Maygra, you keep filling in all these gaps in their history with these lovely moments. I revel in it! You really tap into so many of the crucial emotional issues of divorce: the compulsion to take sides and dole out blame, the desire to protect and elevate children, the pain of leaving them behind, children's (and other couples') fears that their family might break apart, too, loneliness, failure, incompleteness, the need to feel a part of something still. That Sam and Sarah can be there for Dean, as you say, not reminding him of what he's lost but what he still has. So, so good. I love how you describe Dean's relationship with Danielle. That it was good, that they were well matched. I'm sure the temptation for you to villify her was (in some ways) strong for you like it was for Sam. :D
Anyway, beautiful job, once again. Thanks for continuing to reveal their story!
(OK, here's a huge long aside. Sorry! *g*
Another thing that struck me in this story was your description of Dean and Danielle's neighborhood, in part: There was nothing wrong with the neighborhood or the people. It was a community where there were bar-b-cues on the weekend, the kids all knew each other, the clubhouse at the tennis courts was given over to kids' birthday parties with clowns and magicians more often than not. Danielle loved it here. It's so interesting to me the way fandom has followed Dean's lead in denigrating this lifestyle. Perhaps I am biased too far in the other direction (since this IS where I live and what I choose, what I embrace whole-heartedly). What is it that causes us (as a society, really, since this perspective isn't limited to Supernatural) to seek out the middle-class suburban life and yet publically deride it? I mean, as annoying as some of my over-priveledged neighbors and their country-clubs are, I gotta say, those backyard bbqs and safe neighborhoods where people watch out for your kids playing hockey in the street are pretty damn sweet. I don't mean that this would necessarily work for the character of Dean Winchester, but it probably would for the vast majority of his fans. It's almost as if people are embarrassed to be comfortable, to be satisfied. Poor Sam. Thank goodness you allow him to have it, relatively guilt-free, in this 'verse.)
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Date: 2006-09-05 09:02 pm (UTC)Maygra, you keep filling in all these gaps in their history with these lovely moments. I revel in it! You really tap into so many of the crucial emotional issues of divorce: the compulsion to take sides and dole out blame, the desire to protect and elevate children, the pain of leaving them behind, children's (and other couples') fears that their family might break apart, too, loneliness, failure, incompleteness, the need to feel a part of something still. That Sam and Sarah can be there for Dean, as you say, not reminding him of what he's lost but what he still has. So, so good. I love how you describe Dean's relationship with Danielle. That it was good, that they were well matched. I'm sure the temptation for you to villify her was (in some ways) strong for you like it was for Sam. :D
Anyway, beautiful job, once again. Thanks for continuing to reveal their story!
(OK, here's a huge long aside. Sorry! *g*
Another thing that struck me in this story was your description of Dean and Danielle's neighborhood, in part:
There was nothing wrong with the neighborhood or the people. It was a community where there were bar-b-cues on the weekend, the kids all knew each other, the clubhouse at the tennis courts was given over to kids' birthday parties with clowns and magicians more often than not. Danielle loved it here.
It's so interesting to me the way fandom has followed Dean's lead in denigrating this lifestyle. Perhaps I am biased too far in the other direction (since this IS where I live and what I choose, what I embrace whole-heartedly). What is it that causes us (as a society, really, since this perspective isn't limited to Supernatural) to seek out the middle-class suburban life and yet publically deride it? I mean, as annoying as some of my over-priveledged neighbors and their country-clubs are, I gotta say, those backyard bbqs and safe neighborhoods where people watch out for your kids playing hockey in the street are pretty damn sweet. I don't mean that this would necessarily work for the character of Dean Winchester, but it probably would for the vast majority of his fans. It's almost as if people are embarrassed to be comfortable, to be satisfied. Poor Sam. Thank goodness you allow him to have it, relatively guilt-free, in this 'verse.)