer: sojourner84 (Signed) · Date: 28/01/07 04:04 PM · On: Truth?
“Sam, your will almost defeated me a million times over when you were a kid. I had to be able to bully you into doing what I needed you to do. Then you had to go and get all…ginormous.” Sam lifted an eyebrow, “Really.” Dean nodded. “I kinda had to relearn how just to be your brother.” Aw. I liked that exchange. Zeppelin! Chocolate chip pancakes! Tractors!!!!!Hahahahahahahaha!!!! I loved this chapter! But, um, having driven a tractor before, I'm pretty sure Dean isn't going to have a fun ride. Too bumpy. Poor baby. Great work, Storyteller.
Author's Response: Yeah, I learned how to drive on an old Ford tractor. Bumpy as hell. He's not going to have a good time of it. Glad you're liking this! My baby girl (6 months old) actually stops crying when I play Zeppelin, so I have decided that as long as I write Winchester stories, there will be at least one Zeppelin song in there for her. :) Cheers -- GS
Reviewer: anggerikdesa (Signed) · Date: 25/01/07 10:31 PM · On: The Journey's The Thing
like the story. keep up the good work
Author's Response: Thanks for reading and for the review. Cheers! GS
Reviewer: sojourner84 (Signed) · Date: 25/01/07 03:13 PM · On: Letting Go
This was another one of your chapters where I had to remind myself to breathe again here and there. Sucked me right into the scene and I couldn't leave. Great chapter!
Author's Response: *grin* Thanks so much. I love hearing what you think as you go through the story. GS
Reviewer: ciel4 (Signed) · Date: 24/01/07 08:14 PM · On: Coordinates
Hey GS, I know I did a general review for all 3 storiesof your stories when I finished Ramble On, but that was because I was in a hurry! I have re-read your stories since, and just wanted to write a specific review for each one because I really feel they deserve it. Hope you don't mind. Some authors get the action in a Supernatural fic right, and some get the brothers' relationship right, but you do both. Brenna is wonderfully written: she is a likeable stand-alone character,and she doesn't threaten Dean and Sam's relationship. If she had,I would have been mightily tempted to hate her! Dean is a big damn hero, and he is "magnificent" in your story - I love that Sam sees that. Thanks for the effort that goes into such a tale.
Author's Response: Mind?! Are you kidding? You just made my day! I'm so happy to hear that you've actually re-read my stories! I'm a mult-time reader myself of those stories I truly enjoy (published or otherwise) and so to know that someone did that of mine makes me grin so big I look like I slept with a hanger in my mouth. ;) I thank you for your kind words and your specificity of what you liked. Telling stories is my passion, and my fulfillment comes from seeing that they resonate for the reader. Thanks again -- GS
Reviewer: sojourner84 (Signed) · Date: 24/01/07 05:09 PM · On: Holding On
“Sam, you can carry me when I won’t know about it. And not before.” Ha! Such a Dean thing to say. All I have to say about this chapter is wow... Okay I have more than that to say. *laugh* Don't I always? See, I love that you created this banshee and her torturous death method of connecting people with their dying loved ones. That is just sadistic genius right there. Poor boys. Dean trying so hard to keep the pain from Sam, and Sam trying to hold them both together. Perfect. You don't just write one brother as a focus, you've got both. Which I love you for. Great work!
Author's Response: Hee. Is it sick and wrong that I totally grin at the words "sadistic genius" being directed at me? No matter how much I love Dean...he's only half himself without his brother... (if that makes sense). Thanks so much for a detailed review -- I'm really glad you're liking this! Really, really glad. :) GS
Reviewer: sojourner84 (Signed) · Date: 23/01/07 08:57 AM · On: Banshee
Something about her face spoke only of honesty, of a gift of power that she hadn’t asked for, and that she fought to control. A gift like Sam’s. Without another word, he turned away from her, and noticed that it was like stepping away from the warmth of a campfire into the dark of the night. He walked out of the garage, and felt something inside of him crack at the sound of her soft sob. I really loved that paragraph. You know, I really, really like this Brenna. Seriously. So many people have these OFC's that just take the lead and force their presence throughout a story. Not her. She's a wonderful character, Storyteller. I liked the part where she asked Dean where he was. How she can only see Sam and his father when she looks at Dean. That is too sad. AH! You and your cliffies, woman! Oh, and that end note...I was hoping you'd take the banshee lore outside the box. Way outside the box. *Smile* Looking forward to the rest.
