Fic: And this Great Blue World of Ours, Chapter 10

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Title: And this Great Blue World of Ours (Chapter 10)
Beta: minviendha 
Characters (overall): Dean, Castiel, Sam, plus a number of angels and demons
Rating (overall): NC-17
Warnings (overall): violence, torture, drug use, insanity, mentions of rape
Spoilers: Going AU during episode 5.18: Point of No Return. No spoilers for season six.
Words (this chapter): 10,426
Summary: A man wakes up in a ruined wasteland, without memories, without a name, without knowing the strange guy who claims he used to be an angel, or that he once had a little brother. All he knows is that the world is dying, everyone is lying to him and that somehow, somewhere, something went terribly wrong. Because someone said Yes when they should have said No, and someone else paid the price.

Masterpost

Throwing a glare at Dean, Cas says, “So you do want to discuss this after all? I’m warning you, mentioning your brother is probably not to be avoided.”

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Comments

[sinka.livejournal.com]

Sorry I couldn't comment until now, had a bad week start!

Well, first I must say I'm STILL mad at Dean, but this chapter has certainly appeased a lot my anger, because it clearly shows how desperately he's trying to ignore the elephant in the room, trying not to think about his past and pretend he doesn't care. He even THOUGHT Sam's name!! Can you believe I squeeled when I read that part? Because nothing can EVER be right if Sam is not by his side!

Cas' attitude also appeased me a lot because he's obviously also mad at Dean!! He's giving him the silent treatment. I'm kind of surprised Dean didn't notice before because Castiel had been a lot more open about the past in the previous chapter, and it's been weeks. But I guess Dean knew deep inside but didn't want to ask or question. But if I were Cas I would speak to Dean of the past nonstop until he started facing his damn guilt!

I really hope Dean doesn't decide to go away on his own, by the way, I was seriously worried about that when they first took the horses and thought about running away. But now I feel like the countdown has started, and I'm really looking forward to get our Dean back (and to the very deserved meltdown!) so he can start thinking in how getting Sam back also.

I agree with Dean about the 'angel village' by the way, they totally give me the creeps!! I can only imagine how many innocent people they have killed in cold blood to defend their privileged lifestyle. In fact I'm sure they know the destruction was caused by angels, they are not really believers, just torturers and cowards. They are disgusting.

Of course, I would die to know more about Castiel's imprisonment and about what happened to Sam when they turned him in... damn I would like to read about *everything* that happened to Sam and Cas during their wandering years eventhough I'm not sure my heart would resist it. After all, we're getting just a few glimpses and it hurts terribly.

You know, it's amazing how you have managed to create such a rich and detailed world and different societies from what seemed only ruins and desert.

And well, Jena, I must say I DID see that one coming! it's such an interesting and mysterious character that we had to see more of her! I remembered you mentioning her comeback and as soon as the people spoke about the Lady I knew it was. I still don't have the faintest idea who she may be, though, only that she's not human (and she has teleportation powers, so probably an angel as I thought from the beginning). I'm hoping she will give us some answers next chapter?

By the way, you mentioned before that the last chapter of part one was close. Do you have the whole story already thought out? how many parts you think going to be? The story certainly looks like there are so much more to happen I'm really glad you aren't rushing it and really excited (and scared at the same time) this is going to become epic novel length!

[vail-kagami.livejournal.com]

Bad week start: You and me both. This weekend, a virus nearly killed my laptop and everything I'm working on at the moment, including the latest chapter of this fic. Not the way I intended to spend my Sunday...
I hope things turned out positively for you, too!

Yeah, Cas is pissed. I'd be pissed, too. This Dean has emerged from Season 5!Dean at whom I was pissed a lot. Maybe that's a factor in it...

The countdown has definitely started! I am, in fact, currently writing the final scene of the first part. For you, that's two chapters to go! (The next chapter will have plenty of Sam-hurting, by the way! It's actually the darkest yet.)

I don't dare completely judge the level of faith those villagers have. I don't know them well enough for that. (They came in kind of last second.) But I think you're at least partially right. I'd say, it's some parts selfishness, some parts indoctrination, and the rest is fear. And oh yes, they are definitely creepy!

Jena's return was a long time coming. I'm glad she's back - she's fun to write. Also, the next chapter will tell you what (and probably who) she is.

I have the story roughly thought out, meaning I know some important events in the future and I know how it will end. But a lot of stuff in between is still missing. That's why it's difficult to estimate how long this is going to get.

By the way, the next posted chapter will officially break the 100,000 words mark!