Reviewer: DeansAmulet (Signed) · Date: 08/01/11 09:13 AM · On: Epilogue
Wow. That was an amazing story, and it felt a lot longer than nine chapters -- but that's in a good way! I felt as satisfied finishing this as reading a 100 chapter novel. You captured Sam and Dean so well, and I love the Native American aspect to it. You got a deeper view into their culture, and the Wendigo. Fantastic job!
Author's Response: Hi there, Thank you so much! I'm so pleased you enjoyed this story -- I had a great time writing it and researching the Native American aspect. I'm thrilled the story was so satisfying for you to read. :) Thanks for taking time to read and offer me the gift of your review. I don't post on this site any longer for random personal reasons, but I have continued to write and post on ff.net and my LiveJournal site. Should you ever be curious to read stories other than these, I would welcome your comments. My best, Gaelic
Reviewer: Supernatural_Flames (Signed) · Date: 24/08/10 02:49 PM · On: Epilogue
That was a wonderful story!!! I loved how you had John show up at the end. Simply beautiful!
Author's Response: Thank you so much! I'm so pleased you enjoyed it -- and the epilogue. :) Hope to see you again sometime. Gaelic
Reviewer: mamapranayama (Signed) · Date: 27/04/10 10:31 AM · On: Epilogue
Wow! what a great story. I was on the edge of my seat the whole time. Wonderful! :D
Author's Response: Thank you! I appreciate that and I'm thrilled you enjoyed. Best, Gaelic
Reviewer: ashon13 (Signed) · Date: 27/01/09 04:04 PM · On: Epilogue
Awwww, amazing story! So amazing! Everything about it! Loved "Dream on" too, and very nice way of ending it, I've always loved John, and no matter what he says, I think him and the boys make..um..made, one hell of a team, nothing could stop all three of them, it was a death wish to even try, where one fell, another succeeded, and vise versa..Awesome, fantastically awesome story!..Now I'm off to read the rest of your stories..;P
Author's Response: Hi Ashon! I am responding to all of your reviews in one fell swoop -- but don't take that as me not appreciating each and every one. I clapped with glee seeing each of them! First, I'm thrilled that you enjoyed the music. I love love love music. I love that the show uses music. I love listening to music -- all kinds -- and if I can put it in a story, you bet your bippy it's going in. :) I'm so pleased that you enjoyed this story. It was the first time I truly felt in the groove of being a story teller. And I totally agree with your comments above about the three of them being a team, Even though now the team is broken and trembling, it doesn't make it any less true. Finally, I wanted to thank you for taking time to read and offer me the gift of your review. I don't post on this sight any longer for random personal reasons, but I have continued to write and post on ff.net and my LiveJournal site. Should you ever be curious to read stories other than these, I would welcome your comments. My best, Gaelic
Reviewer: ashon13 (Signed) · Date: 27/01/09 03:23 PM · On: Chapter 7
Yay! Alice in Chains! Man, I love the music! I can almost hear it! o.O..Well, I can..:P
Reviewer: ashon13 (Signed) · Date: 27/01/09 02:30 PM · On: Chapter 5
Oooooh, I love that song, "Outside"..I listen to it all the time, in fact, I love Staind, so nice choice of music, I really love the "Ramble" song too. ;P
Reviewer: ashon13 (Signed) · Date: 27/01/09 01:43 PM · On: Chapter 4
This is unbelievably sad! :')..But veeeeeerrrry good! I love this story sooooo much so far, I'm gonna fav it like a million times!...Okay, I know I can't do that, but in my imagination I will! ;D
Reviewer: Crash and Burn (Signed) · Date: 23/08/08 09:14 PM · On: Epilogue
awesome job man! i loved every minute of it and i think you stayed unusally close to the characters... its like watching a whole new episode
Author's Response: Thanks so much! :) Y'know... I know someone who posts under the name Crash and Burn on ff.net... this isn't the same one, though, is it?? In any case, I really appreciate you reading and I'm so glad you enjoyed! Best to you, Gaelic
Reviewer: TuckerCat (Signed) · Date: 15/08/08 10:33 AM · On: Epilogue
I have added this story to my favorites so I can read it over and over again. I guess that would tell you how much I enjoyed the story. I really do not know how you could have improved it at all. Keep up the good work!
Author's Response: Tucker -- thanks so much! I'm so pleased that you enjoyed the story and that you've added it to your favorites! What an honor. Thank you for spending time with my words and for taking time to comment. I really appreciate that! Best to you, Gaelic
Reviewer: Arduinna (Signed) · Date: 14/07/08 08:04 AM · On: Epilogue
Absolutely superb !
