I suppose the AU's I pick to read a generally the ones that have the characterisation just right and so it's almost like reading an alternate reality of supernatural kind of like WIAWSNB the Djinn episode. When I think about it most of the stuff that I read that is AU is spin off from particular points in the storyline that I love and like to think of the other ways it could have gone or points in the story that I think just didn't quite sit just right and the AU's explore the possibilities a bit.
I think my like for AUs came from reading fic where Dean was permanently injuried in some way and both of them had to adapt to the changes. I think one of the first times I read AU was associated with an AU of Devil's Trap, where Dean had to recover naturally from his injuries and John still died, but the characterisation was so good that I could really see it happening that way. Maybe if it had of sucked I may not have gotten into AU's at all.
What was the first AU of SPN that you read like? Was it well written or crappy?
Just wondering if what we read first of a particular fic genre shapes if we like it or not. Would make for an interesting thesis one day. :D
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Date: 2009-12-15 12:19 pm (UTC)I think my like for AUs came from reading fic where Dean was permanently injuried in some way and both of them had to adapt to the changes. I think one of the first times I read AU was associated with an AU of Devil's Trap, where Dean had to recover naturally from his injuries and John still died, but the characterisation was so good that I could really see it happening that way. Maybe if it had of sucked I may not have gotten into AU's at all.
What was the first AU of SPN that you read like? Was it well written or crappy?
Just wondering if what we read first of a particular fic genre shapes if we like it or not. Would make for an interesting thesis one day. :D
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