Fic meme!

[ratherastory]

Seen on de_nugis' and road_rhythm's LJs.

Tell me about a story I haven't written, and I will give you 1-3 sentences from or about it.

Comments

[ratherastory.livejournal.com]

Sam's worst nightmare is, I think, similar to Dean's in many ways, with subtle nuances. The main difference in their hells is that Dean was being tortured with a specific goal in mind: to break him and turn him into a torturer. That happens to 99% of humans in hell anyway, but they paid him special attention because of the prophecy, hence why they broke him faster than most.

In Sam's case, there was no need to break him in that particular fashion. He was just Lucifer's plaything, and the sheer pointlessness of it all is what makes it so horrifying. rokhal wrote a beautiful story which illustrates it perfectly: The Parable of the Rats and the Oubliette. The idea is that Sam was entirely at the mercy of Lucifer's whims, whether he was feeling kind or cruel or both, and all of it was torture.

[nwspaprtaxis.livejournal.com]

Oooooh. This is intriguing and something I can totally buy. In some ways being a plaything is worse. But in others, being tortured with a specific goal is worse. That's why I don't think it's fair to compare them. It's not a quantitive measurement - it's qualitative. And even then, it's only with each brother and their personalities and headspaces in mind.

Thanks for the rec!