#I'm too fandom old for simple whump

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So…can I ask for Paykey but Mikey dies? (Yes I like to suffer)

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Kakashi's Birthday Recs

since it's our beloved boy's birthday, I thought I'd take some time to rec a few of my favorite fics (and a few of my own)!

The Pack Survives by ihopethelightwillshineuponus

genfic | 97k / 25/25ch | Kakashi & Team 7-centric When a simple C-rank mission turns into a straight-up nightmare, the members of Team Seven narrowly escape with their lives. They end up stuck in the middle of nowhere, each of them injured and forced to rely on one another for help.

A++ whump & team bonding, it's great!

Like You'd Get Your Knuckles Bloody For Me by mabledonut

genfic | 37k / 10/10ch | Kakashi & Team 7-centric Kakashi was in hell, or something close to it. a.k.a. Genin Team 7 goes bananas after their sensei gets kidnapped and tortured.

another A++ whump fic, with some really great team bonding moments. kakashi defies hiruzen's decree a little and spills a bit of knowledge about naruto's dad + team ten cameo & mednin!shikamaru!

The Last Time I'll Abandon You by mabledonut

genfic | 300k+ / 78/120ch | Team Minato-centric | Ongoing “Hatake Kakashi, isn’t it…?” Kakuzu asked as he emerged from underground, as the black strings or wires or whatever they were retracted back into his body, catching Kakashi from behind along the way, tugging him down, once again laying him prone on the hard rocks and roots of the forest floor. “It’s been some time, but yes, I do remember you…” Shit, we are in a bad way, Kakashi thought to himself as he struggled to get up. Who’s gonna…

an absolutely SAGA of a story, a must-read. though it's a genfic it DOES have some background ships like asukure, and features TEENIE TINNYYY allusions to ships like kakarin, obikaka and obirin. some top-tier whump, nauseating, will have you reading through your fingers at times, i honestly cannot recommend this fic enough!

Uneasy Lies the Head by Hiiraeth

genfic | 130k / 27/27ch | Kakashi & Team 7-centric “Shikamaru,” He began, trying to stay calm. “I’d like for you to get Sakura." Kakashi swallowed thickly and swayed on his feet. "Because I think I've just been poisoned."

POISON FIC!! kakashi has been poisoned! will he and co figure out a cure IN TIME? take a look and FIND OUT!! stunning whump, wonderful team dynamics. this was one of the first fics i ever read in the naruto fandom and it did NOT disappoint!

Just Leave Me in Two Pieces by @perpetuallyuneloquent

genfic | 12.5k / 3/?ch | Kakashi & Team Minato-centric | Ongoing Kakashi kept his eyes closed as the world came into focus around him. The stale air smelled vaguely like old sake and burning kerosene, the ground beneath him gritty and cold. His mind was too sluggish for him to process more, however. I just want to go back to sleep, honestly. Well, that was concerning. Usually, he couldn’t sleep. …Where am I?

exciting and deliciously upsetting fic as team minato goes through the recycling wheel of miscommunication. featuring some grade A whump and a side of people not saying what they should when they need to, and a very interesting original villain!

And Of Course, I'm throwing a couple of my own fics:

red clouds, white wings, silver hair, dogteeth by Mothervvoid

Kakashi/Konan | 2.8k / 1/1ch | Kakashi & Konan-centric When she goes to him she must shed her red clouds and become something else. White wings, dark clothes; bright like an angel as she was when she first made her descent into the ravine where she found him. She could have left him of course, leaf seal on his headband and red spiral flak jacket. This man is her enemy.

in this fic i dare to ask the question: how would this ship work? feat some kakashi whump!

Pebble Brain by Mothervvoid

Kakashi/Obito | 20.7k / 6/6ch | Kakashi & Obito-centric Communication is king.

my obikaka magnum opus.

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11, 12, 19, 21, and 24!