Author's Response: *grin* Thank you so much!! I'm so pleased that you enjoyed it. This was one of my favorite stories to write. Best to you, GS
Reviewer: Ebbtide (Signed) · Date: 10/07/08 08:20 PM · On: Epilogue
lol. I love the Doc's ending quote! lol. :). Great story!!! :)
Author's Response: Doc was a trip to write. Thanks so much for reading and offering me your thoughts!! GS
Reviewer: Ebbtide (Signed) · Date: 10/07/08 08:01 PM · On: Chapter 8
Wow. This story has a lot of very intense emotions. :). Great stuff!
Author's Response: *grins* I'm glad the emotions came through so clearly for you. GS
Reviewer: Ebbtide (Signed) · Date: 10/07/08 07:38 PM · On: Chapter 7
Oh! My goodness. I loved that chapter. :). Awesome writing!
Author's Response: Thank you! I'm so glad you enjoyed it. GS
Reviewer: Ebbtide (Signed) · Date: 09/07/08 07:47 PM · On: Chapter 2
I love that story about why he hums when he's nervous. Great chapter. :). Lovely brother moments.
Author's Response: I adore these characters. Glad you like the take on the humming. I just love picturing Dean singing in any form. Slainte, Gaelic
Reviewer: Ebbtide (Signed) · Date: 09/07/08 07:15 PM · On: Chapter 1
This story is awesome! I am so blogging it. Wonderful chapter. Fantastic all the way around. :)
Author's Response: Well hey there! I'm so pleased you are enjoying the story. :) Thanks for blogging it. Hope you enjoy how it unfolds. GS
Reviewer: RoweenaC (Signed) · Date: 29/04/08 09:48 PM · On: Epilogue
Gaelic, I don't think I have ever reviewed that long and emotionally. Well, maybe on "Chipping away" and "The Devil In You". However, this story here is my all time favourite and it will always be. Glad you added the epilogue. Was nice to hear Abe tell John about Dean's feelings. And there are so very true things he says. I've quoted them below. The quote at the beginning is so fitting. Perfect choice. I'll let my review finish with your suitable words as mine won't reach your abilities... (honestly, no I'm not flattering!) "Abe felt a jab in his heart. Dean had needed to see this man so badly. He had needed him to survive. But… he had pulled through without his father’s physical presence. He had made it on will. On his and his brother’s will." owh, Dean... "This man’s sons were a dual reflection of him. Their passion, their anger, their fire, their devotion… they were their father." Glad, someone else sees them that way. Always felt that way, too. “Now he has to be practically stripped to nothing to show it.” Which is absolutely the way (mentally and physically) I prefer Dean, yeah, I know I'm mean! Cheers and many many hugs for letting me share your story, Ilka
Author's Response: *HUGS YOU BACK* Thank you so much for the heartfelt, emotional reviews. I will treasure them always. I'm so pleased you enjoyed the epilogue, and that we view the boys and John in the same way. Now, off to bed -- you have to be at work in like... 4 hours! :) Slainte, Gaelic
Reviewer: RoweenaC (Signed) · Date: 29/04/08 09:18 PM · On: Chapter 8
Gaelic, still here... Well another tearful chapter. Fist of all, got a question: When was Sam in Dean's dream? That another of your stories? If so, please tell me which one... Another thing. I wondered when exactly you wrote this story. 'cos if you did before AHBL2 you are a psychic-girl. The bit about the indian shaman sacrificing himself for his brother and ending up as an evil SOB. That just made me think of Dean's deal over Sam's death and Dean about to turn into a demon. And then the bit about Dean accusing the shaman that he should've killed his own brother. Exactly what John asked of Dean on Sam's behalf. Great idea! Oh, and during the ceremony there were tears again. I thought I was as dry as the desert by then, but you squeezed them out! The way Dean cried out for Sam, owh, hurthurthurt!! "He was gravity. Needed, depended upon, and unseen." Great concept. Sums up the riddle that is Dean Winchester... “One day he will destroy himself to save you… It is the blessing and the curse of brothers.” see my ideas on Dean's deal above "Dean looked back, and the expression in his eyes was a tangle of pain, regret, sorrow, and resolution" owh, I wish his Dad would've looked at him the way he did at Sam. Dean needs a loving father too. He's always waiting for John to show his affection. But then, he resolves and accepts the facts. This sentence again discribes the contradictive and complex being we all call Dean, HA! Thanks for the chappie, gonna go on with the epilogue (I think there is one, right?) Catch ya on the epilogue, Ilka
Author's Response: Yep -- there is an epilogue. I only posted here on UnGen -- not on ff.net where I also posted this story. Don't ask me why...I had a good reason, but... yeah. I wrote this a long time before AHBL2. In December of 2006, or thereabouts, so any similarities you see are purely coincidental. (btw, I reallllllyyyy hope Dean isn't going to turn Demon on us...) As for Sam in Dean's dream -- that happened in my story "Within My Hands." The boys had to fight a nightmare witch. If you read that, though, there is a character that I brought back named Brenna Kavanagh -- I introduced her in my first story "Holding On To Let Go" and she comes back one more in "Into the Fire." Not necessary to read those, just wanted to let you know if you checked out "Within My Hands." Hope you enjoy the epilogue and I am so glad you've liked this story. Very thrilling for me to watch you experience it! Gaelic
