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Laura of Maychoria
2008-10-01
ch 17,
abuseGreat story. Your John is such a bastard, though. Leaving Dean there alone... uck. There are some fanfic stories that can make me love and understand him, and I can forgive his mistakes, but that's just awful. And yet I can totally believe that he did that.

Your descriptions are awesome, by the way. Anyway told you that? I felt like I was there. The dialog was also true to life.

And aw, poor Dean. Yeah, Florida is definitely out to get him.

Jill and her family were very cool. It's great that Dean has some friends willing to take care of him and protect him.

And Sam, of course. I love his devotion in this story. It's just rough that the Stanford years cut them off from each other so completely. And Dean got the worst of it, of course. As always. Dean always seems to get the worst of it.

And what was the punishment for the junkyard game? Will that come up later?

Good grief. Dean deserves a lot more love than he gets. ::luffs him very much::
Orange Autumn
2008-09-20
ch 17,
abuseI loved every bit of this story! Even though I don't like to see Dean in pain, I'm just glad Sam was there for him in the end. As... how should I say... odd, or sick, hahaha, as it is, I found Dean's constant Florida torture so entertaining, but I'm sure everyone does. It's just too good, all those crazy happenings in one state. Loved it all, can't point out a singular thing I loved the most. Loved it all the most! -goes on repeat with this- Though, of course, I thoroughly enjoyed Dean's sarcastic thoughts and dialogue, as well as Sam's. Great job!!
Orange Autumn
2008-09-19
ch 1,
abuseHahaha, giant albino cave rats. Only Dean could be truly worried about something like that. I love his odd quirks. I wouldn't mind rats, but ugh, I hate spiders. I bet there's a lot in caves, yikes!

Lovin' this story so far!

To the next chapter I go! :D
K Hanna Korossy
2008-07-27
ch 17,
abuseIt's so neat how much you've worked--so smoothly--into one story: the guys getting to know each other in S1, Dean's fears of both being alone and of small spaces, why Dean stopped calling Sam two years before, and why Dean started hunting more solo. Very neatly done. I love how Dean confuses Adam with Sam, how he's got an allergy to skunk apes (I've never seen that done in a fic before, either), how smart he is to use the twine in the caves, how he reacts to Sam being in the room in the mornings. I loved Jill and her family, and the difference you draw between Bobby and John. Love John's journal shorthand, and the time the car was underground that they never talk about and that Dean loves black dogs. Lot of neat touches in this!
adder574
2008-07-19
ch 17,
abuseawesome story from the beginning to the end. I loved every bit of it, especially the exchange at the end. Glad Dean didn't have anymore bad luck in getting out of Florida.

I can't wait to read the first chapter of OBX.
adder574
2008-07-19
ch 16,
abuseSorry its taken me so long to review. Finally had a chance to sit down and really read the chapter. Loved it, especially this:

What was with this woman? “Let’s remember that I haven’t agreed to a consult. My memory’s pretty good.” He leaned back into the pillows. “But, if you send a shrink, I’ll just ask Sam to put him out. And Sam is big enough to put anyone anywhere.”

She said, “Perhaps I could talk to your father before we make a decision…”

“There’s no ‘we’ here, doctor. And Dad – he’s not as tall as Sam, but he’s burly, you know, shoulders out to here,” he held his arms out like he was talking about a championship fish. “He can put Sam out of the room. I’m pretty sure you don’t want him here at all.” He grinned at her, mostly teeth. “I’m the pussycat of the family, really.”

I can just here Dean in my head with this. Loved the whole chapter, off to read chapter 17
Merisha
2008-07-07
ch 17,
abuseROFL Phoebs ;0) - Brilliant, just brilliant ... I love this story so much (as you know LOL) - thanks for an absolutely awesome read bud!! Cannot wait for OBX!!
Best banter has to be:
“A chupacabra could bite me.”
“Welcome to my world.”
“A Skunk Ape could run off with me.”
Dean fished in his shirt pocket and handed Sam an antihistamine. “Enjoy the love fest.”
ROFL ;0)
Hugs and luv
Mish ;0) (proud owner)
darksupernatural
2008-07-06
ch 17,
abuseCool ending to a great fic Phoebe! Love the thought that went into explaining why Dean didn't call Sam and why Bobby and John fell out. Had to be one of my favorite parts. Can't wait for the start of your next one.
Linnie McCary
2008-07-06
ch 17,
abuseWell, that was a DELIGHTFUL way to spend time today! However, if I fail my midterm tomorrow because I read "Canaveral" instead of studying, rest assured that I will be blaming you! :)
Linnie McCary
2008-07-06
ch 12,
abuseAs I read this chap, I grew sadder and sadder for Dean, and when I got to this part, I was sad for Sam, too. (No longer suspicious of Jill, however--good thing, eh? lol)

He had to wait a few minutes before he could answer. You tell strangers things you never tell people you know. Except this wasn’t a stranger, this was someone his maniacal big brother saved. And she remembered him, hell, she liked him. Felt she owed him. Sam scrubbed his face. No one ever liked their father. Except Dean.

