Big Bang Masterpost "Open your Eyes, Open your Heart", Jared/Jensen, Nc-17

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Fic title: "Open your Eyes, Open your Heart (proud like a god don't pretend to be blind)"
Author name: the_milky_way
Artist name: babycin
Genre: RPS AU
Pairing: Jared/Jensen, hinted Danneel/Sandy
Rating: NC-17
Word count: ~ 30.000

Summary: “Times where the band was all over the news and the new best thing are long gone. Sure, they are still on the road, still attract a decent crowd but they haven’t a released anything new in close to three years now. About to lose their record deal Jensen is desperately trying to find new ideas. But writing new songs proves to be much more difficult than it used to be. On a chance night he finds inspiration, only for it to turn out to be a washed up casting star seemingly earning his money out on the streets. That’s not really what he had in mind as his new muse. Jared, though, seems determined to stay around.”




Part I * Part II * Part III * Part IV

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PDF (with Art)


ART: Masterpost

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Notes:
Please check out babycin's awesome Art Post here and leave comments. Thanks so much babycin for the great artwork and for creating the file, it was a pleasure working with you on this.

My first Thank you goes to my beta readers parka_girl and enablelove . Thank you so much for keeping up with me and reading through it. Your suggestions helped a lot and I'm grateful for your help.
You are awesome. All remaining mistakes are, of course, mine.
Credit for the Band's name goes to kros_21 and morgentau who suggested stuff in long comments and I kinda stuck with that one idea. Thanks girls. :)
Another round of "Thank you's" goes out to those who have been holding my hand through all of this, so basically half my flist. You guys are awesome and I really appreciate all the encouragements and comments.

Thanks to wendy and thehighwaywoman for running this every year.

Title taken from the Guano Apes song "Open your Eyes"

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Soundtrack:

* There are three links to YouTube videos of the songs within the story, in case someone wants to listen to them while reading.
These are the songs that inspired me during writing and some of them made it into the story.



01. Guano Apes "Open your Eyes"
02. Hurts "Wonderful World"
03. Andrew Belle "In My Veins"
04. Roxette "Way Out"
05. Embassy "Gravity"
06. Lifehouse "Halfway Gone"
07. Hurts "Stay"
08. Guano Apes "Oh what a Night"

Soundtrack in a zip.file re-uploaded

Comments

[albalonga99.livejournal.com]

I loved it. Just couldn`t stop reading it. And you used Guano Apes songs. OMG, it`s amazing. I was 15 I think when I went to my first rock concert and it was Guano Apes. You made me happy. And you made Jensen happy. And Jared happy. And The Benders happy. So, you rock I guess. LOL>

[jennylynneh.livejournal.com]

Well done! I really related to Jensen's character in this. I loved the feel of the panic attacks written into the story. It was realistic and brought the emotion to the forefront.

As a long-time sufferer of panic attacks, I completely understand the hesitancy to use medication. I went for about five years without writing because my dosage was too high and when they lowered it last year, it was as if the right side of my brain suddenly woke up and went into overdrive. ;) It was a startling difference.

Anyway, I really loved this fic. I've linked it on my delicious fic rec list (http://www.delicious.com/jlynne_spn).

[thruterryseyes.livejournal.com]

Really enjoyed this. Very muchly.

[etrix.livejournal.com]

I really enjoyed the characters you created and the world they inhabited. The way you described Jensen's mind when the songs are coming easily, like they just appear on the page and he just traces the letters, is very cool. I also liked the way you had their relationship build so slowly and the way Jensen was almost completely oblivious. Awww. Clueless!Jensen is clueless. =]

[(Anonymous)]

This is awesome. Loved it. Thanks so much for a story I could relate to and could follow. :)

[the_milky_way]

Thanks so much. I'm glad you liked it. :)

[the_milky_way]

Thank you so much. :)
The scene on the bus was one of the first I had finished and sometimes I wondered where my Jensen!muse would go with it afterwards.

