#Artist: Solstheim

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Whisper My Name

Author: PetraAmia | Artist: Solstheim Posting on Friday March 24

Castiel Novak was an alpha with a few secrets up his sleeve, and had distanced himself from his family in New York City. Of course this was the family line, and they stuck to it, Castiel was better off in the West than he was in the City, and they weren't wrong. When Castiel first roamed he made a name for himself in the trick pony shows of the time and finally settled down in a small town called Angel, Wyoming. Here, he gave into some of his Alpha instincts by taking care of the townsfolk as sheriff, but that wasn't to say that he was not a dutiful son. Twice his family back home had sent him an Omega to keep the families honor and both times, the Omega in question had not survived the sometimes harsh climate his new home provided. When a letter came from his eldest brother Michael to alert him to yet a third Omega coming to meet him from New York, he expected nothing but more of the same. He was totally unprepared for the Omega who came with his favorite brother Gabriel, and the new pup he was to take into his life. However, the events of the town have kept them apart, his duties to the town came before his new mate, his true mate, and their relationship suffers. Can they recover, and be what they were always meant to be, or will they continue to dance around each other until they wither? 

Keep reading for a sneak preview!

"My, my Clarence. The temper on you, what's got your britches in a twist?" The voice of one of his dearest friends, Lady Masters, came from the open doorway where she stood. His eyes narrowed at her heeled boots and wondered just how she had snuck up in here on him. His anger, he supposed, had made him a bit blind. She was waiting for an answer so he rumbled out his reply. "My family is meddling.... again." Castiel glared at the paper in front of him and tossed it across his desk so she could read it. The woman was noisier than anyone in town would give her credit for, but she knew how and when to keep secrets. As her eyes roamed the page Castiel leaned back in his sturdy wooden chair and tried to count backwards from fifty. Meg chuffed and waved the letter, "because that worked out so well last time. Amelia wilted in the sun out here, and April? She wanted to kill you. What kind of Omega are they sending this time?” Eyes darting back to the paper she suddenly had an afterthought, “does she know about your... preferences?" Of course there was that question, the one that made him wince. "Probably not, my family likes to shame me for those, remember?" Castiel looked longingly at the bottle of whiskey but decided against it, he was on the job. "Sheriff! There was another- ooof," the young boy Alfie, who helped out around town doing odd jobs, tripped into the office, " sorry sir, there was another letter. Was a bit sticky, so it got stuck to Lady Bradburry's package." Castiel grumbled but took the letter as Alfie straightened himself out. It was from his brother Gabriel, he read it at a glance and his ire settled a hair. "Dearest Brother, Do not be alarmed at Michael's letter. Many things have happened back home since you've gone, and you will be happy to note our Dear brother is no longer squatting on a stick. Though that is not a story for a letter, it is best told in person. I will be accompanying your new Omega, worry not. With Ruthie at my side we will wrangle the stage coaches all the way to the middle of nowhere, where you reside. It is about time I have visited the plains that you call home. We will be following the postal route and should reach our mid way point a few weeks after this letter finds you. There is a Man there named Balthazar, a friend, we will be visiting for a day or two on the journey. I would request you at least send some sort of letter there so that your new Omega can learn something of you? As I said I will have more news to share when we reach your neck of the woods, so this letter will be a touch short. Stop frowning Cassie, it is not as bad as all that. I actually approve of this one. See you soon… well you know. Your favorite brother, Gabriel"

 [continue reading on Ao3 on Friday March 24]

[miasmareninto]

tired of noise

[gushfield]

Elder Scrolls sketches of a Colovian Prince and a Skaal warrior

[vidvana]

I don't know. I... maybe? It's what... it's what he wanted. He just needed their energy. I don't know! I hope I didn't. But... maybe I...

Please, you have to believe me!"

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You deserved this, Ralis.

For 11000 gold I could buy a house and feed a family of four, you know?

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*text slightly altered

[antivosmid]

Gods below and hells above PLEASE. HELP. ME.

[hierophant-x]

Vvardvark: a Telvanni experiment come to life; now wanders the Ashlands in search of insects using its long prehensile tongue. A chimera with scales, fur, and a ferocious attitude. However, despite emitting an unpleasant odor, it has recently been domesticated as a companion species.