Fandom/fanfic asks! - @icouldbemoreclever

11.- Most unique merch you have for a fandom? That would probably be my old Captain Commando figure from the MvsC series by Toy Biz. I don't know how "unique" it actually is, but I've seen it going on sale for waaayyy more than I paid for it brand new at the time, so it kinda looks like it's not too common. Plus, other than the games and the 2 volume manga, there's very few official merch of that franchise! :c

12.- Craziest thing you've ever done as part of a fandom? I've mentioned this one before, but I once attended to a Megumi Ogata (YYH's Kurama's seiyuu) concert in my country while wearing a Karasu (YYH) cosplay lol. I was also on the second row! Just about 2 meters away from her. It was quite the experience lol. It was also not that planned really! ((Story time ahead)) The concert was held inside an anime convention and which was also located in another city (around 4 hours from where I live). Said anime convention used to give free entrance to most cosplayers at the time. I went with my sister, a couple friends, and a bunch of guys we met during the trip and also met with an online friend I had at the time and her girlfriend. At the time, my sister and I were kinda broke bc we had just attended to that con the past November (this one of the concert was on February, just a couple months later), so we'd had many expenses already from then and also from buying bus tickets to get there this time, local transportation tickets (bus and subway), food, etc so any pennies we could save to buy merch would be great! I also used to cosplay every time we went to those cons, plus, I already had the Karasu cosplay ready since that was the first cosplay I ever made and I also still had my hair long by then since I was planning to cosplay as Kuronue at some point too (spoiler: The Kuronue cosplay never came to fruition :( ). I also had a hunch they would have Kurama merch on sale for that con due to Megumi Ogata's concert (YYH merch was difficult to find, and even more so Kurama's because it would be sold out before we even got there), and I was right because that's where I managed to snatch a Kurama Banpresto keychain I'd wanted for years! So it was a win/win all around with the moneys I saved from that free entrance lol

19.- Fanfic you read again and again? I don't have a specific one that comes to my mind tbh, partly bc I haven't read any fanfics in a good while and partly bc my memory is awful. I like plenty that I occasionally re-read every now and then tho! Most of them were written by HamonHugs because I really like the way they portrayed and stayed true to Jonathan and Speedwagon.

21.- Favorite fic trope? I'm a simple man who loves Friends to Lovers stuff (bonus for "Enemies to friends to lovers" which, coincidentally, pretty much fits Jonawagon lol). "Fix-it" fics where some of the characters with canon deaths survive the horrors (like the "Jonathan lives AU" stuff in Jojo for example). Romance stuff, fluff, stuff like Mutual Pining, a bit of Drama and Angst here and there (pretty sure the Hurt/Comfort thing fills this bill but idk?), bits of humor sprinkled here and there to give the story a wider range of emotions (thus making the sad and the fluff feel much more pronounced too). Some whump and violence can be good too depending on the story. AUs are also nice when done right. I like some of the "Modern AUs" I've seen for Jonawagon. Same with reincarnation stuff and so on. I suck at naming tropes tbh, so I totally missed stuff here.

24.- Funniest fandom-related story? Probably the story I mentioned earlier about the Megumi Ogata concert lol. Other than that I can't remember anything in particular, save for the times Reki Taki-sensei (one of Araki's former assistants for the manga and also part of DavidPro's art staff since Stardust Crusaders) drops some likes on some of the art I retweet or on some of the random Speedwagon posts I make on twitter. As a bit of a side note: He also sometimes likes some of my Jonawagon ship-ish posts too 😁

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Fic author interview!

Thamks @galexibrain

Anyone who wants to do this can!

How many works do you have on Ao3?

Currently 70

2. What’s your total AO3 word count?

557,317

3. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

We Call This Fate (MDZS) [JC/WWX] - 546 kudos

2. Smile, And You're Much Cuter! (MDZS) [JC/WWX] - 445 kudos (idek why people like this so much -_- it's a fic i wrote i like the least)

3. Red (MDZS) [JC/WWX. companion work to Fate] - 389 kudos

4. and there is one price i'd cheat to win (MDZS) [JC/WWX] - 355 kudos

5. My Love Grows Gardens And Flower Crowns (MDZS) [JC/LXC] - 341 kudos (relic from my past lel)

4. Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?

I do as much as I can! I take a while to reply though because sometimes I'm either not in the right brainspace or the comments have piled up, making me overwhelmed.

5. What’s the fic you’ve written with the angstiest ending?

Probably the Jiang Cheng centric angst fic "Indecision". I rarely write unhappy endings even though I write a lot of angst. But this one's ending has absolutely no closure lol.

