So I was thinking…
You know how we’ve shown that Ten quotes Marry Poppins, and he’s quoted the Lion King and he read book seven of Harry Potter before it came out?
What if Ten isn’t really that sassy, he just makes pop culture references we haven’t heard of yet?
But the funny thing about that is we (as readers/viewers) sometimes miss out on information that might have been interesting. The author didn’t think it was, but fans? Most fans will soak up content like a sponge (see: LotR extended editions, cutscenes, etc). And so we’re likely to ask ridiculous questions like “What is laundry day like at Avengers Tower?” – not because it’s important to the narrative, but because we’re curious.
Not to mention: every narrator is an unreliable narrator. Especially the ones who seem the most straightforward. Which means there are a wealth of stories not being told hiding right behind the story that is.
Which, I think, gives an inkling of the primary difference between original fic and fanfic: original fic is declarative, saying “here is the story, these are the important events and characters and aspects of the world,” while fanfic is exploratory (even when it’s got a cracking good plot).
Fanfic exists in the interstices, in the ellipses and the enjambment. Fanfiction exists in the moment before the wave function collapses.
Just about every time we see Sam and Dean standing or walking side by side, Dean is slightly ahead of Sam. This demonstrates two things, the first of which is that Dean will always try to protect Sam and being even just an inch ahead of him puts him closer to any oncoming danger. And the second is that Sam naturally falls into step, stands back when they’re still, and instinctively stays behind Dean when danger approaches. It’s so natural that I doubt either of them realizes they do it because I have a feeling that it started as soon as Sammy could walk.
Just about every time we see Sam and Dean standing or walking side by side, Dean is slightly ahead of Sam. This demonstrates two things, the first of which is that Dean will always try to protect Sam and being even just an inch ahead of him puts him closer to any oncoming danger. And the second is that Sam naturally falls into step, stands back when they’re still, and instinctively stays behind Dean when danger approaches. It’s so natural that I doubt either of them realizes they do it because I have a feeling that it started as soon as Sammy could walk.
Just about every time we see Sam and Dean standing or walking side by side, Dean is slightly ahead of Sam. This demonstrates two things, the first of which is that Dean will always try to protect Sam and being even just an inch ahead of him puts him closer to any oncoming danger. And the second is that Sam naturally falls into step, stands back when they’re still, and instinctively stays behind Dean when danger approaches. It’s so natural that I doubt either of them realizes they do it because I have a feeling that it started as soon as Sammy could walk.
Just about every time we see Sam and Dean standing or walking side by side, Dean is slightly ahead of Sam. This demonstrates two things, the first of which is that Dean will always try to protect Sam and being even just an inch ahead of him puts him closer to any oncoming danger. And the second is that Sam naturally falls into step, stands back when they’re still, and instinctively stays behind Dean when danger approaches. It’s so natural that I doubt either of them realizes they do it because I have a feeling that it started as soon as Sammy could walk.