Author's Response: Oh yeah. So outside the box...the box is a spec in the distance. Thanks so much for your review and for quoting me back to me. :) I really like knowing what works for reviewers (I mean, I guess I like knowing what doesn't work, too, so that I can change it -- but it's not as much fun as hearing what works, in all honesty). I'm so glad you're enjoying this story. As the first one I wrote, I posted each chapter completely afraid I'd be laughed out of fanfic... I hope you enjoy the rest! :) GS
Reviewer: Tree66 (Signed) · Date: 22/01/07 07:49 PM · On: The Journey's The Thing
GS - I owe you an apology - I started reading this a while back and lost track of it. My misfortune- since I missed reading a really good story sooner. Kudos to you - I dont normally like female OC's for Dean ('spose I'm kinda jealous of them - haha) - but Brenna - I definately love. Great job!
Author's Response: Aw, thanks! Thanks for coming back, for reading, and for letting me know! I'm glad you liked Brenna. I'm not always keen on OFC's either, but I wanted a way to show a different side to Dean, and she worked for me... Cheers -- GS
Reviewer: sojourner84 (Signed) · Date: 22/01/07 04:50 PM · On: Coordinates
She merely lifted a brow and looked back down at him. As Sam watched, a silent conversation seemed to go on between them. One where Dean suggested, she shot him down, Dean backed off, and she ran him out of town with a lynch mob. He watched his brother swallow, pull in his bottom lip, and sit back, for all intents and purposes, defeated. *laugh* Love that. I was laughing at our interpretations of who the boys take after. In my story I had said that Bobby saw pieces of John in Dean and Sam took after his mother. You said the opposite in this story. *laugh* Honestly, they don't look like either. I actually know some Kavanaghs. Not nearly this interesting. I enjoy your OC's. Yay! Another hunt about a witch. Yes, I realize that I read your stories backward. *blush* Your Frost references from Within My Hands inspired me to make a Dean video on youtube, The Gravel Road. Actually, whenever I read your stuff it spurs new ideas in my mind all the time. You know how to weave together a flowing story. Your creativity makes me want to explore different hunts and angles when and if I ever get a chance to start a new one. Thanks for that. Now that I am reading at the beginning, do you think you'll be writing a new project soon? Okay, this review is ridiculously long. Great work as always, Storyteller!
Author's Response: How crazy! I just left you a review for your latest chapter. :) You make me giddy saying that reading my stories spurs new ideas for you. What a compliment! I almost don't know where to put that, but I thank you for it. Yeah, that's funny that we flipped who the boys take after. That actually started for me because of a bad TV. Seriously. On my TV it looked in Season 1 like Sam had brown eyes, so I decided to connect him to John because Dean's were so green. Then, I was (ahem) corrected by a reviewer saying Sam's were hazel, too. But oh well. I like my brown-eyed Sam, so I think I'll keep him. In my mind, though Dean emulates his father, Sam is actually more like him -- one-track minded, focused on the mission, can be oblivious to everyone and everything around him until he's forced to think differently... I have a couple new projects brewing, actually. One just got sent off to a zine (printed fanfic), and two that are sketched out waiting for me to get on it... One will include Brenna, a wraith, and some human monsters. The other... well, it was inspired by being stuck in the Denver airport around Christmas in a blizzard... ;) Thanks so much for asking and I hope you enjoy them once they're posted. Oh, and no worries about long reviews. Love them. Cheers -- GS
Reviewer: Betty (Signed) · Date: 18/01/07 03:22 AM · On: The Journey's The Thing
Absolutely beautiful story - from beginning to end. What an amazing job. I loved everything about it. Your characterizations, your OCs, your imagery. You weave a wonderful yarn - you unravel it as you go and then you weave it back into a gorgeous tapestry. Well done. Can't wait to read your other stories.
Author's Response: Betty -- Thank you SO much for each review of every chapter. I got up this morning to see them and knew that no matter what the day threw at me, I'd have started with this. *grins* I'm so glad you liked Brenna. I wanted a way to see a bit inside of Dean -- something that he wouldn't willingly show us, or at least not without a LOT of questions from baby brother -- and I wanted to see a different side of him than hunter and protector. Thus, Brenna appeared. She comes back in Within My Hands and I'm currently writing one called Into The Fire that she'll be a part of. No plans to make some universe where she and Dean ride off happily into the sunset. OFC's are a dangerous gig in this fandom, but I like what I see in Dean when Brenna's around. That's pretty much why I bring her back. I'm with you on the Dean love. AND on the hurt him and don't fix him right after the commercial break (GORDON). There is something about this character that just pulls at you from the word go. Thanks again for all of your kind reviews and for taking the time to tell me what you thought as you read through the story. It's greatly appreciated. GS
Reviewer: Betty (Signed) · Date: 18/01/07 03:18 AM · On: Brothers
Declan - what an evil SOB - did not like that man from the beginning. Poor Dean is still so lost and confused - and so hurt inside and out. And Sam is trying so hard. You've captured them in a way that's rarely done when a story is this angsty - realistically without over the top mush. Can't wait to find out what happens next.