“Just a misunderstanding, I never did but I wasn’t talking to him either. Dean didn’t want me to go to school, not sure he told you. But he didn’t try to stop me, and he didn’t let Dad stop me. He would call me and I wouldn’t pick up. All he wanted was to shoot the breeze for a few minutes. But I so proud of being in college, proud of getting away...” After a few minutes, he quietly added, “He never told me about what he and Dad were doing, not once. He knew it’d piss me off. He practically raised me, he was just a kid, and he had to bring me up, but once I got to college, I wouldn’t talk to him." He took a shuddering breath. “I suck, don’t I?”
Linnie McCary
2008-07-06
ch 5,
abuseJill is suddenly making me very suspicious.

This was all kinds of awesome:

"He shook himself and fired as he’d been taught, methodically and ruthlessly. He put a bullet between its eyes, two in its heart, and one in each knee, before he could even think clearly. The ape dropped, one arm resting in the water, motionless. He found some exposed rocks and crossed the stream, placing another round into its head for good measure, before heaving it over to start the insanely bloody task of staking it through the heart. He had to hammer the stake home with a rock and just hoped he wouldn’t have to decapitate it too. He poured holy water on it and listened to it hiss and damn, if the thing didn’t appear to move. He couldn’t repress a shiver as put his last round point blank into its head. He took deep breaths and tried to calm down as he watched steam from the holy water join the sputtering sparks and smoke from the bullets to drift upwards."
Linnie McCary
2008-07-06
ch 3,
abuseThe 'graph about packing up Sam's stuff was poignant and inspired, and it hurt to read. I bought it completely.
Linnie McCary
2008-07-06
ch 2,
abuseThings I admire about Chapter 2:
1. Your sense of humor. The golf-room is hysterical.
2. How you handled Sam's quiet grief over Jessica.
3. "...made him feel like they were shouting to each other over a chasm four years wide."
4. The way you're setting things up for the slow reveal. Very intriguing!
Linnie McCary
2008-07-06
ch 1,
abusePhoebe, you sucked me right into this one. Loved John's journal code, and why Dean likes Black Dogs, and the whole backing-away-from-caves thing, but these 'graphs were brilliant:

"Christmas in Florida was no different than any other day with Dad, just fewer restaurants open, but at least it was warm. He loved Pastor Jim but Christmas in Minnesota meant blizzards and chores - chopping wood, clearing the cars, shoveling the driveway, or cleaning all of Jim’s weapons with theirs. On one monumentally bad visit, he also got to polish the pews in the church because he suggested, well, OK mouthed off, that he was the only one in the whole family doing any work. It was true, damn it, but you would think he’d learned by then how much it never paid off to question Dad’s decisions on delegating work when dissatisfaction became insubordination in Jim’s company.

Dad didn’t get drunk often, but when he did, once in a rare while with Jim, but most often alone, he’d send Dean out to dig fox holes in rock hard ground with a spoon or tow the Impala a mile with his teeth or some crazy ass thing like that. And hell if he complained, Dad would put the Impala in Park first. And there was Sam with his nose in a book in the warm house or later in the middle of screaming bitch-fests with Dad, still in the warm house, still with a book tucked under his arm, or down his shorts, or up his ass for all Dean knew, their voices reaching him despite humming and distance and earmuffs as he tried to keep his fingers and toes from turning black and falling off."

Great start!
Sue Pokorny
2008-07-05
ch 17,
abuseOkay- the end was hilarious! Loved the image of Dean getting out of the car to take care of business with Sam -- of course Sam should remember what a crappy time his brother had in Florida and not push buttons! I did notice you seemed to make John's actions a little more understandable and I humbly thank you for that.

Seriously - I loved every minute of it! A wonderful story filled with humor and actions and DEAN!! Perfect!

Cant wait for the next one!

Sue
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