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sneak peek! more to come for the morrowind inspired flash sheet ⚔️

[dashasalty]

"I will not give in I've got a reason to fight Every day we choose We might win or lose"

[linda-likes-to-draw]

Artist Challenge! Feat. Chrysanthe (@99corentine )

hooh BOY look at all these Chry's! Look at all his armours aha! I had a lot of fun with these, drawing all these scenarios haha features lots of references from GOL HAH DOV!

I tried my best to translate these and squish all the texts together without getting rid of the original watermarks... so sorry if they look confusing! (computer texts look so bad..)

Image Description below!

1ST: Around a campfire Chrysanthe, Lucien and Teldryn set up somewhere in Solstheim, Chrysanthe visibly struggles to finish the Ash Yam soup in his hands after trying it. Lucien tells Teldryn “Told you it's terrible!”, referring to the Ash Yam soup that now both Lucien and Chrysanthe dislikes. Teldryn replies “Tsk. You uncultured N'wahs.” as he enjoys ash yams and is annoyed his two companions don't. Chrysanthe is wearing Steel Plates Armour.

2ND: In one of the early days of Chrysanthe's adventuring, before the whole Dragonborn ordeal, Chrysanthe, Lucien and Erandur travel in nordic tombs. Chrysanthe, wearing Steel Armour, pulls at a lever and suddenly getting shot by poison dart traps. This causes him to be poisoned and he pukes blood. Erandur and Lucien are surprised by this sudden trap in the background.

3RD: Takes place after Chry killed Ancano and saved the day in the College of Winterhold. Hooray! Tolfdir is telling Chry, holding the Staff of Magnus and wearing hooded college robes, to be the new Arch-Mage and Chry is highly disinterested lol

4TH: Chrysanthe in the quest The House Of Horrors, a quest located in the Abandoned House in Markarth. He just killed Vigilant Tyranus, the Vigilant sent to investigate the house with the player but is then convinced by Molag Bal to kill you. Chry hesitantly killed him, and is very, very disturbed :)c

5TH: The very morning after Chrysanthe's first telepathy with Miraak in the Winterhold inn. Thanks to Lucien, offscreen, he's covered in a fluffy blanket with tea. He's in a very bad state as he tries his best not to collapse in front of Lucien again.

6TH: The honey smut from chapter 16 of GHD ;)) Chry and Miraak are sitting opposite each other near a lake as the sun sets in the background. They are both sweating and little hearts can be seen popping up from below :)

7TH: Entirely a made-up scenario of a possible post-GHD scene where Chry and Miraak are living together and Chry accidentally catches Miraak finish taking a bath in the bathroom. Miraak is facing the door with his body visibly nude and wet as Chry stands at the door, surprised and flustered at the view.

8TH: Chry in ebony armour! with Lucien next to him as they pose like the meme from Spiderman: Into The Spiderverse. HMMN are on top of them as it is a sound Chry makes a lot. sksksk

[spnfemslashbang]

2023 Masterpost

And that’s a wrap! All the thanks to the wonderful writers, artists, betas and readers who participated in the Bang this year!

We had eleven teams make it to the finish line this year, so if you haven’t gotten a chance yet, check them out under the cut below. You can also find the fics in the AO3 Collection.

1. The Reaper’s Apprentice by @butterflyslinky with art by @ephemerastardust (Jessica Moore/Bille, E) Jess is dead, but instead of Heaven, she's offered the opportunity to become one of Death's Brides--a Reaper. With Billie as her guide, she sees the afterlife, and the peace death can bring.

2. The Sunken Garden by MBQ with art by @sunshine-zenith (Anna Milton/Mary Winchester, E) It’s 2023, Mary Winchester tries to solve a case despite her sons’ meddling and ends up partnering with someone she could never tell Dean about, with a monster no one wants to meet.

