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I'm about to take my first step on this long journey, Ten Thousand Miles, last year's Big Bang by

mimblexwimble.

I've put it off long enough. Each time I clicked on that fic I backed off when I reached this line - It’s 3:19 AM and the last time Dean ever sees Sam.

It's not that I don't do sad. Some of my favourite fics ever are actually death fics that made me bawl like a baby - When It's Over by

wynter_rebel, We Were Twenty by

elohvee, White Ladder by

tru_faith_lost, to name a few.

But that line up there is just so depressing, even more so than

elohvee's It's sunny the day he buries his brother.

Maybe because that line implies that Dean will never ever find out what happens to his brother? I don't know, but no matter how many glowing recs that fic received, I had never managed to get past that line.

But today, I'm determined to read that story. And if the fic is as good as all the recs said, then I'll probably going to be this sobbing mess by the end of it.

ETA : Yes, I am a sobbing wreck now. Flawless writing, 10/10, but the jury's still out on the story per se because I'm an absolute mess now. One thing's for sure though, I will not forget this story for a long, long time.

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Oh dear, that doesn't sound good! I've just finished the first part and I'm officially creeped out!

I honestly wish I hadn't wasted my time reading it. You may feel differently.

It is very bleak, the whole thing. It's like a long, drawn-out death fic, and the no-answer thing probably contributes to the whole bleakness. But it was extremely well-written, and I enjoyed the writing very much, but yes, not having any answer is very frustrating. Did you read the author's note to the fic?

And also, there's a slight feel of 'I know what you did last summer' to it but with Dean instead of Sam grieving, and thank goodness no sex with a demon in it. And also, I'm so glad that it was blonde!Ruby in it.

I did read the author's note, but is still feels (to me) more like laziness than cleverness. More like, "who really cares what actually happened to Sam, all that's important is that Dean Suffers prettily."

But maybe that's because my perspective is that it IS important what actually happened to Sam. It's like a lot of threads were just dropped instead of tied up.