6. What’s the fic you’ve written with the happiest ending?

Most of my fics have a happy or hopeful ending but I guess if we go by pure fluff and everything nice with not a single shred of angst potential then Experiences [Nu: Carnival - Eiden/Edmond], aforementioned My Love Grows Gardens and Flower Crowns and finally Simple Complexities [MDZS - JC/WWX]

7. Do you write crossovers?

I wrote one series for a TGCF/MDZS crossover because I wanted Shi Qingxuan and Jiang Cheng to meet.

8. Have you ever received hate on a fic?

Outright hate, no. Weirdly worded borderline rude "constructive criticisms" and backhanded "compliments" a number of times.

9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind?

I write smut! As for "what kind" uhm...mostly vanilla-ish? But with some amount of dubcon though. I think my xiancheng fic "Etched" is the only one in BDSM adjacent territory and a fair amount of questionableness.

10. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

Not that I know of.

11. Have you ever had a fic translated?

Yes! For this fic inspired off of Alfred Lord Tennyson's poem. Pairing is JC/LXC.

12. Have you ever co-written a fic before?

Strangely enough, no.

13. What’s your all-time favorite ship?

Uhh OTP of all times is probably XianCheng by now? I always love a ship I've once loved though so all my old OTPs are honestly all-time favorites too. Some old ships in question that I still love a lot are IchiRuki (Bleach) and NezuShi (No. 6)

14. What’s a WIP that you want to finish but don’t think you ever will?

Hmm.... my longest standing WIP is the BaekChen RPF "Shall We, My Dear" which I fear may not ever be updated. But I do still wanna finish it though...

15. What are your writing strengths?

ANGST, psychological whump, some more angst.

16. What are your writing weaknesses?

Not being able to control my wordcount and not having a consistent writing schedule lol.

17. What are your thoughts on writing dialogue in other languages in a fic?

I'd get too insecure to do full dialogues but a few short ones here and there should be within my abilities.

18. What was the first fandom you wrote for?

WAAAYYY back I wrote a fic on a random notepad for Nintama Rantaro when I was like 10 or something lolll. Of course I wasn't in fandoms or anything at all back then. For a "fandom" my first posted fic was a Naruto one, Gaara centric because I didn't care (mostly) for anyone else xD.

19. What’s a fandom/ship you haven’t written for yet but want to?

Several actually. ZhouDu from Priest's Mo Du, NezuShi (and so what if No.6 is old?), some kinda self-indulgent genshin rarepairs I wanna try very specific ideas on [few eg: KaeRosaLuc, VenLuc, EuLuc] and YuuMika from Owari no Seraph because I'd recently begun rereading the manga and Mika is once again blorbo.

20. What’s your favorite fic you’ve written

Simple Complexities hands down. It's not my most popular but I think I hold this fic really dear because I did a great job. From my old EXO RPF fandom, the Noragami AU ChanSoo fic; even though my writing has improved loads from then, I'm still plenty proud of this one. And finally, while We Call This Fate is not my "favorite" but I worked the hardest for this so it has a lot of my love and blood, sweat and tears.

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Love Ruins - SPN Fanfic

Title: Love Ruins

Fandom: Supernatural

Words: 2.8k

Setting: Pre-Series Brotherhood AU

Characters: Dean, John, Caleb, Sam, Mac, Jim

Ship: None

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Summary: After some convincing from his father, Dean decides to drop out of high school.

Sort of a sequel to "Love Reminds Us" by Ridley

Trigger Warnings: Grades Shaming, Embarrassment

Authors Note:

You see I was working on my Febuwhump stories and then suddenly wrote this out of nowhere. It doesn't fit with any of the prompts and I'd be hard pressed to call it whump. So here we are!

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It's probably not my best ever writing but I wrote it in like three hours when I was supposed to be doing other things.

I was inspired after re-reading "Love Reminds Us" by Ridley.

"Dad I can't." Dean regretted it as soon as the words left his mouth.

John spun on him, anger gleaming in his eyes. Sam looked up from where he was reading a book on the couch, a look of shock at Dean's insubordination. "What do you mean you can't."

The eighteen-year-old shrunk back. "I-I have to pass this English test. It's tomorrow and we've gone hunting every night this week."

"Since when do you care about your grades?" John rolled his eyes.

"Since I'm failing and need to bring my grade up if I want to play baseball next month. I've already made the team but they won't let me play if I'm not passing all my classes."