3. Midnight Blossoms by @bleuzombie and tea_or_die, with art by @burdenedwithpointlesspurpose (Billie/Tessa, E) Finally feeling comfortable in her own body, and confident enough to pursue a relationship, coroner Tessa finds the push she needs to finally meet with her online girlfriend when youth lands on her table. Growing up hoping for the best, but preparing for the worst, she gets to find out what it's like when the best finally happens.

4. But You Dream of Some Epiphany by @pinoruno with art by @solstheim (Anna Milton/Mary Winchester, T) During the culminating fight of 5x13 “The Song Remains The Same,” Anna and Mary are suddenly thrust into the future; alone and afraid, watching scenes play out before them that neither is truly a part of, they begin to lean on each other as they attempt to return to their own time.

5. no such thing as a unique experience by @astralpenguin with art by @golby-moon (Claire Novak & Zooey Fremont, T) It doesn't take long for fifteen year old Claire Novak to figure out that the girl sat across from her is a runaway too. Turns out that's not all they have in common.

6. The Voice In My Earpiece Thinks You’re an Idiot by @kerryweaverlesbian with art by bakh-meliorism (Jo Harvelle/Bela Talbot, E) Bela's after the score of a lifetime, but she's got one problem; it's a  two person job. Good thing she met Jo, who wants it too. Too bad Jo  brings some problems of her own: first, she's got a secret, and a big  one. Second, she's a total amateur. And third, Bela might just be  falling a little bit in love with her. A Jo/Bela heist fic!

7. Adapt to Change by @sitruunavohveli with art by @deancodedcastielenby (Charlie Bradbury/Mary Winchester, E) When Charlie and Mary meet, one is scared to go back to hunting after a close call and the other is confused by the modern world she finds herself in. Despite their different skill sets and personalities, they enjoy each other’s company, and if Charlie also happens to find Mary incredibly attractive, she’s never going to mention it to Mary. And then Mary asks Charlie to join her on a hunting trip.

8. I’ll Still Feel the Pull of You by allthismusic with art by RapsCallion (Claire Novak/Kaia Nieves, E) After a fight about Claire’s dangerous lifestyle, Claire doesn’t think she’ll ever see Kaia again. But when the Winchesters tell her their plan to rescue Castiel from the Empty, and they tell her she’ll need someone to call her back from the void, she knows who she must ask. A road trip brings her to Kaia’s door, and the drive back brings them closer together. And when Claire goes into the Empty on a mission to find an angel, she knows that waiting for her back in the bunker is the one person she’ll do anything to find her way home to.

9. The Red Means I Love You by @father-salmon with art by @squirrelofcelestialintent (Claire Novak/Kaia Nieves, E) Claire is The Grigori, Idaho’s most unpredictable serial killer. Kaia is Dreamwalker, a whisper in the winds of those who know their game. One fueled by a need to cope with her father’s death, the other, revenge for those in the Teen Wilderness Industry, both end up drawn to each other at the oak tree Claire laid claim to. The killers, though wary of each other, begin to form a friendship with the promise of something more, but are careful to keep their identities secret. Still, it doesn’t stop them from forming an attachment. Navigating a new relationship along with the challenges put in their path, the two begin to help each other, especially after Claire receives a visit from her unknown uncle, Castiel, who is more like her than she thinks. Kaia has their sights set on Washington after they’re finished in Idaho, hell-bent that their revenge is paid in nightmares. As the new Thelma and Louise, they become a terrifying force to reckon with, only this time with a happy ending. **Please make sure you read the beginning notes and the disclaimers**

10. Misfortunes of Fealty by @kayliemalinza with art by @solstheim (Claire Novak/Meg Masters, Claire Novak/Emma Winchester, E) After the death of her father and her siring angel Castiel has declined to take her as a vessel, Claire flees her homeland. Overwhelmed with grief, she encounters multiple women who promise to help her avenge her father, to find new purpose, to come into her own power--but there's always a catch. Title is a reference to the 18th century erotic novel Justine wherein bad things Just Keep Happening to the virtuous heroine. Claire gets a much more hopeful ending. Also featuring Dean Winchester, in the background, who just wants his clothes back.

