Wow, this was really sad. Especially this: "Dad's dead and yet to Dean he's immortal.  He'll live forever in his oldest's head.  Dean can hear his voice at every turn, follows orders only he can hear." Oh, poor Dean!

Nice job!

Ack!!! I hate reminders of Adam. They make me so mad at John. And darn you for making the kid so sweet and likable. This was really bittersweet. I think I need to go cry now.

Well done!

Awww, I love that Sammy has carefully read and rejected a bunch of cards, wanting just the right one.

I really liked this: “Nothin’ says ‘Thanks for keeping the monsters away.’” Awww...

And I love Dean's sentiment that homemade's best anyway--for pies and Father's Day cards. LOL

Very sweet. Great job, Sue! :)

Awww, just heartbreaking. But wonderful job of creating the mood. Great details.

Author's Response: Thank you. My father died when I was ten so father's day was kind of sad for me for a long time...and the turtle...it was what I made for him when I was six, out of sawdust and glue and painted brown and green.

It was fun meeting you in chat last week!

I loved the Impala's part in this and how you portrayed her, especially the personification where you showed her thoughts and feelings.

I especially liked this: "She would be the one to end this creature's reign of terror, she was finally able to participate in a hunt like she never had before." Yep, you gotta know she's totally a hunter at heart. ;)

Awww, I loved this. SOOO sweet. Nice twist, to have Dean celebrating Father's Day with a tribute to Bobby. Very nice job!

Author's Response: Thanks!  I'm actually surprised that more writers weren't recognizing Bobby.Makes you wonder if the boys did ever think to send him a card.  They certainly love him as a father.  Take care, B.J.

I like the PS tacked on there. Nice job.


Author's Response: Hee-hee - thanks!

I thought this was really sweet. Especially liked this: "My boys, my two brave boys." Awww...

I have to say, I LOVED your summary. It was really intriguing, loved how you portrayed the Impala. And then the quote from--Ed is it?--cracked me up! Nicely done!

This was really well done, an interesting look at three different couples that lived near the Winchesters and would've been part of their lives.

This made me laugh: "Mark my words, that Dean Winchester is going to grow up to be a hooligan!  It starts with a few flowers and who knows where it stops.” You did a wonderful job creating a voice for Helen. What a character!

And this struck me as a little funny, too: "As for Jackson, well, he can learn to give up a few of his things to his bite victims.” I really liked Sally. Also, it was nice to see that Dean's not the one terrorizing other children. LOL

And the last one tied the all together nicely, showing that Helen and Sally had followed through with their intentions and still fit in with what we saw in the pilot. I felt so sorry for Lisa, who I assume lost a child, but it's true that sometimes other people's tragedies bring us out of ourselves and our own tragedies.

You did a great job of creating a story and voice for each set of neighbors. Good work!

Very cleverly done, and funny, too! Nice job! Congrats on the wins, both fic and art. Both are well-deserved!

Author's Response: Thank you! I'm really glad you enjoyed it. It was very fun to write and the banner was fun to make :D So I'm glad you like them.

I really like this. Very strong writing. I love that you had YED thinking about seeing Dean in the past, and about what he said to him there, and considering killing him to remove the threat. Glad Mary unknowingly saved him that night, too.

Author's Response:

HI there

Thank you so much. I loved writing the YED's POV the most and I had to include Dean's visit back in time into it - never thought about it as Mary getting to save at least one of her sons that night, but I see that now, so thanks for that.

Cheers Mary x

Great idea, to have Missouri experience the whole thing as a kind of echo of the traumatic event. Very nicely done.

And then to find poor Dean there, for real, wondering if she's seen it, too. So sad, to think of him witnessing the loop when he must already be haunted by it so much.

Cool that you had John and Dean in the echo, too, even though they didn't die in the fire. Really ingenius idea.

Great job on this, Sue.

This detail really stood out to me, excellent touch: "feeling every slight imperfection in the painted sheetrock as she was steadily inched towards the ceiling". You did a great job grounding everything in physical sensation and detail.

I also really liked John going back to their house once he'd talked to Missouri and heard Mary'd been there. I have often thought how sad it was that he missed his one chance to see her again. I'd planned to write something about that sometime. Now maybe I won't have to. ;)

And it's so natural that Dean would think of that night as he watches his father's body burn. Nicely done all around!