"We don't have time for this, Dean."

"Oh yes, Heaven forbid your son's spend their time on something other than hunting." Sam piped in before returning to his book.

John ignored him. "We don't have time for all this crap and we certainly don't have time for baseball! We might have to move soon."

"But- but you promised we could stay-" And Dean felt all of ten. The look his father shot him confirmed that he sounded like a whining baby.

"Y'know I expect this kind of behavior from your brother but not from you! It just confirms that you need to go on this hunt!"

"Dad, please. Just let me pass this test-"

John's response was unexpected. He pulled out his wallet, pulling out the bills from his last hustle. He slammed down two hundred dollars on the kitchen table. "Drop out, and you can have that." He pointed to the money.

Dean's eyes widened slightly. "Wait, are you serious? You want me to drop out?!"

Sam was once again watching the scene go down, his book forgotten.

"You'll be lucky if you graduate anyway. Just take the money and put us both out of our misery."

"But what about college!" Sam stood from his place on the couch. The fourteen year old had been obsessed with college since the summer before where Mac had given Dean half a dozen college applications to fill out. Dean hadn't even filled out one. But he did keep the baseball scholarship tucked in the bottom of his bag where he was sure no one would find it.

"Your brother isn't going to college. He knows that, I know that, everyone knows that! Dean's a hunter and you are too! The sooner you get that into your thick skull-!"

"It's fine!" Dean cut in. "I'll go on the hunt. Let's just go."

John sent his youngest a final glare before nodding and heading out the door.

~SPN~

Everything hurt. Everything hurt and the lights were too bright and Dean wasn't exactly sure what he was writing. The hunt hadn't been as simple as John had believed it to be and they had arrived back just in time for Dean to stumble into the shower and wake Sam up for school. He certainly hadn't had time to study.

The bell rang and Dean blinked down at his test. He'd done maybe half of it. And he was pretty sure he'd gotten most of those wrong anyway. He turned in his paper without making eye contact with the teacher.

He tried not to think about the test or the implications. He had done a pretty good job at succeeding until lunch when the teacher called him into her room. Dean made the propper show of rolling his eyes at the guy he was sitting with, then followed her back to his English classroom.

"You failed your test. Pretty significantly in fact." She started, very straightforward.

Dean shrugged, "Guess English isn't my thing."

"You do realize that this was your final chance of bringing your grade up before the baseball season starts."

He shrugged again.

The teacher ran her eyes over him and frowned. Dean could just imagine what she was seeing. Maybe it was his black eye. Or possibly the split lip. He had to keep from messing with his sleeve to ensure that the bruises from the poltergeist were covered on his arms.

"Dean," She started, with those cursed compassionate eyes he'd seen far too many times in his life. "If there's something going on, some problem at home, just tell me and we can work this out. I can get you help."

He couldn't help but bristle. "Nothing's wrong. I don't need help. I'm fine. The only thing wrong with me is this stupid school and it's nosy teachers."

The teacher had no chance to respond before he stormed out of the room.

~SPN~

John was sitting at the table when the boys got home. The two hundred dollars were still sitting on the edge of the table. Dean went over, picked up the money and slammed down the school's withdrawal notice.

John nodded with approval.

"No way!" Sam shouted. "You did not!"

"Your brother did what needed to be done, son."

"What- He dropped out of highschool! He's officially a highschool dropout!"

In that statement, Dean heard every teacher whispering behind his back. Every counselor lamenting his fate when they thought the door was closed. "And your point." Dean hissed.

Sam shook his head, barking a laugh. "I always knew you were a pushover but this- this takes it to a whole new level."

Dean flinched when Sam's bedroom door closed.

"Don't worry about him." John smiled. "You made the right choice. Made two hundred dollars out of it too." He winked.

Dean nodded but he had a feeling no one else would agree with his decision. He wasn't even sure that he agreed with it himself.

~SPN~

Sam's obsession with school only grew after Dean dropped out. He took every opportunity to talk about his classes and everything happening. Dean did his best to ignore him.

Dean had gotten a job at the same repair shop as his dad. At least no one there seemed to care what he was doing or gave him speeches about wasted potential.

But now they were heading to Jim's. Dad was working on a case in Kentucky and had decided they could use the time at the Farm. It was cheaper. Sam looked at Dean like his dropping out was the sole reason for them moving.