11. What Happens In Wichita... by @motherofdragonflies with art by @burdenedwithpointlesspurpose (Annie Hawkins/Mary Winchester, E) It’s 1982. Ronald Reagan is President, the Dodgers won the World Series and Mary Winchester is done with hunting. She’s a wife now, and a mom, living the apple pie life, just like she always wanted.When an old friend calls in a favor, Mary reluctantly takes the case. It’s a simple haunting that shouldn’t take more than a day. But to Mary’s surprise, she’s not the only hunter trying to gank the spirit. Eighteen year old Annie Hawkins is young and hungry to prove herself, and there’s something about her that draws Mary in. Over the course of the weekend Mary discovers that there is more to life than being a hunter or being a loving wife and mother. But you know what they say: what happens in Witchita…

[rhonda-hurley-appreciation-bang]

Title: Can’t Fight the Moonlight

Author name: DoctorProfessorSong

Artist Name: Solstheim

WC: 34,373

Rating: Explicit

Warnings: N/A

Tags: Idiots to Boyfriends to Lovers, Dean and Cas are platonic partners attached at the everything, But also they are in love love, They just think the other is maybe straight, Platonic Cuddling, Bedsharing, Post-Canon Fix-It, lovers to idiots to partners, f/f/f threesome (off screen), Sex Toys, inconveniently timed boners, Masturbation, Alcohol, including consumption to excess, Canon-Typical Violence, reference to past smoking, Everyone needs to use their words, homophobia (but with quick recourse), references to mythology, Case Fic, Crack Taken Seriously, Dean Winchester psychological torture chamber (in a fun way), alternating pov

Summary: It feels like some sort of cosmic joke. A man, his would-be lover/platonicish life partner, and two of his ex-hook-ups walk into a bar. Only Dean is struggling to find the punchline. When Claire’s car breaks down, Dean and Cas interrupt their semi-retired life to meet up with a local hunter in need of back-up. Unfortunately for Dean, they’re meeting up in a dive bar that just happens to be the local haunt of his ex, Rhonda Hurley. Even worse, Cas and Claire neglected to mention the hunter they’re meeting is Annie Hawkins, one time lover to Dean (not to mention Sam and Bobby).

But that’s okay, because Dean figures they’ll get the details of the case and head out. What he doesn’t know is the monster is targeting women, and may be specifically going after women who are into, well, women. So they need Annie AND she needs a girlfriend for this to work. Enter Rhonda Hurley, looking to get out of town and willing to play fake girlfriend for awhile to help her old friend. And it isn’t like Dean can send a civilian and a hunter he had to bury once into a dangerous situation alone. 

So it looks like they’re all headed on an awkward family vacation.

Link to Fic | Link to Art

[deancaspinefest]

The Devil You Know (Who Also Knows You)

Author: SomethingBlue42 | Artist: Solstheim Posting on Wednesday February 15

After a case gone bad FBI agent, Dean Winchester, transferred to Little Rock for a new start but on a sweltering summer morning he and his partner, Benny, are called to a crime scene that drags his past into his present and the whole nightmare starts back up again. Cas is refusing to talk to anyone but Dean and Dean doesn’t think he can face him; can’t seem to reconcile the man accused of murdering 11 people with the man who’d shared his bed for nearly two years. Cas insists Dean is in grave danger, talk of skinwalkers and angels making Dean ache for the broken person he once loved, maybe still does. When Cas escapes and shows up at Dean’s apartment, insisting Dean come with him, Dean tries to run but everything goes black. When Dean comes to he’s in some sort of library, Cas is on the floor and his brother is rushing to help... except Sam wouldn’t be caught dead in flannel. It’s when he sees himself enter the room that he knows something is horribly wrong and maybe Cas isn't so wackadoo after all. 

Keep reading for a sneak preview!