Reviewer: RoweenaC (Signed) · Date: 29/04/08 08:01 PM · On: Chapter 7
Hey gaelic. Still me. Can't go to bed until I finished it I fear. It's a quarter to 3 in the morning! HELL! Good that I only have to be at work at 11.45... I wish that this story would be on the show. Actually it feels, like I'm watching the boys, not reading it... I love those bits, when Sam tells Dean stories t keep him alive. Oh and then when I thought I wouldn't need the tissues anymore, you came up with the bit about Dad not being there. The hurt in Dean slashed out and tore at my own soul. Guess what: tears again. Oh, gaelic, I wish I could write just one small chappie the way you do. Your skills humble me.... Those are the most emotional parts of the chappie for me. I pasted them with tears in my eyes, so forgive if I haven't caught others, too. Too busy wiping my eyes... "when you give up everything for your family, you deserve to get something back’.” Damn right. He did deserved the car. And John did the best he could short of saying 'I love you'. What is it with the Winchesters incapable of admitting their feelings? I guess that's why we all love them, makes them human. "It was as if Sam were suddenly seeing a person where he’d always seen a hero. Dean felt stripped bare, laid open. His mask was gone, his wall transparent. He wanted to look away, but Sam’s eyes held him. He felt a tremble in his chest, a shiver from the inside out." owh, painfully beautiful. ARTIST! That's the worst bit, comparing the amount of tissues I used... "but his balance was off and he was slipping toward an edge that he couldn’t let himself go over" Oh, Dean don't go over...! "Why did contact with Sam do that to him? Balance him? Bring him back from the darkness?" 'Cos he's your reason for living, the reason to keep you from falling, in short he's your anchor, your brother! "But I did, Sam… I needed him…" Yeah, I wish John would have come and heard you speaking all those wonderfully honest and brave things... Although, Abe wouldn't be in the story then. And I say, he's a great person... Gaelic, I wish that Kripke read these things you write. He could enlist you as a writer... On with the next one, Hugs, Ilka
Author's Response: You have me blushing, seriously. I read this review with my hand over my heart. Thank you, sincerely and humbly. Gaelic
Reviewer: RoweenaC (Signed) · Date: 29/04/08 06:41 PM · On: Chapter 6
owh, gawd. I wanted to go to bed. Don't do that. I'm in tears and he's dying, god, notlong review here. On to the next chappie, Hugs, Ilka LOVIN IT
Author's Response: Don't stay up too late... but keep the reviews comin' -- now I'm watching for you, anxious for what you'll think of the next parts. *hugs back* Gaelic
Reviewer: RoweenaC (Signed) · Date: 29/04/08 05:11 PM · On: Chapter 5
Well gaelic. Speechless. How deeply touching. Dean is so far away, talking about his inner demons to his "Dad". Would never do this if he were in his right mind. The mere thought'd kill him. The self-sacrificing attitude, however, could cost him his life and still... I cried while reading this. And the dialogue between him and Sam where Sam tried to keep him awake and walking. Only followed by the parting in the clearing. Girl, you had me in tears there. By the way, Abe's a lovely character. Caring, understanding, sweet. These are my favourite bits and images: "Kid was damn clever." Nice to hear someone else say that! Exactly my point!! "The boy was broken and the only thing keeping him together was the thought that their father had come." Oh Dean, soooo heart-breaking. Tears here... "devotion. It was as plain in Dean’s eyes as they reflected in the moonlight as the blood covering his face." There's no one else as devoted as Dean is to Sammy. Even in the face of his own death... "Dean seemed to melt forward into the air at the same time" powerful writing there. Love the image. "Abe looked at Dean one last time; he somehow looked so young, and very, very old at the same time." Yeah he does that a lot when he's in pain. My heart always goes out to him then. And then the thought of Sam having to watch Dean being left behind. I don't know how he could stand it, brave baby bro. Strong Sam there. Anyway, if Abe had taken Dean first, the older brother would have fought until he might have died to get back to Sam. Absolutely the right decision, Abe. And Sam's lucky to have a bro like Dean. Now, I think I haven't been that speechless in the end, have I? Cheers, Ilka
Author's Response: This was one of the hardest chapters to write for me -- this and Chapter 7... Bringing Dean this low, forcing him to keep moving, knowing that if he learned the truth it could stop him... I remember crying while writing it. I know, I'm a big sap. And I love that you weren't speechless. :) Thanks so much for this!!