Dean didn't understand his brother's reaction. Sam had to realize that this was his only option. His dad had made very clear baseball wasn't happening. And his test just confirmed it. Between his dad's training regiment and the hunts he probably wouldn't have been able to bring up his grade. Why waste all that time when he might not pass anyway?

And as for baseball… yeah he was bummed. It sucked he wouldn't get his last season. But that wasn't a fight worth having. It didn't matter with the way his grades were. And the dropping out hadn't shocked anyone. Even his guidance counselor didn't look overly surprised. There was a brief speech about making sure this was the best thing but it was half hearted at best. Everyone knew this was coming. Why disappoint them.

But Mac and Jim… they wouldn't understand. Mac was the champion of education and Jim had always harped on the importance of his studies. Damian was the wild card. Dean remembered Caleb in his senior year trying to convince those around him that dropping out was for the best. In the end he had finished school, largely because he didn't want to set a bad example for Dean. Well there went that. He was dropping out anyway, no example needed.

They pulled into the Farm and Dean noticed Caleb's jeep as well as Mac's rental of choice. All hope of them not being there went out the window. Dean took his time getting out of the car and gathering his things. He hoped to avoid the topic for as long as possible. Dean knew they'd be going in tomorrow to register Sam for school. Dean hoped to see if he could register for the GED while in town. He'd managed to look up some of the laws on a library computer. Thanks to his dad's generous donation, he had more than enough to pay for the test. He was supposed to have been withdrawn for ninety days but he thought he could probably get around it by saying he'd just moved here. Same with the address. He'd just have it sent to the farm and attempt to intercept any mail that happened to come in. He knew he should probably take a course or something to get him ready, but he knew exactly how well that would go down. He'd just have to hope that he wasn't as stupid as people seemed to think that he was.

Dean followed his family inside, carrying both his and Sam's bag. They were greeted by Jim cooking in the kitchen, humming lightly. He smiled when he saw them. "Welcome home boys."

"Yeah for what, two weeks until Dad gets a new case?"

"Sam!" Dean reprimanded, shoving the boys duffel into his arms. "Go take your stuff upstairs."

Jim was unphased by Sam's poor attitude. It had become the norm as of late. "Your room is ready upstairs, and I believe Caleb is up there as well."

Sam didn't answer, huffing up the stairs like he had been tasked with a great burden. Mac then appeared from the Hunter's Tomb. "I was wondering when you all would arrive."

Dean knew he should probably take his own bag upstairs but the idea of having to be in the same room as Sam just then didn't sound overly appealing. But Sam must have just dropped his stuff off because he was already coming back down the stairs, Caleb close behind.

"Look what the cat dragged in." Caleb grinned.

Dean just rolled his eyes. "Good to see you too, Damian."

"Well, dinner is almost ready." Jim said, returning to his stove. "Then we can discuss the game plan for tomorrow. I've already called the school so they should be expecting us."

Dean involuntarily tensed at the mention of school. Caleb's eyes darkened. "You good there, Deuce?"

"Dean's just relieved he doesn't have to worry about it." Sam spit out. With the way Sam treated the situation, you'd think Dean had abandoned a group of starving orphans when he dropped out.

"Sam." Dean growled.

"What's that supposed to mean?" Caleb eyed the brothers and Dean made sure to pull up his mental walls.

"Dean doesn't have to worry about school anymore, right Dean?"

"Just shut up, Sam."

"What seems to be the problem?" Mac frowned, his eyebrows showing his confusion and concern.

"My big brother here dropped out of high school." Sam supplied with far too much glee at the uncomfortable position he'd put his brother in.

The young hunter tried to remain casual but could feel the heat rising in his cheeks.

"Dean, is this true?" Macland asked, taking a step forward.

Dean opened his mouth but it was John who spoke. "He's eighteen, he had the right to drop out."

"And you support this?!" Mac gasped in disbelief.

Sam laughed, "Endorsed it? Dad bribed him to do it!"

"Enough Sam." Dean growled. He'd been hoping for more time. Hoping to bring it up in a way that wasn't like releasing a rampaging bull in the middle of a china shop.

"So you're allowed to ruin your life but I'm not allowed to talk about it?"

"Will you just get off my case! It's done. It's over. Drop it!"

"He wasn't going to pass anyway." John added. "It's saving time and money."

