Fic: Three times the Winchesters were most definitely not equine, no way. (SPN)

[hope]

Supernatural, gen, PG-13. Some AU, pre-series, post-2.01. 1 & 2 previously posted in angstslashhope. Art by _audrey!

http://hope.oscillating.net/2007/04/28/fic-three-times-the-winchesters-were-most-definitely-not-equine-no-way/
http://archiveofourown.org/works/375

Comments

[derryderrydown.livejournal.com]

JOOOOHHHHHN!!!!

Oh, dude. Just in case you didn't know, horse-John is totally a non-pedigree nag but he's about half-Clydesdale with a good whack of Quarter Horse and god-knows-what. And he's black, with a broad blaze, white whiskers and four stockings.

*beams*

[hope]

...I'm willing to take your word for it, dear.

Also, that icon is so very appropriate. *SMISHES HIS LITTLE CONFUZZLED HEAD*

YAY.

[arabiana.livejournal.com]

That's fucking awesome!!!! I especially love the last one. So Cool!
<333 RE

[hope]

:D Thank you! I'm glad. Hee!

[eloise-bright.livejournal.com]

How is it that in a fic about John being reincarnated as a horse, you made me CRY like a big dumb baby?


This is the only goddamn ranch in the county that's been untouched by some seriously evil pack of werewolves, and the locals reckon it's all thanks to this horse. This horse is badass.

and THEN -
John steps forward, brushing Dean to the side and Sam's hands cup automatically around John's nose as he snuffles at them, mouths at Sam's shirt and his hair and ears. There's a long white scar down the side of Sammy's face but he smells clean, calm. There's silver in his hair

So simple, but so much conveyed. All those years, still together, still hunting. Dean instinctively knowing that it'd be okay if he rode the horse.

I'm smiling and crying and laughing and loving the whole damn fic. Oh, and the artwork for 2 was utterly wonderful. I swore softly to myself when I saw it.

[hope]

*cackle* dude, I don't know. I can't seem to manage this "ridiculous and outside the bounds of reality" clause that crackfic seems to come with.

I'm so glad you enjoyed the story :D And the artwork is amazing, innit? Yay audz :D

Thank you!!!

[phantomas.livejournal.com]

Love it, utterly totally completely, AND you made me all sniffly and teary with the last one! Even as I was snickering on John being a mare ;)

The Colt made me all sniffly too. *shakes her finger at you*

They are funny, lovely, and intense all at the same time. Awesome writing.
Thank you!

[hope]

Thank you for the lovely feedback! *dutifully accepts finger shaking*

I'm glad you liked 'em :)

[nixwilliams.livejournal.com]

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRGHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1 YOU BROKE MY FEEDBACK BRAIN!

oh, JOHN! oh, SAMMYNDEAN. oh, my little HEART! it's so awesome, and so beautiful, and i love the way you convey the differences in perception that come from being a horse. HAVE YOU ACTUALLY SEKRITLY EXPERIENCED THIS YOURSELF?! hm.

ok, off to rec, now.

[hope]

*puts your feedback brane back together with CLAG*

HAVE YOU ACTUALLY SEKRITLY EXPERIENCED THIS YOURSELF?! hm.

If I told you, I'd have to kill you.

o_O
O_o
o_O
O_o

Thanks for the rec, tiger! :D

[nixwilliams.livejournal.com]

:O

O NOES!

no wuckers!

[kellifer-fic.livejournal.com]

These are just fabulous.

[hope]

Thanks! Glad you liked :D

[missyjack.livejournal.com]

God I'm laughing and crying! these work on so many levels, im sorta just in awe of your brain right now.

[hope]

*beams* Thanks darl! I'm glad you liked them :D

[zortified.livejournal.com]

Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! Dean whining to ride the carhorse! Sam and Dean being horsies and turning back into themselves and being horsies on the inside! Eeeee, badass *mare* John! Bwahahahahahaha - he had no clue, did he?

