"Thy Fearful Symmetry" - DW Masterpost
Oct. 11th, 2012 03:33 amIn the forests of the night,
What immortal hand or eye
Could frame thy fearful symmetry?
In what distant deeps or skies
Burnt the fire of thine eyes?
On what wings dare he aspire?
What the hand dare seize the fire?
And what shoulder, and what art,
Could twist the sinews of thy heart?
And when thy heart began to beat,
What dread hand? and what dread feet?
What the hammer? what the chain?
In what furnace was thy brain?
What the anvil? what dread grasp
Dare its deadly terrors clasp?
When the stars threw down their spears,
And watered heaven with their tears,
Did he smile his work to see?
Did he who made the Lamb make thee?
Tyger! Tyger! burning bright
In the forests of the night,
What immortal hand or eye,
Dare frame thy fearful symmetry?
The Tyger -William Blake
THY FEARFUL SYMMETRY
Author: http://an-ardent-rain.livejournal.com /
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Fandom/Genre: SPN - it's episodic road-tripping fic! pre-romance! tigerstiel!
Pairing(s): light beginning Dean/Lisa, then Dean/Castiel
Rating: NC-17
Word Count: ~38k
Warnings: language, sexual situations
Disclaimer: I do not own and am no in no way affiliated with Supernatural. This is for fun and I'm making no profit. Also I do not own my title, because it is a line from William Blake's "The Tyger" - rather appropriately, I think.
Summary: Goes AU after the end of S5. When Castiel gets Sam from hell, his soul comes with him, unscathed. But Cas isn't so lucky. Sam joins Dean at Lisa and Ben's, tells him what happens, and they go off to find their friend. When they finally track him down, Cas, depowered and almost human, joins Sam and Dean on a road trip to restore his tattered grace and learn something about hunting in the process. Story is episodic, with elements of case!fic and a lot of UST. Also Cas dreamwalks a lot, and visits Dean as a tiger.
AUTHOR'S NOTES
Huge, huge thanks to my artist frayed1989. YOU ARE AMAZING! Seriously, I really, really, really enjoyed working with her and I feel super, super lucky to have gotten such a wonderful artist. SERIOUSLY. GO CHECK OUT THE ART. When I saw the first picture I literally squealed out loud with delight; I am incredibly pleased, and I'm still in awe that such beautiful illustrations were made for my story!
Part One | Part Two | Part Three | Part Four | Part Five | ART POST
COMING SOON: Outtake #1 | Outtake #2
NOTE REGARDING THE OUTTAKES: For the story's adaption of the 10th labor - getting Hippolyta's girdle/belt/whatever - I had some trouble. I accidentally deleted the whole scene, so in order to get the story posted on the proper day, I ended up having to write a short little paragraph to fill the space. I'm going to try to recreate what I had written, though I haven't yet decided if I'll replace what's in the story now. For now, it's tentatively outtake #1. Once it's finished, I'll post a link. (The second outtake is just sex. Lots and lots of sex.)
