Just a statement from a Dean girl

[liliaeth]

There is no faster way to get me to stop reading your fic, no matter how good it might be otherwise, than by turning Dean or Jensen into the bad guy/asshole/whatever…

I hate bashing in general, but if your writing requires you to insult, denigrate or jerkify Dean or Jensen, then you lose all my interest.

I may have serious issues with Sam right now, and I think he behaved like an asshole in s8-s9, but I’ll also still stop reading if you claim Sam being evil is in character. Rather than an AU.

(hey I like the occasional evil Sam and evil Cas, but then I want it made clear up ahead that Sam’s evil and that thus regular characterization does not apply. And I prefer there being some reason as to why Sam or Cas are behaving the way they are )

I unfortunately do not have the same exemption for Dean. I respect your right to see things differently, but I have little to no interest in reading about Dean being evil. Which is going to cause serious trouble with my enjoyment of s10 of SPN, of which I am well aware.

Maybe it's because I quite simply care for and identify with Jensen/Dean more than I do with Jared/Sam or Misha/Cas, but I just can't help it...

Comments

[lit-gal.livejournal.com]

It is a slightly scary fandom, and you definitely have to watch the warnings--far more than in other fandoms. However, when I needed to go dark and I was in a bad place, you notice I went straight to SPN. Those boys are so screwed up already that you can do almost anything to them in fanfic and you won't be doing any more harm than in canon.

And I can get behind evil Sam because DUDE... he chose to drink demon blood. He was the vessel for Lucifer. There's some canon behind evil Sam. Same with evil Cas and his whole "I am God" routine. There is some canon to jump off from.

[liliaeth]

that and evil Sam is hot as hell.

It's like I said above. Evil Sam feels like it could come form the character because it's brings out his inherent need for control and power.

With Dean though, it's like people use it as an excuse to throw out all the personality traits that make Dean more than your typical anti-hero. And completely ignoring his innate submissive nature that makes him so interesting to me because it goes in against the image he tries so hard to present to the world.

[lit-gal.livejournal.com]

And I completely agree with everything you just said. EVERYTHING