Reviewer: Betty (Signed) · Date: 18/01/07 03:10 AM · On: The Fight
You write some wonderfully vivid stuff. I felt like I was in the mill. I am a DeanGirl and adore him in this fic, but I really like Sam in this too. He has really stepped up to the plate. Speaking of which, loved the Sosa reference too. This just gets better and better. And did I tell you already how much I love Brenna. She is so fleshed out and real. Funny, charming, infuriating - all the things Dean is. Great job - again!
Reviewer: Betty (Signed) · Date: 18/01/07 03:07 AM · On: Truth?
Woo Hoo - Dean to the rescue. Even though he IS death warmed over. That boy is my hero. I swear I could so see him in the show this hurt and riding in that tractor. Walking there if he had to. Actually, would love to see him in the show this hurt...just once, okay...and not all better after the commercial break!
Loved these lines: “Dean…you died last night.” “Part of me went with you.” Me too!
Reviewer: Betty (Signed) · Date: 18/01/07 03:01 AM · On: Letting Go
That was one of the most intense things I've ever read. So unbelievably painful and excruciating and amazing all at once. I can't believe you killed him. Thankfully you didn't wait too long to bring him back. The brothers' struggle to be there for each other is palpable, as is the love that is left unsaid. Again, delicious angst of the best kind.
Reviewer: Betty (Signed) · Date: 18/01/07 02:50 AM · On: Holding On
OMG - that was so intense. And so incredibly creative. I love the phantom pain. And the real pain Dean is experiencing. What is it about that man in pain that is so incredibly yummy and delicious. You continue to amaze me in the way that you write the brothers. That lead box is ingeniious. Dean would so do that. You are so talented. I love this story.
Reviewer: Betty (Signed) · Date: 18/01/07 02:27 AM · On: Banshee
So intense. And again so beautifully written. Dean's emotions when he was with Brenna felt so real and sensual - I was holding my breath the whole time. And thinking, oh that should be me! LOL. I loved this line: "It was her touch, he realized. No one ever really touched him. Grabbed him, shoved him, moved him out of the way, but never touched just out of their own free will." Heartbreaking. Great job.
Reviewer: Betty (Signed) · Date: 18/01/07 02:16 AM · On: Coordinates
Oh I just love this so far. First, it's beautifully written - so much emotion and feeling in every line. And I absolutely adore the way you write the brothers. John's message was heartbreaking. Poor Dean. He is so tortured by his feelings for his father. And Brenna! What a wonderful character. Loved that she put the whammy on Dean. Actually, I just love Dean with a whammy on him! :-) Can't wait to read more.
Reviewer: bambers2 (Signed) · Date: 06/01/07 09:18 PM · On: Coordinates
i just wanted to say that i thought this was very good...i just found this website last week and have already read two of your stories and thought they were both awesome. Thanks for giving me something awesome to enjoy while waiting for new episodes on TV!!!
Author's Response: Hey, you're welcome! The hiatus has felt like it's lasted forever! I'm glad you enjoyed this story and appreciate the review. What was the other story of mine that you read?(curiousity will be the death of me, I swear) GS
Reviewer: thedarkness (Signed) · Date: 03/01/07 01:29 AM · On: Coordinates
Just wanted to say that this was one of the best virtual season/ fanfic stories I've ever read! Truly captivating, you are a talented writer and I nearly teared up a few times!
Author's Response: Wow. Thank you! You humble me. And... I have to admit, reading your review was a great way to begin a morning! Best -- GS
Reviewer: Novembers_Guest (Signed) · Date: 02/01/07 09:32 PM · On: The Journey's The Thing
Ah, your first story. And what a good one it was, you couldn't tell that this was the beginning for you. Awesome work.
Author's Response: Thanks so much. That means a lot coming from you. :)
Reviewer: Tree66 (Signed) · Date: 02/01/07 07:19 PM · On: Coordinates
GS - Very good story - you've got me hooked!
Author's Response: Yay! I like hooked. Hooked is good. Looking forward to seeing what you think of the rest. GS
Reviewer: X5 494 (Signed) · Date: 01/01/07 07:06 PM · On: Holding On
This story has been really great so far. It is amazingly well put together. i am going to continue reading it. These stories are the ones that get my blood pumping.
Author's Response: Okay, first of all, dig the penname. I miss Alec... Second, I'm thrilled that you are enjoying the story so far and that you're going to keep reading! I look forward to seeing what you think of the rest. GS
Reviewer: irismay42 (Signed) · Date: 01/01/07 07:52 AM · On: Coordinates
Yes, you do write long chapters, don't you? Not a bad thing though - gives you a proper chance to get into the story! (Which is great, by the way!)
Author's Response: Glad you like it so far. Yeah, the long chapters... it's a sickness. I have actually tried to make them shorter, but after three SPN stories I haven't been successful. Which is why, I suspect, you'll probably never see a one-shot by me. Unless... it's a long one-shot. ;) Hope you like the rest.
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