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Title: Devil's Due

Author: @entropic-saudade | Artist: @twinone1221

Rating: E

Tags: Daredevil AU, Enemies to Lovers, Graphic Depictions of Violence, Minor Character Death, Legal Drama, Crime Drama

Summary:

After being blinded as a boy in an act of heroism, Castiel Novak was left with some extra-sensory abilities — abilities which make his lawyer-by-day, vigilante-by-night lifestyle not just possible, but necessary. Known as “the Devil of Hell’s Kitchen” to some, and an avenging angel by others, Castiel has worked hard to balance his two lives while keeping his identity a secret. Sending the criminal kingpin of New York City’s underbelly to prison without killing anyone or blowing his cover was no small feat, but he did — because he believes in God, and he believes in the justice system. 

But when another vigilante enters the scene, taking justice into his own hands and threatening to upend everything he’s worked for, Castiel struggles to keep the faith. Even more so when the Kingpin is released from prison and rigs the justice system to his own favor, all but raising the war flag against vigilantes and superheroes. 

As it turns out, he and “The Punisher,” Dean Winchester, may have more in common than Cas would like to admit. Over time, they pull apart and come together to work through their hatred and seemingly clashing ideologies to bring the Kingpin down.

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Notes:

For the @cdrcrossoverbang! Thank you so much to the mods for everything you do, and for granting me a little extra time to get this done. I cut a lot (so be on the lookout for possible future time stamps!), but would've had to cut so much load-bearing material if I'd tried to post on the 16th as originally planned. And to think I scrapped my original crossover fic because I thought it would be too long...

Thank you so much to @twinone1221 for claiming my fic and delivering such spot-on, tonally perfect art, I love your Dean <3 It was a pleasure working with you again!

Thank you also to my friend Gwenwifar for being my Marvel-blind beta, it really helped make sure I wasn't dropping too much detail that needed more explanation. Thank you also for everyone in my server for cheering me on and to @maxine1703 for keeping me company while I wrote. <3 ILY all!

Now, an info-dumpy note on why Daredevil, and on all the Marvel stuff packed inside this baby:

The fic is split into three parts, each representing a part in Cas and Dean's (and then both of their) lives.

Part One briefly glosses over Daredevil S1, and closely adapts S2, while also keeping elements from all of the other Netflix Marvel series (Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, The Iron Fist, --- with Meg Masters, Jake Talley, and Kevin Tran taking the titular characters' places respectively) in the background.

Part Two loosely adapts Punisher S1 & S2, with mentions of the events of The Defenders tv series in the background, which continues into Part Three, which picks up where Daredevil left off, incorporating Daredevil S3, Matt Murdock's entry into the MCU via Spider-Man and She-Hulk, and finally adapting Daredevil: Born Again.

That is a whopping total of 8 TV shows and one movie feeding into this fic, plus background mention of The Avengers (2012) and The Avengers: Infinity War and Endgame. I also took inspiration from Michael Clark Duncan as Fisk in the 2003 Daredevil movie when deciding to use Uriel, and there are also several mentions of comic book runs, including The Devil in Cell Block D, and one of the Punisher's scenes where he tells off his fanboys.

Now why the hell did I do that to myself? Because I'm not ashamed to admit it, I'm one of those cringy Marvel/MCU nerds. Do I think every Marvel movie is a masterpiece? Hell to the fuck no. I haven't been interested by most of the material coming out of this current phase of the MCU since Endgame. I haven't even caught up on the latest shows or movies. But when news about Daredevil: Born Again dropped? I was hyped. And Frank and Matt's dynamics in the season that came out were just sooooo good that I couldn't help but think how great it would be if someone were to Destiel-ify it. And then I realized that that someone probably had to be me.

Anyway. All that to say is that if you're intrigued by some of the plotlines, maybe give Daredevil a watch. Or if you ever have any questions (about the fic or MCU in general), feel free to ask me. And even if you're not a Marvel fan, if you ever give anything a chance, please let it be Daredevil (TV). The quality is unmatched.

I hope you'll fall in love with Daredevil, too.

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Come See the Claims Gallery! Aug 20th

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[friendofcarlotta]

so we know dean is prone to altering his memory so he's the one at fault right. so what if he remembers cas being taken by the empty because he confessed to cas

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so we know dean is prone to altering his memory so he's the one at fault right. so what if he remembers cas being taken by the empty because he confessed to cas

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decided to revamp my old-ish art

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Екран by Vivienne Mort

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journeys end in lovers’ meeting.

this is dean and castiel from the wonderful story restless wanderer by intothesilentland !!! genuinely one of the best ever destiel fics ive ever read c:

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Last Call for Writer Sign-Ups!

Destiel writers and AU aficionados, this is your last chance to pre-register for claims for the Destiel AU Reverse Big Bang!

We have a phenomenal gallery of over 70 art submissions going up for claims this coming weekend, and today (Monday August 18) is your last day to register for Round 1 & 2 claims on Sunday August 24! Please check out our full Rules and Schedule, and if you haven't yet, sign up here! You'll get an invite to our discord after completing the sign-up form.

Hope to see you there!

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[friendofcarlotta]

under my last sketches a couple of you mentioned this big Cas reminds you of ghibli movies... it compelled me

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I love them so much..

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💥 banner of heaven 💥

dean/cas drawn in photoshop, ~6 hours inspired by edward okuń's portret marszałka józefa piłsudskiego (1919)

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Posting October 1st!

From Desirae and @mercurialkitty...

Title: Family Vacation

Rating: Mature

Tags: Established Dean/Cas, Post-finale fic, Domestic Destiel, fluff & humor, Bunker fic

Pairing: Dean/Castiel, Sam/Eileen

Summary:

It's been nearly a year since Hastings, since Jack brought everybody back, and Castiel and Sam have hatched a fun birthday surprise for Dean to coincide with their upcoming family vacation. So long as they can convince Dean to time travel on angel airways again.

Excerpt:

Grabbing Castiel by the shoulders of that damn baggy trenchcoat Dean gracelessly smashed their lips together.

“What the hell, man?” Dean growled against Castiel’s mouth.

“Dean, I—” the words were muffled as Dean kissed him again, biting at the angel's bottom lip, and then soothing it with his tongue, before pulling away to scold.

“You didn’t even let me say anything!”

“I’m sorry, De—” Cas tried again but Dean cut Castiel off, lips claiming his once more, a little softer this time, but still just as desperate. Dean’s hands cradled Cas’ face, and he let out a soft sigh as he felt Castiel’s hands drag up his sides and clench in the fabric of his shirt. Dean drew back enough to look Castiel in the eyes. “ You fucking love bombed me and died! You got anything to say for yourself?” Dean demanded, even as he clutched at Cas like he would never let go. The angel stared back, eyes blown wide and lips kiss-puffed and chapped, remaining silent. “Well?” Dean said and Castiel furrowed his brows.

“Oh, sorry, this is usually where you kiss me again so…” Cas trailed off awkwardly and Dean heard Sam snort behind him, as he obliged the angel’s assumption and kissed him long and deep and sweet.

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did a lil Castiel, as a treat! tragic that the wings aren’t as visible as i would like but it’s still pretty cool.

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excuse me, he asked for peace when he was done

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me when I remember doomed ships exist