Dean Winchester tugged at the starched collar of his shirt, grimacing in the muggy mid-morning heat. Sweat gathered on his upper lip and he wiped at it, a futile endeavor. He hooked his hands on his hips in an effort to avoid rings of sweat under his arms. He’d forgone the suit jacket and tie but the waistcoat was still oppressive in the cloying humidity, everything damp from the grass at his feet to the crack of his ass. “I swear there is just nothing like Little Rock in July.” Dean cut his eyes to his partner, the shorter man grinning at him behind mirrored aviators. Dean didn’t know how Benny could stand there in a full three-piece suit much less a beard and page-boy cap in this kind of heat. “They say how long this sucker’s been out here?” Dean asked as they trekked farther away from the car, the well-kept lawn near the shoulder of the road giving way to waist-high grass. The field stretched for miles to the east but their destination was only a score of yards away. “Nah,” Benny waved a hand. “Heard the uni puking in the background though.” Perfect. Dean glanced up at the bright blue sky. A wayward puff of a cloud hung lonely above them but it gave no relief from the brutal sun, not quite blistering but gearing up towards it. Dean could see a gaggle of uniformed officers all standing close together and jawing while a tall woman in a pantsuit stood a ways away, surveying the ground with her hand hooked on her firearm. A blond ponytail bobbed above the grass every once in a while and it wasn’t until they’d passed the unis, silent and glaring at the flash of their badges, that Dean recognized the coroner. “Nothin’ to bag, Jody. There’s no body. Just skin. Better to get a bucket, I’d say.” Dean’s eyebrows rose and when he turned to his partner he found Benny’s expression matched his. They were careful as they stepped closer to the cleared space where the two women stood. “Detective Mills?” The tall woman didn’t take her eyes off the ground at her feet. “Special Agents Winchester and Laffitte. To what do I owe the pleasure?” Her tone suggested it was anything but. Dean cut his eyes at Benny before he let a grin pull across his face. “Heard you caught a homicide. Just wanted to offer assistance. I know you’re stretched thin.”

 [continue reading on Ao3 on Wednesday February 15]

[mareenavee]

For choose violence asks: 12 (easy), 17 or 18 (my favorite questions in the list), 22

PARA!!! Flapping about over here and cawing, are we? I appreciate it :D Let's do this!!! And give you something to read over coffee.

From this sardonic ask game right here.

12. The unpopular character that you actually like and why more people should like them

You want me to talk more about Athis? Well yes, I shall oblige.

I have a hard time judging who is and isn't popular. I just like who I like and will write fanfiction around them LOL simple as that.

But Athis, the bean, does lack quite a bit of fanfiction in his tag and he needs more attention so I'll yell about him some more.

I like how you can ask him his story, even if it's...admittedly not much. AND then if you ask him to repeat himself he gets affronted and sarcastic really fast:

What does it mean to be a Companion? The second time asking: "To me, it means not having to answer foolish questions a second time."

Bean. <3 As good an answer as any especially since most LDBs are gonna be engaging in Riekling Behavior and aren't really worth talking to on a good day LOL. Even as Harbinger.

This little factioid off the wiki:

Although his default gear is governed by the Light Armor skill, Athis is actually more proficient in heavy armor.

So it appears he's that kind of person who is barely wearing any clothing at all for no discernable practical reason. In fact is the opposite of practical if one were to consider the effectiveness of said armor and his specific skill set. So... no reason at all except to be barely wearing any clothing at all. And that does take a specific kind of person, doesn't it? LOL

(I mean I don't write him this bold, honestly because it's a little tiny bit annoying that most of the warriors in the Companions aren't very practical warriors in this manner. But it is a thing. It's a "trait" Bethesda gave him.)

And another tidbit!

You bring his butt with you over to Solstheim or on the Barenziah's crown quest and get too close to that side of the map near Morrowind? The boy gets antsy.

Here:

"Are you thinking you're better than me? I crawled west out of the wasteland, so show some respect." "I avoid going to Eastmarch if I can. Something in the air... I think it's just too close to the border."

I fully intend to twist all of this out of shape and make something really cool of his backstory. I've already hinted at some of it in a few posts here, but yeah. Bethesda gave me a crumb and I will run with it. (:

So yes ATHIS. (Yeah that turned into a ramble. I wonder how that happened. Hm.)

17. there should be more of this type of fic/art

For art specifically!! Please more alchemy ingredients just tossed on a canvas. I love plants, love drawing them but I am not the kind of artist who produces work at a very fast rate and I would have a whole blog of just different depictions of Skyrim alchemy ingredients and plants if enough content existed. I love it so very much.

