Okay, so don't but wow. Like seriously. You nailed the heartbreaks for these characters so perfectly. Obscenely detailed comments below.
Dean: Dean Winchester courts death like a lover. What an opening line. It just hits you because while yes, it's a pretty simile, it's also heartbreakingly true, even now. I'm not quite fully caught up with the show yet so I'm pretending this is speculation, but this is a really good look at Dean without Sam, something I'm actually interested in, seeing the two of them split up. I love that the entire way through his piece, you get these little hints of things that Dean would probably say, for example that bit about getting on to the fire and brimstone because at least it would change things up. You've really captured him well here, not that you ever don't (that totally made sense). Also this: But nothing can cleanse the sins (failures) from his soul, so Dean gets both. that Dean equates failure with sin encapsulates perfectly his attitufe to himself, his family and his work. In short you > me.
Matt: I'm nowhere near caught up, having still not finished S1 through sheer obstinacy but this is absolutely heartbreaking and perfect and so appropriate for the title. Because this is a heartbreak that both himself and the town won't ever fully recover from. I love that section about how he never used to consider this a dream, that he liked it fine and enjoyed it but second string was enough for him, that he never dreamt of more and the instant he did, it all came tumbling down.
Buffy: Your Buffy is absolutely spot on. That she's isolated without anyone really noticing and through no fault of their own. You really captured that, that Buffy isn't bitter, isn't angry at how everyone's been able to move on except her, that everyone's got a future except her. She's just trying to figure it out and her support system, what got her through that isolation the first time (after Willow brought her back) is gone. The Scoobies are scattered across the Earth, some dead, some not and they don't seem to notice because they're all doing something. She notices because she's stuck in one place and you did that really well.
Mal: I've never, ever, given thought to this potential period of time in Mal's life but I'm adopting this as my own personal canon. I love the sense of disorientation and removal in this section, that he's a little distance from what's happening to it and I love this: He barely recovered from one before he found himself in another. because that is the sequence of Mal's life: never a moment's peace.
Molly: First of all MOLLY WEASLEY > THE UNIVERSE. She needs way more appreciation and you absolutely nailed her here. This made me very teary eyed because oh Molly. Her loss is a mother's loss and it's hard for anyone else to ever comprehend that. She's pragmatic about it all, about how she wants to keep everything the way it was but can't do that to George. That is very much the Molly Weasley way, to do what's best, what's right for others and slowly deal with it yourself, in your own quiet way. My favourite parts are the jumper and Ron & George leaving a space. That was absolutely achingly wonderful.
Adam: I love the way you write Adam and this is just astounding. I love the literary allusions, especially to Cyrano and how utterly apt that is and I'd never realised it before now. I love that it's not about her, that you've made that utterly clear. That it's about his pride, his dignity and how what's keeping him going is seeking revenge on the man that tarnished it. Because that is exactly what we see, only you do it in a far more awesome manner.
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Okay, so don't but wow. Like seriously. You nailed the heartbreaks for these characters so perfectly. Obscenely detailed comments below.
Dean:
Dean Winchester courts death like a lover. What an opening line. It just hits you because while yes, it's a pretty simile, it's also heartbreakingly true, even now. I'm not quite fully caught up with the show yet so I'm pretending this is speculation, but this is a really good look at Dean without Sam, something I'm actually interested in, seeing the two of them split up. I love that the entire way through his piece, you get these little hints of things that Dean would probably say, for example that bit about getting on to the fire and brimstone because at least it would change things up. You've really captured him well here, not that you ever don't (that totally made sense). Also this: But nothing can cleanse the sins (failures) from his soul, so Dean gets both. that Dean equates failure with sin encapsulates perfectly his attitufe to himself, his family and his work. In short you > me.
Matt:
I'm nowhere near caught up, having still not finished S1 through sheer obstinacy but this is absolutely heartbreaking and perfect and so appropriate for the title. Because this is a heartbreak that both himself and the town won't ever fully recover from. I love that section about how he never used to consider this a dream, that he liked it fine and enjoyed it but second string was enough for him, that he never dreamt of more and the instant he did, it all came tumbling down.
Buffy:
Your Buffy is absolutely spot on. That she's isolated without anyone really noticing and through no fault of their own. You really captured that, that Buffy isn't bitter, isn't angry at how everyone's been able to move on except her, that everyone's got a future except her. She's just trying to figure it out and her support system, what got her through that isolation the first time (after Willow brought her back) is gone. The Scoobies are scattered across the Earth, some dead, some not and they don't seem to notice because they're all doing something. She notices because she's stuck in one place and you did that really well.
Mal:
I've never, ever, given thought to this potential period of time in Mal's life but I'm adopting this as my own personal canon. I love the sense of disorientation and removal in this section, that he's a little distance from what's happening to it and I love this: He barely recovered from one before he found himself in another. because that is the sequence of Mal's life: never a moment's peace.
Molly:
First of all MOLLY WEASLEY > THE UNIVERSE. She needs way more appreciation and you absolutely nailed her here. This made me very teary eyed because oh Molly. Her loss is a mother's loss and it's hard for anyone else to ever comprehend that. She's pragmatic about it all, about how she wants to keep everything the way it was but can't do that to George. That is very much the Molly Weasley way, to do what's best, what's right for others and slowly deal with it yourself, in your own quiet way. My favourite parts are the jumper and Ron & George leaving a space. That was absolutely achingly wonderful.
Adam:
I love the way you write Adam and this is just astounding. I love the literary allusions, especially to Cyrano and how utterly apt that is and I'd never realised it before now. I love that it's not about her, that you've made that utterly clear. That it's about his pride, his dignity and how what's keeping him going is seeking revenge on the man that tarnished it. Because that is exactly what we see, only you do it in a far more awesome manner.