Ooooh, once again, creepy! Gordon is such an intriguing character, so I'm glad you delve into his mind a bit...nice job!

Great job, Tree!!! Ummm cliffie? Amazing cliffhanger! On to the next chapter...

Great job! Wonderful, creepy story. yeah, Sam's last line pretty much sums it up...very haunting. Love it!

Author's Response:

Thanks Shiny

I REALLY wanted to show that there likewise wasnt anything that Sam wouldnt do for Dean either if he was pushed to it... that Gordon sorta miscalculated by thinking that somehow he was the less violent of the two brothers.

Thanks for taking the time to read the story!

This is excellent! It's true that Dean spends so much more time taking care of others than taking care of himself. It's why he's so incredible to write about: so much angst and selflessness...this is really good! Very true, very real. Great job!

Author's Response: Aah, full of angsty goodness... And that's just Dean, not the story!!  Glad you liked it!

Oh, wow. This is an incredible short story. Could you possibly turn it into something longer? A full-fledged, chapter-filled angstfest might be nice. Your beautiful writing should be shown off!!!

Author's Response: Well ta so much, I'm glad you liked it. Man, you're the 3rd person in a row who's read this lately that's said that about doing more on this one. I gotta get serious about it if I ever get time. 

Wow. I'm stuck on the whole Dean-without-a-shirt...will there be more of that?? Lol...amazing lore, gaelic...this banshee is bugging the heck outta me! And that whole scene with the three views of Dean...wow...I started tearing up there...soooo sad and beautiful. This is an amazing chapter! I just...love it...so much... XD

I never understood the Francis thing. Who is Francis? It was on the show, but I've just...I'm sure it's an oldies thing that I wasn't around to witness...

Wow, love this chapter! Everything is so poignant and emotional (wow, mother of all chick flick moments) and I'm really hoping that banshee doesn't come back soon...

I'm just going to continue saying how continuously impressed I am. It will get boring, so I'll leave it at that and give you tons of cookies and a billion exclamation marks.

Again, wow. I love how you connected this to the episode Shadow. And heh heh heh. John's gonna have a field day with Declan. Okay: supplicating now. Sunday better be finished soon. I'm waaaaaaaiiiitiiiing...
And, of course, this is awesome. Til next time! Love ya, gaelic!

Author's Response:

Wow - you read this fast! If it's okay with you, I'll just reply to all of your reviews here.

First off -- thanks so much for reading! Yes, this was my first fanfic. First story I actually ever finished. I have written with amazing randomness since I was young -- bouncing from character to character, scene to scene, idea to idea, and I never had a full-blown, plot-driven idea until I discovered fanfic.

I started "Wake Up Call" by November's Guest and in that she referenced Thru Terrys Eyes' "Chipping Away" -- I reviewed Chipping Away and Terry oh-so-gently drop-kicked me into posting. And I've never regretted it.

Brenna was an idea I had to try to show more of Dean than Dean would ever show willingly. I went to school in Ireland for a bit and Celtic lore and the Gaelic language has romanced me ever since. So, she was my way of pulling that in. She appears in Within My Hands and Into the Fire is another one that she plays a big part in.

The "Francis" thing -- I believe that the deleted scenes actually helped that make more sense. Sam is on the phone, holding a fake ID with the name "Francis" Something and he's trying to convince the person on the other line that he's a cop and yes, Francis *is* a boys' name. Dean, chuckling in the background, gives him a hard time about his half-caf double-foam latte or some such thing. Apparently, Dean had given him that ID on purpose as a joke. So, to my way of thinking it's just another big brother, "Samantha" kind of ribbing from Dean. "You're such a girl."

One of these days I do hope to write a book. The idea is never really far from my mind. But in the meantime, I am having fun with fanfiction and I'm learning a lot about being a storyteller.

Thanks for reading and taking time to shoot me a review for every chapter! If you choose to read more, I hope you enjoy them.

Oh, and we're working on the next part of Bloody Sunday -- I truly hope you enjoy!

Best,

Gaelic

Oh my. Ohhhh my. Crazy, crazy stuff, gaelic...love the voodoo lore...scary Cale, scary Riggs...yeah, I'm getting tired...I'm pretty sure my sugar high peaked a while ago...those cupcakes just aren't charging me up like they used to...havin' trouble concentrating on the actual plot...just sort of...laughing occasionally at funny things...squeaking whenever Dean gets poked...

Author's Response:

Hmmm -- well at least it amused you and caused you to squeal! That's somthing at least. :)

GS

Eeep! Amazing escape...lovely job once again! *worships* I think I'm starting to go crazy because all I want to write down now is prettyprettyprettyprettywriting...

Author's Response:

Prettywriting works for me. Thanks for that.

Though... you did suddenly make me flash to an episode of Buffy when the school, um, blows up and she's basically "Fire bad. Tree pretty."

Ahem. ANYWAY! I'm glad you liked the escape. Sam was gonna get him out of that box come hell or high-water.

GS

"If he were ever left alone to fight that darkness, he was afraid he wouldn't survive." Wow. Those words are so incredibly PERFECT for Dean's character. Really, it's amazing how well you seem to know all his layers and quirks. It's amazing...he's such a hard character to truly get a grasp on...it's difficult to figure out who exactly he is, and yet...I can totally see him as you portray him. Of course, there's quite a few less "moments" in how I myself think of him, but I love your ideas and they make so much sense. In Holding On, plus this one...plus your other story with Brenna...it really makes sense that you sort of use her to explore Dean's character. Amazing stuff, and if any of that made sense, cookies to you, lady.

Author's Response:

Thanks for this -- I appreciate you saying that you can see Dean as I portray him. I know we all (we meaning fanfic writers) see these characters through our own filters of life, shining our own spotlights on different aspects of the character that speak to each of us for different reasons.

Some illuminate the fighter, hunter, bad-ass in Dean -- calling out his ferocity as often as possible and only really comfortable with him when he has a gun in his hand.

Others tease up the hidden emotions they are sure lay hidden beneath his safe exterior of snark simply because of what he has survived in his life.

And then there are the protectors of the group that adore his devotion to Sam and John, the way he has raised his brother and is loyal to his father.

The lovers are fewer and further between because I think in some ways we all want to be that.

I think all of us (myself included) like to thing that we write this character bringing about each aspect of his personality, but we simply can't. Not to an equal degree anyway. We just write the character that we see how we see him (both of them, actually -- Dean through Sam's eyes and Sam through Dean's eyes is a fun exploration) and we hope that our vision resonates with some reader out there.

::steps off soapbox::

Sorry. Don't know where *that* came from. I blame the wine.

Ahem.

GS