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Weird Stories
There are two amazing stories that I just can't read, though I plan to pull up my socks and read one of them, because when I left it, it was just getting, well, really horrible but I'm hoping it's going towards a better place. The story has a really amazing, well written young Sam who breaks my heart with how brave and how kind he manages to be under the most horrific circumstances. It's gone on quite a bit since I stepped back—I can a terrible wuss, my goodness, but really, I *swear*! I'm going to start reading it again because I miss this really well thought out bit of world-building and excellent characterization. It's by ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
brosedshield and lavinialavender and it's called Freak Camp: A Monster By Any Other Name
The other one, I swear, I can't read it. It's very well known, Suite!verse by leonidaslion. It's astronomically triggering for me and I don't even know why. Reading it makes me break out in a sweat and my stomach cramp and I cringe for days after I read it. Or used to read it, I had to stop. I occasionally skim new installments to see if Dean has managed to kill himself yet because that would be a happy ending in my book. Seriously, that thing tips me into a depression that's ridiculous, and yet, I've read a ton of her stuff and not had it bother me like this one—in fact enjoyed it very much and recced stories to friends. I even tried writing my own Evil!Sam to see if I could kind of water down my reactions to this one but no dice. I just can't look into something that horrible and not want to reduce it to manageable bits, hah!
I wonder why these particular stories are too much for me. A few others have come close, but the writers have been kind enough to do a little hand holding for me and when I pushed myself I found that it wasn't as bad as I thought it'd be but man….
Do you have stories that you admire but can't read because of subject matter? I'm not talking about fic that's so…shall we say, rare…that it's unreadable; I mean good solid stories that are just emotionally overwhelming for you.
Let's see if LJ let's us answer each other.
Unrelated, I owe an answer tochemm80, who asked my opinion about Sir, and yes, I have thinky thoughts about Papa Winchester! Coming soon as I get them all together. ;)
brosedshield and lavinialavender and it's called Freak Camp: A Monster By Any Other NameThe other one, I swear, I can't read it. It's very well known, Suite!verse by leonidaslion. It's astronomically triggering for me and I don't even know why. Reading it makes me break out in a sweat and my stomach cramp and I cringe for days after I read it. Or used to read it, I had to stop. I occasionally skim new installments to see if Dean has managed to kill himself yet because that would be a happy ending in my book. Seriously, that thing tips me into a depression that's ridiculous, and yet, I've read a ton of her stuff and not had it bother me like this one—in fact enjoyed it very much and recced stories to friends. I even tried writing my own Evil!Sam to see if I could kind of water down my reactions to this one but no dice. I just can't look into something that horrible and not want to reduce it to manageable bits, hah!
I wonder why these particular stories are too much for me. A few others have come close, but the writers have been kind enough to do a little hand holding for me and when I pushed myself I found that it wasn't as bad as I thought it'd be but man….
Do you have stories that you admire but can't read because of subject matter? I'm not talking about fic that's so…shall we say, rare…that it's unreadable; I mean good solid stories that are just emotionally overwhelming for you.
Let's see if LJ let's us answer each other.
Unrelated, I owe an answer to
chemm80, who asked my opinion about Sir, and yes, I have thinky thoughts about Papa Winchester! Coming soon as I get them all together. ;)
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Fanfiction can be a real jungle, beloved!
I see you read
The BB is winding down now, no? The lastest group of postings have been J2s that have a lot of heart but need a bit more experience.
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*clings to you and wields machete*
I did enjoy that BB quite a bit! I haven't had any that really *jumped* out at me this go-round. There were quite a few that seemed to be movie retakes which didn't interest me, and a few too many uber-angsty ones. I love a good, long fic but i'm not up for too much angst right now, heh.
Picky me! I'm still sloooooooowly making my way though dozens of bookmarks i made when i was too sick to sit here for more than fifteen minutes at a time. So much to read, so little time! :)
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Plus I find the movie ones kind of boring if I'm familiar with the source. I was interested in the re-telling of Sleepers at first, but then after a while certain plot points start to feel so familiar that it all felt a bit samey
And sorry to butt in! :P
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Oh, don't say that about the movie adaptations--I love those, lol! The good thing is, I hardly ever see the movies the fics are based on so it's all brand new to me, lol!
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And I don't mind the happy romantic fics exactly, but those summaries don't really jump out at me either, or tend to be the fan fics I love to read over and over again. I need more hardcore drama in my fan fic :D I guess I prefer the really intense love in fics with Sam learning to love demon Dean or something, now that was a kickass fic
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Omg, YES!!! Fade To Black? Now that fic was just my flavor!
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I guess I prefer SPN fic over Jared and Jensen fic, but the trend these past few years seems to be less for SPN unfortunately.
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I feel that too--the BB seems to have many more J2s than Sam/Dean stories. I think the SpN stories are harder to write? I mean, you can't just plug S/D into a movie or book adaptation. And if it's a story of any length, there's got to be a damn good reason for it. The newest post with Fleshflutter's entry, I'm pretty sure you'd like. :) And speaking of angst, I hope you're on board to read my SVBB. Not as much angst as we like, but close. ;)
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And I will check yours out when you post it of course ;)