I understand about the Top Gear angst. Obviously I do write Top Gear angst, but I have specific issues as to how and when I'm comfortable with it.
Silent Hill seems to make all kinds of character-torture more justifiable.
I seriously couldn't put any RPF characters into the mermaid dream. I might try it as an original story. For some reason, I'm less bothered about beating up on characters I make myself. It might be a bit too nasty for fanfic; among other things, it seriously doesn't seem fixable.
Unless the characters woke up and went, "It was only a dream." Which would just be a lame self-insert.
What about a fake death? Or one that didn't take? Kind of like Mystery Spot? In terms of "psychological cruelty to Dean Winchester," I don't think you could do worse than making him think Sam was dead.
Of course, I'm unwilling to inflict eyelid-slicing on him because it's too cruel, and if Dean were ever in a, "You can have your eyelids sliced off or your brother killed; your choice," situation, it's pretty obvious what he'd pick.
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Silent Hill seems to make all kinds of character-torture more justifiable.
I seriously couldn't put any RPF characters into the mermaid dream. I might try it as an original story. For some reason, I'm less bothered about beating up on characters I make myself. It might be a bit too nasty for fanfic; among other things, it seriously doesn't seem fixable.
Unless the characters woke up and went, "It was only a dream." Which would just be a lame self-insert.
What about a fake death? Or one that didn't take? Kind of like Mystery Spot? In terms of "psychological cruelty to Dean Winchester," I don't think you could do worse than making him think Sam was dead.
Of course, I'm unwilling to inflict eyelid-slicing on him because it's too cruel, and if Dean were ever in a, "You can have your eyelids sliced off or your brother killed; your choice," situation, it's pretty obvious what he'd pick.