There were a few different inspirations. 

  • First, I always thought Bobby’s pup Rumsfeld should have survived for longer than five seconds. We get to see the pup stretched out on one of the cars in the junkyard during Season 1 Episode 22. We never see if he died or not when Meg arrived, but considering he’s never seen again, most likely after the yelp she killed him.

No Meg, no dead dog. ;w;

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  • Second, Sam needs a dog. No matter what world we’re in, canon or AU, Sammy needs a pup. Hence the beginning of a beautiful relationship.
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  • Third, once the ideas for the pup started coming, they didn’t stop. It was meant to be.

Believe it or not, that is exactly how I got into Supernatural in the first place! I read two different fics that just made me want to know more about this show I’d heard about (I made the mistake of watching LOST instead back in the day). But A Rare Sense of Humor and Deanzilla just made me want to know these characters better… and two months later I powered through all the way to Season 9 and that’s when I started writing.

And really never stopped. I don’t even think I can stop anymore.

Don’t be ashamed, now we’ve got the same story for getting into the show, just different fics that pulled us in 🙂

Thank you so much for this 🙂

I know just what you mean. I’ve been working hard on getting better. After all, one day I dream of writing my own book and hopefully getting published. I go back and look at the older chapters of my stories, and I do get the urge to attack them with editing. It makes me grin to compare a snippet of my writing from back then to what I can do now. Not that I’m perfect now, but there’s a palpable difference in the flow and tone and overall format of the story.

And if you compare Reversal or Ounce to any of it, those poor fics ^^; they could use an overhaul.

Beth was a little girl at the time. She thought it was the coolest thing ever, like a tiny living doll. The way the Mangas think of Bree is more like she’s a pet. They just thought of it as giving their daughter a new pet. They impressed on her to keep Bree secret. Over the years, they slowly bonded together (stockholm syndrome, but at least Beth didn’t take advantage). She even did all she could to keep her brother from ever laying hands on Bree.