(LJ ATE THIS COMMENT THREE TIMES but I got smart and copied it.)
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.
YES! This. Absolutely. That’s how I feel, too.
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.
I want to draw hearts all around this. <3 <3 <3 <3 <3
I guess I’m pretty ambivalent about Sam/Dean/Cas! I don’t seek it out and the few stories that I’m trying to recollect as I type this are very vague in my mind. Honesty, I bet I’d feel like Cas was extraneous to Sam and Dean’s big ol’ epic love. /o/ Do you have any recs you think are extra super awesome?
And may I ask - why AUs at all, then?
You mean, why try Dean/Cas AUs even though it’s not my ~favorite pairing? Pretty much the only way I consume them is through podfic; I can only think of one Dean/Cas AU I read on my own that I actually planned to read and quite liked. But with podfics—I always want to give podfics a shot! When readers I like read Dean/Cas AUs, I want to give them a shot! I know I’ll like the reader and there’s a decent chance I’ll enjoy the story, too (even though, like you were saying, my listening experience will definitely have moments of “here is where people who ship this would probably melt”). Dude, I’ve watched movies and TV shows just so I could try enjoying the resulting podfic.
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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.
YES! This. Absolutely. That’s how I feel, too.
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.
I want to draw hearts all around this. <3 <3 <3 <3 <3
I guess I’m pretty ambivalent about Sam/Dean/Cas! I don’t seek it out and the few stories that I’m trying to recollect as I type this are very vague in my mind. Honesty, I bet I’d feel like Cas was extraneous to Sam and Dean’s big ol’ epic love. /o/ Do you have any recs you think are extra super awesome?
And may I ask - why AUs at all, then?
You mean, why try Dean/Cas AUs even though it’s not my ~favorite pairing? Pretty much the only way I consume them is through podfic; I can only think of one Dean/Cas AU I read on my own that I actually planned to read and quite liked. But with podfics—I always want to give podfics a shot! When readers I like read Dean/Cas AUs, I want to give them a shot! I know I’ll like the reader and there’s a decent chance I’ll enjoy the story, too (even though, like you were saying, my listening experience will definitely have moments of “here is where people who ship this would probably melt”). Dude, I’ve watched movies and TV shows just so I could try enjoying the resulting podfic.