Reviewer: RoweenaC (Signed) · Date: 28/04/08 05:44 PM · On: Chapter 4
Hey gaelic, It's me again. Guess it will be the last chapter for me today. However, I wanted to leave another review. As they are the air we breathe. Oh, terrible, terrible ordeal. For the both of them. Good thing the Indian hunter found them in the end. Wonder how this will go on. Though I have to say, Sam is a bit of a wuss here. I know Dean's a hero and Sam's leg is really bad, but, this whining attitude when he actually contemplates how he's gonna get Dean to the travois and how they are supposed to go on. The only thing I'd like to say is "Suck it up, Winchester." Dean could do it if it came to that. Some quotes. I liked them big time: "his lashes outlining the purple smudges of exhaustion under his eyes" owh yeah, hurt!Dean, love his eyes and the lashes in particular. "Sammy. Everything you do matters to me.” Big Brother Mode in full swing. NICE and so cute. About as close for Dean to come to say "I love you, Sam." Catch ya on the next chapter... Night, Ilka
Author's Response: You're so right -- reviews are air, and I thank you for them. There is nothing like a glimpse of Dean's lashes. *sighs* And you're right. That's exactly what Dean meant when he said those words. Hee.
Reviewer: RoweenaC (Signed) · Date: 28/04/08 04:14 PM · On: Chapter 3
Now, that's what I call writing. Where to start... I must say you clearly got the point: Never Dean before Sam. Poor sap, always putting himself last. I love it when Dean is walling up his emotions, makes me wanna hug him and it's a feeling worse than reading about a Hurt!Dean (which I do love to read and write about preferably). Owh, melting here... Like this "Oh, I thought it was a rhetorical question" made me laugh despite of the desperate situation. The same thing happened when Dean snarked he could read. Hilarious. Very crafty work on the travois (new word for me!), Dean. Impressive. I gotta say: Shame on you Sammy. Every FanFic girl knows how complex Dean is. That's why we all love to write about him, so much, isn't it? I'm really a bit angry with Sam here. I always thought Dean was more complex than Sam. College-boy! Sorry, had to vent my anger... These bits are just wonderful writing (would have to paste the whole story in, but I chose these as examples): "The sun hit his dark-blonde hair and picked up flecks of gold, giving him an almost-halo effect." and "a dark current of danger running under his words" Can't wait to read on. Owh, the wendigo and Dean's without protection! Cheers, Ilka
Author's Response: Hi Ilka! I just got these last few reviews -- thank you so much for reviewing as you go! It means a lot to me, and I'm thrilled you're enjoying the story. It's so funny looking back at when I wrote this and when this was set (Season 1) and how much we've learned about these characters since then. I will admit to be a full-on DeanGirl from the word go, but I have warmed considerably to Sammy as my stories progressed. But really, only in how he affects his big bro. I'm loving that you pasted your favorite lines and that you laughed midst the tense situations. Oh, and I also like that you're enjoying the flashbacks -- it's my first attempt at "WeeChesters" or writing John, so I'm glad it worked for you. Gaelic
Reviewer: RoweenaC (Signed) · Date: 28/04/08 02:04 PM · On: Chapter 2
Hey gaelic, feel like leaving a short review. I have read those of your stories on the VS and must say they were great. However, this one is the first of your ungen ones I read. I must say I love the flashbacks. Nicely done, they explain so much of Dean's and Sam's behaviour. Kid-Dean is so sweet and vulnerable... I wish I ould hug him and squeeze him to make him feel better... I like the way they are forced to talk about their emotions, especially Dean. I guess he wouldn't be talking if he didn't have the concussion... Well, on with the next chappie... Cheers, Ilka/RoweenaC
Author's Response: Hi and Cead Mile Failte (a hundred thousand welcomes)! So happy to see you here and I'm thrilled that you are enjoying this story. I'm just about to wrap up it's sequel, In the Light. :) I had a fantastic time writing Ramble On and hope very much that you enjoy the remaining story. Thanks for coming by and for letting me know that you enjoyed the VS stories. Slainte, Gaelic
Reviewer: gapdragon (Signed) · Date: 08/04/08 04:19 PM · On: Chapter 1
brilliant - really enjoyed that - thanks su
Reviewer: gapdragon (Signed) · Date: 08/04/08 04:18 PM · On: Chapter 1
brilliant - really enjoyed that - thanks su
Author's Response: Thanks so much for reading! I'm pleased you enjoyed it. Somehow your review posted twice, so I thank you double! :) Best, Gaelic
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