All hurt, no comfort ([info]big_pink) wrote,
@ 2008-07-01 08:29:00
Previous Entry  Add to memories!  Tell a Friend  Next Entry
Entry tags:recs, spn

Rec: a Big Bang
Just nipping in quickly this Canada Day (yippee! Free poutine for everyone!) to recommend [info]smilla02's lovely and haunting and hurting (and long, written for [info]spn_j2_bigbang) piece, Ten in One. First off the bat, I have to confess that I got the chance to read and comment on it a couple of times while in process, but I honestly didn't add much, so I don't feel a twinge of guilt in reccing it. It's an AU season 4 fic, the first one I found totally believable, both in terms of how Dean coming back from Hell could happen and the very real consequences of that.


Here's how Smilla describes it:

Title: Ten in One
Genre: Gen. Drama. Angst. Case file.
Characters: Dean and Sam
Word Count: 36,000
Rating: R for language, violence, and adult situations.
Spoilers: up to and for 3.16.
Summary: A hiker's body is found mauled in the Oregon woods. While investigating, Sam and Dean stumble onto an itinerant sideshow, whose members are the primary target of the same creature killing across the American west. The case alone would be difficult enough, even if Sam and Dean didn't have to deal with the strained consequences of a trip to Hell and back.


So, if you're looking to curl up with a long, plotty read, perfect for summer, here's your chance.


(35 comments) - (Post a new comment)


[info]riverbella
2008-07-01 01:50 pm UTC (link)
I read this story this past weekend and I completely agree. The OCs were beautifully drawn--and a bit discomfiting--and their story blended so well with what was happening between the boys. The stress between Dean and Sam in the aftermath of Dean's sojourn in Hell was almost physically painful to read but highly realistic. I'm not going to get into any more specifics since I don't want to spoil anyone who reads comments(?!), but I have already told smilla02 I thought this story was destined to be one of the favorites to come out of this year's BigBang. *hearts BigBang bigtime*

(Reply to this) (Thread)

[info]big_pink
2008-07-02 03:30 am UTC (link)
I really loved the idea of the 'freak' show and who was the freak and who wasn't. It was a really nice metaphor to play with and I think Smilla did a great job.

(Reply to this) (Parent)

[info]montisello
2008-07-01 03:29 pm UTC (link)
YES, YES and more YES.

Absolutely loved this story. It left me speechless.

(Reply to this) (Thread)

[info]big_pink
2008-07-02 03:31 am UTC (link)
I agree completely. So much to love -- atmosphere, dialogue, descriptions. What I love is that Smilla rarely overwrites, she expects you to fill in the blanks. I like that in a piece of writing.

(Reply to this) (Parent)

[info]kimonkey7
2008-07-01 06:08 pm UTC (link)
I've got it printed and set aside for this weekend when everyone is attempting to blow up the United States and their hands, simultaneously.

Happy Canada Day, btw, eh?

(Reply to this) (Thread)

[info]big_pink
2008-07-02 03:32 am UTC (link)
There were fireworks and meltdowns. Your average Canada Day. It was all fuelled by mojitos and sangria. I have the nasty feeling that those two don't really mix all that well.

Go enjoy the fourth...and the fic. It's TASTY!

(Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

[info]kimonkey7
2008-07-02 03:38 am UTC (link)
Hey, can you do hulu.com? I don't know if you can in Canada - the Aussies can't - but if you can, go watch Three Sheets. You'd love it.

(Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

[info]big_pink
2008-07-02 03:44 am UTC (link)
Sadly, hulu is only available for streaming to people in the U.S. of A. So, Happy Canada Day to you, people at Hulu.com.

Maybe you could film yourself doing an interpretive dance of Three Sheets and post it on YouTube for our enjoyment?

(Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

[info]kimonkey7
2008-07-02 03:49 am UTC (link)
Unfortunately, it's a show where this guy, Zane Lamprey, travels around the world getting drunk. Hence the title. So, uh, interpretive dance? No. Just imagine a stumbling, cursing monkey. That'll do 'er.

(Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

[info]big_pink
2008-07-02 03:52 am UTC (link)
Well, technically, a stumbling, cursing monkey IS my idea of interpretive dance, so we're on the same page there.

(Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

[info]kimonkey7
2008-07-02 03:53 am UTC (link)
It's like they say, 'I don't know art, but I know what I like.'

(Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

[info]big_pink
2008-07-02 03:57 am UTC (link)
Yeah! Except I think they were talking about porn.

Weren't they?

(Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

[info]kimonkey7
2008-07-02 03:59 am UTC (link)
Who isn't, and when aren't they? It's all about the porn, isn't it? Porn, porn, porn. Thank heavens this weekend is Independence Day, so we can all porn it up in the US of A. That's what the holiday is really all about: porn and sparklers. Two great things that go great together, know what I mean?

(Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

[info]big_pink
2008-07-02 04:03 am UTC (link)
You mean to suggest that there are people who aren't out celebrating porn every single day of their miserable shallow lives?. People who need a government-sanctioned holiday to porn it up in style?

*shudders*

(Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

[info]kimonkey7
2008-07-02 04:06 am UTC (link)
Well, now...we can't all be touque wearin' pornsters 365, can we? Actually, maybe the rest of the world would like the United States better if we were...

(Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

[info]big_pink
2008-07-02 04:14 am UTC (link)
I think Jon Stewart's already pointed this out.

It's amazing how either drinking and cursing your way around the world, or spreading the Good News that is porn everywhere you go (a kind of Annie Sprinkle meets Johnnie Appleseed) can up your international cred at places like, say, the UN.

I'm pleased to say that no one, anywhere, knows anyone from Canada. We fly under the radar. Waaaaay under.

(Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

[info]kimonkey7
2008-07-02 04:17 am UTC (link)
I THOUGHT I knew someone from Canada once, but then they ordered CHILI FRIES instead of poutine, and I knew them to be a LIAR.

(Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

[info]big_pink
2008-07-02 04:28 am UTC (link)
You'll never believe it, but the CBC show this morning (erhm, yes, I listen to the CBC...) was all about naming the best Canadian food! And you can download it here: http://www.cbc.ca/soundslikecanada/podcast.html For FREE!

Because you have unlimited time to find out ALL ABOUT POUTINE and buttertarts and nanaimo bars and all that other stuff that you'll eventually invade us for if you find out about it.

oops. Have I said too much?

(Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

[info]kimonkey7
2008-07-02 04:34 am UTC (link)
Yes, yes...but what about a nice tomato sandwich? Now, supposedly, salmonella-free?

Hmm?

(Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

[info]big_pink
2008-07-02 04:37 am UTC (link)
Yes, there have been signs all around the place, every restaurant, saying, "We serve Canadian tomatoes". I don't have a fucking clue what they're on about.

Why does it always come back to FOOD with us? We were happily talking about porn.

(Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

[info]kimonkey7
2008-07-02 04:40 am UTC (link)
Bratwurst, anyone?

(Reply to this) (Parent)

[info]ficwriter1966
2008-07-02 01:15 am UTC (link)
Thanks for the rec! I'm always in the market for a nice long read. But ya know...I'm also re-reading RED. My gold standard for SPN fic. You outdid yourself with that one, my friend. It's awesome in so many ways. And enough time has passed that it's almost like reading it for the first time. When I finished that, I think I'm going back to Cirque de Celine. Just for the giggles.

(Reply to this) (Thread)

[info]big_pink
2008-07-02 03:35 am UTC (link)
Yeah, Smilla's done a wonderful job here, creepy and hurty and all the things that you'd want in a fic, I think. It doesn't pull punches and it doesn't spoon feed you. You have to work at it a bit.

Dear lord, I'm glad if anything stands up to a second reading, LOL. Let alone that crazy Québecoise, Céline. I'm off to Montréal and Québec City tomorrow (happy 400th anniversary, Québec City!), then two weeks on the Gaspésie, so I'll be all ready for a re-read of Cirque myself. Or not, maybe, depending.