Fic? More friendship fics for sure. Not everything has to be shippy. (Aro brain taking the wheel again.) If it is gonna be somewhat about love, though, please definitely show me as much possible diversity in the different, nuanced types of love, romantic and otherwise or different iterations of romantic relationships. Knock me off my feet with the coolest possible aro pairing I've ever seen. ( :> ) Make me feel seen with your words, people. Make yourself feel seen in your work, because it's yours. It doesn't need to be a shippy fic if what calls to you is something more or something else.

That said, I am very fond of certain pairings and can be persuaded to like ships. BUT more nuance is always very, very needed and good.

18. it's absolutely criminal that the fandom has been sleeping on...

OOOh this one again yesss.

Oh. REBUILDING!!! I want fic where we're seeing things being fixed, and settlements recovering. I understand that the theme of the world is decay, really and the dragons are about to [redacted] up the entire situation. BUT. But. It doesn't make sense that things have stagnated for decades or centuries... there should have been some repair to Winterhold. There should have been some kind of changes made to the structure of cities in Vvardenfell, some rebuilding. I think the fandom could do some really cool redesigning and bring forward a ton of awesome OC backstories set in situations of rebuilding like this. I know some mods fix these things, but like...to really dig into what it means for people and why they may be in Skyrim due to these efforts or being displaced due to incorrect handling of said efforts and/or succumbing to more danger and disaster over the years? SO much to work with. I'll be touching on this with Athis things in future. (:

22. your favorite part of canon that everyone else ignores

This is a fancy way to ask question 1 again (:

But no there's a lot that can be ignored in canon. And another favorite is that Neloth was alive in Morrowind and is presumed to use and know all those cool spells you can craft.

He should know these things in Skyrim, too, but doesn't. Some silliness about the wiki infers some magic is Illegal but I think Neloth would not give a single shit if it was illegal or not.

So why do these spells no longer surface? (aside from game engine limitations?) Especially when Neloth fights?

I don't know if people ignore this in their fics but I sure don't. I do love my ✨Weird Magic Shit.✨ And crafting spells seems the weirdest and absolutely something that would be frequently and illicitly going on in Tel Mithryn if certain magic is illegal.

It existed and some characters were around when it was normal magic useage and are still around in Skyrim LOL so.... (: Yes. How much weirder magic shit used to be in older games. I feel it's ignored not purposefully...but because not everyone has played the older games. And that's okay too. But I remember and I will take canon and run wild with it.

Thank you for these, Para!!!! AUGH <3 🫂💖

[deanwbigbang]

That’s a wrap for Dean Winchester Big Bang 2022! Below the cut, you’ll find all the fics and art created this year! Check them out and leave their authors and artists some love!

See you next year!

Number One Preference by RogueTranslator | art by Solstheim dean x cas, T, 11.9k

CASTIEL, the Complex Artificial Symbolic and Tactile Intelligence capable of Emotional Learning, is a personal AI under development at The Sandover Corporation. In hopes of impressing the company’s leadership, Sam’s tech team spends the summer of 2032 installing CASTIELs in the homes of executives. Dean, a Senior Vice President of Marketing who happens to be Sam’s workaholic older brother, is one of those executives. Though Dean starts out skeptical of personal AIs, he and CASTIEL soon become fast friends, and Dean begins developing a new marketing strategy for CASTIEL that emphasizes the bonds between machines and humans. But when the board of directors finally makes good on a threat to shutter the CASTIEL program permanently, Dean has to rely on all his skills as a marketer to get them to change course and save CASTIEL.

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Through This Dark Tunnel by YohkoBennington | art by DWImpala67 dean x sam, M, 8.2k

After a hunt went wrong, Sam is left to pick up the pieces. Trying to put them back to who they were while considering a change in their lives proves to be a whole new set of obstacles he thought they were done with.

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broken glass (a million pieces of lumpy meat) by swordofsun | art by imjustgonnareblogthis dean x cas, T, 8k

Dean takes Jody's advice and allows himself to be broken. Just for a little bit.