Dean pulled into himself. "It was one class, Dad." He felt the need to defend himself in front of the other hunters despite the fact that he'd been thinking the same thing. "I could have brought it up."

"School has never been your thing, Ace. This was the best course of action."

"Jonathan!" Mac exclaimed. "How could you endorse this? What about college?"

"Dean's place isn't at college. He's a hunter and he doesn't need some fancy degree getting in his way. I need him here. Hunting with me and taking care of Sam. That's his place. Not some overpriced college filling his head with useless facts!"

"What happened to setting a good example?" Caleb crossed his arms. Dean wasn't sure exactly what the older boy was thinking. He wasn't sure he wanted to. "Remember that whole spiel you gave me about sticking with it to be an example to your kids."

"That." John matched his posture. "Was at your father's request. And I don't think Dean's dropping out is going to have an effect on Sam. Except maybe to make him graduate top of his class out of spite."

"Can we just drop it? Please." Dean hoped he didn't sound as pitiful as he imagined. "Talking about it isn't going to change it. Dad's right. He needed me on hunts and school was getting in the way."

"Most parents make school a priority." Sam muttered.

"Well this parent prioritizes saving the world to flunking out in a classroom."

The silence that followed was only broken when Jim softly said, "Let's eat."

They gathered around the table in a thick silence. Jim said grace and they started to eat. Dean kept his eyes on his plate, forcing in the food that held no real appeal. The pastor began involving the table with small talk and the tense silence slowly broke away into the normal chatter.

Dean noticed Caleb staring at him but ignored it. He wasn't in the mood for his best friend's condemnation. He'd gotten everyone's message loud and clear.

He was the first to excuse himself, making his way quickly to the room he and Sam shared. He collapsed on the bed, staring up at the ceiling and allowing the traitorous thoughts to come. Thoughts that he had tried to drown out since he was a kid. Thoughts about being normal and having a normal family that did normal things. He wondered briefly how different things would be if his mom hadn't died. Would they still be in Kansas, baseball contract signed with a big party planned for after his graduation?

He needed to stop. If he didn't he was going to start crying or something else incredibly girly.

A knock at the door had him sitting up. Great. Here came the lectures.

"It's me." Caleb said.

He plopped back down on the bed. "Door's unlocked."

"You left dinner pretty quick. Pastor Jim hadn't even brought the pie out."

"I doubt you're here to talk about pie so just get it over with." He answered, eyes trained on the ceiling above him.

Caleb sighed, sitting on Sam's bed. "I'm not mad at you."

"Well that's a relief." He rolled his eyes.

"But I do want to know why."

"You heard Dad's spiel."

"That's Johnny's reasoning. I want to know yours."

Dean turned to look at him. "Dude, he offered me two hundred bucks to stop going to school. How is that not the dream."

"What about baseball?"

Dean looked away. "I wasn't going to play anyway. You have to be passing to play."

"And you weren't passing."

"No. Thought Dad made that pretty clear."

"He shouldn't have called you out like that."

"But he was right. I couldn't bring up my English grade. I should have taken his offer before I embarrassed myself with that test."

Caleb frowned, "So, you didn't take the chance immediately."

"What does it matter, Damian? I dropped out. No one's surprised. I'm pretty sure the counselor already had the forms in my file."

"And college?"

"We both knew that was never going to happen."

"You can still go if you want. You could go back to school. Or even get your GED-"

"Will you just stop! I get it, okay?! It was stupid. I ruined my future. It doesn't matter, Caleb. The only thing I'll ever be is a hunter. It's the only thing in the cards. And if I recall, you wanted to drop out just as bad and if your dad would have let you, you would have."

"But I didn't. And I graduated from Auburn and started my own company."

"Great. You can add that to your list along with a trust fund and a supportive parent."

"You're not going to change your mind."

"No. I'm not."

"Fine. But answer me this. And I'll know if you're lying."

"Whatever."

"If your dad didn't tell you to drop out, would you have?"

Dean didn't answer, staring at the ceiling. Then he sighed. "I had to drop out just as much as you had to graduate."

Caleb frowned, but nodded. "I'll ask Mac to spare you the speech."

"Thanks." His mouth twitched slightly.

"And if you're really good, I might even save you a piece of pie."

"You're all heart, Damian."