I'm happy to see that it worked for you. :)

[the_milky_way]

Thank you for reading and the lovely comment. I'm glad to see that you liked it and that it worked for you. :)

[the_milky_way]

You're welcome. :) Hope you'll like it.
Thank you.

[the_milky_way]

Thanks so much.
Glad that you liked it. :)

[the_milky_way]

Wow... Thanks so much, it's so good to see that the mood comes across and that it worked for you.

Thank you for reading and the lovely comment. I'm glad you liked it all. :)

[the_milky_way]

I don't really know where this fic idea came from but the misunderstanding has always been part of it, so I'm really happy to see that it actually worked and that it fits with the whole story.

Thank you so much for your awesome comment, it made me smile and so glad to see that you liked all the parts of this story. It's been a journey for me and sometimes this thingy took me to places I never thought it would. I sometimes wondered where my Jensen!muse was going with all this and why it had to be such a dick but I kinda always knew Jared would the one make it right for Jensen in the end.

Thank you!
<3

[the_milky_way]

Thank you. Can't believe it's done now.

Awww, thanks. I'm glad that you liked it. And I don't know but Jared being Jensen's muse was in the fic since the beginning, I seem to have developed a thing for it. :)

[the_milky_way]

Thank you. :)
I'm really glad you enjoyed this ride. I always had the idea that Jensen needs a new focus there and I'm glad to see that Jared being this new fic point actually worked and made sense.

[the_milky_way]

Thank you so much. I'm really happy that you enjoyed this and that the story had you captured.

Some of the lyrics where first... well the idea was first and the lyics where there as well and then I wrote the story around them. So happy it worked for you.
<3

[the_milky_way]

I couldn't let them go without setting things right between them, couldn't have done it to them. I'm glad that the pacing worked for you and that you enjoyed it all.

Thank you so much for reading and the comment. :)

[the_milky_way]

LOL, this comment is totally okay....

Thank you so much for your lovely words. I'm glad that you enjoyed this and that it worked for you. :)
My Jensen!muse had a hard time getting out of his melancholic funk but well he had Jared to help him along. ;)

[the_milky_way]

Right? Those kind of friends would be seriously awesome.
And yes, I kinda took my own experiences with being blocked creatively as a base for Jensen's problem here. If it wasn't for this silly little TV show my life would lack some seriously awesome things... :)

Thank you so much. I'm happy to see that this worked for you and you enjoyed reading it. :)

[the_milky_way]

Thank you!

It's really good to see that this story works and that you enjoyed reading it. And I'm especially glad that the mood in the different scenes came across. :)

[the_milky_way]

Oh yeah, I sort of grew up with Guano Apes as well and their new song was one of the first things that was added to the idea list of this story. I just sat down listened to it and could write some paragraphs.

Yay, happiness all around... :) Thank you so much, for reading and the lovely comment. I'm glad you enjoyed it. :)

[the_milky_way]

Thank you so much.
It means a lot to me to know that people actually can relate to the characters and the situations they are in.

I'm someone hesitant to use meds as well, so I kinda of thought it would make sense to have that there as well. Some small things can make such a difference.

I'm glad it worked for you and that you enjoyed reading this. Thanks so much for the link. :)

[the_milky_way]

Thank you. I'm happy you did. :)

[the_milky_way]

Awww, thanks so much. I'm happy that the pacing worked for you and that you enjoyed this.

I have often found myself tracing letters when I took notes for fics and actually wondering how the words ended up on that page. :)

Thank you.
<3

[the_milky_way]

Thank you. I'm glad that you could relate to the characters and that you enjoyed reading. :)

[witchy78.livejournal.com]

Rock'n roll baby !
Me being into music a lot, I was looking for a fic like this in this year's BB.
And finally here it is : it's a about RnR, being on tour in a bus, finding inspiration, and of course friendship and love. The perfect ingredients to create a good fic IMO.
Thanks for your work ;o)