(Reply to this) (Parent)

[info]mtee
2008-07-02 01:30 pm UTC (link)
That was a great story.
I agree, I envision the boys having to adjust to the major changes that occurred with Dean going to Hell. That's what I am looking forward to, this next season. That re-discovery and the long journey to get there.

Thank you for telling us about this fic and author.

(Reply to this) (Thread)

[info]big_pink
2008-07-03 05:54 pm UTC (link)
The pleasure is mine. All mine. Don't touch it.

(Reply to this) (Parent)

[info]gottalovev
2008-07-02 04:46 pm UTC (link)
thanks for the rec!

and I hope you had a good day, and ate enough poutine to make you happy ;)

(Reply to this) (Thread)

[info]big_pink
2008-07-03 05:55 pm UTC (link)
I've had poutine two days in a row now. I'm not far from you, sitting in my hotel in the old city. It's wet. Can you please do something about that?

(Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

[info]gottalovev
2008-07-03 06:21 pm UTC (link)
really, you are here? cool! you'll see the big fireworks and shows then, it's Qc's birthday today :)

it's supposed to clear up of what I've heard, so I am crossing my fingers!

(Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

[info]big_pink
2008-07-04 02:40 am UTC (link)
I can hear Van Halen from my hotel window. If God was ever gonna strike someone down, it would be Diamond Dave on the Plains of Abraham, tonight.

(Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

[info]gottalovev
2008-07-04 04:19 am UTC (link)
eeep! well I suppose it's over now, and the fireworks too! (didn't lift my lazy ass to look outside, too far anyway, even if I heard some booms)

I don't know if you are in town tomorrow still, but I work right next to the old town and if you want and have time, we could meet for a ice cream or something. =D

(Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

[info]big_pink
2008-07-06 01:54 am UTC (link)
Oh, and dolly, we're off tomorrow morning for Métis-sur-Mer. It's been crazy -- two families trying to keep everyone happy. Damn. I love holidays, and I hates them.

(Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

[info]gottalovev
2008-07-06 02:44 am UTC (link)
no problem! it should be a lot calmer over there! going to see the gardens? I went a couple of years ago, it's beautiful.

vacations are indeed a lot of fun mixed with a lot of compromise! enjoy the rest of it *hug*

(Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

[info]big_pink
2008-07-06 02:50 am UTC (link)
You know, it was funny, because when I booked the cabins, I didn't know about the gardens. I just looked at the map and knew we were heading for Percé, and that area looked like a good half-way spot. And then my work pals are all, "Oh, are you going to the gardens? You have to see the gardens!" I have to admit: I come from Victoria BC, which is ALL about the gardens, so I've been a bit gardened out in my life, but as I age and become more decrepit, I'm starting to like them again (for the record, my dad's a professional nurseryman and where I grew up is on 5 acres of rhododendron garden, so I've had garden up to here).

Have you checked out the artist's gardens on the roof of the musée de la civiisation? It's COOL. Potager? I guess that means 'vegetable garden', yes? Anyway, dead cool, as is the Urbanopolis exhibition (I also have not exhausted my enthusiasm for museums, historic sites, and battlefields. I am all about the geek).

(Reply to this) (Parent)
*HUGGLES YOU*
[info]novembersguest
2008-07-02 10:59 pm UTC (link)
Thank you so much for this rec! You were right, it was splendid! I loved it so much I've recc'ed it everywhere I can think of, lol! Already I'm hearing good reports :)

I admit, I've been studiously avoiding post NRFTW fics, but I'm so glad I read this one. I knew it had to be good if you liked it, though. You have great taste.

(Reply to this) (Thread)
Re: *HUGGLES YOU*
[info]big_pink
2008-07-03 05:56 pm UTC (link)
Beauty! That's great. I know, the post-season 3 fics are rampant, and I have had no desire to WRITE one myself, but damn if Smilla's wasn't great, eh?

(Reply to this) (Parent)

(35 comments) - (Post a new comment)

Create an Account
Forgot your login or password?
Login w/ OpenID
English • Español • Deutsch • Русский…