Ugh, sorry to hear LJ ate it. Hate when that happens.
Oh, this reasoning I totally connect to. I really identify with what you're saying. I 've never had an OTP in the sense of *one* true pairing, but Sam and Dean come very close to that. Almost always would rather be reading them, and the way I feel about characters in the stories, and the stories themselves - there is really no contest. I was thinking, when I listened to the above fics, that "here is where people who ship this would probably melt"... Not that I was trying not to go with the love story, I just wasn't that moved. I cared, out of fondness for the characters and sympathy - it's an interesting story - but with Sam and Dean it's absolutely different... the sex scenes too - I often just get bored if I'm not emotionally involved with the characters and invested in the relationship.
And I agree regarding a non-hunting life. To me, part of Dean is loving Sam. Fic in which Sam is written off are just missing a very important part of Dean's life, to say the least. That's one o the reasons Absolution worked for me, it seriously did not do that. Same for Balder12's fic. It's also the reason - one of the reasons - I can't choose a favorite Winchester. They go together... I love them through each other's eyes, among other things, so if I love Sam best through Deans love for him, it's as much about Dean as it is about Sam, and same is the other way around.
How do you feel about Sam/Dean/Cas? I really love it when they're not monogamous, though there aren't a whole lot of good, relationship-based fics about that, that I've found.
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Oh, this reasoning I totally connect to. I really identify with what you're saying. I 've never had an OTP in the sense of *one* true pairing, but Sam and Dean come very close to that. Almost always would rather be reading them, and the way I feel about characters in the stories, and the stories themselves - there is really no contest. I was thinking, when I listened to the above fics, that "here is where people who ship this would probably melt"... Not that I was trying not to go with the love story, I just wasn't that moved. I cared, out of fondness for the characters and sympathy - it's an interesting story - but with Sam and Dean it's absolutely different... the sex scenes too - I often just get bored if I'm not emotionally involved with the characters and invested in the relationship.
And I agree regarding a non-hunting life. To me, part of Dean is loving Sam. Fic in which Sam is written off are just missing a very important part of Dean's life, to say the least. That's one o the reasons Absolution worked for me, it seriously did not do that. Same for Balder12's fic. It's also the reason - one of the reasons - I can't choose a favorite Winchester. They go together... I love them through each other's eyes, among other things, so if I love Sam best through Deans love for him, it's as much about Dean as it is about Sam, and same is the other way around.
How do you feel about Sam/Dean/Cas? I really love it when they're not monogamous, though there aren't a whole lot of good, relationship-based fics about that, that I've found.
And may I ask - why AUs at all, then?