Where'd I put it..?

[fufaraw]

In the interest of being able to find it again, I'm moving this here, from a comm discussing how Mary isn't being written.

She couldn't see resemblance in this tall person before her to anyone in her family, or John's, that she remembered. John's dimples, of course, a hint of the cleft in her own jaw, the long arm and leg bones they shared. But he was a stranger, and no matter how mild and meek he tried to seem, an air of danger radiated off him. On the street, her instinct would have been to avoid him.

But, even though her heart found no connection, her brain acknowledged this was her son, the infant she'd held in her arms mere days, weeks ago. And she could read on that face a lifetime of pain and effort and sacrifice--John's journal had informed her of some of it. Castiel had shared even more--things she couldn't bear to think of happening to that baby boy.

It hurt to look at him and know she hadn't been there to protect him, not only from the bad things most folks don't know about, but from the ordinary hurts of life, and yes, even the implacable standards and strictures his father had forced him to live by.

She could feel the residue of all that pain and hardship, but what was worse was that he seemed to have accepted it, to carry all of it with a weary air of having earned it, deserved it. And that hurt worst of all. It scared her to face her failure to have done the least thing to protect her child, in fact to have been the agent who brought it all on him. A weight of guilt so enormous she couldn't stand being in the room with it, or with him, or with her other son, who had suffered equally, and at her hands.

But in those scarce moments when she was able to step away from that burden of guilt, and to lay aside her mourning for the young family she had lost, she could look at Sam and see someone robbed, not only of childhood, but of being treasured, his accomplishments delighted in, of a supporting parent, of a mother's love. And in those moments, she acknowledged their kinship, and made the first tentative effort to reach out to him.

...as I said, wishful thinking.

Comments

[onlythefireborn.livejournal.com]

You are not only an empathetic writer, but a wise mother. This is exactly how Mary should be written.

She had so much promise in the early episodes, but that seems lost now, and she's become just another player (albeit an important player) in the ongoing struggle. My thought is that she has a secret agenda (not just w/ MoLUK, although they're part of it), so how she works that out will be telling to her character - and could destroy her iconic presence throughout the Show and canon.

[roxymissrose.livejournal.com]

But, even though her heart found no connection, her brain acknowledged this was her son, the infant she'd held in her arms mere days, weeks ago.

This is what I keep thinking about! This! Intellectually she knows they are her children, but she wasn't there. Her heart is not feeling them, and I can't imagine how painful that musrt be.

This is golden--and probably wishful thinking.

[meus_venator]

*points* what she said, but with fewer commas and more typos!

[meus_venator]

I don't know if it's because most of the writers are men, or what, but Mary's character has been so poorly handled. Based on what we know about her from Dean time traveling we know Mary is tough, but she's loving too. There seems to be no love in shows version of Mary. She's too cold, too remote.

The Mary you just wrote is the Mary we should be getting to know, dimensional, grieving, caring, conflicted and above all loyal. I don't even understand last weeks episode.

[onlythefireborn.livejournal.com]

Actually, you would have twice as many commas. :-P

But you get extra points for using 'fewer' correctly.

[milly-gal.livejournal.com]

You are such an amazing writer. I feel this is exactly how Mary would be thinking. I can't imagine how painful it must be for her to know they're her sons but not feel that thread between the children she nursed and the men standing before her. Gorgeous!