"Don't insult me." He grunted as he rose from the bed. "Now. I'd get back to fake sleeping before brainboy decides to come up and ruin the peace and quiet."

Dean didn't answer as Caleb left, shutting the door behind him.

~TH~

Be sure to let me know what you think!

And be on the lookout for... a lot of stories come February. I really am hoping to post one every day and while not all are brotherhood, a lot are.

I live and breathe comments, so I would greatly appreciate feedback :)

God bless,

Jamie

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I’m usually very open about literally everything that goes on my blog, but here’s some quick RULES and things to keep in mind:

All my characters are adults and they might talk about adult things! Viewer discretion is advised, but this blog isnt necessarily 18+. Armourer is super shy and tame about anything sexual. Bentiv isn't but he won't let her be weird on his blog.

If you wanna talk about anything, you can just message me privately @ any of my blogs (here or @marmenlade )

Open for shipping! we gotta talk though.

Open for non mutuals, but tbh i follow back almost everybody immediately.

DMs open icly.

Gifts are welcome.

NSFW comments towards the characters are allowed. They will react accordingly (spoiler warning: armourer is awkward and squirmy).

OCs and Canons both WELCOME for any fandom. Feel free to interact.

Keep IC out of OOC. I, the mun, am a real human person with feelings, and an extremely shy one at that. Please don’t be rude at me if you have no reason to be. I don’t endorse the things my characters do. Also don't interact with Bentiv specifically if you don't like characters that are genuinely bad people. Armourer himself too is very morally grey. Hes a highblood and he works with the empire even if hes nice.

Open for plot. Any and all plot. I love plotting!!!

I’m a mobile dweller. My tags are simple, i try to make things navegable for myself mostly and other mobile people. I tag pictures #1mages. and ooc content #((ooc

I don’t tag IC content but sometimes i tag grumblr.

I'm not an organized person.

As a rule of thumb, I am not willing to ACTUALLY RP ANY NSFW. I’m a “fade to black” kinda person, we can happily discuss what went down given you're an adult, but I don’t RP smut, I don't write it and I'm not really interested in trying, please respect that.

DON'T BE MEAN TO ME about these characters OUT OF CHARACTER. I don’t care nor do i want to know if you don’t like them! If you don't like me or my characters simply don't interact. Feel free to be mean ic tho.

I like dark fiction and i love to write angst, violence and whump. If this makes you uncomfortable, don't interact or don't bring it up. This blog is pretty sfw and tame because Armourer himself is just a sweet fella. But sometimes things happen when i feel like it.

I block and unfollow deliberately. This goes both for tags and people that make me (the MUN) uncomfortable. if something becomes too much or gets upsetting on my dash i simply hit the bricks. I perform the flawless emancipate and evacuate approach. Block and dip.

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I'm going to be predictable and say S-C-O-T(-T) for the fanfic author asks.

Ahaha, I appreciate it!

S has already been answered here.

C. what fandom(s) did you start writing?

The first fandom I would say I actually wrote for is Naruto, back in 2009.  I might have written some things earlier as a kid, and I know I used to make up stories in my head for a lot of the books I read/shows I watched when I was really tiny (definitely some Thunderbirds - Scott!whump of all things... some things never change! - when I was about 6, fairly sure I played around with Famous Five and Lord of the Rings at about the same age - yes, I first read LotR when I was 6.  Mum wouldn’t let me watch the movies until I read the books so simple solution: I read the books!) but I don’t think I ever wrote anything down, probably because I didn’t think I could.  I only actually wrote original works back then.

Fun fact, until May this year, I still had more fics written for Naruto than any other fandom (and I do still dip my toe back in there occasionally!).  Then Thunderbirds came along and swept right past that number and is now well on its way to doubling my number of Naruto fics... I’ve only been writing Thunderbirds fics since Dec last year!  Whoops.

O. where do you post your fics?

I cross-post on a few sites.  Most used are fanfiction.net and AO3, both of which have all of my works, no matter how cringey and old they are.  I’m archiving some on tumblr as well, although not all of them, and I do poke at a smaller site called Fictionpad occasionally, but that’s super small and doesn’t have much of my stuff on it.