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Final Days of Eden by tendency | art by ncdover1285 dean x cassie, T, 11.1k

Dean’s got a great girl he’s in love with, and he’s managing to split his days between working at a mechanic’s shop and hunting while still having plenty of time for Cassie. He could definitely see spending the rest of his life like this (if only he could stop feeling so guilty about the lies he has to tell her).

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Take the Long Way Home by Amypond45 | art by MidnightSilver dean x sam, M, 10.3k

Dean grew up an only child. When his parents die in a car accident, he returns to Lawrence to sell the family home and move on with his life. Then, one day, a Tall Hot Dude pulls up in a crappy used car.

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Enspelled by zaffre | art by R-ifann dean x cas, T, 5k

Rowena curses Sam for the Winchester’s involvement in Crowley’s death. Now it’s up to Dean to learn magic to save him. It’s just that easy and just that hard.

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Straight Boys and Queer Hearts by Out_of_nowhere | art by PetraAmia dean x reader, E, 6.6k

You have a one night stand with Dean Winchester, not expecting it to be anything more. To your surprise, Dean wants to see you again. The thing is, you know about guys like Dean, and how relationships with guys like him usually go.

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Figure It Out As I Go by jld71 | art by DWImpala67 dean x sam, E, 44.4k

After discovering that he’s pregnant with Sam’s pup and thinking that Sam doesn’t want him because Sam has never made the move to claim him, Dean decides to leave Sam and the safety of the bunker to start a life on his own with his pup.

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Summer Blues by MiracleofWinchester | art by art rover dean & sam, M, 11.2k

As Dean sits here alone in the dark of this summer's night, going through some sort of an introspection journey deep down memory lane _ as he’s finding himself doing more and more for a while now _ as he tries his hardest to make sense of things. Of memories. Yes, Dean thinks; hindsight is like looking through a sharp, new set of eyes. Sometimes disorienting, yet the closest thing to crystal clear. ——— Or Dean Winchester spends one summer night down memory lane. it's nothing much, just his entire life really. or maybe get would go through just a few key moments down the line.

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Hush by Squeevening | art by alexiescherryslurpy dean x benny, E, 9.7k

Here's what might have happened in Purgatory between Dean and Benny. This fic is a happy-for-now, because I've watched this show very carefully, *especially* the breakup scene between Dean/Benny and Sam/Amelia, shot with equal weight, where Dean says ADIOS - which he only says to lovers the morning after - and you cannot tell me Dean and Benny weren't CANONICALLY dating. :-D Anyways, this is sweet and hot and I found it incredibly addicting, not because of the sex, but because of how endearingly pathetic Dean gets before he figures out how to ask for it.

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Heaven is a Place on Earth by Bexgowen | art by Solstheimart dean x sam, E, 64.7k

Dean Winchester is a lonely, repressed ad-man whose only vices are his 1967 Chevy Impala and the sex worker he sees every week. When Anael unexpectedly cancels Dean's appointment with her at the Heaven and Hell themed brothel, Dean agrees to make an appointment with another of Heaven's angels. A male angel, who goes by the name 'Castiel', and who unlocks desires in Dean that he thought he had buried deep, deep down. But there is a darker side to Dean: a side that Dean discovers when he ventures down to Hell and meets a demon named Alastair. Will Dean listen to the angel on his shoulder and follow his heart, or will he succumb to the temptation of the demon on his back?

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The Michael Sword by deansmultitudes | art by zxro dean & cas, dean & michael, M, 6.3k

There’s no stopping the apocalypse. Best Dean can do is make sure that the slightly better side has a fighting chance once Lucifer wears Sam to the prom. He makes a decision—he’s going to say ‘yes’ to Michael. And there is nothing that can stop him; not Sam and Bobby locking him up in the panic room, and most definitely not Cas’s fists bruising his body, drawing blood, bouncing him around that dark alley like a rag doll.

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[vidvana]

Paranoia, paranoia...

Imaginary foes and dangers, quite often conviction about self-importance, fight-or-flight mode flared up to the extreme and feeling an urge to do irrational things... like avoiding mirrors or windows.

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Ildari's an underrated character.

