Arnica for the Soul - a drabble

[amberdreams]

Title: Arnica for the Soul
Words: 100
Summary: Some ruminations on Dean, and irony. A thought planted in my head by a throwaway line in kalliel's lovely ruminative ficlet Heartland.


Arnica for the Soul

For someone who held the title of Righteous Man (however briefly), Dean was rarely, if ever, right.

He’d been wrong to think Sam wouldn’t leave, wrong to think Dad didn’t care about Sam being gone.

He’d been wrong to think Dad would never lie die, that all monsters were irredeemable, that black was always black.

He’d been wrong to think any sacrifice would ever be enough, that destiny could be fucked in the face.

He’d been wrong about so much; heart-hurt from the sharp angles of his errors.

So it was probably wrong to think the Darkness soothed his pain.

Comments

[kalliel]

Love these thoughts on Dean. <3 And it's so funny because even though the line is totally a throwaway for Castiel, and it's at all central to the story he's telling, it's one of my favorites of the fic. And this is so wonderful!

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

It felt central too, even though it reads throw away (if that makes any sense) - I suppose that's why I latched onto it! See, you went and did it again - made me think thinky-thoughts and want to write something.

[quickreaver.livejournal.com]

NICE!!

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

Ta muchly!

[dizzojay.livejournal.com]

Oh poor Dean, this is so sad - even more so for the fact that it's completely true.

Although, you could argue that Dean's a man - therefore, by definition, he's always wrong!

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

ha ha so true, though of course, being a man, he doesn't realise this. Therein lies the true tragedy of Supernatural! LOL

[borgmama1of5.livejournal.com]

Oh Dean...

:(

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

Indeed! (Though Dizzo has pointed out what any good woman would - he's a man...and men are always wrong! LOL)

[milly-gal.livejournal.com]

I love the way you can get inside Dean's head with the tiniest amount of words!

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

Why thankee kindly!

[madebyme-x.livejournal.com]

What a great fic (and I love how it was inspired by a line Kalliel's fic - isn't fandom awesome!?!) Seeing Dean's character, actions and thoughts laid out like this is painful to read, and then you throw in that last line - oh Dean!!!

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

I love that we inspire each other! And thank you. ♥

[jj1564.livejournal.com]

Poor Dean, I loved this and this line really choked me up "He’d been wrong to think Dad would never lie die" - both things affected Dean so profoundly.

And now I have to go and read kalliel's fic too!

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

Oh yes, do read it! She has the knack of making me think thinky thoughts...

And thanks!

[jj1564.livejournal.com]

I haven't read it yet, but thinky thoughts are the best kind!