T. when did you start reading fanfic?

A friend introduced me to FFN and Naruto fics back in 2009ish?  Might have been 2008 but I didn’t make an account until Sept ‘09 so I can’t say for sure.  That being said, my first experience with fanfiction was a little earlier (still around ‘08/’09) - I’d found a fansite for Cassandra Clare’s Mortal Instruments and there was some fanfiction linked there, too, although a lot of it was Mature/Explicit and I was about 12 so whoops, not my best introduction ever.

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I am listing a lot because I am curious, just answer which you like :) 1,4,8,14,19,20,30,41,42,45,50,51. I'm on mobile, so I can't copy the questions, sorry :/

1. What was the first fandom you got involved in?

Harry Potter, I would think. While I was an X-men person before that, and a big fan of the old Fantastic Four movies, the first time I read fic or went to forums was for Harry Potter. I used to be *shame shame shame* a Dramione person.

14. Go on, who are your BroTPs?

I’m gonna take MCU as my current fandom, k? My main Brotp which is super not canon is Bruce/Loki ‘cos they’re both smart, people see them as monsters, they’re a bit in the shadow of larger than life partners... I also like Loki and Wanda, Jane and Darcy, Scott Lang and everybody (he’s just such a friendly person)...Oh, and since gotg 2, I’m super into Loki and Nebula. They have such similar backstory and ANGER! and they’ve been so lonely, they deserve a friend.

19. Is there a ship which you wished you could get behind, but you just don’t feel them?

Frostiron,I guess (Loki/Tony). There’s a lot of fic and fanart and everything, but for me, they’re both a bit too excessive, too big... In romantic things, I prefer to ship either of them with sb who can balance them out. 

20. Any ships which you surprised yourself by liking?

Once, I started writing a fic in which Natasha and Loki were both very shadyyy and it ended with them being together via time travel paradox. I didn’t expect it, but I kind of liked it, liked them together. There’s also Draluna from Harry Potter, which we are like five people, but I like the concept.

41. List and link to 5 fanfics you are currently reading:

1. Steve Rogers’ halfway house for notorious supervillains, in which Steve is housing a severely tortured Loki and a recovering from brainwash Bucky and it’s... problematic. Lots of lovely whump, slow recoveries and conflicted emotions. Lovely. 

2. Cover up the sun, in which Loki is a teacher in Xavier’s school for the gifted and is dealing with some issues. Which he has many (but the mutants help, also Kurt and Loki friendship which is lovely)

3. Please don’t go, The Valerian fic count is ridiculous (24?? only 24???) but this is a nice hurt/comfort oneshot in which Valerian is hurt and Laureline kind of freaks out.

4. Pawns in the sky, there’s Loki and Steve being partners, there’s also Yondu and Ravagers and it’s a nice little fic

5. Don’t do so well alone, GOT fic with sick Theon and comforting Sansa, set at the of season five

42. List and link to 5 fanfiction authors who are amazing:

1. Lise So much good Loki whump!!! And Steve!!! So much Loki/Steve being damaged and whumped but surviving together!!!! I love her, and I’m only like half through Remember this cold. Lots of very good stuff, great storytelling, lots of feelings and action and things. 

2. Samhaincat Was one of the first fic writers I really enjoyed, and has a fandom history similar to my own: first Draco whump, then some Captain Hook sickfics and even a Loki/Thor oneshot. Simple but love h/c fiction. 

3. Ordis Again, mostly a Loki angst writer but who has also written some nice fluffy one shots, and some good humour. (But mostly, angst and plot)

4. Atlantisgirl12 Your place to go for good Inception (but specially Arthur) whump and angst. Hasn’t updated since forever, but if you’re in an Inception mood, there’s very good stuff there.

5. Perliouscowboy Your place to go for The man from Uncle angst. I cannot be the only one who is not over the movie, right? Anyway, good stuff, sick Illya and team feels

45. What is your all time favourite fanfic?

The one that I’ve read most times is probably Drown, by Ordis, which I considered the end-all be-all of Loki whump. He also makes friends with the Avengers, which is lovely. 

51. Rant or Gush about one thing you love or hate in the world of fanfiction! Go!

I hate how hard it can be to find gen fanfiction, without ships or porn and I love AUs, give me all the aus: coffe shop, pacific rim, rock band au... Hospital AUs are the absolute best, although there’s not much of them. (And the people you meet through fic, obviously)

Thanks for asking! Sorry about the excessive lenght lol