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I hope you all take care of yourself and drink enough water.

I wish all of you a nice day :)

[thedisc0panda]

This one is a bit abstract for the multifantober prompt “loneliness” but Tel Mithryn is in the middle of nowhere and I think it would get rather lonely pretty quickly if the only people you’re around are a crazy old wizard, a cook, a mycologist, and a steward ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ . QOTD: if you were a member of a great house of Morrowind which would you join? . #artdivergant #theartparadise #inktober2022 #tesinktober2022 #multifantober2022 #inktober #masterneloth #prismacolor #inktoberdrawing #copicmarkers #prismacolorpencils #inksketch #theelderscrolls #drawing #inkart #artofinstagram #instagramartist #explorepageart #artistsofinstagram #artistsoninstsgram #artistoninstagram #artist #talvasfathryon #morrowindart #art #skyrimart #neloth #housetelvanni #sketchbook #mushrooms (at Solstheim, Morrowind) https://www.instagram.com/p/CjoYtZ3uxOE/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[czerwonywilk]

8 for every single ask game

oh god

8: thing you struggle to draw?

humans, clothes, mechanic stuff like robots, mecha, cars

8: song from an artist ive listened for a while

cage the elephant ft iggy pop - broken boy

this is 8th emoji so it counts too right? ☔Is there a fic concept you have that you'd like to just explain and share because you're not sure you'll ever write it? If so, what is it?

sorry for wall of text in advance head fuyll thoguhts many but - reading red's operator files, voicelines, and knowledge about fangs from il siracusano makes me want to write about what if red will finally have to think about what she will do outside of the hunt - it won't go on forever, one day she will have to decide who she wants to be, who she would be if she wasn't a wolf hunter, grandma seems so much different than agnese - who lunacub is more like friends with than mentor and mentee, agnese cares about lunacub and wants to get her out of the hunt

agnese really cares about her fang, but the way grandma is described in red's files and module, it feels like their masters couldn't be more different, with grandma teaching red everything to survive, to hunt, but she wasn't close to her the same way agnese was to her fang

life is something more than just the hunt, and grandma didn't teach red skills to deal with this - she was only taught what was required to hunt, to fulfill the purpose of a fang, but everything outside of this is inevitable, there is more to life than what you were raised for

the parts with "so, is she going to leave? she doesn't know." and kal'tsit's "she has the right to choose for herself." are even more fascinating to me knowing (with il siracusano) that she went back to siracusa, she listened to grandma and hunted crownslater's master who was a fang, gonna talk about agnese's letter again because the part with " but she struggled to break free. it was the only way she knew how to live." and "your doctor tells me she will return, hopefully." - i am very fascinated by the idea of someone raised like a tool, for one singular purpose, to finally face the choice of being able to be something more than that - having to decide what they want in life, who they are, would they even have desire to learn about things outside of their purpose, what would they feel about all the things one can do, would it be sadness about all the things they missed out? excitement and curiosity, about what they could be now?

she has her whole life in front of her, and maybe all of it doesn't have to be spent being a fang

🏷 Is there a tag you like to search for when looking for fanfics to read?

i rarely search for specific tags, just by fandom, but i when i did i think i searched mostly for hurt/comfort

8: any reacquiring dreams?

being in school again, being lost in a city,

8: what's an old project you;ve lost interest in

i started making a morrowind mod for a player home several years ago, some kind of ice cave in solstheim, but at some point i stopped playing, deleted morrowind and forgot to back up my .esp files so it's gone lmao

sage ⇢ what ‘medium’ of art (poetry, music, fiction, paintings, statues etc.) is the most touching to you? why do you think that is?

mostly music, but there is something fascinating about paintings, when you can get up close to one and feel the paint, to feel different thickness of paint in different parts of the painting, being able to feel direction of brush strokes

8: common fandom opinion that everyone is wrong about

monhun veterans talking about how 5th gen (world/rise) is too easy and/or much, much easier than older generations, i mean they are easier but some people forget how much experience they acquired, of course it will feel too easy when you have hundreds of hours, if you started playing now with 5th gen you would struggle just slightly less so than you did when you started with older generations