Yay fic! *smishes fic*

[hope]

:D Yay yourself!! Thank you for the lovely feedback, I'm v. glad you liked it :D

[black-samvara.livejournal.com]

Awesome! Thanks so much for finishing this set - they're each fascinating.

[hope]

Thanks for sticking around while I finished it! I'm glad you liked them :D

[amalthia]

there were awesome. I can't pick a favorite because each one appealed to me for different reasons. :)

[hope]

:D I'm glad. Thanks for the rec, too!

[cofax7]

OMG John's a mare! ::whoops with startled laughter::

These are awesome, and I so wish I could read the rest of the story where the boys were horses for 16 years...

[hope]

*grins*

That story would go something like:

wheee, eating! wheee, running around! wheee, horseplay!

Thanks for commenting :D

[elmathelas.livejournal.com]

The first reminded me, delightfully, of the Infinite Improbability drive in the ship in Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Dean with a monkey tail! Dean playing with baby!Sammy! The second and third are just lovely.

[hope]

Thank you!! I'm glad you enjoyed them :)

[embroiderama]

These are so gorgeous. In the second, John seeing his children suddenly grown, after being nearly gone for so many years and the image of them all horsey and unsteady on their two feet--both of those things are so well drawn. And the last--awesome! John as a mare who won't take any crap, and then reuniting with the guys. Made me all teary.

[hope]

Thank you! Glad you liked 'em! :D

[iamstealthyone.livejournal.com]

Good job on all of these pieces, just a great execution of a clever concept.

Comments, by part ...

Trusty Steed

I love the boys getting into such mischief, and the car turning into a horse. And all three of them riding the horse back to the motel makes for a great image. *g*

Favorite lines:

He holds out his free hand as Sammy kicks and wriggles in the other, buzzing spittle against the collar of John's shirt.

Aww, Sammy drool!

The Colt

Very interesting concept. I love how awkward and wild the boys are after they change back, the way they’re so uncomfortable in the bodies they haven’t worn for so long.

Dad's an Ass

Love John as a horse, and too funny that he’s a girl horse! I think what I liked most, though, is how he can still hunt things/save people, even as a horse.

Favorite lines:

And as for what happened after, well, he didn't care to think too long on that. It was more about where you were than where you were going.

Very practical, so very John.

Finding himself a previously-human soul alone amongst a bunch of animals isn't the most reassuring realisation for the progress of John's own soul through the ranks.

*g*

And sure, he's always maintained his understanding of the language. Not that he's ever let on. Mostly because it's much more goddamn entertaining to be more ornery than obedient.

LOL! Oh, John, you amuse me so.

"Don't listen to him, ya big softy."

*snickers* Aww, look at Dean talking unawares to his daddy.

"Does she look wild to you?" Dean says back, then straightens up, still yanking at John's mane, and digs his heels into John's side. Dean whoops and John's off. Heading toward those hills.

Great ending. Love this image.

[hope]

Hee. Thank you for the lovley feedback. I'm glad you enjoyed this set :D

[feline-fury1.livejournal.com]

I loved the way you described the boys in the stall, and the quiet gentle way John got them to recognize it was him. Matter of fact, I loved the entire fic, from the first part (with Sammy messing with the lamp, and Dean hopping around him) to John being reincarnated as a mare. This was excellent!

[hope]

Thanks :D Glad you liked it :)

[lark_ascends]

Awesome!!!!!

That last one *cracks up at the idea of John being a mare*

[hope]

Hee. Thanks! Glad you liked it.

[starrylizard.livejournal.com]

I seriously love this. It's so damn odd, yet it fits so well. Fecking awesome! I could see the horses in my mind and that last one makes me all teary for some reason! *mems*

[hope]

Heee *beams* Glad you liked!

[eponin10.livejournal.com]

OMG. I love that last one!

[hope]

Thanks! It was definitely the most fun of them to write :)

[tigriswolf]

Oh, please write more of the boys-as-horses, pretty please?