Video rec - Purgatory

[amberdreams]

This is just so well made, fabulous!  And yeah, I'd watch this spin off!

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[blackrabbit42.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much for bringing this to our attention. That was just awesome.

:)

[amber1960.livejournal.com]

He he he I think I have Misha and the Queen on my mind because that came across as a Royal We there.. Our attention. LOL!

[jackfan2.livejournal.com]

I sure would! That is an amazingly done trailer. Just... too bad that's not at all what they've planned for the spin-off, thought I don't think Jensen would get anywhere near it. Once he's done with SPN, he's outtie. And I, for one, am eager to see what awaits for him AND for Jared in the future.

[amber1960.livejournal.com]

You are right of course, and this would be nothing without Jensen/Dean... :D

[quickreaver.livejournal.com]

Gorgeously done! Very James Bondian. My only complaint is that I will maintain that Dean and Sam are what makes the SPN franchise for me. Anything that prominently features only Dean would make me sad. (This does NOT apply to projects J2 will tackle in the future. Those will have my complete support!)

[amber1960.livejournal.com]

True, Dean would be miserable all the time because his soul-mate wasn't there... sniffle

[quickreaver.livejournal.com]

Yanno, hmm. Can I be honest? It's not just the idea of a Sam-less Dean (because I really did enjoy the hell out of the Purgatory flashbacks and I reeeeally dug Benny), it's the piece of fandom that insists that Sam is an auxiliary character at best. Or that he should be gone altogether because it's all about Dean and Cas, with a side of Benny, and Purgatory is the perfect scenario with which to excise Sam.

RANTING ASIDE, this is a super-cool video and I could've stood a few more episodes set in Purgatory!

[amber1960.livejournal.com]

he he for me the appeal is the brothers and their messed up lives so I know exactly where you are coming from. I've just started reading a rather good big bang which is about Death and Dean but it's rather neat so far as Dean's interactions with Death are providing him with some revelations about how bloody lonely Sam is - which for me just made this a much more powerful story.

Not that I don't like Destiel (I've read some excellent ones) and I do love Benny and Dean too, but Sam is the heart of Dean for me.

[quickreaver.livejournal.com]

Oooh, point me to the Dean and Death fic! That does sound tasty. But no Destiel for me, thanks. (And I do make a distinction between Destiel and Dean/Cas, btw. Destiel seems to have a level of over-romanticized crazy that Dean/Cas doesn't, generally speaking. Either way, if Sam is little more than an afterthought, I'm not even slightly interested.)

[amber1960.livejournal.com]

Ah, I was throwing a blanket of Destiel over the whole Dean/Cas but there is an element of the manic about some parts of that fandom that scares me!
The Dean and Death fic is by natt - http://archiveofourown.org/works/913455
One of this year's SPN-J2 BBs.

[quickreaver.livejournal.com]

That lunatic fringe are the ones that kinda kill it for fandom, IMHO. I totally get the zeal they have for their ship, I do! But I don't like it becoming a political agenda, I don't like it when they try to pressure the writers/directors/showrunner to cave to their fantasies, I don't like it when they shove it in the actors' faces at cons ... yeah. Not cool.

But on a happy note, yay Dean & Death! Thank ya! :D

[amber1960.livejournal.com]

Absolutely - keep your crazy to yourselves, don't shove it down everyone's throats, that is cringeworthy.

But as you say, on a happier note, Dean's friendship with Death is brightening up my lunchtime reading at the moment! (And isn't that the kind of remark you'd only expect to find in SPN-world....!)

[dizzojay.livejournal.com]

That is one of the best fan-videos I have ever seen. Absolutely amazing!

[amber1960.livejournal.com]

I thought so - so beautifully done!

[lezendame.livejournal.com]

Oh wow, just W-friggen-OW

I loved that. Love it, love it. LUUUURVE IT!!
and the music ... doesn't it fit perfectly. Made me all excited.

Many millions of thanks for reccing this. I don't "get around", so whenever someone recs something ... 100% guarantee ... you are a hero in my eyes.

PS - Apart from flash-backs, I'm not particularly interested in what happened in Purgatory (leave that to my over active gore-whore imagination), so if this were to be a separate story line, ie no Dean and Sam ... I'm thinking Joe Maganiello and Tyler Hoechlin - and one can totally see it working like that, right? ... AWESOME!!

[amber1960.livejournal.com]

These recs get around - a friend posted it on FB and it blew me away, so I just had to repost it! :D